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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)

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/extole/jfiwIeVafuhmrxvP/images/extole/fa68fdfa84091c4b2dd8e7d9e0585ff6f8ef99d6df052284c754a974c617e5a9.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=jfiwIeVafuhmrxvP&q=85&s=3e9c8d7fd9113fb2ff74c362cd144e06" alt="Screenshot showing Example: Apple Montessori Schools" width="899" height="729" data-path="images/extole/fa68fdfa84091c4b2dd8e7d9e0585ff6f8ef99d6df052284c754a974c617e5a9.png" />

* **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)

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/extole/qcEY2oecClXIoahB/images/extole/88d678ed247f18b778cdf1050c4f52778c697c65ade345972bb54264440b22af.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=qcEY2oecClXIoahB&q=85&s=c0978f9b7737f8a92133b4f0a43db637" alt="Screenshot showing Example: Ashley Furniture" width="1600" height="861" data-path="images/extole/88d678ed247f18b778cdf1050c4f52778c697c65ade345972bb54264440b22af.png" />

* **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)

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/extole/_CGkIry01aqhHmSF/images/extole/ab9f70f0e4097bbf47c196ad400e81c69d76bc8c20593d05221be0d860f91467.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=_CGkIry01aqhHmSF&q=85&s=194b12cb97e507fad7d1acc74be1dc4c" alt="Screenshot showing Example: BECU" width="1118" height="715" data-path="images/extole/ab9f70f0e4097bbf47c196ad400e81c69d76bc8c20593d05221be0d860f91467.png" />

* **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.
