How to build powerful word-of-mouth and partner marketing programs that scale

Introduction Rising ad costs have made paid acquisition harder to justify for most Shopify merchants. Cost-per-click on Meta and Google continues to climb, yet two of the most effective customer acquisition channels remain dramatically underused: affiliate marketing and referral programs. Both are performance-based — you only pay when a sale is made — but they […]
Why Most Founders Launch Partnership Marketing Too Early (And Pick the Wrong Tactic When They Do)

There’s a moment most founders experience — usually around the time the initial marketing budget starts to feel tight — where someone in the room says: “We should be doing affiliate marketing.” Or maybe it’s referrals. Or a co-brand deal with a bigger player in the space. It sounds like a smart move: low cost, […]
How to Choose the Right Software for Your Referral Programme

A referral programme is a marketing strategy that rewards customers for bringing new business to a company. There are various software solutions available to help businesses run their referral programmes effectively. Here are some examples of software that can be used to manage referral programmes: ReferralCandy: This is a referral marketing platform that allows businesses […]
How businesses can use Google Analytics and Google Campaign URL Builder to track referral partners

Here is a step-by-step process for using Google Analytics and Google Campaign URL Builder to track referral partners: Set up a Google Analytics account for your business if you don’t already have one. This will allow you to track and analyse traffic to your website. Identify the referral partners that you want to track. These […]
The Benefits of Online and Offline Referral Programmes

Referral programmes are a great way to increase sales, build awareness, and reward customers for their loyalty. By providing an incentive to recommend your business to others, you can reach new customers and increase your profits. The best referral programmes are simple, easy to understand, and easy to implement. Here we will discuss both online […]
Paper Based Local Affiliate Marketing

One thing affiliate marketing is really good for is local sales generation. Sadly most people miss out on this as Combining affiliate marketing and referral marketing techniques, you can easily add more revenue to your business. You can use in store / shop / office to drive more sales and revenue. Here are just two […]
Multiple Partnership Programmes For Your Business

The technology involved in running one type of partnership programme can be used to run multiple types of programme in the same business, and at the same time. Now you might be thinking, why on earth would I want to do that? Well strap in and let’s have a look… So firstly, let’s discuss the […]