Salon & Barbershop: 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 salons and barbershops 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 salons and barbershops, who else gets a call that same week?
Salons and barbershops sell to individuals and households, and most of the work starts when a family plans a wedding or milestone event. People take their time deciding, so a recommendation carries most of the weight. Clients come back, which makes one good introduction worth years.
- Wedding or major eventwhen a family plans a wedding or milestone event
- Move-in / relocationwhen a family moves into a new place
- Job changewhen somebody changes jobs or gets relocated
- New lease or locationwhen a business signs a lease or opens a location
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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Commercial Property Manager
They send you work68Trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location
Commercial property managers hear about it when a business signs a lease or opens a location, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 02
Childcare & Preschool
They send you work66Trigger: a family moves into a new place
Childcare centers and preschools hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 03
Primary Care Physician
They send you work66Trigger: somebody changes jobs or gets relocated
Primary care practices hear about it when somebody changes jobs or gets relocated, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 04
Mental Health Therapist
They send you work64Trigger: somebody changes jobs or gets relocated
Therapists and counselors hear about it when somebody changes jobs or gets relocated, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 05
Florist
They send you work64Trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event
Florists hear about it when a family plans a wedding or milestone event, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 06
Residential Cleaning
They send you work61Trigger: a family moves into a new place
Residential cleaning companies hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 07
Attorney Business & Corporate
They send you work60Trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location
Business attorneys hear about it when a business signs a lease or opens a location, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 08
Photographer
They send you work60Trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event
Photographers hear about it when a family plans a wedding or milestone event, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 09
Dentist
Two-way58Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and dentists both get the call when a family moves into a new place, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 10
Medical Spa / Aesthetics
Two-way57Trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event
You and med spas both get the call when a family plans a wedding or milestone event, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 01
Orthodontist
Two-way58Trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event
You and orthodontists both get the call when a family plans a wedding or milestone event, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 02
Medical Spa / Aesthetics
Two-way56Trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event
You and med spas both get the call when a family plans a wedding or milestone event, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 03
DJ & Entertainment
Two-way56Trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event
You and DJs and entertainment companies both get the call when a family plans a wedding or milestone event, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 04
Travel Agent
You send them work55Trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event
You hear about it when a family plans a wedding or milestone event, before travel advisors do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
- 05
Pet Services
Two-way54Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and pet service businesses both get the call when a family moves into a new place, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 06
Locksmith
They send you work52Trigger: a family moves into a new place
Locksmiths hear about it when a family moves into a new place, 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 city or county chamber of commerce
Your partners are in this room: commercial property managers, primary care practices, and childcare centers and preschools.
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.
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 city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: commercial property managers, primary care practices, and childcare centers and preschools.
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 → - 02
Local Facebook & community groups
Online communityYour partners are in this room: childcare centers and preschools, therapists and counselors, and florists.
City groups, condo and HOA groups, and parent groups. For home services this is often the biggest free source on this list. Most competitors post ads instead of answers.
Chapter finder → - 03
NAWBO (women business owners)
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: childcare centers and preschools, photographers, and med spas.
Chapters built on relationships. Members say it turns into work more often than a regular chamber.
Chapter finder → - 04
Your county medical society
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: primary care practices.
Doctors in one room, and almost nobody there is selling to them. You can usually go as a sponsor.
Chapter finder → - 05
BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association)
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: commercial property managers.
People who own and run office buildings. Vendors can join, and the local chapters run events just for them.
Chapter finder → - 06
IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: commercial property managers.
Property managers for apartments, offices, and mixed buildings. Vendors can join and go to chapter meetings.
Chapter finder → - 07
MGMA (Medical Group Management Association)
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: primary care practices.
Office managers for doctors. They pick the vendors. The doctors just get sold to.
Chapter finder → - 08
Nextdoor
Online communityYour partners are in this room: childcare centers and preschools and residential cleaning companies.
Neighbors asking each other who to hire. Answer questions without selling and the recommendations pile up on their own.
Chapter finder →
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Your partners are in this room: commercial property managers, primary care practices, and childcare centers and preschools.
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.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
- 01
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: commercial property managers, primary care practices, and childcare centers and preschools.
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 → - 02
Local Facebook & community groups
Online communityYour partners are in this room: childcare centers and preschools, therapists and counselors, and florists.
City groups, condo and HOA groups, and parent groups. For home services this is often the biggest free source on this list. Most competitors post ads instead of answers.
Chapter finder → - 03
NAWBO (women business owners)
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: childcare centers and preschools, photographers, and med spas.
Chapters built on relationships. Members say it turns into work more often than a regular chamber.
Chapter finder → - 04
Your county medical society
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: primary care practices.
Doctors in one room, and almost nobody there is selling to them. You can usually go as a sponsor.
Chapter finder → - 05
BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association)
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: commercial property managers.
People who own and run office buildings. Vendors can join, and the local chapters run events just for them.
Chapter finder → - 06
IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: commercial property managers.
Property managers for apartments, offices, and mixed buildings. Vendors can join and go to chapter meetings.
Chapter finder → - 07
MGMA (Medical Group Management Association)
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: primary care practices.
Office managers for doctors. They pick the vendors. The doctors just get sold to.
Chapter finder → - 08
Nextdoor
Online communityYour partners are in this room: childcare centers and preschools and residential cleaning companies.
Neighbors asking each other who to hire. Answer questions without selling and the recommendations pile up on their own.
Chapter finder →
Let us be straight with you. For salons and barbershops, 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 salon & barbershop 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 salons and barbershops, 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: Salon & Barbershop
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Commercial Property Manager (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location - Childcare & Preschool (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place - Primary Care Physician (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody changes jobs or gets relocated - Mental Health Therapist (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody changes jobs or gets relocated - Florist (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event
The three rooms to be in
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: commercial property managers, primary care practices, and childcare centers and preschools.
- Local Facebook & community groups: Your partners are in this room: childcare centers and preschools, therapists and counselors, and florists.
- NAWBO (women business owners): Your partners are in this room: childcare centers and preschools, photographers, and med spas.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: commercial property managers, primary care practices, and childcare centers and preschools.
- Local Facebook & community groups: Your partners are in this room: childcare centers and preschools, therapists and counselors, and florists.
- NAWBO (women business owners): Your partners are in this room: childcare centers and preschools, photographers, and med spas.