[[Tut]] How to make a successful Jotform scam

masterjoe42 · 02-28-2008, 04:25 PM

Alright, well I've noticed that since my jotform was rather successful, people have been trying it out. That's a good though, however at the same time it is all horribly HORRIBLY wrong. Lots of you are really messing up (not stating names) and posting them in the forums, making
A. Jotform look really bad
B. Yourself look like a complete idiot and scammer.

Now I'm going to teach you all how to make a successful one.

WHAT YOU NEED:
~Imagination (#1 key)
~Jotform account
~Blank form open

GOAL:
The whole idea is to make it look very convincing, legit, and ready to roll. Things you can do to help this is. . .
A. Put a good picture for the header image (can be done with the wizard)
B. Get a copywrite on the very bottom of the form
C. Make it sound addicting. Like something someone would really want

Now is the fun part. You get to decide what you want to do.
My #1 choice is a fake sign-up page. This works on online games, especially gaia.
PRO= It's the last thing a user is expecting as a scam. A good percentage of gaians use the same password for everything.
CON= One mistake, and your pretty much screwed

Other things you can do are
~fake logins
~applications
~basically anything you can put your mind to.

***IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO HAVE AN ORIGINAL IDEA INSTEAD OF COPYING SOMEONE ELSE'S FORMAT AND WAY-OF-THINGS***

ADVERTISING YOUR JOTFORM
It's always suggested that before you go around advertising your jotform, that you post it on here to get opinions on it. When you get at least 5-10 people saying it's a good one, then feel free to post it. DO NOT RUIN IT FOR THE REST OF US BY POSTING UTTER SHIT IN THE FORUMS!!!!!
~You can advertise through messages, forums, etc. Any way of communication, really.

FORUM
~Find the forum that best describes your jotform
(If it's one about anime, then find an anime forum; games=gaming forum, etc.)
~Make a new thread in that forum with a flashy title that's sure to catch the users eye
~When you type it out, make sure it. . .
A. Looks neat
B. Has more colors for attracting attention
C. Has the logo in the top
D. has the link below the logo/anywhere you would find useful
E. SOUNDS CONVINCING
F. Explains in the forum a little about whatever your jotform is based off of.

MESSAGES
Advertising through messages is a bit risky, because it's kinda hard to advertise something, and make it sound convincing without it appearing to be "Random" or "scam".

~I've only really tried it through PMs a couple times, so this part is really up to your imagination. If you can get it to work, then more power to you. Good luck.