Security Systems: 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 security system companies 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 security system companies, who else gets a call that same week?
Security system companies 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
- Move-in / relocationwhen a family moves into a new place
- New lease or locationwhen a business signs a lease or opens a location
- Compliance deadline or inspectionwhen an inspection or compliance deadline lands
- Renovation projectwhen a homeowner decides to remodel
- Lawsuit or claimwhen somebody gets sued
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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IT Services / Managed IT
They send you work74Trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location
IT and managed service providers 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.
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Insurance Property & Casualty
They send you work72Trigger: 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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Attorney Real Estate
They send you work71Trigger: 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.
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Commercial Property Manager
They send you work70Trigger: 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.
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Facility Manager
They send you work66Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands
Facility managers hear about it when an inspection or compliance deadline lands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Commercial Kitchen Equipment & Service
They send you work66Trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location
Commercial kitchen equipment companies 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.
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HVAC Contractor
They send you work65Trigger: 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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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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Property Manager (Residential)
They send you work65Trigger: somebody buys a house
Residential property managers hear about it when somebody buys a house, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Telecom & VoIP
They send you work63Trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location
Telecom and VoIP providers 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.
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Window Treatments
Two-way67Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and window treatment companies both get the call when a family moves into a new place, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Smart Home & AV Integrator
Two-way65Trigger: somebody buys a house
You and smart home and AV integrators both get the call when somebody buys a house, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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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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Landscaping Company
You send them work64Trigger: somebody buys a house
You hear about it when somebody buys a house, before landscapers do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Concrete & Paver Contractor
Two-way61Trigger: 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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Water Treatment & Filtration
Two-way60Trigger: somebody buys a house
You and water treatment companies both get the call when somebody buys a house, 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.
Software & platform user groups
Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers and facility managers.
Groups for the software your customers use, like practice management, property management, and accounting. You meet people in the middle of a problem.
Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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Software & platform user groups
Vendor & supply chainYour partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers and facility managers.
Groups for the software your customers use, like practice management, property management, and accounting. You meet people in the middle of a problem.
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Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers, P&C insurance agents, and commercial property managers.
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.
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LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers, P&C insurance agents, and facility managers.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
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IT channel & MSP peer associations
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers and telecom and VoIP providers.
Vendor certifications and comparing notes. Good for running your business, weak for finding work.
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IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: commercial property managers and residential property managers.
Property managers for apartments, offices, and mixed buildings. Vendors can join and go to chapter meetings.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Software & platform user groups
Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers and facility managers.
Groups for the software your customers use, like practice management, property management, and accounting. You meet people in the middle of a problem.
Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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Software & platform user groups
Vendor & supply chainYour partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers and facility managers.
Groups for the software your customers use, like practice management, property management, and accounting. You meet people in the middle of a problem.
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Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers, P&C insurance agents, and commercial property managers.
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
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers, P&C insurance agents, and facility managers.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 04
IT channel & MSP peer associations
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers and telecom and VoIP providers.
Vendor certifications and comparing notes. Good for running your business, weak for finding work.
Chapter finder → - 05
IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: commercial property managers and residential property managers.
Property managers for apartments, offices, and mixed buildings. Vendors can join and go to chapter meetings.
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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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Independent Insurance Agents (Big I)
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: P&C insurance agents.
Insurance agents. They get the first call after almost any damage, and they talk to the client every year at renewal.
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Let us be straight with you. For security system companies, 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 security systems 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 security system companies, 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: Security Systems
The five people who should be sending you clients
- IT Services / Managed IT (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location - Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody buys a house - Attorney Real Estate (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody buys a house - Commercial Property Manager (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location - Facility Manager (They send you work)
Shared trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands
The three rooms to be in
- Software & platform user groups: Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers and facility managers.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers, P&C insurance agents, and commercial property managers.
- LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities: Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers, P&C insurance agents, and facility managers.
- Software & platform user groups: Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers and facility managers.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers, P&C insurance agents, and commercial property managers.
- LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities: Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers, P&C insurance agents, and facility managers.