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Forming - Starts March 10
Referral Gravity
Your best clients love you. They just never tell anyone. Not because they don't want to - because you haven't given them a reason, a mechanism, or a moment. This study group reverse-engineers how trades, real estate, restaurants, and service businesses turn happy customers into a systematic referral engine without asking anyone to "refer a friend."
Plumbing
Real Estate
Food
Consulting
Format
6 weekly sessions, 60 min each
Seats
2/8 filled - 6 remaining
Time Commitment
~3 hrs/week total
• What we're doing
A music teacher texts a 30-second video of a kid nailing a passage. Parents forward it to grandparents. Grandparents tell the neighbors. One text message generates 5 referrals a month. A detailer does one car in a nice driveway and leaves cards on neighbor windshields. That block becomes his within a month.
Referrals aren't random. They're engineered. This group maps the mechanics of organic word-of-mouth from industries that live and die by it, then adapts those mechanics to your business.
• Week-by-week agenda
Week 1
The Referral Audit - Where do your referrals actually come from? Map every source, quantify each one, identify the gaps.
Week 2
The Shareable Moment - Music teacher videos, pool service photos, before-and-after shots. Create something your client can share without thinking.
Week 3
Proximity Mechanics - Lawn care cluster prospecting. Auto detailing driveway strategy. How to turn one job into a neighborhood foothold.
Week 4
The Host Model - Tupperware mastered this. Turn your best clients into hosts who bring you to their network. Not for a discount. For social credit.
Week 5
Invitation Culture vs. Referral Programs - Why "refer a friend" programs fail and genuine invitation cultures thrive. Build the culture, not the coupon.
Week 6
Your Referral Engine - Each member presents their referral system. Group feedback. 90-day accountability pairs.
• What's expected of you
- Attend all 6 sessions (Tuesdays, 12pm ET). One miss maximum.
- Complete weekly pre-work: usually tracking referral sources or testing a specific referral mechanic.
- Be willing to share what's working and what isn't. Real numbers only.
- Test one new referral tactic per week and bring results to the group.
- Maintain confidentiality on all shared business data.
• What you'll walk away with
- A mapped referral engine with at least 3 new referral channels, already tested
- Specific "shareable moments" designed for your business and your clients
- A peer group of 7 operators who can refer TO you and share what's working in their businesses
- A framework for thinking about organic growth that outlasts any paid ad platform
Apply for this study group
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