Referrals Questions

If you don't have a network which you can get referrals from, how do you find your first consulting clients for a one-person development firm?

Networking Consulting Consultants Referrals Clients

asked May 12 '14 at 17:55

Robert Sheehan
7 points

I have a friend Z who has been acting as the middle-man between me and his clients. Z contributes to less than one percent of my business' revenue. The projects that Z refers usually amounts to $1k...

Referrals Commission

asked Mar 8 '13 at 01:50

John
170 points

I am considering to offer a referral fee to a certain category of business consultants to help drum up business. The fee would be part of a "relationship package" along with an opportunity to write...

Marketing Business Referrals

asked Feb 11 '12 at 16:03

Sergei Veinberg
429 points

I'm an independent software consultant who is looking for referrals. I've paid for referrals before and have noticed that sometimes I was happy with the price and sometimes I was not. For example,...

Sales Consulting Leads Referrals

asked Apr 22 '11 at 06:39

Timid Developer
30 points

I'm an independent software consultant who is looking for referrals. I've come to the conclusion that perhaps I should pay for them and earlier today posted this question about a teired commision...

Sales Consulting Leads Referrals

asked Apr 22 '11 at 13:46

Timid Developer
30 points

Testimonials seem to be a great idea (social proof, etc), but I'm not sure they have any meaningful impact on sales. And they could actually be causing problems for our existing customers. For...

Marketing Sales Internet Referrals Testimonials

asked Mar 4 '11 at 13:58

Steven
1 point

My company is going to be launching our "go-live" site in approximately 3-4 months time and we have begun to brainstorm ideas for a viral marketing campaign. We are well aware of utilizing social...

Marketing Viral Referrals

asked Jan 4 '11 at 00:43

Robert Dolle
118 points

We'd like to generate business based on our customers referring us to people they know who could use our product. Some questions about this: Can you recommend a referral tracking service or...

Marketing Promotion Referrals Word Of Mouth

asked Sep 22 '10 at 21:17

Bstpierre
422 points