Tutorial: Recruiting Tools

Here’s some detail about the new recruiting tools we deployed on April 2, 2008:

• We now keep track of how people join Carbonrally. If they join as a result of your invitation or your web badge, then you get a recruiting credit! This credit is shown on the lower section of the Leaderboard and also on your personal profile. This tracking works with all the recruiting methods listed below.

• Upgraded Friends Invitations. On you’re MY CARBON page, clicking on the “Invite Friends to Carbonrally” button brings you to our upgraded invitation form. Here you can quickly import addresses from your Outlook, Yahoo, Gmail, and AOL accounts. You can also manually enter email addresses (must be separated with commas). Each of your friends will receive an individual email from Carbonrally on your behalf.

• Upgraded Team Invitations. If you are on a team, go to MY TEAM page. Here, the “Invite Friends to Team” button brings you to an upgraded invitation form. It has the same new features as the Friends Invitations except that the link brings people directly to your team so that they can join it.

• Note about invitations: to help us maintain our good standing with the Spam Lords, please only send invitations to people you know.

• Upgraded Web Badges. You will now see Carbonrally web badges available in the lower left of your My Carbon Page and Team Page. These badges can be posted on your personal webpages, blog, or anyplace else where javascript works. When somebody enters Carbonrally through a badge, and signs up, you will receive recruiting credit. Here’s an example:

• If you are already using a Carbonrally badge on your blog or website, don’t worry. They have all been upgraded automatically.

• Note for Company Teams: Your team badge is not designed to recruit people to your team. For company teams, folks should rely on Team Invitations to recruit new members. Here’s an example of a Company Team Badge: