How to game MeetUp.com and Make Money

Posted by Marko | Filed under Affiliate Marketing

First of all, I DON’T suggest doing this because it can, and most likely will get you banned from MeetUp.com.  I am simply exploiting a simple way I see that one can make money on this website for a minimal investment of time and money.

Step 1:  Sign up on Meetup.com and find some niches you know will have affiliate offers.  Biggest one I can see is dating.

Step 2:  Start a meetup (or 3) on the niche you picked.  I would target popular cities, New York, LA, Chicago etc…  Starting a meetup in these cities will give you a larger pool to go after.  Be sure to add a photo, a nice intro that attracts people and tie in online dating to it.  I would say something like “To help you find love I suggest going to these (List a few affiliate links here) dating sites and sign up to better your odds, but even if you’re not comfortable with online dating, hang in there and wait for our first meetup!”.

Step 3:  By default, meetup will notify people (within 3 days unless you send it earlier) who are interested in your niche or category by looking at other meetups they are a part of, this is usually a large pool of people.  Be sure to take the time and modify your invitation letter and add some links there as well.  Be sure to setup a meeting time and location before sending the blast for everyone to see because people will want to see that you’re serious about meeting up. I suggest finding a restaurant in the city you’re posting in.

Step 4:  People will slowly join your group and will begin talking, if they dont, get them to talk.  Stay active and keep them wanting more.  I’d send out a blast when you have 100+ members and just welcome them and say you’re looking forward to meeting them.  No affiliate links!!

Step 5:  Invite more people.  Go to other dating groups and start inviting them to yours.  Write up a nice letter with no links in it, only a link to your group.  State what separates your group from others.

Step 6:  There is a feature in meetup so you can easily post to craigslist, use it.  This is a great way to drive more traffic to your meetup and affiliate offers.

That’s basically it.  You can get pretty into it and create multiple accounts and groups for various cities but you will most likely get caught unless you play it safe.  There are some pretty big poker groups on there that might be worth tapping into but I am positive the dating scene would work.  ;)

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Permalink | August 6th, 2008

3 Responses to “How to game MeetUp.com and Make Money”

  1. Scot Says:
    August 10th, 2008 at 1:24 pm MyAvatars 0.2

    I must say, this is a solid tip. Thanks for the heads up… always looking for more ways to spam my affiliate links :)



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