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# Choosing Your Advocate Sharing Experience

> A walkthrough of choices available to you for your advocate share experience.

# Overview

Extole offers flexible implementation options to fit your team’s resources and design preferences. Whether you're working with a full dev team or launching lean, there’s a setup that works for you. Below is a breakdown of the three most common ways marketers successfully enable sharing on their websites.

# Embedded Referral Page

**Best for brands with developer resources and want to keep strict branding guidelines.**

With the **Embedded** option, you integrate Extole’s referral form directly into your own branded webpage. This allows you to create a seamless, fully customized experience that aligns with your site’s look and feel.

* **Example**: [Apple Montessori Schools](https://applemontessorischools.com/refer-a-friend#referral-form)

![](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/syy27wia/1715147277/f917399dbfdb5d58d22e165c9f2f/53e26563-e98c-44f5-9e24-2bd78ecaa04d?expires=1778306400\&signature=a4422c766b6c0ac1fbaa01d37d81e23864244d5355aedcba64e6706f31ba5f5f\&req=dScmE8h6moNYXvMW3nq%2BgU8Z2s5EGD1UGVW5CuGZ1baYSyRHXJjmgbv%2FS753%0Adn2i09kPy96iXc0c8V%2FWpIvpiLA%3D%0A)

* **Pros**:

  * Fully branded, cohesive experience
  * Can be optimized for SEO and integrated into your site nav
  * Ideal for brands wanting high visibility and control\
    ​

* **Considerations**:

  * Requires your team to build and design the landing page and embed the widget
  * Can be harder to do offer A/B tests because the copy and creative is hosted directly on your site

# Modal or Widget

**A flexible, on-site solution that lives behind a button or link.**

The **Modal/Widget** opens a referral form in a pop-up or overlay, triggered from a CTA button on your site. It keeps users on your page while enabling easy sharing.

* **Example**: [Ashley Furniture](https://refer.ashleyfurniture.com/homepage_tile_placement)

![](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/syy27wia/1715150533/5adccaf5e932587ba5c207fa1262/bc9ecbc7-7cb8-41e4-8b0c-f6944e5367e5?expires=1778306400\&signature=93211a949fec59db7f387ad2fedc9d82c98ebd15946d00c1f0ee60e648c6d22c\&req=dScmE8h7nYRcWvMW3nq%2BgSpduzzYtBKhDlbf%2BA3nPrJdG3KO2uYPT0lKXM2s%0AsWnqEBruTir%2FpuzxjQaiTDWttQA%3D%0A)

* **Pros**:

  * Clean and compact; doesn’t require a new page
  * Easy for customers to access without leaving their browsing experience
  * Balanced in branding, experience, and resource use\
    ​

* **Considerations**:

  * Requires minimal dev support to implement with just the [core.js](http://core.js) tag
  * Best placed in high-traffic areas like account pages, nav bars, or site footers

# Extole-Hosted Microsite

**Perfect for teams with limited tech resources or looking to launch quickly.**

Extole provides a fully hosted, out-of-the-box referral microsite, complete with your branding. This is the fastest and easiest way to get started.

* **Example**: [BECU](https://share.becu.org/raf_basic_page_hero_cta)

![](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/syy27wia/1715151136/f445b79192ca1b59192da0f4fbc3/ae96ecda-6fad-4fe3-be3e-889d90b86f0b?expires=1778306400\&signature=53a8e91bbf344f434807e4428fac77e2de95d1cf5e2a40f1b47d61be5e23e45d\&req=dScmE8h7nIBcX%2FMW3nq%2Bgb%2ByByl7LdzSA1bJX0J5YO8dVkMyEy1dTgE74VoB%0AOpvzuTgookDiHhDQhitXhHeO5Lw%3D%0A)

* **Pros**:

  * Ready to enable in Extole
  * All copy and creative managed by your team in Extole
  * Launches quickly without disrupting your main site\
    ​

* **Considerations**:

  * Less integrated into your site’s UX
  * Microsite lives separately, so consider how you’ll drive traffic to it, a GTM tracking tag can be added to these pages.

# **Integrating in App?**

These suggestions are specific to onsite experiences, but Extole also supports [Mobile API](http://m/docs/mobile-api) and [Mobile SDK](https://docs.extole.com/docs/mobile-sdks) integrations in your app. Chat with your Implementation or Customer Success Manager to talk through these options.

# **Final Tips**

* No matter which option you choose, Extole provides support during setup.
* Consider where your traffic is coming from and how customers typically engage, this will help you choose the best format.
* Want to test more than one method? That’s possible too - some brands start with the microsite and migrate to an embedded experience later on.