Facebook uses people you know to sign up

Facebook is the 4th biggest website in the world. Their goal is to get everyone on the internet on Facebook. Pretty big goal. But after seeing this email. I think they can do it. I love how they leverage their existing community.

Here are some things that I learned:
1. They send reminders every 30 or so days that someone you know has invited you to facebook.
2. They include a picture of the person.
3. The include pictures of people in the past that have also invited you.

Facebook does a great job leveraging the community they already have. Customer testimonials are huge. Pictures of your customers smiling is even better. I think we need to start putting pictures of our customers in our reminder emails.

Have you ever shown up to a party with only 2 people? Your first instinct is to leave. Facebook does a good job showing you that you already know a ton of people at the “Party”.