We have loved watching Dizzle grow and become more valuable as new users join in. Engagement is better than ever, and some of your requests have gained serious traction.

One of the most important thing that has increased the engagement we’ve seen is new sign-ups. That’s coming from you — referring friends, writing blog posts, tweeting and sharing; we’re ecstatic to report that now over half of our new users are coming as referrals from all of you.

Contest

As our way of saying thanks, we’ll be having a bit of a contest. The person who refers the most new users from October 1, 2012 to November 1, 2012 will receive

5,000 Dizzle Points and a free sponsored position for one month.

So you’ll have a spot over on the side with our other sponsors (which you can change as often as you’d like), and 5,000 Dizzle points.

How do I get my referral code?

It’s easy for each Dizzle user to refer people – simply use your unique referral link. Go to the get points page, and your link will be toward the top. See the screenshot below for an example.

Best of luck!

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Today on the Dizzle blog, we wanted to spotlight someone who has been using Dizzle exceptionally well. Not only has this person generated relevant content, but this content has gained a lot of traction and social action because of the right mix of points and promotion.

This person is John Jonas, an expert of outsourcing and the short workweek.

Let’s take a look at his first request.

At first glance it seems pretty incredible that he was able to earn 60 responses. But if we take a step back and look at it, it starts to make sense.

200 points is quite a lot – with 200 points I can put up a request for 20 points and get up to 10 responses. That’s powerful. So how did John get so many points? In part by writing a blog post about Dizzle, and talking about Dizzle to his social networks. This wasn’t forced on his part – it really worked well for him (as you can see).

Let’s look at request #2 from John.


Again, 200 points from John, and 64 responses.

But let’s take a step back yet again: 200 points, and who doesn’t need to track their time better?

And request number 3.

Again, high point value, and who doesn’t need to track his or her time? It’s content we would all be interested in, submitted to the right categories. It’s worth noting that this one was a sponsored request (contact us to learn more about how your request can be sponsored). 200 points, 81 responses.
So overall John recorded 205 responses from three requests on Dizzle. That’s the winning formula.
Points + content + placement = awesome.
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Drumroll please.

We’re excited to announce the biggest changes to dizzle since… well, since dizzle. This will affect every one of our users, and it’s something you have all been asking about for a very long time. Dizzle will now have an authority score for each one of its users, and the amount of points you earn will be weighted according to your dizzle score.

Now when you make a request you will see the following.

What is a Dizzle Score?

Your dizzle score will be a number from 1 to 10, based on two things:

  1. The first factor is how strong your social networks are. How many followers do you have? How active are you? All of these things and more will factor into what your authority score is.
  2. The second factor is how many social networks are linked to your dizzle account. Have you linked your Dizzle account to Facebook, Twitter and Google+? If not, your score could be hurting.

Why a Dizzle Score?

Let’s take an example request. Jimmy has written some content for his real estate agency, and he wants to give it a little boost. He creates a request asking people to tweet it out for 50 points.

  • Johnny created his Twitter account yesterday, and has one follower. He shares the content to his single follower.
  • Billy has been using Twitter for years, and has 30,000 followers. He shares the content to his tens of thousands of followers.

If this happened last month, both Johnny and Billy would get 50 points. But now, assuming the person making the request doesn’t opt out of weighting points with dizzle score, the amount of points they get will be weighted. Your dizzle score gives you points according to your social authority.

Opt Out Option


Perhaps when you submit a request you don’t want a request to be weighted according to a user’s dizzle score. Weighting the points available according to dizzle score is optional; simply check the box that says, “Ignore dizzle scores and award maximum points to all users.”

How to Increase Your Score

When Billy and Johnny from above look at the request, it will appear to them to be worth different amounts. Billy may see the request is worth 47 points, and Johnny may see it’s worth 4 points.  Requests will appear to be worth different amounts based on your dizzle score. So how can they improve them?

The simplest ways to boost your dizzle score are:

  • Link your dizzle account to all of your social networks, and develop the strength of those social networks.
  • Build up your social networks
  • Be active on Dizzle.
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