Elevate Your Referral and Opt-in Campaigns with Gather’s New Form Input Styles

Gather form input are underlined by default. You can change the style in the theme settings of your Gather campaign.

Enhance Your Website's Aesthetics and User Experience

At Gather, we understand the importance of creating a seamless and visually appealing experience for your website visitors. That's why we're excited to introduce a range of new form input style options for your referral and opt-in campaigns.

Customise Your Form Input Fields to Match Your Brand

With our enhanced form input style editor, you can now:

• Choose from various input styles: Select from filled, outlined, solo, or the traditional underlined input field to match your website's design and branding.

• Easily customise your form: Navigate to the "Theme" within the editor for your campaign and select your preferred form input style from the dropdown list under "Forms."

Select your preferred form input style within the ‘form’ theme settings, in the Gather Editor.

Why Customise Your Form Input Style?

• Improve user experience: A visually appealing form can encourage visitors to take action and complete the referral or opt-in process.

• Enhance brand consistency: Ensure your form input styles align with your overall website design and branding.

• Increase conversions: A well-designed form can lead to higher conversion rates and more referrals or opt-ins.

Start Customising Your Forms Today

Take advantage of our new form input style options to create a more engaging and effective referral and opt-in experience for your website visitors.

Ready to get started? Visit your Gather campaign Editor theme settings and explore the new form input style options.

Introducing the New Text Area in Gather's Opt-in Sidebar: Enhance Your Lead Generation Game

Gather's opt-in sidebar editor has just received an upgrade! We're excited to announce the addition of a new text area to our opt-in sidebar, giving you more flexibility and control over how you capture leads and deliver information to your audience.

Why is this new feature so exciting?

The new text area allows you to add additional text and even links whilst giving you greater control over the formatting of the opt-in sidebar. This means you can:

• Provide additional context: Explain the benefits of subscribing or clarify any terms and conditions.

• Include a link to your privacy policy: Ensure your leads are aware of your privacy practices.

• Customize the appearance: Choose the font, edit the text and alignment, to match your brand's style.

Here are a few examples of how you can use the new text area:

• Running a competition: Include the terms and conditions of the competition in the text area.

• Promoting a new product or service: Highlight the key features and benefits.

• Sharing a blog post or article: Link to relevant content that your leads might be interested in.

How to use the new text area:

1. Log-in to your Gather account and select your opt-in campaign

2. Navigate to the design section of the Editor

3. Locate and enable the new text area within the Opt-in form and Opt-in Success forms

4. Add your desired text, links, and formatting.

5. Save your changes.

We're confident that the new text area will help you create more effective and engaging opt-in forms. Start using it today and see the difference it makes for your lead generation efforts.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please don't hesitate to contact our support team.

Your New Look Referral Program Dashboard by Gather

Track your Referral Program Success with the Gather Referral Dashboard

Understanding how your referral program is performing is essential to maximizing its potential. The Gather dashboard provides valuable insights into your referral program’s performance, helping you make data-driven decisions to optimise your program.

Uncover key metrics like total advocates, active advocates, initiated referrals, successful referrals, and order value from referred friends. Dive deeper with date-specific performance analysis to identify trends and optimise your strategy.

By monitoring your referral program with the Gather dashboard, you can increase your ROAS, reduce your CPA, and ultimately grow your business through successful referrals.

Ready to unlock the full potential of your referral program? Read the full article here.

Streamline Your Workflow: Gather Now Integrates with Campaign Monitor!

Gather’s new integration with Campaign Monitor

Exciting news for all our Gather users who utilize Campaign Monitor for their email marketing magic! We're thrilled to announce that the two platforms now seamlessly integrate, making your life easier and your campaigns more powerful.

What does this mean for you?

This integration unlocks a range of time-saving features, allowing you to effortlessly:

• Connect your Gather and Campaign Monitor accounts: No more juggling logins or platforms. Simply establish the connection and unlock a world of streamlined automation.

• Fetch lists and segments: Easily access your existing Campaign Monitor lists and segments right within Gather. Say goodbye to manual data migration and hello to effortless synchronisation.

• Fetch contacts for lists and segments: Dive deeper into your audience. Retrieve specific contact details based on your chosen lists and segments, gaining valuable insights to personalise your campaigns.

• Push leads to lists for opt-in campaigns: Grow your email list organically. Automatically add new opt-in leads from Gather directly into your chosen Campaign Monitor list, ensuring you capture every potential subscriber.

• Push leads to lists for referral campaigns: Amplify your reach. Encourage referrals by seamlessly adding new leads generated through Gather's referral program to your dedicated Campaign Monitor list.

Benefits galore!

This integration isn't just about convenience; it's about boosting your email marketing success. Here's how:

• Save time and effort: Eliminate manual data entry and tedious tasks, freeing up your valuable time for crafting impactful campaigns.

• Improve data accuracy: Say goodbye to errors and inconsistencies. Seamless synchronization ensures your contact information is always up-to-date and accurate.

• Personalize your campaigns: Leverage detailed contact data to tailor your emails for better engagement and higher conversion rates.

• Grow your audience efficiently: Capture leads effortlessly and nurture them through targeted campaigns, expanding your reach and fostering loyalty.

Ready to get started?

Head over to our academy for a step-by-step guide on setting up the integration. It's quick, easy, and opens up a world of possibilities for your email marketing efforts.

Start streamlining your workflow and optimising your campaigns today with the power of Gather and Campaign Monitor combined!

Supercharge Your Referrals with Klaviyo and Gather's Integration!

Did you know Gather’s integration with Klaviyo offers a game-changing reward code solution? This dynamic integration makes embedding personalized codes in your Klaviyo emails a breeze, taking your referral strategy to new heights.

Here's the deal: Gather seamlessly syncs the reward codes you offer to referred friends with your Klaviyo account. This means you can use liquid variables to sprinkle those unique codes right into your Klaviyo emails, creating a personalized welcome experience that stands out.

In addition to Gather, with this integration, you can craft targeted follow-up emails directly in Klaviyo that remind referred friends about their rewards and conveniently showcase their personalized code. This makes redemption easier and strengthens the connection with your brand. ❤️

The benefits are clear:

• Increased code usage: Personalized codes lead to more redemptions, boosting your program's impact.

• Enhanced friend experience: A tailored touch shows you care, fostering loyalty and positive word-of-mouth.

• Streamlined workflow: Klaviyo's automation makes managing your referral program a breeze.

Ready to unlock this potential?

1. Connect your Gather and Klaviyo accounts: It's time to form a marketing dream team!

2. Create a segment for referred friends: Gather your awesome referral network under one roof.

3. Craft targeted Klaviyo emails: Use liquid magic to personalize messages and add your unique codes.

4. Watch engagement soar: Enjoy increased code usage and happy referred friends!

For more information check out our help article on how to include reward codes in Klaviyo emails.

Are you Getting the most out of your Referral Program?

A successful referral program not only generates more sales but also significantly increases your ROAS (return on ad spend).

In order to do this you should identify as many touch points in your referral funnel where you can position a call to action, asking a customer to join your referral program.

Review the suggestions below and see how many of the following customer touch points you are using in the promotion of your referral program.

First things first, we highly recommend that you include a refer a friend landing page on your website. The purpose of this page is to give existing customers information on the benefits of joining your campaign and to convert them to a brand advocate. Using Gather, you can embed your advocate opt-in form on the page. Returning advocates can sign into their referral dashboard on this page too.

Navigation Menu

Include a link to your refer a friend landing page in your site navigation menu.

Announcement Bar

Include an announcement bar on your website, with a link to your landing page.

Homepage Carousel

If you have a carousel of your latest offers and announcements on your home or product pages, include a link to the your referral campaign landing page.

Site footer

Including a link in your site footer makes your referral program accessible anywhere on your website.

Order confirmation page

When is an existing customer most likely to convert to an advocate? When they have just made a purchase. Include a link to your referral campaign on your order confirmation page catching customers when they are most engaged with your brand. You can include this a banner or as a pop-up which will re-direct happy customers to your referral campaign landing page.

A post purchase pop-up removes the friction of signing up as Gather can automatically enrol the customer when they click to join the referral program, allowing them to immediately start making referrals.

Gather Floating Button

With Gather you can display a floating button anywhere on your site that will open your referral program opt-in form. Gather allows you to set the rules for where your button is displayed and set triggers that will open referral program in a sidebar.

EDMs

Did you know that Gather integrates with Klaviyo and Mailchimp? You can turn existing customers into advocates automatically and send out communications asking them to refer their friends.

There are many ways in which you can funnel customers into your referral program. The more calls to actions you use the more successful your referral program will be.

A successful referral program is not set and forget, experiment with some of the above to work out which is most successful for you!

Embed your Gather Opt-in Form Inline on your Website.

Introducing Gather's latest functionality: Embed your opt-in form inline in your website.

Now you can collect leads from anywhere on your website by embedding a Gather opt-in form directly into your pages and blog posts. This is a great way to increase your conversion rate and grow your email list.

Here are some of the benefits of using Gather's inline opt-in form embed feature:

• Increased conversion rates: Embedding your opt-in form inline makes it easier for visitors to subscribe to your email list, which can lead to higher conversion rates.

• More targeted leads: You can target your opt-in forms to specific pages or blog posts, so you're only collecting leads from people who are interested in what you have to offer.

• More control over the design: With Gather's inline opt-in form embed feature, you can customize the look and feel of your form to match your website styling.

Here are some tips for using Gather's inline opt-in form embed feature effectively:

• Place the form in a prominent location on your website, such as above the fold.

• Make sure the form is easy to see and fill out.

• Use clear and concise language in the form fields.

• Consider offering an incentive to encourage visitors to submit the form, such as a free ebook or discount code.

Want more details on how to embed your opt-in campaign? Check out our detailed ‘How to’ article.

NEW FEATURE - Login Gather generated leads, from Klaviyo, without using name and email

Every new lead you generate with a Gather Opt-in campaign assigns the lead a unique hashed ID which is synced along with other properties to your Klaviyo account.

You can use this custom property in an email button to log the lead back into the campaign without the need to pass their name and email through the URL.

Using the property in a liquid variable, instead of the name and email, enhances the lead’s data privacy by obfuscating personal information. By replacing the name and email with a hash, the individual's identity is better protected.

You can use this feature in 2 ways, to automatically login in the lead, removing the requirement to re-enter their name and email address, or you can prefill their name and email address in the log-in form.

To detailed instructions on how to use this new feature, check out the following article in the Gather Academy.