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At the SolidWorks World 2008, there was an announcement of a program that would reward users for bringing in new customers.\u00a0 Though this program involved more than one facet, the spearhead effort appeared via their Real Rewards website<\/a>.\u00a0 Real Rewards gave rewards to individuals who submitted the emails of their colleagues.\u00a0 These colleagues would then be given the opportunity to receive a free trail of SolidWorks.\u00a0 If SolidWorks was purchased as a result of the referral, the user would receive one of various rewards.\u00a0 The first tier was a box full of goodies.\u00a0 The second tier (for two successful referrals) was a sound system.\u00a0 The third tier was an all-in-one HP printer\/copier\/fax\/scanner.\u00a0 I believe the fourth tier was a fancy monitor.\u00a0 For five successful referrals, the reward was a middle of the road computer.<\/p>\n

Due to my previous articles<\/a>, I submitted over 100 referrals (all of which were requested by commenting on my blog).\u00a0 Out of those, there was 2 actual sales.\u00a0 This is actually more than I expected.\u00a0 Though a modest success for me, the program was not so successful overall.\u00a0 According to Bill Taylor of SolidWorks Corp., the volume of participation was very low.\u00a0 Though SolidWorks did conduct market research with promising results before starting this program, they found that participation was no where near expectations.<\/p>\n

So the program ended in mid-2009.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the Real Rewards website was not taken down until December 2009.\u00a0 This means that I was merrily submitting a few requests for trial copies that never received a response.<\/p>\n

There are new offers available from SolidWorks Corp.\u00a0 There is an education trial version of SolidWorks which is available for students.\u00a0 Also, a recent discount program was selling SolidWorks Premium practically for half price.\u00a0 Check out the SolidWorks <\/a>website for current offers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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