Julian ShapiroContributorShare on TwitterJulian Shapiro is the founder of BellCurve.com, a growth marketing team that trains startups in advanced growth, helps you hire senior growth marketers and finds you vetted growth agencies.
He also writes at Julian.com.More posts by this contributorHow to advertise a podcast in 2020Gauging email success, invite-only app launches and other growth tacticsWe&ve aggregated many of the world best growth marketers into one community.
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The most successful referral programs typically focus on app features that naturally incentivize users to invite friends and colleagues.