ReferAfriend is an application that allows you to have the “email a friend” functionality on your website. With this application and apps similiar to it you can add a link to your articles, homepage, etc that will allow someone to email that link to their friends without having to login to their personal email. Of all the sites using this form of markeitng Craigslist.org is perhaps the most proficient, adding the “email this posting” on all their classified listings. Here’s how it works and some screenshots:

How does it work?
After you have added a simple Tell A Friend link to your website, all your visitors have to do is click on it and fill out their friends information. We will automatically send the email to their friends.

How much does it cost?
There is no cost for using this service. However, there will be a small text on the bottom of the form with the message “Powered by ReferAFriend.com”.

One of the pieces for viral marketing that you want to make sure to include in your toolkit of web marketing. Along with myspace shoutouts and using social networks to spread the word about your new website this is an effective way to market as well. It’s very simple to integrate into your website and only takes a bit of HTML knowledge.

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