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Referral invite plays
A referral ask your customers can pass along. Where it lands: your existing customers. Every play below is product-agnostic — pattern, steps, constraints, and sources.
By The Marketinque TeamReviewed June 2026
- Double-sided referral asked at a moment of delightOffer a double-sided referral reward where both the existing customer and the friend they invite get something worthwhile, and make the ask at a moment of delight — right after a win. Rewarding both sides removes the awkwardness of a one-sided favour and turns word of mouth into a measurable, repeatable channel.
- The tasteful "Made with" badge on everything users shareAttach a small, tasteful "Made with [product]" mark to everything users share — published pages, exports, reports, invite footers — linking to a landing page, with removal offered as a paid perk. Every artifact your users send becomes a working demo with a signature: the loop that grew Hotmail, Loom, and Calendly.
- Ask the 9s and 10s, the moment they say itTrigger referral asks from promoter signals — a 9-10 NPS response, a glowing support message, a five-star rating — within minutes, while the goodwill is real. Blanket referral blasts train everyone to ignore them; asking only delighted customers at their delighted moment converts at multiples of any campaign.
- Give users a year-in-review they’ll want to postGenerate each user a personal recap — "your year in [product]": their numbers, their milestones, and a designed shareable card. People post artifacts that flatter their own story, not your brand’s; a well-made wrap turns your whole user base into a synchronized, voluntary ad campaign once a year.
- An insiders’ circle for your ten loudest fansCreate a named insiders’ program for your most enthusiastic customers — early builds, a private channel, genuine roadmap influence, their name in the release notes. Advocacy runs on status and belonging, not commissions; equipped and recognized, ten true fans will out-recruit any paid referral scheme you could fund.
- A waitlist where referrals move you up the lineLaunch with a referral-ranked waitlist: everyone gets a position and a personal link, referrals move them up, and the movement is visible. Queue position converts access into status worth broadcasting — the mechanic behind Robinhood’s and Superhuman’s launches — and each signup recruits the next at zero acquisition cost.
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