Referred by

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Jayson Whelpley — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:20:02 GMT

I'd like to revisit this. Bob's logic is sound, but I was wondering if there would be a possibility of OPTIONALLY linking it to an existing contact. I'm trying to figure out a way of creating a graphical representation of our referrals tree to encourage people to refer us to friends.

If they can see that it takes a lot of contacts for us to raise our support, they will know that we NEED contacts. Also, I'd like to show which links in the chain actually support us and which ones do not, showing that even if they can't support that their referrals are VALUABLE!

re: Referred by

Bob Mac Leod — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 17:15:28 GMT

The Referred By field is a free-form field for another good reason: Sometimes the "referrer" is not a contact in the database. For example, I attended a Missions Conference at my church and a number of people signed up to receive my newsletter. I put "2006-04 Missions Conference" as the referrer. Also, when I was originally raising my support, I had many contacts without a referrer (because "I" was the referrer), but I put the source of the contact in the Referred by box. For example, "Boy Scouts" (for Scout leaders or parents I talked to), "Sunday School", "Campus Ministry", etc. I have other referrals that were from groups or events--more so in my original MPD time than currently, but I would guess about 1/4 of my contacts who actually have a referrer, do not have one that is a contact in my list.

re: Referred by

Troy Wolbrink — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:01:02 GMT

Hi Kyle, It's just a free-form field. But I'll consider this as a nice suggestion!

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Kyle Fadeley — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:25:24 GMT

I see that there is an "add" button in the "referred by" selection list. Is it possible to connect that to a real TNT contact? I am trying to connect the referrer and the referrals without having to re-enter the name through the "add referrals" process.