Monetize your conference with Earn.com

Set up a searchable directory where attendees get paid to reply to messages, and you get a cut.

If you run a conference, we have a new feature that will help you and your users monetize. A gif is worth a thousand pictures, so here’s a quick visual of how it works for the recent Consensus 2017 conference:

Go to Earn.com/consensus2017 to search and mass message conference attendees.

So in short, someone can pay to get replies from any or all of the people that attended this conference simply by running a quick search and then hitting “Contact all”. As the conference organizer, you then get paid for every successful reply.

It’s a simple way to make extra money for yourself and your attendees, while providing a useful feature for all conference-goers and sponsors.

Here’s how to set it up:

• Contact sales@earn.com with the name of your conference
• We’ll set up a searchable directory like Earn.com/consensus2017
• We’ll also set up a URL with a link to a social task that you can email out to all conference-goers
• All the members that click that task to opt-in are added to the directory
• You and your members then get paid for every message sent through the directory

Here’s why this is advantageous:

1. It’s like a virtual booth. Think about a typical booth. A sponsor buys a booth at your conference in order to attract a sample of conference attendees and engage them in conversation. The searchable directory alternative allows your sponsors to instead simply search a list of attendees and target them digitally, which is far more efficient than trying to get dozens or hundreds of people to come by a physical booth.
2. It extends the monetizable duration of your conference. Because it’s online, a Earn.com directory can make money for your conference before, during, and after the conference.
3. It makes money for your attendees. The money that members of a Earn.com conference directory receive for replying to messages can partially defray the cost of attending a conference; at a minimum, it’s fun to receive digital currency for answering professional emails.
4. It’s a simple, self-serve, evergreen product. All you need to do to start making money with a Earn.com list is to point your sponsors to it. They can click a button to send a message, and as they get replies you will receive a portion of the proceeds.

Again, if you want to experiment with a directory like this for your conference, get in touch with us at sales@earn.com and we’ll get you set up right away.