Excellent article by BNI founder Ivan Misner and one of the main reasons we created Hello Referrals. The follow up on received referrals is made abundantly clear here and it’s importance is key. http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2009/11/05/what-is-the-number-one-trait-of-a-master-networker/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUeeiCNqGwk We just completed our new video that explains business networking – an undeniably effective method of small business marketing. We made the video to articulate an inherent problem for business networks – the management of referrals and business opportunities
What Are The Benefits Of Tracking The Referrals I Send and Receive? We’re sticklers for organization and measuring results. When we created Hello Referrals, we were focused on a few simple core things that we wanted to achieve. Create an
“Small Business Referrals” …”Word of Mouth Marketing” …”Professional Referral Networks”… I think a lot of us hear these words, or research them online, and put together a kind of frame of reference that involves many people with ties and briefcases.
This is the single most important thing you can do – and is one of the main reasons we created Hello Referrals. To help you do this better, amidst – ideally – what will be so many referrals and word
The recession and weakened U.S. economy has taken a toll to some degree on all business globally. I think I can speak for all of us when I say that I’m sick and tired of words like “bankruptcy” and “foreclosure”
Let’s define something very clearly. There is a major difference between a lead – also known as a business opportunity – and a referral – (also known as the ideal according to what we think). These two things often get
Sounds a bit hokey… yes… but we’re going to explain what a circle of trust is and why it’s essential to the attitude you need to have when it comes to leveraging your referral network and achieving zen in the
Incentive: \in-ˈsen-tiv\ noun — something that incites, or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for greater productivity So you’ve successfully established your referral marketing network. You’ve assembled your crack team of business professionals who