Tell-A-Friend Drive

2009
03.23

Invite yourself and your friends to the most widespread Sadaqah promotion service on the net, Allahu Akbar.

Invite them now!


Click on the icon and choose Email SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend ONLY 20 emails at a time. (the icon at the end of this post let you send more at a time, but only works with gmail).

Summary:
The goal of this drive is to invite 1000 strong to the mailing list.


عن عبدالله بن عباس ‏عن النبي ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم‏
‏قال‏: كل معروف صدقة ، و الدال على الخير كفاعله.
صحيح الجامع

“Every act of goodness is a sadaqah (charity) and the one who leads others to goodness is like the one who does it.” -Sahih Al-Jami’a

Here is what happens when a brother put this on his gmail status:

I am Fahim from San Jose, Ca. A friend of mine had kept his status message as “helping http://halfdate.com to get 366 more subscribers to its mailing list.”
I just felt like going ahead and joining it, so that both of us earn some blessings.” -Fahim, San Jose

Goal: Invite 1000 people to join HalfDate mailing list

Deadline: March 31, 2009

Action:

  1. Join the mailing list if you haven’t
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  3. Really cool, mashaAllah tabarakaAllah. It let you login to your email and select your friends (it doesn’t store your password and the service is from a reputable company, in-sha-Allah), it also let you post to social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, …). Click on the icon and choose Email SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend ONLY 20 emails at a time. (the icon at the end of this post let you send more at a time, but only works with gmail).
  4. Add “I’m helping http://halfdate.com/currentdrive to get 500 more members to join its mailing list. Please subscribe!” to your email signature, away message, facebook status, twitter, or any other outlets you have
  5. Post a comment sharing with the rest of HalfDaters what you did

Progress:

Interesting Highlights:

  1. An noticeable sign ups, ma-sha-Allah tabaraka-Allah, from Brooklyn, NY and Orange County, CA in the US. As for other countries, a noticeable new HalfDaters are from the UAE and India
  2. Many people signed up because of seeing the link on their friend’s Facebook status
  3. Baitul Salaam of GA offered to send it to their list
  4. Al Amaanah of TX offered to send it to their list
  5. We’ve sent out this tracking link http://cli.gs/HalfDate-tell-a-friend, which redirect to this current drive, and people from the following countries have clicked. Check if your country is is highlighted in red (Click on the map to enlarge)

    traffic_map_march_25_2009

A Facebook user’s status

facebook status

May Allah reward you for spreading the word.

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30 Responses to “Tell-A-Friend Drive”

  1. furqan says:

    MashaAllah, may the Almighty bless our efforts with success in this world and the next, ameen

  2. Rahmah says:

    As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum.

    I posted a bulletin on MySpace.

  3. Abu Omar says:

    Posted a link on my gmail status

  4. muslimengineer says:

    Posted a link on my gmail and facebook status. Also twittered about this current drive.

    May Allah add Barakah to these efforts and help us work towards spreading acts of goodness. Aameen

  5. Salafi_Sista says:

    Salaam alaykum. I always post your up”dates” [pun intended] on my Facebook [Maryam Ali] and my MySpace [salafi_sista]. The best way we help each other is ummah to ummah – one on one!

    Ma’salaam.
    {{Maryam}}

  6. Muslim says:

    I’ve posted on Twitter, Facebook, and used that tell-a-friend thingie.

  7. Anony Money says:

    MashaAllah…TabarakAllah!! Counting till ZERO.

  8. Umm Junayd says:

    Posted on my Facebook and did the Tell a Friend thingy, ma sha Allah tabarakAllah a great idea.

  9. ramiza says:

    As salamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

    Insha Allah, Halfdate.com will meet its target.

    Posted in Multiply.com ,muslim group in Multiply and Orkut.

    wasalaam
    ramiza, singapore

  10. Sis Sajida says:

    Asalam Alaikum,

    I joined! And invited 3 friends, hope i’ve helped.

  11. admin says:

    Baitul Salaam Testimonial:

    I can send to my list through my email addresses of just over 50K. I am praying for halfdate.com it is a great way to serve Allah and meet new people. We have gained a few new consistent donors being associated with you.

    May Allah continue to bless te halfdate.com concept.

    ma salaam
    Hadayai

  12. brother says:

    I used your “tell a friend” tool to post it on Technocrati, Twitter, Delicious, and Facebook.

    May Allah help and accept

  13. muslimah says:

    salam…i told some of my friends!

  14. Great idea mashaAllah

  15. Angela Ishaq says:

    As Salaamu Alaikum, ! Have forwarded it to friends and posted on facebook. Masha’Allah a great idea. Wa Salaam

  16. Anonymous says:

    Excellent initiatvie….alhamdulillah,keep the momentum going!

  17. a brother says:

    I told my friends to help and put the link on their gmail status

  18. Hadayai says:

    As Salaamu Alaikum,

    I can’t enough good about halfdate.com. I am telling everyone, insh’Allah.

    ma salaam

  19. Assalaamu alaikum…

    I used the “tell a friend” to email my friends and family who aren’t on HalfDate yet. Looking to see who joins the list!

    Keep up all your hard work, and may Allah reward you!

  20. Ash says:

    salaams…anything that is done sincerely in a good cause, in the name of Allah shall succeed…inshaAllah…furthermore, as moslems & brothers & sisters, we should all unite, work on our deen & towards jannah…lets help each other out & may we all be in the right path…making dua & praying for all our brothers & sisters…may Allah bless us all…Ameen…

  21. Anisa says:

    Asalaamu Alaaikum
    BarakAllahu Feekum, insha’Allah you reach the 500

  22. I’ve bought an ad for HalfDate on Facebook. Hope that helps.

  23. hal786 says:

    Assalamualaikum
    i’ll inshallah put it on my blog later on but lol i got my exams and stuff now soo maybe like later on yh i might do it in a week or a month or a yr but inshallah i’ll try to do it LOL

  24. a brother says:

    I started to ask my friends personally on the chat, instead of emailing them.

    If they give me permission, I’ll add them to the list :P

  25. Sharjeel says:

    Found this through Al-Ammanah, pretty cool.

  26. Djabr says:

    i heard from al amaanah about this

  27. alikhlas says:

    Referred by Al Amaanah, and referred other from Al Amaanah, alhamdulillah.

  28. RimzaAW says:

    I heard about it from Al Amaanah, Alhamdulillah!

  29. alina says:

    i heard of this website through Al Amaanah. mashallah.

  30. Ibtisam says:

    masha’Allah ,more members!! (y) :D

    thats an achievement!


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