Referrals

Referrals were something I knew held great potential, but I just didn’t know the process, or art, of getting them on a consistent basis.

My morning with Dave put that right.  It wasn’t just theory from a book, it was real, down to earth advice, tailored to my business, that meant the very next day I was able to go and take action. 

The practical applications discussed have allowed me to instantly visualise how this will bring revenue into my business, and I’m buzzing about being able to proactively take control of this process 

I was massively Impressed at just what could be covered in a single morning and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend other business owners to take the opportunity of gaining Dave’s advice.

When I first started working with Dave at the start of the year, my immediate goal was to not have a dip in work during the summer months.

8 weeks later with £100k of new work in, that I put wholly down to the mindset shifts and practical applications Dave has introduced, and my goals shifted.

I’ve not had to do anything drastically different to what I was doing before, just make subtle shifts in my behaviour and language to be more intentional about referrals with my clients and network in general.

As I’ve built momentum with the conversations I’ve been having, the connections and results have just snowballed.

And the work brought on has typically been with the clients that I want to be working with ongoing.

I can already see how this is going to bring the consistency our business needs in order to scale, and I’m now looking at how partnerships and referrals can help me attract more of those ideal clients rather than just filling my pipeline.

Before working with Dave I would have said that we were in a pretty decent place for referrals, we've organically developed relationships where referrals naturally happen.

But it's random, not consistent at all. When a lead does come in, it's more of a bonus lead, less of a planned, intentional and thought through part of our lead generation.

Since working with Dave, I realise how much more opportunity there is out there for us, and how we haven't made it easy for others to refer into us.

I now have tangible, realistic - and exciting - steps and goals to work toward to create a strong and consistent pipeline of pre qualified leads coming through to us (how amazing is that!?).

Dave is a 'Big Thinker', he helps you shoot for the stars, with high level, strategic planning. But he's also hugely practical and realistic, and will support you in creating and taking the steps you need to implement a referral strategy that works. He's also a thoroughly nice guy, and a pleasure to work with.

If you're looking to increase the amount of leads coming into your business, with a trusted and expert advisor, who 'gets people' and knows how to craft sustainable and impactful relationships - look no further - talk to Dave.

Although happy asking for case studies and testimonials from my happy clients, I’ve always felt really awkward asking for referrals, and wasn’t sure on how to approach my wider network, even though I know many of them would be only too happy to recommend me.

Working with Collaboration Junkie really helped me grow my skills and I’m now much more confident in who, how and when to ask. So much so that I even asked a prospect who wasn’t proceeding who else they could recommend me too! I would have never believed I would have been able to do that prior, so thank you Dave!

I’m not great on workshops or training courses, I can find them a bit of a struggle, especially online. Dave’s delivery was awesome. There was lots of interaction, it was made relevant to my business, and it was really fun, which meant my attention was held all the way through. 

As for the content, I used to think I wasn’t asking for referrals as I didn’t have the time. Even though I knew they had huge potential for me because of the positive feedback my business gets. I know now that it was actually just that I didn’t have a process in place. I mean, how long does it take to ask for a referral?   I came out buzzing. My business has already been growing rapidly, and with this additional strategy behind it I’m really excited about what it could mean for my lead generation. 

I’m always so busy I just don’t ask for referrals, even though I receive a steady flow of them, I’d also love to get my team asking, but I know they’ll be resistant as they’re not sales focussed. In amongst having a lot of fun, the content delivered during the Collaboration Junkie session was absolutely brilliant. It’s one thing showing where you have a gap in your business, it’s something else entirely to make you realise how you can fill that and inspire you to take action.

it really opened my eyes to the potential and gave me a framework that I can now build into my business moving forwards – I’ve already set the wheels in motion.

I’m looking forward to working with Dave again in the future and would recommend other business owners find the time to do the same.

Running a membership organisation, I’m already used to levering my audience for referrals, so I have to be honest I wondered how much I would get from the session. I couldn’t have been more wrong as I learned so much more than I ever thought I would.

It was fun & engaging and the fact it was personalised to my business was great.

The level of content was really thorough, I took loads of notes, have some simple actions to get started with right away, and am excited by the future potential.