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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: 

  • is easier to close,

  • has fewer complaints,

  • is more loyal,

  • remains a client longer,

  • 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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Principles To Embrace


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)

Expand and Diversify Your Referral Network (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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"Building a successful word-of-mouth business requires a systematic way of generating referrals. It calls for commitment from you to devote a certain amount of time and effort to building relationships that will pay off in increased referrals."

Dr. Ivan Misner, Founder of BNI, Intl.

 

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