Referrals

The following is taken from Get Paid University.

How come it’s hard for the people to refer if you don’t give them something to refer. If you give them a business card, maybe they’ll carry it around long enough to hand it to somebody. But if you send them an email with something valuable, how easy is it for them to forward it to their friends? Or they’re going to post a link to it on Facebook or Twitter. I’m getting… on my blog, I’ll put up a blog article and I found a plug-in that puts a Twitter button and a Facebook button and I’m noticing I’m showing up on Twitter with people saying check out this article. I didn’t even know that was going to happen.

Rob Cornish on Getting Clients in the First 2 Years

The following is taken from David’s interview with Rob Cornish in 10 Super Coaches.

What top three methods, in order, did you use to get your clients in the first 2 years?

Existing network- The customers I had in my racing shop, and my long time reputation in auto racing. My reputation and recognition was most significant in getting clients at that time.
Placing ads- In local and national racing enthusiast newspapers and magazines.
Referrals- indirect referrals, people seeing the results of the people I was coaching.

Tap into the network of people you know, offer them sample sessions of your coaching if for no other reason than having them understand what coaching is about so they can refer people they know to you.