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Celebrating 25 Years in Referrals: My Story

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Why I made referral selling my life’s work. I was working for a global consulting and training firm. My first client was an outplacement firm (and a referral). Would you be willing to be a referral to this company?” My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals.

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Sales Managers: Think You’re Ready for Referrals?

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Here are five important steps to make your team referral sales experts. Whether you are a CEO, vice president, or sales manager, you have a central role in your company’s sales process and in the decision to transition from vapid outbound prospecting to selling through referrals. Yep, most of us are lazy and lack discipline.

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3 Ways to Guarantee Referral Prospecting Success

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Think a referral system is easy? That’s why referral selling is the only prospecting strategy that ensures qualified lead generation. And it only works if you have a referral system in place to ensure sales reps ask for referrals every day. The business case for referral selling is loud and clear.

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Sales Pipeline Dried Up? The #1 Way to Land Top Prospects Now

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They cut advertising, travel, training, marketing, and discretionary expense line items. They take an internal focus, instead of recognizing that lead generation—referral lead generation in particular—is their ticket to the C-Suite. (Or Well, here it is … Commit to Building Your Referral Business. Save Money. Reduce Costs.

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Want to Get Referrals? (Don’t Do This)

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Don’t assume your team knows how to ask for referrals. Tim told me his team was “doing referrals.” He figured they knew how to get referrals because he told them to do it. The web is replete with articles and webcasts that tell people to just go ask for referrals, like it’s common sense or something. Dead silence.

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Ready to Get Serious About Referrals? (Summer Sales Training Courses)

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Stop talking about referrals. Why would I tell you to stop talking about referrals, especially considering I’ve spent decades spreading that gospel? Everyone raves that referrals are their best source of new business, but few salespeople actually raise their hand and commit to referral selling. Start Doing Referrals.

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How to Ask for Referrals: A Comprehensive Guide

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This is a truthful and proven guide for how to ask for referrals. You won’t read that referrals are easy or that all you have to do is ask. What you will read are lessons and insights that I have gleaned from working my referral system with clients for the past 23 years. But referral selling is easier said than done.

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