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Do you like the referral prizes but don't know how to get new players to sign up with your link?
Here's a guest newspost from Carlos from Virtualpetlist.com. He's going to share some information with you to help you earn referral prizes, as well as help make Aywas grow -- so everyone wins!
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Introduction
Do you think its hard to to refer new people? Do you think you need help on how to refer to earn those prizes? Well, we're here to offer you a few new tips on how to refer new people, and how to get your friends--or totally strangers-- to come to the Aywas community.
Blog Posts
Are you a member of Tumblr? Are you a member of Wordpress? Why don't you write up a blog post about Aywas, talking all about the game, and what features it has to offer? Why don't you show off your favorite pets, or your favorite customs? Why not tell your readers a little about your goals on the site?
Remember, include your referral link inside the blog posts, or blog comments. But do not spam on blog comments - make sure the posting of links is allowed.
Blog posts are a good way for people to find about out about Aywas, and for you to earn prizes.
Forum posting
Are you a member of any online communities? Have you made a thread about Aywas - using your referral link, or posting your referral link where allowed? We've used this method for various years and we believe its very effective, because when you post images of the game itself, like some of YOUR pets and YOUR customs, people will want to check it out because of the graphics. Be sure to include some of the features that Aywas has - so people will know how fun the game really is. Tell them your favorite features, too!
If the forum community has the feature of "signatures" turned on, and allows links and graphics, then add an Aywas banner and link it to your referral link. Even if just one stranger joins, you're getting a prize.
Remember, the more active you are on a forum community, the more chances your referral link has for coming up, and attracting new referrals.
Facebook / Twitter
These two social networking sites are an easy way to spread the word about Aywas, and to get people to register with your referral. Are you in a facebook group? Why don't you post a link to your Aywas referral? Don't be a spammer - just send them the link, and ask them what they think. Facebook works pretty well and it'll help you gain referrals.
You can create "pages" on Facebook, so if you want to, create fan pages for Aywas and help people find Aywas. Like melos? Make a melo page! Like customs? Make an Aywas Customs page. Make sure the "page" contains your referral link as well.
Pages work like this: when a user "likes" the page, it shows up on their wall, which posts to their friends. You can also "like" certain pages - like games that are similar to Aywas. Post on their "discussions" forum asking people if they are a member of Aywas, and if they're not, include your referral link.
Twitter is simple: you have to post something no longer than 140 characters, and when you include a certain #hashtag in your post, it'll show up to anyone that's reading that hashtag.
So, something like this would be a good Twitter tweet:
Fun, free, #virtualpets web game, Aywas.com - your referral link here.
Or, something like this would be good as well:
#webgames are fun, that's why I'm apart of Aywas.com - join today!
Twitter is all about communication with others, and having conversations - so I'd recommend that you @ some people and talk to them as well. Show them your customs!
Sometimes gaining referrals from Twitter is hard, but if you put in a lot of effort, you can get a ton of referrals from Twitter - and Facebook.
Deviantart
You have beautiful customs, don't you? Upload them to Deviantart with a description like:
This is one of my custom virtual pets from the website https://www.aywas.com. It was made by (Artist Name) (#ID). On Aywas, you can edit the pets to make them look like anything you want!
If you include your referral id, people who are searching the newest drawings, or who are watching you, might register under your referral. That gets you prizes!
These prizes aren't as far away as you think! Why not try earning them today?
Thank you, Carlos, for your guest post. I hope everyone found that helpful, as we noticed some people aren't sure how to earn referral points. Even one referral will earn you some BP, and referrals stack up, so the more you get, the better prizes you earn!
EDIT: We have new referral banners and graphics!
Some examples :D
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:49am
- cpvr
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Posted on: Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:35am
Okay... :) Then follow the rules of DA and you should be fine.
- AremRae
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Posted on: Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:58am
Your not allowed to post other peoples art on da at all :S Even with credits, unless you took part in the art :S
- Mii~
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Posted on: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:29am
I already upload them to deviant x3 it doesnt work but i do have great llama badges x3
- Jack
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Posted on: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:31am
That's not true - I've seen people upload artwork they commission from other artists, and credit them, and that doesn't get taken down.
- Jack
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Posted on: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:33am
So you can reference - https://help.deviantart.com/157/
Under our TOS, all artwork belongs to us. We don't mind if you post it on DA so long as you put our link in the description.
- altrian
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Posted on: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:53am
Well, the staff doesn't normally go through every submission unless it's reported - but you aren't supposed to upload things you didn't create (even if they were created for you). If you upload an image you didn't make and someone reports it, it'll get taken down.
As far as stock goes, like I said, uploading things that you've edited (like lineart you've colored yourself or customs you've edited yourself) is fine as long as you have permission of the original artist (like the art on Aywas). Uploading an unedited "stock" image (be it photographs or line art) isn't allowed.
As far as crediting: https://help.deviantart.com/306/
I'm not trying to argue, I don't want it to seem that way.. xD I've just seen people get things removed (and I've removed them myself in the past), and if it happens too much, people can get in trouble.
- altrian
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Posted on: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:54am
Oh gosh that turned into a huge tl;dr paragraph, sorry, haha D:
- Hiatus & Missing
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Posted on: Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:45am
You can only post YOUR OWN WORK to DA!! Just a warning :meow: Even if you say it's someone else's work in the ARTIST'S COMMENTS, the copyright STILL GOES TO YOU.
- birdyj
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Posted on: Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:07pm
DeviantART is not Photobucket, uploading someone else's work is good way to get yourself a warning, credit or not. I would NEVER want to find my work on someone else's DA.
Posted on: Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:28am
It doesn't matter if you credit or not - if you upload something that's 100% not your artwork on DA, it is NOT allowed and will be removed if someone reports it. I just don't want to see people getting in trouble for uploading things they didn't create. :p