The Solution for Frustrated Professionals and Business Owners Who Hate Asking for Referrals

Referral Systems Can Eliminate the Need for Asking for Referrals and Help Avoid Potentially Damaging a Valuable Customer or Client Relationship"

(PRWEB) April 23, 2004 -- If youre an independent professional or business owner you know that referrals are the lifeblood of your business. But you hate the stressful feeling your get when its time to ask your client or customer if they know someone who might benefit from your product or service.

This is a common frustration shared by most people who know they need to ask for referrals but cant stand the thought of being rejected or even worse, damaging the good relationship that they have built up with their customers over time.

The answer to getting more referrals without having to ask someone is to use automated referral systems that motivate customers and other businesses to talk about you or your business using systematic processes.

For example, instead of putting your customer on the spot by asking them for their friends name and address, you might send them a letter instead that provides them with a 5% discount on their next purchase if they provide you with one referral and a 1% additional discount for every friend they refer up to 10 friends.

Its a systematic process that can be duplicated over and over again with each of your customers. Its simple and avoids the face-to-face awkwardness that commonly comes with asking for referrals.

The most important element in creating a referral system that produces consistent and predictable results is to have an incentive that will motivate your customer to refer others. It would be great if customers would talk about your business freely; however, most people are simply too busy. Putting a referral system in place can dramatically enhance the chances of your business be talked about by your customers and clients over and over again.

David Frey is the author of the Instant Referral Systems business program. For more information visit www.InstantReferralSystems.com