Harry's collected 100k emails in just one week leading up to their launch.

Their Co-founder, Jeff Raider, said that 77% of the emails were collected via referrals.

On average, each person referred more than 3 people.

And here's how you can replicate it 🧵
The "secret sauce" to Harry's pre-launch campaign was the use of a growth loop.

And most companies go wrong by only using a funnel to acquire new users.

The problem with a funnel is that the only way to get more results is to put more in at the top.
With this, none of your efforts are reinvested to acquire more users.

This is the problem that a growth loop fixes.

Unlike a funnel, a growth loop focuses on compounding growth.

Because a growth loop defines how one group of new users will generate another group of new users.
What you'll notice is that the growth loop continues to feed itself.

For Harry's, this resulted in one user referring three on average.

In action, here's how Harry's growth loop worked:
For this to work, Harry's had to get people on the email list.

So, they ran Facebook ads with the goal that each user they acquired via a Facebook ad would refer one of their friends.
This way if it cost $6 to acquire a subscriber, and that subscriber referred two people then the actual customer acquisition cost was $2.

With Harry's ad, they addressed the main problem people faced — expensive razors.
From the ad, you clicked through to this squeeze page.

A squeeze page has one goal and one goal only — and that's to collect email addresses.

No other links.

No other pages.

No distractions.

Just an email or an exit.
Here's why it converted so well:
Once you submitted your email, you were redirected to this referral page.

And its brilliance lies within the gamification, product milestones, clarity, and friction-free referral process.
Here's why it generated over 65k+ referrals:
Harry's eliminated all friction when you shared your unique link via social with a pre-populated message.
3 things stand out:

1. Harry's added their @. With this, curious people can click and see what Harry's is all about.

2. Their copy feels real and intriguing and piques curiosity with the line "I'm going to be #shaving for free.

3. They added the link to their prelaunch site.
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TL;DR

1. Harry's focused on creating a bulletproof growth loop
2. They used a squeeze page to convert traffic to subs
3. A squeeze page has one focus -- email collection
4. The referral program gamified the referral process
5. They reduced all friction with a generated link
6. The referral page showed how many people have signed up
7. And created a pre-populated message to share with friends
7. You won product which converted you to become a fan

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Keep your sentences, Kevin Hart short.

Amazon says under 30 words.

I’d say to keep them under 15 words.

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Respect the consumer’s time.

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Storytelling makes the comedic heartthrob football coach who hates tea a hit.

A story makes us fall in love with a show, a person, and even a product.

So, how does Ted Lasso do it?
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Referral programs are your missing puzzle piece.

PayPal used one to acquire 100m users.

DropBox used it to grow 3900% in 15 months.

Airbnb grew 900% YoY for 1st-time bookings.

@elonmuskc says one customer should generate three.

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Refer a friend and when they purchase $100 in Crypto, you both get $10 in Bitcoin.

Like most referral programs, it's two-sided.
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The OG referral program.

When PayPal was starting out, they gave money away to new users and referred users.

It worked so well they had to reduce the amount of money they gave away.

At, first PayPal gave you $20 for signing up. And $20 to anyone you referred.
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Relationships are built on trust.

You wouldn’t meet someone today and ask for a favor.

You’d first develop a relationship then ask.

The same goes for building an audience and monetizing.

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Plus, this gives you a concrete way of creating ample amounts of content.
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Use these 9 tips to build a bigger list, increase your open rate, and improve engagement 🧵
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For example:

On Tuesdays, I send Tactic Tuesday.

On Thursdays, I send Teardown Thursday.
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Don't tell someone how to travel.

Show them the vacation photos.

Let your words come to life and take the reader on a journey.

Nobody likes to walk themself to the table.
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