Forward to a Friend (legacy feature)

You can add a link to your Act-On email that encourages your recipients to forward the message to a friend.

• Email designs that already have this link will still function as expected.
• You can still add Forward to a Friend to your email message using the email icon in the Social Share block - see this article for instructions.

How does it work?

When the original email recipient clicks this hyperlink, they will be sent to a landing page that allows them to enter their friend or colleague's name and email address.

Once they submit the form, Act-On will send an email to that new recipient. The email will contain a message from the original Contact but the email will come from the same sender as the original message.

Forward to a Friend landing page:

Note: This page cannot be customized.

Adding Forward to a Friend to your Message

View Forward to a Friend Activity in the Sent Message Report

For any sent message that includes a Forward to a Friend link, you can see clickthrough activity in the Sent Message Report.

View the Forward to a Friend List

To see who has received a Forward to a Friend email, go to Contacts > Other Lists > Account List > Contacts and select Forward to a Friend List.  Note: This list will not display when it has 0 contacts.

In this list, you can see the Friend's first name, last name, and email address, as well as who forwarded the message, the message ID, subject line, and the message that your contact shared with the friend. The Friend will have a Contact Report that reflects the message that was forwarded to them.

You can use this list to run an email opt-in campaign, for example, and gain potential new leads or contacts.