When it comes to sharing deals online and on social media networks, it's important to follow the rules of each platform to ensure that you get cash back and keep your account in good standing.
When it comes to social media, be sure to read the terms and conditions for each platform you sign up with. Most people share the referral links they receive from each platform. It's important to share in a way that keeps your account active. Savvy people are building systems that turn referrals into steady cash.
This article shows you cash back best practices and systems that help you stop chasing referrals and start attracting them while achieving your goals while following the rules.
Social Media and Referrals
Here is a list of things you should do when promoting cash back deals on social media:
- When you sign up for each cash back site, you will be given a referral link. Send email invitations to your friends, family, and associates to join through your referral link. It's best to communicate with people you have a business or personal relationship with.
To accomplish this, create a memorable profile and/or create a Pretty Link (if you have a WordPress blog or website) to make your referral link easy to remember and use. - Place your referral link in your email signatures. I don't link to any particular cash back site in my signature, I send people to a landing page that explains cash back in general giving them the ability to learn about the platforms I recommend.
- Participate in online communities/forums where people may be interested in cash back
- Create a video that explains cash back and features your referral link.
- Share appropriate cash back content, links, or ideas on your social media platforms and discussion boards
Cashback Referrals: Best Practices
Activities You Should Avoid
Here is a list of things you should avoid. This is not an all inclusive list, be sure to read the terms and conditions for each cash back site you sign up for.
- Sending referral emails or texts to strangers. This means don't SPAM complete strangers asking them to join you on a cash back site.
We build business relationships with people who want to save money using with a landing page and opt in form. Anyone who is interested in cash back can sign up for our weekly news. That way we're building an audience that likes to learn about deals, versus sending unwanted content to people who didn't ask for it. - Posting referral links or bulletin board codes on websites that prohibit them.
- Promising to give rewards or payments to your "friends" in exchange for signing up with your referral link.
- Creating videos that make inaccurate or false promises about cash back rewards.
- Reposting another member’s photos, videos and other content as your own.
- Promoting web pages other than the cash back site's pages on their respective social media wall.
- Posting to public forums that your engagement with video, offers and other actions on cash back sites are only motivated by getting rewards.
- Playing videos, opening articles or accessing content that provides rewards, without actively engaging with that content
- Posting, sharing or distributing any video or content that promotes cash back cheats.
- Posting your referral link on any cashback site's social media pages. It's best to create your own platforms (blogs, websites, Facebook pages, communities etc.) to share content with your audience.
- Spamming the cash back site's Facebook wall with your links.
Cash Back Best Practices
The Do's and Dont's to Avoid Breaking the Rules
Miscellaneous Dont's
- Submitting inappropriate or offensive photos, ideas, and videos
- Bullying and/or engaging in activities that are offensive, profane or hateful toward other members and/or support teams
- Creating multiple cash back accounts for one user
- Spamming the Rewards Store comments
- Completing surveys or offers with fraudulent or inaccurate information.
- Manipulating any cookie or browser settings for the purpose of defrauding or circumventing controls established by cash back or any of its advertisers or sponsors
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An Approach to Consider
We recommend creating your own profiles and platforms (self hosted solutions like WordPress, and Shopify) to include things like social media profiles, landing pages, websites, blogs that you can use to create content for your audience.
Having your own platform means you own and control your business and the products you promote. You can't be shut down or banned, unless you break the law... at least not at this point.
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If you are shut down, you can take your platform (site and customers) and move them to another host, and continue moving forward.
Explaining concepts, educating your audience on best practices and well as sharing deals is the best way to make referrals.
Having your own platform means that you're engaging with people who know, like and trust you for information.
Email is also a great way to communicate with your audience. Having an email list means people have signed up to receive information from you making them a part of your community.
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