Referral Marketing
Use the Power of Referral Marketing for Consistent
Growth
Referral marketing is a vital part of your small
business marketing strategy that you cannot afford to do without. A
quality referral system is the most reliable, most rewarding, and least
expensive way to build sales for your business.
Referral marketing is the most natural way to do
business. It’s simple: if you provide good products
or services that people need, they tell others of their experience.
It’s human nature to tell others of good things we discovered
and caution them against repeating our mistakes.
When satisfied customers tell others, they are in
effect creating a referral for your business. Because of this referral
chances are good that when this new prospects is in the market for your
product they will patronize your business rather than your competitors.
They trust you and want to do business with you
because of the recommendation of the original, satisfied
customer.
When a satisfied customer refers another to your
business, you are getting a customer who:
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is
easier to close,
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has
fewer complaints,
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is
more loyal,
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remains
a client longer,
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and
is more trusting.
You
can build a very successful business with this method of
marketing. But how do you go about inspiring your satisfied
customers to offer you more referrals? Simple,
build yourself a referral marketing system.
Most businesses don't get enough referrals because
of one obstacle - they don't ask for them! A good
referral marketing strategy program takes care of this problem by
creating a process that generates a steady stream of referral from your
network.
This section of the Small Business Marketing Hub
focuses on what you need to do build your referral marketing program.
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to learn more about becoming a referral marketing master? -
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Define
Your Referral Marketing Network
(more)
At
the heart of your referral marketing program is your network of
contacts. These are the people you have met over the years
and formed relationships on many different levels. Your network is made
up of family, friends, business associates, suppliers, members of your
social groups, neighbors, and many others.(Continue
here)
Determine Your
Contact Sphere (more)
When building
your referral marketing system, it is wise, as well as more profitable,
to naturally follow the networks that are built into your business.
Every industry has a unique culture that forms out of necessity and
convenience. This is where the easy referral will be found – your
Contact Sphere. (Continue
here)
Establish a Contact System
(more)
Now that you
have defined your referral marketing network and have pinpointed your
Contact Sphere, your next step is to establish a methodology to contact
these people to create a reciprocal referral relationship
with them. This requires you to take an active posture not a
passive one. Most businesses wait for referrals to come to them without
any effort. They believe that just because they satisfy a customer with
their product or service that the customer will give them a referral.
(Click
here to learn more)
It’s common to have
gaps in your referral network that need to be filled. Not even the best
networks know someone to fill every need they might encounter.
That’s why you must continuously look to expand and
diversify your referral network.
(Click here for more)
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