Comments on: Bake a Referral Engine Into Your Business Model http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/09/bake-a-referral-engine-into-your-business-model/ Small business marketing blog Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adrian Swinscoe http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/09/bake-a-referral-engine-into-your-business-model/#comment-412362 Adrian Swinscoe Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:52:24 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=5549#comment-412362 Hi Pamela,<br>Great suggestions and all about building positive links around you. We do it in our business and it works a treat. We learnt sometime ago that delivering value for the client does not necessarily mean us it just means delivering value period. If that means referring that client to a contact who is better placed than us then that is a huge value add for them and, ultimately, for us.<br><br>Adrian Hi Pamela,
Great suggestions and all about building positive links around you. We do it in our business and it works a treat. We learnt sometime ago that delivering value for the client does not necessarily mean us it just means delivering value period. If that means referring that client to a contact who is better placed than us then that is a huge value add for them and, ultimately, for us.

Adrian

]]> By: trips in city http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/09/bake-a-referral-engine-into-your-business-model/#comment-412315 trips in city Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:22:23 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=5549#comment-412315 I think Zumobi started as a WinMo / Berry shop but dropped them and went full-on iPhone. Recently they started developing apps for Palm, Android and (one again) BB. I think Zumobi started as a WinMo / Berry shop but dropped them and went full-on iPhone. Recently they started developing apps for Palm, Android and (one again) BB.

]]> By: trips in city http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/09/bake-a-referral-engine-into-your-business-model/#comment-412314 trips in city Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:22:09 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=5549#comment-412314 Perhaps they felt it was the only way to respond to GitHub (SourceForge has long ceased to be relevant, even if it still has a huge legacy installed base). Perhaps they felt it was the only way to respond to GitHub (SourceForge has long ceased to be relevant, even if it still has a huge legacy installed base).

]]> By: kellylivesay http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/09/bake-a-referral-engine-into-your-business-model/#comment-412313 kellylivesay Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:21:03 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=5549#comment-412313 I know for a FACT that Pam does this in business because, as an act of generosity, she once spent 15 free minutes on the phone with me (a complete stranger) when I was faced with talking to a big name client. She told me then, and I never forgot, "if you can't do the job yourself, refer them to someone who can and they will remember you". I've offered my own smallbiz referrals on Twitter! Hugs, Kelly I know for a FACT that Pam does this in business because, as an act of generosity, she once spent 15 free minutes on the phone with me (a complete stranger) when I was faced with talking to a big name client. She told me then, and I never forgot, “if you can't do the job yourself, refer them to someone who can and they will remember you”. I've offered my own smallbiz referrals on Twitter! Hugs, Kelly

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