2X eCommerce Podcast
S06 EP09: Turning Your Customers into Your Sales Team - Referral Marketing
04 Mar 2021
On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Raúl Galera, Chief Advocate at ReferralCandy - a customer referral platform that gets shoppers to refer their friends and drive word-of-mouth. The company has worked with over 30,000 brands since launching in 2009. In today’s market, a company’s long-term success is closely linked to their cost of acquiring new customers. Cracking the right marketing mix that enables consistent acquisition and retention is what keeps marketers up at night. It's safe to say that every brand wants more word-of-mouth referrals. There are many advantages of word-of-mouth marketing, most of all that it doesn’t cost anything. But building a reputation that drives organic customer acquisition is not just about creating buzz or being seen more. It starts with a solid product and an even better customer experience. But that being said, there are systems you can put in place that make referrals a bit more likely. This is where a platform like ReferralCandy comes in! In today’s episode, Kunle and Raúl talk about all things referral marketing. You will get to hear about what it takes to build a solid base that breeds loyal customers, the right time to activate customers, what incentives to offer and other best practices. This is a great episode for marketers - regardless of your industry or scale! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x. Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups! For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile. Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more. You can try it for free at famous.co/2x. ★ Support this podcast ★
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