When we launched Mahalo Answers we offered over our member base five Mahalo dollars each to ask questions in the system (but not to take out). About 2-3,000 folks took us up on the offer I think.

This was basically a way for us to jump start the system instead of spending money on marketing. $10-15k doesn't actually buy that many clicks or visits, but a five dollar coupon does. :-)

Also, 24 hours after someone signs up I have a 'bot that asks them what they think about Mahalo Answers so far. That bot has a M$1 tip. About 20-50 folks a day respond to that every day. We have 150-300 folks signup each day, so I think that's about 10-30% response rate. Seems the response rate is increasing.

When folks get their yellow belt @sara has a bot which automatically congratulates them and asks them about their experiences in the system. She gets around 5-10 responses a day for this email which also has a Mahalo Dollar on it.

So, if you signup and get to yellow belt you'll get two Mahalo Dollars for answering those questions.

this is our way of engaging the members and getting feedback from them. Hopefully we get 1,000 folks a day answering these types of questions! :-)

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