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July 26, 2021

How to nail your referral programme

Tom Wallis, the chief marketing officer at Gousto, shares how the company made its referral scheme go from so-so to smash hit.


Amy Lewin

3 min read

Tom Wallis is chief marketing officer at Gousto, the UK-based meal kit company which has had a (highly successful) referral scheme since 2013. Before joining Gousto five years ago, Tom worked at Sky, another company which runs heaps of referral schemes. Here he shares how Gousto made its scheme go from so-so to smash hit.

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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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