Asking for Referrals, Part 5: Making It Personal

This is part five in my series on asking for referrals. I’d recommend that you read the other parts, but you can probably get by without them. Yesterday, we covered some of the other business referral requests we could make beyond asking for more clients. Today...

Asking for Referrals, Part 4: How Else Can They Help?

This is part four in a continuing series on asking for referrals. You may want to check out parts one, two, and three before you continue, but that’s up to you. So in the previous parts we spent some time refining our description of our ideal client. We took a...

Asking for Referrals, Part 1: Get Rid of “Anybody”

One of the benefits of good networking practice is that, every once in a while, you get to tell someone else about who would be a good referral for you. This is your big opportunity. This is when the work of creating a network starts to pay off. Don’t mess it...