Re: Referral Initiative

2005-10-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
Well, not technically, since it does not rely on leveraging (earning from your referals' referals). But it is a pyramidal scheme (a multi-level scheme that has many more referals at each level removed from the initial seed. Hence the pyramid shape.) Nothing illegal about it, and nothing immoral ab

Re: Referral Initiative

2005-10-19 Thread Ken Ferguson
Aside from any problems there might be with redemption... It's nothing like a pyramid scheme - at all. Jerry Johnson wrote: >This is basically a pyramid scheme, where you get one person to rope >in more people. > >You might need to take some steps to prevent evil unscrupulous people >(like me) f

Re: Referral Initiative

2005-10-18 Thread Andrew Grosset
"This is basically a pyramid scheme, where you get one person to rope in more people." or another (kinder) way would be to call it a multi level affiliate scheme ! :) ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based t

RE: Referral Initiative

2005-10-18 Thread Justin D. Scott
> a referral initiative to build their database > for marketing. it goes like this... One thing that comes to mind is that I could find a list of e-mail addresses somewhere and spam people hoping a few will be interested and sign up. I would suggest limiting the number of submissions a single per

RE: Referral Initiative

2005-10-18 Thread Mike | NZSolutions Ltd
: Wednesday, 19 October 2005 11:23 a.m. To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Referral Initiative This is basically a pyramid scheme, where you get one person to rope in more people. You might need to take some steps to prevent evil unscrupulous people (like me) from taking advantage of this promotion. If you

Re: Referral Initiative

2005-10-18 Thread Jerry Johnson
This is basically a pyramid scheme, where you get one person to rope in more people. You might need to take some steps to prevent evil unscrupulous people (like me) from taking advantage of this promotion. If you care. (since it is a voucher for a legitimate purchase, it might be you want as many

RE: Referral Initiative

2005-10-18 Thread Mike | NZSolutions Ltd
Good point. There would need to be a check on already entered email addresses (which I do already in the mailing list). mike -Original Message- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2005 11:09 a.m. To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Referral Initiative What

Re: Referral Initiative

2005-10-18 Thread Jerry Johnson
What if 2 different people enter the same email address? Who gets the credit? What if I enter an address that is already signed up? Do you let me know? On 10/18/05, Mike | NZSolutions Ltd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi guys, > > i have proposed to my client ( www.solocc.co