* Identify several professionals or industries that already have trusted relationships with your target market.
* Build or buy a database of potential referral sources (www.infoUSA.com and www.superpages.com are two great resources).
* Focus on refining your Unique Competitive Advantage by answering this question: "Why should someone hire me versus any of my competitors?"
* Create a form letter that includes who you work with, how you are different, and a personal invitation to get together to determine if/how you could work together.
* Send out 10-20 letters per week.
* Have your assistant call the people you sent letters to and determine their level of interest in connecting with you.
* Have your assistant set up appointments for you over lunch or coffee.
* When you meet with prospective SRPs, find out more about their business and how you can help their clients.
* Ask compelling questions to let them know you are interested in building a mutually beneficial referral relationship, and remember to ask the best question: "How would I know if the person I'm talking to would be a great referral for you?"
* Ask them if they would be willing to send you referrals.
* When possible, try to send them a referral in the next 30 days.
* Follow up every 4-6 weeks to stay connected with them ( send them a letter, article of interest, or one of your press releases).
by SpaceShanty 10 years ago
Looking at the people who I have referred to Hubpages not one of them has created any Hubs. Would it be against HP TOS to send them an email through HP to encourage them? I am not taking about simply spamming them but something along the lines of "Hi, I see you signed up to...
by Lisa Jane 21 months ago
How do I use my referral link to send to a family member?
by bloggerdollar 17 years ago
Hello, I want to build links for some of my hubs and I usually do this by putting the referral code in my linkhttp://www.hubpages.com/_directin/....Do those link will count as a link to my Hub by search engines or will they be sensed as a different URL and the will be irrelavant of search engine...
by Ann Leung 13 years ago
What should I do when a hubber send me a message with "HubPages Referral Tracker" written on top?What should I do when a hubber send me a message with HubPages Referral Tracker written on the top asking me to copy some HTML text on the message and click a button at the end? Is it...
by Writing Coach -- Rajinder Soni 15 years ago
I just received an email today from ebay stating that they are starting quality click pricing for new users from 1st of Septembers and for old users like me and you from 1st of October.Now we will earn some money when visitors on our hubs will click products on our ebay widgets. Please read this...
by jaywhite2000 13 years ago
Should college football have a bracketed playoff system to determine a national championship?Frustrated undefeated teams want to know.
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