Rain Making Problem #26: How to Ask for a Referral
A reader has asked me to post the following question: What are some good ways to ask for a referral? What would you suggest?
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December 21st, 2009 at 9:23 am
What works best for me is to ask-and-offer in a reciprocal way. Most professionals welcome the opportunity to explore which clients/contacts might benefit from knowing you — as long as you offer to return the favor by introducing them to clients/prospects who might enjoy meeting them. The timing and fit have to be right. But when they are, everybody benefits.
December 21st, 2009 at 10:39 am
Meg:
Spoken like a networker!
Ford Harding
December 21st, 2009 at 12:57 pm
“If you were me, who would you call on next?”
December 21st, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Jim
These are good words. How would you tee them up?
Ford Harding
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Like Lieutenant Columbo…..” Oh, just one more thing….”