Landscaping Company: 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 landscapers 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 landscapers, who else gets a call that same week?
Landscapers sell to both individuals and businesses, and most of the work starts when somebody buys a house. People take their time deciding, so a recommendation carries most of the weight. Clients come back, which makes one good introduction worth years.
- Home purchasewhen somebody buys a house
- Storm damagewhen a named storm comes through
- Renovation projectwhen a homeowner decides to remodel
- Home salewhen somebody puts a house on the market
- New lease or locationwhen a business signs a lease or opens a location
- Compliance deadline or inspectionwhen an inspection or compliance deadline lands
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.
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Insurance Property & Casualty
They send you work71Trigger: somebody buys a house
P&C insurance agents hear about it when somebody buys a house, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Home Inspector
They send you work69Trigger: somebody buys a house
Home inspectors hear about it when somebody buys a house, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo)
They send you work69Trigger: 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.
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Security Systems
They send you work68Trigger: somebody buys a house
Security system companies hear about it when somebody buys a house, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Attorney Real Estate
They send you work68Trigger: somebody buys a house
Real estate attorneys hear about it when somebody buys a house, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 06
HVAC Contractor
They send you work67Trigger: somebody buys a house
HVAC contractors hear about it when somebody buys a house, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Electrician
They send you work67Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel
Electricians hear about it when a homeowner decides to remodel, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 08
Pest Control
They send you work65Trigger: somebody buys a house
Pest control companies hear about it when somebody buys a house, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Tree Service
They send you work64Trigger: 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.
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Interior Designer
They send you work64Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel
Interior designers hear about it when a homeowner decides to remodel, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Concrete & Paver Contractor
Two-way67Trigger: 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.
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Impact Window & Door Contractor
They send you work64Trigger: 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.
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Generator Installer
Two-way64Trigger: a named storm comes through
You and generator installers both get the call when a named storm comes through, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Pressure Washing
Two-way62Trigger: a named storm comes through
You and pressure washing companies both get the call when a named storm comes through, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Awning & Shutter Contractor
Two-way62Trigger: 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.
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Electrician
They send you work61Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel
Electricians hear about it when a homeowner decides to remodel, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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.
Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners are in this room: home inspectors and real estate attorneys.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: home inspectors and real estate attorneys.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Chapter finder → - 02
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents, community association managers, and security system companies.
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 → - 03
Manufacturer training & certification days
Vendor & supply chainYour partners are in this room: security system companies and HVAC contractors.
Training you need anyway, in a room with the rep who decides which contractor gets the warranty calls in your area.
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BNI
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
The biggest referral group in the world. You meet every week. Only one person per job. They expect you to show up.
Chapter finder → - 05
LeTip International
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Weekly referral chapters. One person per job. Strong with trades and home services.
Chapter finder → - 06
Network In Action
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Referral groups that meet once a month. Good if you cannot give up a morning every week.
Chapter finder → - 07
Master Networks
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Weekly chapters with one person per job. They spend more time teaching than most.
Chapter finder → - 08
An independent local leads group
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Most cities have small leads groups you will never find online. A realtor or insurance agent usually starts them. Ask three people in your trade who they meet with.
Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners are in this room: home inspectors and real estate attorneys.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: home inspectors and real estate attorneys.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Chapter finder → - 02
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents, community association managers, and security system companies.
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 → - 03
Manufacturer training & certification days
Vendor & supply chainYour partners are in this room: security system companies and HVAC contractors.
Training you need anyway, in a room with the rep who decides which contractor gets the warranty calls in your area.
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Prime Time Business Network
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
A South Florida referral group. Only one person per job in each chapter. So your competitors are kept out, and your referral partners have the other seats.
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An independent local leads group
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Most cities have small leads groups you will never find online. A realtor or insurance agent usually starts them. Ask three people in your trade who they meet with.
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Commercial contractors association (AGC / ABC)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: electricians and HVAC contractors.
General contractors and the subs around them. Real value if you sub on commercial jobs.
Chapter finder → - 07
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 → - 08
CAI chapter trade show & expo
Event or trade showYour partner is in this room: community association managers.
Hundreds of association managers and board members walking a vendor floor, there to find vendors. One of the few trade shows where a booth actually pays off.
Chapter finder →
National Association of Landscape Professionals
Most landscapers join this room first. It is also the one most likely to be the wrong pick. Equipment, labor, and certification. Competitors. Everyone in it does what you do. Join it for the training, the licences, and the ties to manufacturers. Do not join it for referrals, and do not join it instead of the rooms above.
National Association of Landscape Professionals →Let us be straight with you. For landscapers, 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 landscaping company 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 landscapers, 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: Landscaping Company
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody buys a house - Home Inspector (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody buys a house - Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a named storm comes through - Security Systems (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody buys a house - Attorney Real Estate (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody buys a house
The three rooms to be in
- Your local Realtor board or association: Your partners are in this room: home inspectors and real estate attorneys.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents, community association managers, and security system companies.
- Manufacturer training & certification days: Your partners are in this room: security system companies and HVAC contractors.
- Your local Realtor board or association: Your partners are in this room: home inspectors and real estate attorneys.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents, community association managers, and security system companies.
- Manufacturer training & certification days: Your partners are in this room: security system companies and HVAC contractors.
Don't confuse this with networking: National Association of Landscape Professionals. Learning and supplier access, not referrals.