It was quite a simple process, actually – thanks to TextPayMe. First, you sign up for an account (free). Then, you send your friends a co-branded link which designates you as the referral. Next, you wait for 36 of 'em to sign up. Finally, you wait for another 36 of them to sign up. With the current TextPayMe promotion, that equals two Xbox 360 units:
“Anybody who has at least 360 TextPayMe points will win an Xbox 360. There are no limits on the number of Xbox 360s we are giving away and you can win more than once if you get the points. The contest ends on 3/18/2006. You are guaranteed to win an Xbox 360 if you have 360 TextPayMe points at 12:00PM on that day. Signup now to start earning TextPayMe points.”
They'll be delivering 'em in person, I've been told – since I live in Seattle (and they, in Redmond). I'm going to coordinate something so that we can get 'em to come on the show when they give me the goodies. If you work in an office with people who go out to lunch together frequently, this should be a cinch for you, too. Hell, there's no cost to it – and they even give you $5 to boot (when you sign up). Compared to all the free iPod traps, this is so much smarter. Sign up, before someone else encourages you to sign up and you miss out on another referral. ;) We give away prizes all the time for random reasons… but this is working towards a new service I actually plan on using.