Jigsaw Connect for Cash

Want to make $200 the easy way? (No, this does not involve dressing up like Little Bo Peep or anything medical…) All you have to do is pay attention to what your customers say after you get your sale (I know it’s hard) and relay that information to Jigsaw. Then we translate your info into something useful, like an introduction or lead, then you “pass go” and we send you the Two Hundo. It’s a midnight run.

Al Gore via last.fm

This idea is not original to Jigsaw. Even before Al Gore invented the Internet, enterprising sales guys realized that they had access to buying information from individuals that didn’t necessarily relate to their own company’s products or services. They passed on the “lead” to a company that could provide that service and pocketed a commission or finder’s fee for making that connection. There have been a ton of companies recently that have tried to make this concept work online, but have failed to get any traction because:

1. No scale - not enough salespeople know about it
2. Complicated process - salespeople hate extra work
3. No core business- a referral network alone don’t pay the bills

Witness Jigsaw Connect. Working together with Myndnet, Jigsaw now has a place on our site where you (Joe Salesguy-Jigsaw Member) can fill out a form with qualifying information on a specific company. Advertisers (e.g. Gartner, NetApp, AboveNet, Aruba, SkillSoft, Rohati, Altera, VMware, Adify, Egencia) have all signed on with Jigsaw to accept leads from any of our 850,000 registered members and pay them $200 per lead. There’s plenty of scale, it’s easy, and if it falls flat then Jigsaw keeps running as a profitable data company and I have another failed Community idea to reference when trying to shoot down Fowler’s latest brain fart.

Here is the official blurb on Jigsaw Connect: 

*Jigsaw Connect provides qualified, business introductions to sales ready leads… guaranteed.

*Jigsaw Connect introduces the 900 Enterprise Customers (“Advertisers”) to the Jigsaw community of 850,000 sales and marketing professionals to drive the most powerful,  lucrative referral network.

How Jigsaw Connect Works (COMMUNITY):

• Review the various advertisers listed on Jigsaw Connect and see what services they need
• Connect those you know in your professional network who can provide the services the advertisers are looking for
• Make a quick introduction by filling out a brief form
• Get paid for fulfilling the request

How Jigsaw Connect Works (ADVERTISERS):

• Advertisers publish a ‘lead request’ that is a detailed, actionable profile of who they want to be connected to
• The 850k member community of Jigsaw research their networks to provide personal introduction to that criteria
• You have 2 weeks to call and verify the lead meets your criteria.  If not, reject it and you are not charged for that lead
• The leads include contact information, best time to call, and relationship details to make the introduction stronger

Good luck. I would tell you how it goes personally, but like the $3K bonus that Jigsaw employees get for referring other employees, I am not eligible. Apparently “stacking the deck,” so the founders can pocket all the money is frowned upon these days…