Member Referral Challenge
Run a short, clearly defined referral campaign with transparent attribution and rewards that the school can actually fulfill.
Lead time
21 days
Best for
Schools with an approved referral program, reliable inquiry capture, and staff capacity for prompt guest follow-up.
Goal
Invite qualified introductions from current families while keeping attribution and rewards fair.
Decisions the owner must make
- Eligibility and campaign dates
- What counts as a referral and conversion
- Reward, approval, and fulfillment policy
- Guest offer and follow-up owner
Assets this guide tells your team to prepare
- Program-terms outline
- Member invitation
- Referral-source capture instructions
- Staff attribution checklist
- Campaign closeout message
These are planning deliverables, not a promise that each finished asset is generated. Private-pilot activation creates one linked event plus the same ten generic, placeholder-filled drafts and tasks for every playbook.
Event timeline
- 1T-21
Write the rules
- Define eligibility and first-touch attribution.
- Approve rewards and fulfillment.
- Set start and end dates.
- 2T-14 to end
Invite and track
- Publish complete terms.
- Capture referral source separately.
- Follow up guests consistently.
- 3Weekly
Review evidence
- Resolve duplicates.
- Confirm conversions against the written rule.
- Avoid public staff or member pressure.
- 4T+7
Fulfill and close
- Approve eligible rewards.
- Record fulfillment.
- Publish only accurate, consented results.
Measure what actually happened
- Attributed referral inquiries
- Qualified trials
- Verified conversions
- Approved and fulfilled rewards
Keep forecasts, registrations, attendance, collected revenue, refunds, and expenses separate. Do not report a projected opportunity as money earned.
Guardrails
- Publish complete terms before launch.
- Do not change first-touch attribution retroactively.
- Never promise automatic cash or account credit without an approved ledger and policy.
Product boundary
The private-pilot campaign creates one linked event at one anchor time and can track staff work. It does not create a campaign date range, referral codes, structured attribution, or reward fulfillment. Those referral records remain roadmap work, and no automatic account credit is created.