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Systematic Referral Selling

13.08.2015 No comments

In a previous post I talked about “Referenceability and Introducabilty”— now let’s scale this.Path

In a previous post I introduced the concept of Connectors (people who can introduce you to Targets) and how to think of them in terms of Introducabilty & Referencabilty as well as how to ‘activate them”.

Can this scale?  Most people would say no.  In my experience, the answer is Yes.  How?  Starting with the obvious assumption that you have a great product or service and Read more…

Referenceability & Introducability

06.08.2015 No comments

Take the express lane to getting customers for large, complex products

introEvery salesman is desperate to avoid the dreaded cold call.  People with great networking skills have always been able to get introductions to prospective customers.  Social networks like Linkedin have revolutionized this type networking by making everyone able to find a 2nd degree connection within almost any potential customer.  The technique is simple– it ends with your Connector sending an email to the Target (and putting you on the cc) introducing you as a good guy to know.  In my terminology, your Connector has high “Introduceablity”.  Often such a Connector can introduce you to several others over time if you don’t abuse the privilege.

Introducability gets you the Target’s attention and results in a high probability of a meeting taking place.  Unfortunately it does little to build trust or get you any closer to closing a deal with the prospect.  For this, you need another type of Connector– one with “Referenceability”.
Connectors with Referencability Read more…