I'm thrilled to announce that Ambassador has earned the ranking of #736 in the 36th annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America. This achievement was not possible without the amazing team of Diplomats who consistently live our core value of "OUTCARE," which stands for:

What can I say? This has been quite an extraordinary year for Ambassador. From awards to new customers to growing our own team, I'm incredibly proud of all that we have accomplished in 2017.

Another year in the books! And a great one it’s been. From focusing on OUTCARE to hitting over 10 Million ambassadors using our platform to our first PongVember Tourney, it’s been a busy, rewarding, and exciting 365 days.

People influence people. A trusted referral influences people more than the best broadcast message. A trusted referral is the Holy Grail of advertising. - Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO, Facebook The goal of referral marketing is simple: To harness the power of authentic word-of-mouth to drive a steady stream of high-quality referrals to your business (and grow revenue as a result). Executing against that goal, however, is a little bit more complicated. For referral marketing to work, you ...

If you polled a group of marketing experts and asked them to name their favorite type of lead, one response would clearly stand out: Referrals.

It's not at all difficult to imagine that word-of-mouth is one of the oldest forms of marketing. Long before most people could even write — much less live-tweet an event — farmers and craftsmen were urging their customers to tell friends and family where to find the best olive oil and sturdiest spears. But old doesn’t mean irrelevant. There’s been a renewed interest in referral programs lately, so let's explore the importance of them in our digital age.