Subject: Re: Rewarding Members for Help (was Free Shares)

From: "Dori Green" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:45:07 EDT

I offer all members a 20% "finder's fee" for every enrollment that comes 
about as a direct result of their efforts.

It's as simple as "...and where did you hear about us?"

For instance, if a church puts up my flyer and four people become General 
Members at $25 per family, I send the church a $20 check as soon as those 
checks clear the bank.  If all four new GMs buy garden shares ($100 each), 
the church gets another $80 check!

One church kept those payments and sent them right back to me to buy shares 
for some of their needy members.

It works for individuals too.  Great motivator to get that old "word of 
mouth" going and if I do my job right this year, most of these new enrollees 
will renew memberships next year.

People have already paid for their memberships when I recruit them for 
distribution sites.  I don't refund their share price but I do make sure 
they get special thank yous and extra goodies throughout the season.

A database sure helps!

Dori Green
Ash Grove Community Farm
Corning, NY
http://www.ic.org/agrove

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From: "Dori Green" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:39:57 EDT

A database sure helps!

Dori Green
Ash Grove Community Farm
Corning, NY
http://www.ic.org/agrove