Referrals are literally free leads, so it only makes sense that you do everything you can to maximize your referral rate as a powerful strategy to build your business. We're sharing five tactics with dozens of examples to increase your referral rate and collect more customer reviews, and we're certain that there is at least one idea among them that you haven't thought to use before. Join us to discover a little used but highly effective way to get referrals from even your busiest clients, hear a simple script that makes asking clients for referrals a natural part of any conversation, and find out how Google makes it super easy for you to add reviews to your business page.

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0:00 Introduction

0:57 Clients as voluntary marketers

1:36 Why we don't ask for referrals

2:05 #1 Make it easy to give referrals

2:50 Favoring quantity over quality

4:08 Quick referral script

6:12 #2 Offer an incentive

7:12 #3 Build personal relationships

10:00 #4 Leverage social proof

12:10 #5 Make asking a routine

13:12 How to assess your success

13:57 Bonus tip: When to ask

16:08 Action Item

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