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Primary Care Physician: 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 primary care practices 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 primary care practices, who else gets a call that same week?

Primary care practices sell to individuals and households, and most of the work starts when somebody gets hurt. It moves fast, so being the name already in hand matters more than being the cheapest. Clients come back, which makes one good introduction worth years.

What starts the work
  • Injurywhen somebody gets hurt
  • New babywhen a couple has a child
  • Aging / care transitionwhen an aging parent needs a different living situation
  • Job changewhen somebody changes jobs or gets relocated
  • Retirementwhen somebody retires
Block one

Who should be sending you clients

Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade.

  1. 01

    Attorney Elder Law

    Two-way
    67

    Trigger: an aging parent needs a different living situation

    You and elder law attorneys both get the call when an aging parent needs a different living situation, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.

  2. 02

    Attorney Estate Planning & Probate

    They send you work
    65

    Trigger: a couple has a child

    Estate planning attorneys hear about it when a couple has a child, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  3. 03

    Financial Advisor

    They send you work
    64

    Trigger: somebody retires

    Financial advisors hear about it when somebody retires, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  4. 04

    Senior Living Placement Advisor

    Two-way
    63

    Trigger: an aging parent needs a different living situation

    You and senior placement advisors both get the call when an aging parent needs a different living situation, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.

  5. 05

    CPA / Accountant

    They send you work
    62

    Trigger: somebody retires

    CPAs hear about it when somebody retires, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  6. 06

    Home Health Care

    You send them work
    61

    Trigger: an aging parent needs a different living situation

    You hear about it when an aging parent needs a different living situation, before home care agencies do. Expect to give more than you get back here.

  7. 07

    Insurance Life

    They send you work
    60

    Trigger: a couple has a child

    Life insurance agents hear about it when a couple has a child, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  8. 08

    Real Estate Agent (Residential)

    They send you work
    59

    Trigger: somebody changes jobs or gets relocated

    Residential real estate agents hear about it when somebody changes jobs or gets relocated, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  9. 09

    Mortgage Broker / Loan Officer

    They send you work
    58

    Trigger: somebody changes jobs or gets relocated

    Mortgage brokers hear about it when somebody changes jobs or gets relocated, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  10. 10

    Childcare & Preschool

    Two-way
    58

    Trigger: a couple has a child

    You and childcare centers and preschools both get the call when a couple has a child, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.

Block two

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.

Start here

Your local estate planning council

Your partners are in this room: elder law attorneys, estate planning attorneys, and financial advisors.

Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.

Your partners' association Monthly Under $500/yr ~3 hrs/month
Find your local chapter →

Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.

  1. 01

    Your local estate planning council

    Your partners' association

    Your partners are in this room: elder law attorneys, estate planning attorneys, and financial advisors.

    Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.

    Monthly Under $500/yr ~3 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  2. 02

    Aging Life Care / senior care provider network

    Your partners' association

    Your partners are in this room: elder law attorneys, senior placement advisors, and home care agencies.

    People who help older adults and their families move, get care, and sort out the house. They are there when the family decides everything at once.

    Monthly Under $500/yr ~3 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  3. 03

    State CPA society

    Your partners' association

    Your partners are in this room: financial advisors and CPAs.

    A CPA is the person most business owners trust most. Sponsors can go to chapter meetings and classes.

    Monthly Under $500/yr ~3 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  4. 04

    Your city or county chamber of commerce

    Chamber of commerce

    Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, CPAs, and home care agencies.

    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.

    Monthly Under $500/yr ~4 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  5. 05

    State bar practice sections

    Your partners' association

    Your partners are in this room: elder law attorneys and estate planning attorneys.

    Classes, standards, and lawyers who share cases. The exception is across practice areas. Estate and family lawyers refer to each other all the time.

    Quarterly Under $500/yr ~2 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  6. 06

    NAIFA / FPA chapter

    Your partners' association

    Your partners are in this room: financial advisors and life insurance agents.

    Classes and carrier ties. Life, property, and investment people here do refer to each other when their licenses differ.

    Monthly $500–$2,000/yr ~3 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  7. 07

    Your local Realtor board or association

    Your partners' association

    Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents and mortgage brokers.

    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.

    Monthly Under $500/yr ~4 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  8. 08

    BNI

    Structured referral group

    One 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.

    Weekly $500–$2,000/yr ~8 hrs/month One seat per category
    Chapter finder →

Let us be straight with you. For primary care practices, 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.

Block three

Is your seat open?

Prime Time takes one primary care physician 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.

Get the dates

Have 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 primary care practices, 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.

Take this with you

Your one-page action plan

Five partners, five things to say, three rooms. Print it and keep it in the car.

Networking plan: Primary Care Physician

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. Attorney Elder Law (Two-way)
    Shared trigger: an aging parent needs a different living situation
  2. Attorney Estate Planning & Probate (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a couple has a child
  3. Financial Advisor (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody retires
  4. Senior Living Placement Advisor (Two-way)
    Shared trigger: an aging parent needs a different living situation
  5. CPA / Accountant (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody retires

The three rooms to be in

  1. Your local estate planning council: Your partners are in this room: elder law attorneys, estate planning attorneys, and financial advisors.
  2. Aging Life Care / senior care provider network: Your partners are in this room: elder law attorneys, senior placement advisors, and home care agencies.
  3. State CPA society: Your partners are in this room: financial advisors and CPAs.