As imutual does not spend its members' money on advertising, I think getting our members to 'share' imutual content in this way is hugely important for us all. So we'll be paying a lot of attention to this and rewarding / recognising members' efforts accordingly
Of course, we already reward referrals with shares and offer promoter shares for posting bargains. However, some of you find it harder than others to recruit new members, so I think we need to give encouragement to those of you who make the effort to promote imutual, even if it doesn't immediately result in bonus shares.
So we've introduced a concept of "Sharing Stars" - stars which appear against your name on the forums to reflect your efforts. See here for details
It's really simple to get your first star - just use one of the quick share buttons on any post or offer, or on the tell-a-friend page. That's it! It will take you all of a few seconds
We recalculate the ranks every day, and your updated stars will then be shown on the forum.
You can also see a report on your sharing activity in our new Member reports section
I'd welcome your feedback on this. If it is generally well-received, I think we could extend the 'stars' concept to "Posting stars" (based on number of posts and thanks received) and "Deal-finding stars" (posting popular offers)
