In case you missed it, the first two posts in the series can be found at:

Go for the Gold!

Go for the Gold! Part 2 of a series

This post focuses on points from Inviting Members.

How?  How can you accumulate points Inviting Members?

Well - the glib answer is - invite them and encourage them to sign up.

How did I add 233 to my Active Rain "Downline"?

You earn "x" number of points for the new member joining - 25, 50, 100 - it varies according to the Rain Gods preference.  Currently it's 50.

You also earn 10% of the new members points that they earn - so you usually see any where from 40 to 90 additional points due to their initial profile buildout.

So - estimate about 100 points total for each new recruit - and if they prove to be Active in the Rain - that continues to increment.

The response rate was about 2-3% - so for each 1,000 invitations, 20-30 people signed up.  You can use an alternative method of inviting which gets the word out more quickly to your database - but that's difficult to personalize and I found the response rate to be significantly lower.

Of my total 233,568 points, 55,000 (about 24%) come from invitations.  I consider these points "leverage" opportunities - once they are in your downline - their participation continues to boost your total.  For many months a classic example of this was Jamie Maxwell in Nevada ranked in the top 25 due to his "Invite" points.  391 in his downline!  I have a ways to go before I have that many!

Every day starting October 5 I used the "Invite" mask within Active Rain to issue the maximum number of invitations (50 per day) to real estate industry folks in my database.  When I say "every day" it was really "every day I remembered to do it and had the time to do it - but it's fair to say that it was most days.  Since the first of the year that dropped way off my radar.  The month by month invite stats are available for all to see here on the Rain.

Stay tuned for future posts in this series.....