Customer Advocacy: Top Strategies, Examples, and Expert Opinions

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1. Customer advocacy is a CX strategy that aims to turn customers into brand advocates. “And then they encourage customers to share their experiences with other consumers (in the form of recommendations, referrals, or community engagement), and the brand itself (feedback, reviews, testimonials, prototype testing).” Turning customers into brand advocates could have many benefits for brands. The two most  prominent benefits are:

   In Customer advocates

2. Customer advocacy is a CX strategy that aims to turn customers into brand advocates. “In a customer advocacy program, brands prioritize customer satisfaction by creating positive and memorable experiences.” Turning customers into brand advocates could have many benefits for brands. The two most  prominent benefits are:

   In Customer advocates

3. Customer advocacy is a CX strategy that aims to turn customers into brand advocates. “And then they encourage customers to share their experiences with other consumers (in the form of recommendations, referrals, or community engagement), and the brand itself (feedback, reviews, testimonials, prototype testing).” Turning customers into brand advocates could have many benefits for brands. The two most  prominent benefits are:

   In Identifying customer advocates

4. At a U.S. wireless carrier, we discovered through extensive experimentation that new customers (both prepaid and contract) are most willing to refer within the first three months (with another smaller peak after contract renewal). That is because in this period, the initial onboarding is complete, excitement is still high, and the product is top-of-mind. After month three, referral likelihood didn’t just decline... it dropped by roughly 80-90%, making referral prompts dramatically less effective. “Incentives don’t always need to be monetary - exclusive access or free products can also be very effective - but there is always a point where increasing the reward value only delivers minimal or no incremental lift.” Finding that incentive ‘sweet spot’ - for both the referrer and the new customer - is essential to maximizing the ROI of your RAF program.

   In Referral incentive models

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