Real K-factor measurement, not vibes. Iterate until it actually goes viral.
You'd think 'viral' is luck — Astra runs the K-factor math, ships the right surface area, and iterates until the coefficient actually proves out.
Astra ships a viral feature in 14 days using the proven Loom/Calendly/Notion playbook. Day 1-3: she audits your product for viral surface area — moments where users naturally share output (results, schedules, designs, calculations) — and picks the highest-leverage one. Then she designs the share unit: typically a beautiful OG image with your branding, a public viewable URL, and a 'made with [you]' attribution. Day 4-10: she ships it on Vercel with proper Twitter Card and OG metadata, viewable-without-signup links, embed support, and PostHog event tracking on every share + click + signup conversion. Day 11-14: launch with 4 power-user customers, measure baseline K-factor (shares per user × signups per share). After: weekly Lark report on K-factor trend with iteration recommendations. Target K=0.5+ within 60 days; >1.0 means true exponential growth.
Map every user-generated output: reports, dashboards, schedules, designs, calc results. Score each by share frequency × recipient relevance × signup conversion potential.
Beautiful OG image (1200×630, branded), public viewable URL with no auth required, embed support (oEmbed + iframe), prominent 'Try [your product] free' CTA on the public view.
Next.js dynamic routes, OG image API route, Twitter Cards, full PostHog instrumentation: share_initiated, share_completed, share_link_clicked, share_signup_converted.
Identify top 10 NPS promoters via Intercom + product usage. Personally onboard them to the new feature. Their first 50 shares are your baseline K-factor data.
Weekly Lark report: K-factor (shares/user × signups/share), share completion rate, viral cycle time. A/B test OG image, CTA copy, share trigger. Goal: K>0.5 in 60 days.
Live viral feature on Vercel with public share URLs, OG images, embeds, full instrumentation, and a weekly Lark K-factor report driving iteration.
14-day build + ship; weekly K-factor reports; 60-day target to K>0.5.
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Then the viral feature has to be created — most often a result/output/insight that didn't exist before. Astra will look for what users brag about in support tickets and reviews; that's the signal for what to make shareable. If truly nothing exists, she'll recommend not forcing virality and pursuing other growth channels first.
K=0.3-0.5 is solid for most B2B (cuts CAC by 30-50%). K>1 is exceptional — Loom, Calendly, Notion all hit it. K<0.2 means the feature isn't actually viral; iterate or kill. Astra benchmarks against your category and tells you if your numbers are good, average, or broken.
Viral = the product itself drives signups via natural use (sharing a Calendly link). Referral = explicit incentive to invite friends (give $20, get $20). Viral has no incentive but requires shareable artifacts. Referral works for anything but requires explicit user motivation. Most strong companies do both.
She investigates: are they getting friction? Is the share format embarrassing/branded badly? Does the recipient experience suck? She'll do 5-7 user interviews via Intercom to find the actual blocker, then ship a fix in 5 days. If after 2 iteration cycles K is still <0.1, she'll recommend pivoting away from viral.