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Phill Cross
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Post subject: Directory Listing Referral System?! Posted: Mon 18 Jun 2012 14:51 |
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Joined: Mon 19 Aug 2002 05:03 Posts: 1163 Location: Orange County, California, USA
FRN Agency ID #: 1
Experience: More than 10 years
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I am considering adding another feature for Directory Members.
It is a referral based system (like an affiliate program)
Each Directory member will be given a link (url) that they can supply to potential members. If someone clicks the link the member is credited with a referral if the person upgrades to a Premium Listing.
In turn the Directory Member that referred the new member will receive a $10 credit!
These credits can be applied to a Premium Directory upgrade for themselves or once the the accumulated balance exceeds $50 they can receive a payment.
I haven't worked out all the details - however, I wanted to get your feedback?
_________________ PHiLL CRoSS Owner/Administrator Fugitive Recovery Network US Bail Bond Directory Private Investigator Database
Please post questions in the "Comments or Suggestions" Forum PM is only for private requests or comments
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NYPD BLUE
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Post subject: Re: Directory Listing Referral System?! Posted: Mon 18 Jun 2012 15:19 |
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Joined: Thu 16 Dec 2010 10:07 Posts: 1033 Location: Miami, FL
FRN Agency ID #: 3828
Experience: More than 10 years
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Sounds good to me Phil .. I always tell people about this site..
_________________ JEFF P. Limited Surety Agent (FL) - License # P_2O8124_ Private Investigator (FL) - License # C_27OOO33_ NABBI Member
"Surprise Sex is the Best Thing to Wake up to, UNLESS, You are in Jail... "
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ChuckJ
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Post subject: Re: Directory Listing Referral System?! Posted: Mon 18 Jun 2012 16:23 |
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Joined: Wed 10 Nov 2004 21:00 Posts: 664
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Phil, the FRN directory is without a doubt a valuable advertising resource and I strongly attest to that, my question is why do you continue to give it away ?
Not that I don't appreciate the free service but when I look at sites like servenow.com and what they charge for a listing I see a lot of lost revenue for you. When the FRN was in it's infancy it was a good promotion tool to have free listings, but now ?
I would have no problem paying a reasonable fee for the listing, and the reason I never went for the premium is because there's no competing listings in my area, so I don't see it as helping with additional exposure.
This may be an unpopular view, but I think having all directory listings paid instead of free would be justifiable, and would help weed out the nutcases that start a fugitive recovery agency in their own mind after watching an episode of DTBH.
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B Williams
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Post subject: Re: Directory Listing Referral System?! Posted: Mon 18 Jun 2012 17:30 |
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Joined: Wed 20 Apr 2011 14:25 Posts: 1351
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Unpopular or not, I agree.
_________________ Bill Williams Bail Agent Eagle Bonding Services Asheville NC 28804 828-777-8667 Lic # NC10013561 Lic # TN 2033018
Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty - Jefferson Davis
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Phill Cross
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Post subject: Re: Directory Listing Referral System?! Posted: Mon 18 Jun 2012 18:15 |
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Joined: Mon 19 Aug 2002 05:03 Posts: 1163 Location: Orange County, California, USA
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I like the concept - however, as you know not many are willing to pay the price to upgrade to Premium.
I was thinking of making a Standard Listing a small annual fee of $10 - $25
The benefits of having a Premium Listing certainly out weigh those of a Standard Listing, yet having to pay something would certain stop many of the false listings from being added.
_________________ PHiLL CRoSS Owner/Administrator Fugitive Recovery Network US Bail Bond Directory Private Investigator Database
Please post questions in the "Comments or Suggestions" Forum PM is only for private requests or comments
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B Williams
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Post subject: Re: Directory Listing Referral System?! Posted: Mon 18 Jun 2012 19:45 |
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Joined: Wed 20 Apr 2011 14:25 Posts: 1351
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Phil,
This is your forum and far be it from me to tell you how to operate it, but as an example, I came here not looking for work (check my intro) but I did get a premium listing when you had some family issues. Since then I can't tell you right off how much work has come my way but it far outweighs what I paid for the listing. To get an exact total would take more time than I have right now. I've also made many friends all over the country when they would call me for help. I see your point but the price for a premium listing is nothin compared to the money I've made because of that listing. Just wanted to throw that in there.
_________________ Bill Williams Bail Agent Eagle Bonding Services Asheville NC 28804 828-777-8667 Lic # NC10013561 Lic # TN 2033018
Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty - Jefferson Davis
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Post subject: Re: Directory Listing Referral System?! Posted: Mon 18 Jun 2012 20:52 |
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Joined: Fri 27 Mar 2009 21:26 Posts: 993 Location: Orange, CA
FRN Agency ID #: 3671
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And a paid for listing will weed out the wanna bes and fly-by-nighters in a hurry.
_________________ Tom Duprey Founding member, NABBI (Nat'l Assoc. of Bail Bond Inv.) Ca. Bail Agent Lic#1845795 Owner/Operator, Thomas Duprey Bail Bonds Owner/Operator, Orange County Bounty (714) 727-4689
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Agent 329
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Post subject: Re: Directory Listing Referral System?! Posted: Tue 19 Jun 2012 03:50 |
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Joined: Thu 19 Aug 2010 06:23 Posts: 18 Location: Delaware
FRN Agency ID #: 3173
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I tell people about this site also,and "others" on Facebook were talking bad about it I had seen.They were stating that if you were a member of this site and their Facebook page to please unfriend them.Well,I did and a shut FB down anyway,what a pain...
_________________ Ed H~ DE BEA #329 7th Street Apprehensions,New Castle,Delaware 302.588.3516
If you're absent during my struggle,don't expect to be present during my success. ~Will Smith.
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nsiops
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Post subject: Re: Directory Listing Referral System?! Posted: Tue 19 Jun 2012 06:39 |
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Joined: Tue 25 Oct 2011 09:44 Posts: 3
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Sounds cool
_________________ Alain Stephens Austin, TX (972) 955-1166 acs0149@unt.edu Looking for apprenticeship & experience TCLEOSE Basic Peace Officer Certified/Academy Graduate Military Experience (USCGR & USAFR) Bachelors degree from UNT in Applied Arts: Law Enforcement & Sociology Resumes available upon request
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DSI
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Post subject: Re: Directory Listing Referral System?! Posted: Tue 19 Jun 2012 07:35 |
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Joined: Fri 28 Mar 2008 04:55 Posts: 1269 Location: Maryland, Delaware, & Virginia
FRN Agency ID #: 1988
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Quote: This may be an unpopular view, but I think having all directory listings paid instead of free would be justifiable, and would help weed out the nutcases that start a fugitive recovery agency in their own mind after watching an episode of DTBH.
I assumed this was the way to make a start in this business, was I not correct...
_________________ Domestic Security Investigations P.O. Box 4462 Rockville, MD 20849 Tel: 1-800-387-0787 Anti-Moral Majority Club President "Fear not the unknown, Fear the person who controls the unknown" Gene 7:14
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