Generating more referrals
Have you ever wondered about how you can facilitate and speed up the referral process, to get more referrals?
Interesting question. Since I hear this question often, I’ve been studying this topic by observing people around me, including subscribers like you. (Ha! Didn’t expect that, did you?!)
Well, when you signed up to receive the “5 Simple Ways to Network Successfully” program and these weekly articles, do you remember me asking you for referrals?
Since you considered these free business networking resources that I was offering to be worth your time, it’s very likely that your business associates would feel the same way too. Yet, only a fraction of the subscribers actually do tell their business associates about it.
Why is this?
Well, if you were one of the people who chose NOT to tell your friends and business associates about these free resources, what prevented you from doing so?
And if you were one of the people who DID refer others to my website, what specifically allowed or encouraged you to do so?
Obviously the answer will be different for each person.
And no matter what your response is, or which group you fall into, you can get valuable information from what you did or did not do, that you can then apply to YOUR business.
For instance, whatever it is that prevented you from telling your business associates about Effortless Networking, may be similar to what prevents other people from referring your business to others.
Perhaps you thought, “Let me check it out first and then I’ll tell others” — but then other things came up and you forgot to do so. Or perhaps you thought, “They probably won’t be interested, so why bother?” Or … you fill in the blank.
So, what (if anything) would help or allow YOU to tell your business associates about Effortless Networking?
- Are you providing similar “assistance” to help those who can give referrals to you, to do so more easily?
- If not, in what ways can you start doing so?
On the other hand, if you DID readily tell your friends about Effortless Networking, *something* made it easy for you to do so.
- What was it?
- And are you making it similarly easy for others to give you referrals?
Have I given you enough to chew on?
By the way, the software tool that I use to ask for referrals through my website is TAFpro. If you want more details about this tool, click here.
Till next week,
– Sri
