Setup Your Account. First, email us at shekar@ramaswamy.org wth a link to your Substack newsletter and the rewards (typically 3) you will offer your referrers. We also offer customizable color and font options to match your theme.
- Example reward: 5 referrals earns branded stickers.
- Other ideas: newsletter shoutouts, merch, free subscription for a year, community access, exclusive content, AMAs, personalized/handwritten notes, discounts on partnered products, article collaboration, % cut of paid subscriptions
Share Your Link. We’ll send you back your referral program link, which will look like [your-substack].substack.social/generate. Now, it’s your turn to shine! Share that link on social media, add it to your newsletter, and more! Your goal is to have people click on your link so that they can generate their own unique referral link.
Referrers will get their own page to track progress and a unique link to share
Referrers Get Signups. Once they create their unique link**,** your referrers will share it with their network, and you’ll start to see referrals flowing in.
An example of what referrers will see
Verify The Signups. We wouldn’t want you to incorrectly reward your referrers that may be engaging in referral fraud! To verify, simply upload an export of your current subscriber list at some cadence and we’ll take care of the rest.
- You also have an option to make our bot account an admin on your Substack only so we can automate this process.
- Even with this method, there is still a chance referrals will be fraudulent. To further prevent referral fraud, we recommend setting up double opt in for new subscribers.
Reward Referrers. We’ll proactively send you an email when a referrer earns a reward. From there, you can follow up with them, or we can coordinate the fulfillment of the reward for an additional fee.