Once you’ve completed your offer, you will have to get your referrals to obtain your free gifts. Read our guide below for tips on how to get referrals Freebie sites require you (after completing your offer) to refer friends to the site. Your friends can also get free gifts like you. You will have to give people a special link, which can be found on your account pages. If they sign up via this link they will count as a referral.
Getting referrals can be the hardest part of the freebie process, but stick with it and give it patience and perseverance. It may take a quite a while but remember you are aiming for totally free gifts that could be worth hundreds of pounds.
8 hottest tips to getting referrals (Only here at how to get freebies)Tell your Friends…
This tip is much overlooked. And was the original idea to getting freebies. Your friends may seem sceptical about “getting free gifts” but after you have started receiving your freebies or show them real proof, they will jump at the idea. Remember to offer them your personal referral link. Don’t forget to remind them to follow the rules, check out our brief freebie rules or our step by step guide or our freebie FAQ’s section.
Use a domain…
Sometimes people don’t want to visit your personal referral code, (e.g. www.apple.real-incentives.com/?referral=355) by buying a domain you can shorten this to something like www.myfreexbox360.co.uk which you can set up to direct to your referral link.
You can choose two paths when choosing a domain. The two options are free or paying for a domain, of course paying for one gets a quality domain, but a downside is it will cost you money. 1&1.co.uk sell .co.uk domains for £1.99 a year. Network solutions can check multiple domains at a time but I would recommend you buy from 1&1 once you’ve found one.
You can also choose to use a free domain service. Disadvantages are that they usually include popup adverts and are sometimes hard to use and unreliable. .tk and cjb.net are two of the most used free domain services.
Advertise your referral link…
Do you have a website? Or a blog? Add your referral link, and see how many sign ups you can get. Explain the concept to them. Try adding posters around your neighbourhood explaining how to “get freebies online” or to be more specific “get a free playstation 3” if that’s your chosen gift and add your referral link.
Did you know you can get 250 free business cards from vistaprint? You can use it to advertise your referral site. You will have to pay postage, but it can be a great marketing technique. It is best to find a short domain that directs to your referral link, because some people don’t want to type in a long web address with a referral code.
MSN, AIM and other instant messengers…
Add your referral link to your screen name or say “I got a free xbox (insert your chosen gift), ask me how”. Be creative! You may find people flocking to talk to you, and keen to get their very own free gifts. Remember the more you are online and the more contacts you have, the more possible sign ups.
Or you can try and create conversations with people and mention and try and explain the freebie idea to them. Ask them if they want one and give them your referral link.
Advertise & trade…
Go to some of your favourite forums, and if it is not considered spamming, post a thread there. Remember if you are reported for spamming you will not get your freebies. Try adding a link in your forum signature, that’s where it mostly is allowed. You might want to add a colourful banner to your forum signature, so it is eye catching.
On some forums you can trade referrals, so you sign up to their site, if they sign up to your site. But remember to read the rules of trading and the Terms & Conditions of all freebie sites.
Two freebie forums
www.Anything4free.com & www.Freeipodguide.com
MySpace marketing
Do you have Myspace? Maybe you could send out a bulletin to your friends including your referral link, or add a section about freebies to your page, so all visitors to your page will see your link.
Be creative…
Think outside of the box and stay motivated. Remember the best ideas are the ones that haven’t been thought of yet or only a few have tried. Keep trying and you will succeed.
This tip applies to all of the above…
Complete your offer ASAP, so you can tell your referrals which offer you did, what offers you would recommend and the ease with which you completed them. They will appreciate this “one-2-one” help, and feel they may also like to get a freebie. Remember to give them your referral link.