Generator Installer: Best Referral Sources
Who should be sending you clients, and the rooms they are already sitting in.
Get the networking events worth showing up to
Tell us where you are. We will send you the best rooms for generator installers and the next meeting dates. Add a ZIP and this page will also show your local chapters and which seats are open.
Most business owners network where their competitors are, not where their referral partners are.
Your own trade group is for learning. Your partners' groups are where the work comes from. Everything below starts with one question. When something happens that makes people need generator installers, who else gets a call that same week?
Generator installers sell to both individuals and businesses, and most of the work starts when a named storm comes through. People take their time deciding, so a recommendation carries most of the weight. Most clients buy once, so the flow of new names is the whole business.
- Storm damagewhen a named storm comes through
- Home purchasewhen somebody buys a house
- Renovation projectwhen a homeowner decides to remodel
- Building system failurewhen the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
Who should be sending you clients
Who you should be sending clients to
Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade.
The same list, turned around. Give first and the rest follows.
- 01
Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo)
They send you work77Trigger: a named storm comes through
Community association managers hear about it when a named storm comes through, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 02
Property Manager (Residential)
They send you work72Trigger: a named storm comes through
Residential property managers hear about it when a named storm comes through, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 03
HVAC Contractor
They send you work68Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
HVAC contractors hear about it when the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 04
Impact Window & Door Contractor
They send you work68Trigger: a named storm comes through
Impact window contractors hear about it when a named storm comes through, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 05
Facility Manager
They send you work68Trigger: a named storm comes through
Facility managers hear about it when a named storm comes through, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 06
Commercial Property Manager
They send you work67Trigger: a named storm comes through
Commercial property managers hear about it when a named storm comes through, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 07
Insurance Property & Casualty
They send you work66Trigger: a named storm comes through
P&C insurance agents hear about it when a named storm comes through, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 08
Landscaping Company
Two-way64Trigger: a named storm comes through
You and landscapers both get the call when a named storm comes through, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 09
Pool Service & Repair
Two-way63Trigger: a named storm comes through
You and pool companies both get the call when a named storm comes through, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 10
Plumber
They send you work63Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
Plumbers hear about it when the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 01
Impact Window & Door Contractor
They send you work61Trigger: a named storm comes through
Impact window contractors hear about it when a named storm comes through, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 02
Concrete & Paver Contractor
Two-way56Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel
You and concrete and paver contractors both get the call when a homeowner decides to remodel, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 03
Awning & Shutter Contractor
Two-way56Trigger: a named storm comes through
You and awning and shutter companies both get the call when a named storm comes through, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 04
Tree Service
They send you work55Trigger: a named storm comes through
Tree services hear about it when a named storm comes through, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 05
Fence Contractor
Two-way54Trigger: a named storm comes through
You and fence contractors both get the call when a named storm comes through, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 06
Landscaping Company
Two-way54Trigger: a named storm comes through
You and landscapers both get the call when a named storm comes through, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
Where those people actually are
Ranked by how many of your best partners are in the room, and how much work each one can send you.
Manufacturer training & certification days
Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, impact window contractors, and plumbers.
Training you need anyway, in a room with the rep who decides which contractor gets the warranty calls in your area.
Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
- 01
Manufacturer training & certification days
Vendor & supply chainYour partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, impact window contractors, and plumbers.
Training you need anyway, in a room with the rep who decides which contractor gets the warranty calls in your area.
- 02
Nextdoor
Online communityYour partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, impact window contractors, and landscapers.
Neighbors asking each other who to hire. Answer questions without selling and the recommendations pile up on their own.
Chapter finder → - 03
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: community association managers, residential property managers, and HVAC contractors.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 04
Supply house counter days & contractor breakfasts
Vendor & supply chainYour partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, landscapers, and plumbers.
Free food, a rep from the manufacturer, and every contractor for ten miles. The counter staff know who has more work than they can handle this week. That extra work is the easiest referral in the trades.
- 05
PHCC (Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: HVAC contractors and plumbers.
Licensing, apprentices, and code. Not a referral room.
Chapter finder → - 06
IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: residential property managers and commercial property managers.
Property managers for apartments, offices, and mixed buildings. Vendors can join and go to chapter meetings.
Chapter finder → - 07
Commercial contractors association (AGC / ABC)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: HVAC contractors and plumbers.
General contractors and the subs around them. Real value if you sub on commercial jobs.
Chapter finder → - 08
CAI (Community Associations Institute)
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: community association managers.
Condo and HOA managers, board members, and management companies. One manager here can control hundreds of homes. They have a membership just for vendors, so you can join.
Chapter finder →
Manufacturer training & certification days
Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, impact window contractors, and plumbers.
Training you need anyway, in a room with the rep who decides which contractor gets the warranty calls in your area.
Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
- 01
Manufacturer training & certification days
Vendor & supply chainYour partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, impact window contractors, and plumbers.
Training you need anyway, in a room with the rep who decides which contractor gets the warranty calls in your area.
- 02
Nextdoor
Online communityYour partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, impact window contractors, and landscapers.
Neighbors asking each other who to hire. Answer questions without selling and the recommendations pile up on their own.
Chapter finder → - 03
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: community association managers, residential property managers, and HVAC contractors.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 04
Supply house counter days & contractor breakfasts
Vendor & supply chainYour partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, landscapers, and plumbers.
Free food, a rep from the manufacturer, and every contractor for ten miles. The counter staff know who has more work than they can handle this week. That extra work is the easiest referral in the trades.
- 05
PHCC (Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: HVAC contractors and plumbers.
Licensing, apprentices, and code. Not a referral room.
Chapter finder → - 06
IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: residential property managers and commercial property managers.
Property managers for apartments, offices, and mixed buildings. Vendors can join and go to chapter meetings.
Chapter finder → - 07
Commercial contractors association (AGC / ABC)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: HVAC contractors and plumbers.
General contractors and the subs around them. Real value if you sub on commercial jobs.
Chapter finder → - 08
CAI Southeast Florida chapter
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: community association managers.
South Florida has more condos than almost anywhere, so this room is packed with association managers. Vendors can go to the trade shows and the monthly lunches.
Chapter finder →
Let us be straight with you. For generator installers, a weekly referral group is not the best pick. Your partners gather in professional groups instead, so spend your time there. We would rather say that than sell you a seat you do not need.
Is your seat open?
Prime Time takes one generator installer per chapter. Put in a South Florida ZIP above and we will show you which seats are open.
Add a ZIP code at the top of the page to see which seats are open.
Prime Time doesn't operate where you are yet.
We have fifteen chapters in South Florida and none near you. Telling you to join would be bad advice. The rooms above are the real answer where you are. We can email you the one page version and let you know if we open near you.
Send me those roomsHave the next meetings sent to you
The rooms above are the answer. This is when they meet. Tell us where to send it and we will email you the next dates for generator installers, with the one page plan.
We already know your trade and your area from this page, so there is nothing else to fill in. We do not ask for a phone number. Every email we send has an unsubscribe link.
Your one-page action plan
Five partners, five things to say, three rooms. Print it and keep it in the car.
Networking plan: Generator Installer
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a named storm comes through - Property Manager (Residential) (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a named storm comes through - HVAC Contractor (They send you work)
Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working - Impact Window & Door Contractor (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a named storm comes through - Facility Manager (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a named storm comes through
The three rooms to be in
- Manufacturer training & certification days: Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, impact window contractors, and plumbers.
- Nextdoor: Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, impact window contractors, and landscapers.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: community association managers, residential property managers, and HVAC contractors.
- Manufacturer training & certification days: Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, impact window contractors, and plumbers.
- Nextdoor: Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, impact window contractors, and landscapers.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: community association managers, residential property managers, and HVAC contractors.