Twice a year, we'll hold referral appreciation parties. If they referred someone to me in the last six months and we actually met, whoever referred them gets to come to the party. It's usually a themed event, and we raffle off something significant.
For example, one of our parties was held at a winery, and the gift was a trip to wine country in California. Once you do a couple of these, people start asking themselves, "Who can I refer so I can go to the next event?"
Editor's Note: The preceding tip was taken from "The 3 Keys to Practice Growth," a column by David J. Scranton, CLU, CFP, CFA, that ran in the August 2009 issue of Life Insurance Selling. To read the full article, click here.
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