Directory:SocialTwist/Tell a Friend
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Tell a Friend widget helps websites and blogs to popularize their content through word of mouth marketing. Users can access their address book to email friends or tell a friend through blogs, Instant Messengers and social networking sites. Tell-a-Friend makes it possible for your site visitors to share your content with their friends without directing them away from your site.
Where it Tell-a-Friend be used?
The Tell-a-Friend widget works in just about any place online:
1.Product Pages - replaces the traditional "Email a friend" link to spread the word on products/brands/sites.
2.Search Results - pairing the Tell-a-Friend widget button with each listed item will entice users to pass on information like cheap airfare deals, great discount offers, etc...
3.News Items - news items usually have tools to share, print and bookmark. Adding the Tell-a-Friend widget adds a more comprehensive set of options to enable interactions while keeping visitors on your website.
4.Blog Posts - word-of-mouth is the best way to direct traffic to your blogs and Tell-a-Friend is the best way to encourage word-of-mouth referrals.
5.Get the Word Out - make time sensitive announcements contests, events and offers to spread the word instantly.
What to customize?
You can customize Tell-a-Friend in any way you like. Change color, size, include features, channels and outbound messaging. Imagine your users sharing professional looking, formatted messages that carry your branding without being caught by spam filters.
What about the analytics?
Your Tell-a-Friend account includes all the referral activity for your site; the latest trends and effectiveness of referrals. Information on all the activities is available and can be used with reward programs or promotional offers.