tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14673594002607084382010-06-22T14:30:42.550-04:00Blog for <a href="http://www.longislandpersonals.com">LongIslandPersonals.com</a>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08313613808569890844noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467359400260708438.post-5966988297876369122009-11-17T01:16:00.002-05:002009-11-17T01:21:54.526-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I am a believer that a community / dating / social networking site is only as good as it's members. <br /><br />If you have the prettiest site built with the latest technologies but you don't have many members,&nbsp;you do not have much.&nbsp;&nbsp; So&nbsp;please take a moment to answer this question&nbsp;-<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #e06666;">&nbsp;What would entice&nbsp;you to invite your friends to the site?</span></strong><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have tried a couple of programs, neither of which was very successful -<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><ul><li><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Webmaster Affiliate Program</strong>&nbsp;- With this program, webmasters would make money if they referred paying members to the site.&nbsp; Similiar programs have been very successful for other sites. <br /></div><br /></li><li><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Member Rewards Program</strong> - With this program, members would be rewarded with gift cards just for inviting a friend who signed up for the site.&nbsp; Many new members are referrals from other members so it was just a way of rewarding people for doing what they were already doing.<br /></div><br /></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;">Some social networking sites have a feature that allows their members to send invitations to everyone in their address book.&nbsp; I always considered this to be a bit much, but it must work for them since a lot of people have been adding this to their site.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Please give your opinion on this.&nbsp; <br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1467359400260708438-596698829787636912?l=blog.longislandpersonals.com' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08313613808569890844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467359400260708438.post-91092007995137296802009-11-17T00:55:00.000-05:002009-11-17T00:55:46.273-05:00Long Island Personals won the 2009 award for best Long Island dating service from Long Island Press. <br /><br />We have been nominated again and need YOUR votes to push us over the top! The voting ends on December 15th, so please don't forget us in your voting.<br /><br />You can place your vote <a href="http://www.longislandpress.com/bestof/" target="_blank">here</a>. We are listed under Arts & Entertainment, question #10.<br /><br />Thank you!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1467359400260708438-9109200799513729680?l=blog.longislandpersonals.com' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08313613808569890844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467359400260708438.post-34461938628166583332009-11-17T00:39:00.000-05:002009-11-17T00:39:23.951-05:00Please tell me what features you would most like to see on <a href="http://www.longislandpersonals.com/" target="_blank">Long Island Personals</a><br /><br />The features with the most demand will be reviewed and possibly implimented.<br /><br />Some examples to get the juices flowing-<br /><ul><li>Hidden profiles</li><li>Who viewed my profile?</li><li>Virtual gifts</li><li>Inbound message filter (only accept messages from users who meet certain critera, such as age, pictures, etc.)</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1467359400260708438-3446193862816658333?l=blog.longislandpersonals.com' alt='' /></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08313613808569890844noreply@blogger.com0