When you create a campaign in SparkLoop a bunch of custom fields are automatically added to your AWeber account:
Custom Field
Merge Tag
Description
RH_SUBID
{! custom RH_SUBID}
Subscriber's ID.
RH_CODE
{! custom RH_CODE}
Subscriber's referral code.
RH_REFLINK
{! custom RH_REFLINK}
Subscriber's referral link.
RH_ISREF
{! custom RH_ISREF}
Whether or not the subscriber has been referred. "YES" or "NO".
RH_SHARER
{! custom RH_SHARER}
Whether or not the subscriber has shared the link. "YES" or "NO".
RH_TOTREF
{! custom RH_TOTREF}
Subscriber's total number of referrals.
RH_LASTREF
{! custom RH_LASTREF}
Date of the last subscriber's referral.
RH_COUPON
{! custom RH_COUPON}
Subscriber's most-recently-won coupon code.
RH_LASTREWARD
{! custom RH_LASTREWARD}
The ID of the last reward won by this subscriber.
Using SparkLoop's custom fields in your newsletter
A common need for people is to add a section in their newsletter (usually at the bottom) with each subscriber's referral link and number of referrals. Here's an example from The Morning Brew:
Achieving the same result in your newsletter is easy. You just need to use the corresponding merge tags, like this:
When you send your newsletter the merge tags will be automatically replaced with each subscriber's total number of referrals and referral link.
How to set up your referral program email automations
Due to limitations with AWeber's internal infrastructure, it isn't possible to send rewards emails and other referral automations via AWeber.
Instead, you can set up automated emails via SparkLoop's inbuilt email automations feature:
Segments
SparkLoop makes it easy for you to segment your subscribers and send them targeted messages, for example:
send a message to all subscribers who have been referred
send a message to subscribers who have 3 or more referrals
send a message to subscribers who haven't referred anybody in 2 months
You can set up these segments very easily using SparkLoop-generated custom fields, in particular: RH_ISREF, RH_TOTREF and RH_LASTREF.
How to use a segment in AWeber
You can target specific segments with targeted emails and/or automations. For example, you can:
send a message to a specific segment instead of your entire list