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How to Promote the CloudCrowd and Servio Referral Programs:

Promoting CloudCrowd and Servio with your personal referral links is a great way to earn extra money. With CloudCrowd you not only earn money on the work your Crowd does, but also the next two levels below them. Servio offers you a chance to earn on every proofreading and editing purchase you refer. With sales that can reach hundreds of dollars, and a 30%+ return customer rate, it only takes a few Servio sales a week to earn thousands of dollars a year.

There are many ways to promote our programs, from simple blog comments to social media like Facebook and Twitter, to creating your own website.

Regardless of how you promote us, please keep in mind that we rely on great word-of-mouth to grow, and it's very important that we protect our hard-earned reputation. When promoting our programs please follow our anti-spam policy below.

Blogs, Forums, and Article Comments:

Posting in other people's blogs, forums, and article comments is one of the easiest ways to promote our programs. You can find places to post by searching online for topics that are similar how you'd like to promote CloudCrowd or Servio. For example, you might do a search for "editing tips" and to find forums, articles, or blogs where you can suggest Servio's services, or "work at home" to find places to post your CloudCrowd links.

You may want to set up a free Google Alert to automatically alert you when new topics that match your subjects come up so you can be the first to post there.

Follow these Anti-Spam Guidelines when posting:

• Be respectful of the places you post comments.
• DO NOT post a link if someone else has already promoted our services in the same place.
• DO NOT post your links multiple times in the same place.
  • If you've posted a referral link on a forum, blog post, or article comment don't post on that site again unless there is a relevant new topic being discussed.
• Your posts should only go in places that relate to the subject, or where there's already a discussion, topic, or specific section about what you are posting.
• Posting your link in a location where it's not appropriate is considered spam, and may result in the deactivation of your account.
  • For example, don't post an editing or proof reading link in a forum discussing photo editing, or an article about philosophy.

Facebook:

Promoting on Facebook is similar to promoting elsewhere on the web, but it's even more important to be careful about how and what you post, because Facebook has automated anti-spam filters that can lock you out of your account if you abuse the site. The best places to promote are on your own Facebook profile and in relevant groups and discussions. You can also start your own Facebook group or page. If you do, please follow the Representing CloudCrowd and Servio guidelines below.

Twitter:

Promoting CloudCrowd and Servio with your Twitter account is a great way to get the word out. Keep in mind that unless you have a large group of followers on Twitter the only way people will find your tweets is if you have relevant keywords included in them. If you're tweeting about editing services for example, you'll want to include words someone might use to look for help with editing and proofreading.

Because Twitter has a tight limit on the number of characters you can use in a tweet, you may want to put your referral link into a service like bit.ly to shorten it and give you more room to write.

Article Writing:

There are literally hundreds of article sites that will allow you to write and post articles which people can find through search engines. If you're willing to put in the time to write and post quality articles these can be a great place to generate referrals. The key is to have good content that people actually want to read, and to use the right keywords in an appropriate way. Your goal is to write 300-500 words on a related topic that gives information people can use and include a few links worked into the content.

Writing an article as a 500 word ad, or just talking about how great CloudCrowd and Servio are won't get you clicks. You need to write about something like editing tips, how to proofread, or how to earn money working from home. The article content will get the potential worker or customer interested, and if they trust that you know what you're talking about they'll be much more likely to follow your links when they see them.

Read this guide for 10 easy tips on how to write articles.

Your Own Blog or Site/ Banner Ads:

If you have your own blog or website where you can post banners we have a complete set of banner display ads in all popular sizes which you can use. Just follow the directions below to use our banners on your site.

Getting More Traffic With Good Anchor Text:

No matter where you post your links, when possible, try to use your referral URL in an anchor link that comes naturally, where keywords like "work at home" or "proofreading and editing" link to us via your referal code. This is generally preferred to just pasting your link into a post. Anchor links make it easier to find our services online and look more professional than a referral link.

Good: Servio's editing and proofreading services are fast and affordable.

Not as good: Servio's editing and proofreading services are fast and affordable. http://www.serv.io/i/referralcode

It's also important to use a variety of anchor text. Posting the same link with the same exact anchor text is the quickest way to get flagged for spamming.

Representing CloudCrowd and Servio:

We encourage you to post, write articles, and even create your own pages, groups, blogs, and websites to help you promote CloudCrowd and Servio. You may not, however, portray yourself or your content in any way that might lead viewers to think that you are an official representative of CloudCrowd or Servio.

Getting Help:

If you have questions check out our worker support forum. Many questions have already been answered there, and you will find other workers and people from the CloudCrowd team who are happy to help.