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tell a friend script?

by kendrickyi
10 replies
Hi

I'm looking for a good and reliable tell a friend script for my website which offers a mini course, and at the end of the course I would say something like

Know someone who could use this course too?
Tell your friend about this course!

so I was thinking of a tell a friend script.

Any recommendations?

P.S.
I did a search on google and got some results on the 1st page but I have no idea how well they work so I wanted to see if any warriors actually use a tell-a-friend script.

P.P.S.
I believe javascriptkit and dynamicdrive may have something like that, but can I use that for commercial use or for my business?

P.P.P.S.
Should I also add share buttons (Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, Reddit, that kind of stuff) too? Because the website is a private area for my subscribers.
#friend #script
  • Profile picture of the author lisag
    What language is your site written in? What membership script do you use? Do you want to include the member's affiliate link in the email?
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  • Profile picture of the author zoobie
    what server are you running on?I may have something for you..
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  • Profile picture of the author cadoutsource
    Try Alton's Script called Friendcaster send him a PM I'm sure he will accomodate. I use myself and its a great script.

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  • Profile picture of the author sajan1kota
    Hi,
    I would suggest using a button instead of a script. there are many websites which offer free tell a friend buttons.i hope i was able to help.
    Take care
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    It's a good idea for the end of your course, but be careful with it. Make sure your script has a Captcha or some other feature that verifies that it's actually a human and not a bot using it.

    "Tell a friend" scripts are useful, but they can also send out mail that may be interpreted as spam, and improperly used (or abused) they could even end up getting you on an e-mail blacklist.

    You might want to consider sending the user a confirmation message after they have filled out the form, just to make sure it really was intentional.

    Just a precaution

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  • Profile picture of the author kendrickyi
    Thanks everyone.

    Actually, I'm still thinking about it, because I will be putting the "Tell-a-friend" feature on a page which I do not want to be found in the search engines...

    Meaning that page will have the following code

    <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"/>

    so I'm wondering, if I put the "Tell-a-friend" on that page, what that private page be shared? I want them to share my opt-in page, not the "you have reached the end of this course" page.
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  • Profile picture of the author hhunt
    Just to echo what @mywebwork said, one other way would be to get a script that does not use your details to send of the message. Instead, it should populate the sender's details with the person recommending their friend. That way, their friend would see that the email came from them.

    Would be better if you could find a script that would do that.

    Good luck
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    • Profile picture of the author JTcuy
      tell a friend script is a nice tools to generate free traffic to your site, you can seach the keywords- &quot;tell a friend script&quot; on google search, and I'm sure u will find the code there.
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    • Profile picture of the author kendrickyi
      Originally Posted by hhunt View Post

      Just to echo what @mywebwork said, one other way would be to get a script that does not use your details to send of the message. Instead, it should populate the sender's details with the person recommending their friend. That way, their friend would see that the email came from them.

      Would be better if you could find a script that would do that.

      Good luck
      Hmm ok. That would mean that I'll probably have to program the code myself.

      I probably will implement this feature in the near future.

      Thanks for the info!
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  • Profile picture of the author mali75850
    This should serve your purpose:
    scriptsez . net/?action=details&cat=Email%20Systems&id=1087536082
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