January 10, 2019 - 2 Comments
You can run countless ads. You can tell people about how awesome your products are. You can talk about the features and benefits for hours.
And yet, a single happy customer's recommendation to their friends is still going to be more powerful.
Think back of your last ten purchases. How many times did you pull the trigger because you read a great review, you heard your favorite YouTuber talk about it, or your friend randomly mentioned it over dinner? You may not even be aware of if, but if you're like most of us, you do it all the time.
So do your customers.
In today's episode, Raúl Galera from ReferralCandy shared with us how even a small business can take advantage of this already existing habit, how to incentivize even more of your customers to recommend your product and be rewarded for it, without turning them into sketchy MLM salesmen.
He also revealed what makes a referral program work, why it's not enough to only reward your existing customers, how you can do this on a low budget and what type of reward system will work best in your specific case.
All this and more is waiting for you. Listen in!
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Have you experimented with referral programs before? How could you get your customers to spread the word about your business? What reward system would work best in your specific situation?
Let us know in the comments below!
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