How We Say "Thank You"

Thursday, 17 December 2009 18:44 | Written by Bassey Daniel |

Welcome to SMEclub User Reward System, where say "Thank you for using our website" by awarding points everytime you visit and use the website. The table below shows points you can earn for each activity type.

ACTIVITY	DESCRIPTION	POINTS
Monthly Bonus	Highest number of articles submitted and approved for publication	100
	Highest number of registered invitees (i.e. the no. of people who registered following your invitation)	100
	Most active overall user (we take the top 5 points gainers and choose the one among them who used the most sections of the website)	100
Happy birthday	Earned if you login to your SMEclub account on your birthday	50
User registration	Earned when you complete registration form and confirm registration via email	5
Article reading	Earned by a registered user when s/he reads an article submitted by someone else. You must login so the system knows whom to award the points	3
Article vote	Earned when you rate an article on the website using the rating tool at the top of each article	2
Article submission	Earned when you submit an article and it is approved for publication by Administrator	10
Article read	When a user (registered or guest) reads an article you submitted, you earn points	2
Invite to read	Earned when someone you invite actually clicks on the link and visits SMEclub to read the article. You invite by clicking on the envelope icon at the top of an article	2
Invite to register	Earned each time you invite someone to register on SMEclub, using the Recommend feature in your member area	1
Invitee registered	Earned when someone you invited actually registers on SMEclub	4
Referral points	When someone registered on the site based on your recommendation, s/he becomes your affiliate and you a % of the point that the person earns	10%
Poll participation	Earned when you participate in any of our polls by voting	3
Forum post	Earned when you post a new topic or reply to an existing post on the forum	5
Profile complete	Earned when you attain 100% in your profile information score	10
Yellow card	Deducted if you stay away from SMEclub for 7 consecutive days	-5

And here are a few tips for quickly accumulating points on SMEclub:

Visit SMEclub regularly to see what's new and read quality articles
Invite your friends to read articles and to register, using various networking tools available in the site
Send invitation emails to your friends with a link to SMEclub website. Be sure to copy and paste your referral link correctly so you will get credit for it. You referral link on your referral page
Participate in forum discussions. Post new topics and invite friends to join the conversation.
Comment on other people's topics.
Submit great articles regularly. If your articles are not very good, they will not be approved for publication. If you are submitting an article written by someone else, be sure to cite the author and publication. We will surely conduct our own checks before we publish.
Once your article is published, tell your friends about it and invite them to read. Milk your bragging rights to the bone!!
Complete your online profile to earn full profile points and earn bonus points on your birthday.

I am sure you are wondering, "And what exactly can I use the earned points for?" Well, we have some ideas, but we cannot reach a final conclusion until we hear from you. Please take our survey to let us know what you would like to spend your points on, and earn some points while you are at it.

I am sure you will agree that once you have earned the points, what you spend them on will be a good problem to have. So start earning now! Set your sights on earning at least one of three monthly bonuses of 100 points each.