IF YOU NEED MORE CUSTOMERS, YOU NEED THIS BOOK!
Serial entrepreneur, business expert, and best-selling author Mike Koenigs shows you the only marketing system you need to fill your pipeline with qualified leads. Generate six- and even seven-figures in revenue, fast — without a complicated funnel, a large team, or tons of moving parts.
This "secret" system is the Referral Party process, and it has generated literally millions of dollars for Mike and his clients.
If you're looking for a simple way to generate more leads and book more sales, jump into this step-by-step guide and learn:
WHY marketing has gotten way too complicated and costly (and how Referral Parties provide an optimal alternative)
WHO to partner with to ensure you both end up with valuable (and qualified), "right-fit" referrals
WHAT to say to your referrals to get them to book immediately
HOW to brief your referral partner so they intuitively know who in their network is the perfect lead for you
MUST-HAVE TECHNOLOGY to keep the process (and dollars) flowing
You'll get word-for-word scripts, swipe-and-change templates, and tons of case studies and examples to get you started.
Use this guide to shortcut the steps most businesses are going through to find their perfect clients with Referral Parties.
Chapter 10, The Messenger Matters.
Okay, so we've done some good work here. We've hit mindset, market, model, and message, four of my six growth accelerators in the superpower accelerator framework. You know why you're doing referral parties, who you're trying to reach, the transformation and value you provide, and how you're going to talk about it. If we were working together over the course of several days, beachside in La Jolla, with the sound of the waves as our backdrop, We'd be moving into identifying the most effective channel to reach your ideal clients with the next growth accelerator media. We'd be identifying where your perfect customers consume their information and what format they trust. If you're targeting Facebook ads to 20-somethings in Berlin and your ideal client is an Amish farmer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, well, that's a swing and a miss. Absurd example. But you get the point.
You need to find the message to market to media match. With referral parties, though, there's only one channel, you. You make or break the deal. We'll take a look at how this plays out. Both when you're the one being referred, we'll call you Partner A, and the referrer, Partner B. When you are Partner A, the success of the referral party will depend on your ability to tap your network for someone to party with. You need someone who has a great, high-value network of trusted colleagues of their own.
Equally important, though, is the trust they have in you. You're asking them to put their reputation on the line by suggesting that their referrals work with you. This can be a big risk. Most everyone's had the experience of referring business to someone they thought would take good care of their nearest and dearest, only to have that business owner drop the ball. The real estate agent never calls back. The lawyer passes the case off to an unqualified underling, or the plastic surgeon botches the nose job. When I referred Justin Donald to my friend, I'd already created a trusted relationship. He knew I wouldn't steer him wrong. If I said Justin was the real thing, I'd stand behind it.
Example, Charles Bird. Here's an example of a real-life intro I did for Charles Bird, a JV expert. When you have a strong, trusting relationship with your network, this is really all it takes. Hey, name. How are you? Meet Charles Bird. You want to know each other. He's a values-driven guy like you and a super-connected JV expert. Here's a quick video intro I made with him. He's been helping a lot of my folks diversify their lead sources with endorsed joint ventures. I'll let you two take it from here to explore possibilities. Happy connecting. Mike,
One of the best side products of referral parties is that it forces you to look objectively at what kind of job you've been doing creating high-value relationships. If you love the idea of referral parties but can't come up with a single person you could invite to partner with you, or if you have a great partner but no one to refer him or her to, you've got some work to do. Likewise, if you reach out to people to partner with or to refer your partner to, and you get a string of non-responses or negatives, you need to examine what kind of relationships you've developed. It's never too late to create those relationships. In fact, we'll cover some tips on finding referral partners in the next chapter on troubleshooting.