June 11, 2009

WIIFM Referrals

What’s In It For Me, WIIFM, the basic biological fundamental radio station that most of us humans are tuned into throughtout the day. We hear Bryan Tracy, Zig, and Tony Robbins talk about how that is what our customers and prospects are thinking throughout our sales presentations and that we must tailor our talks to accomodate their needs. This seems to be true, at least in my experience, and today I was reminded of this principle in a big way.

I was having a conversation with a client about referrals. He had been having a terrible slump with getting referrals for the past 5 or 6 weeks. He had been asking most of the right questions, at pretty much the right times, and we were trying to dissect if maybe there Read More...

June 9, 2009

Top 10 Referral Tips

Filed under: Sales Training, Top 10 Lists — Tags: , , , , , , — Freedom Personal Development @ 6:00 am

Referrals, referrals, referrals.  Every business professional knows how important referrals are.  With them you can work smarter, make more money and grow your business faster than any other method.

In today’s economy, referrals are vital to keep business rolling. 

For today’s Top 10 Tips Tuesday, we are going to focus on how to generate referrals.  What you should know and how to professionally cultivate more. 

 1. Ask for them outright. Explain what you do and say you’d like referrals.
The #1 reason people don’t get Read More...

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