Ep88: Generate Referrals Without Asking with Stacey Randall

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Are you an entrepreneur or small business owner that loves getting referrals, but absolutely hates asking for them?  Does the process of asking someone for a referral make you feel uncomfortable, manipulative or inauthentic? Today’s guest is here to tell us how we’ve been going about it all wrong and how the best way to get referrals is without asking for them.
 
Stacey Randall is a 3 time entrepreneur, certified productivity and time efficiency coach, and business growth accelerator.  Stacey’s online programs and live coaching provide a blueprint to follow to take control of your referrals, your client experience and your business. She believes the best way to unleash a referral explosion is to do it WITHOUT asking for one! And she walks her talk, as she has gone from business failure to having over 100 referrals in just one year!
 
Stacey has one focus in life and that is to help others avoid business failure. She helps solopreneurs and small business owners make more money and find more time.
 
Two things that I think every person could use more of!  

Episode Highlights: 

• Need to touch business development every day! 
• When asking someone for a referral, you're making it 'all about me' and creating work for the other person. 
• We talked about the 2 pieces that all true referrals must have. 
• We get the terms lead (cold or warm) and referral mixed up. 
• 'Keeping in touch' and 'staying top of mind' are two different things. 
• The difference between branded gifts or referral gifts. 
• Stacey gave us an idea of what NOT to do in regards to getting referrals. 
• How to stand out in a saturated market place. 
• It's ALL about the client/customer experience! You want a 'sticky' experience!
• Shift your mindset to believe that referrals are possible for you! 

Stacey has put together some amazing resources for the RYP listeners. Head over to growthbyreferrals.com/reigniteyourpurpose to get your copy of the 7 Deadly Sins of Referrals. There is a quiz that you can do to find out your referral type, as well as the link to join Stacey in her FB group to learn more about getting referrals without asking.