Tag Archives: referral source

Patience is needed for tomatoes and referrals

I went out into my backyard today to look at my crop of Indiana Tomatoes.  I was quite disappointed to find that they still have not ripened.  The weather has been very cool this year and that means the tomatoes ripen more slowly.    I am losing my patience because I want vine ripe tomatoes NOW!
Ironically,  [...]

Ladies, Ask for What you Want

Over the years I have developed a pretty deep network and one of the things that I spend a lot of time doing is up dating my database.  In the process of doing that this week I noticed that my strongest referral relationships are with guys.  So I began to think about that, why are [...]

Make it easy for your referral sources

If you want to get more referrals from people in your network, you have to be able to make it easy for them to find and give those referrals to you.   They want to help you, but most will not step out of their comfort zone to make it happen,
Here are 5 things to [...]

Women are Natural Networkers

I have spent years networking with both men and women.  In that time I have noticed a lot of difference between how the two sexes network.  I have come to realize that Women  are really very natural networkers.
Building a strong network requires that you nurture the relationships that you have developed.  Women are very good [...]

If Referrals are Important, Why are they Random?

Do you have a system for generating referrals? If referrals are important to your business, shouldn’t you have a system that you can count on?

Spend Time Working Your Network

Have you ever asked a referral partner to introduce you to a contact they have only to be put off or not introduced at all? Did you wonder why? You might be surprised to know, that your referral partner did not have the same level credibility as the level referral you were asking [...]

Contacts, Referral Sources, and Referral Partners

What is the difference between a contact, a referral source, and a referral partner?  Do you know?  What is not knowing costing you?
There is a clear distinction between the three and most of the people out there networking today are working with contacts and referral sources, few have referral partners.  What would you business look [...]