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Security Systems: Best Referral Sources

Who should be sending you clients, and the rooms they are already sitting in. Tell us where you are and we will send the list.

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The rooms for security system companies, the next meeting dates, and who to ask for when you walk in.

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Five partners, what starts the work for each one, and the three rooms to be in. Print it and keep it in the car.

Networking plan: Security Systems

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. IT Services / Managed IT (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location
  2. Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody buys a house
  3. Attorney Real Estate (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody buys a house
  4. Commercial Property Manager (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location
  5. Facility Manager (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands

The three rooms to be in

  1. Software & platform user groups: Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers and facility managers.
  2. 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.
  3. LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities: Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers, P&C insurance agents, and facility managers.
The people

Who should be sending you clients

Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade. When something happens that makes people need security system companies, who else gets a call that same week?

Match strength is how much of your work starts from the same event as theirs, scored out of 100. Higher means you are more often called into the same job in the same week.

  1. 1 IT Services / Managed IT They send you work Trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location 74 match strength out of 100
  2. 2 Insurance Property & Casualty They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 72 match strength out of 100
  3. 3 Attorney Real Estate They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 71 match strength out of 100
  4. 4 Commercial Property Manager They send you work Trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location 70 match strength out of 100
  5. 5 Facility Manager They send you work Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands 66 match strength out of 100
  6. 6 Commercial Kitchen Equipment & Service They send you work Trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location 66 match strength out of 100
  7. 7 HVAC Contractor They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 65 match strength out of 100
  8. 8 Pest Control They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 65 match strength out of 100
  9. 9 Property Manager (Residential) They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 65 match strength out of 100
  10. 10 Telecom & VoIP They send you work Trigger: a business signs a lease or opens a location 63 match strength out of 100

Knowing the names is half of it. We will send the list with what to say to each one. Send me my list ↑

The rooms

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. Give someone nine choices and they pick none, so we have marked the one to start with.

  1. 1 Software & platform user groups Your pick Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers and facility managers. Vendor & supply chain · Quarterly · Free · ~2 hrs/month
  2. 2 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. Chamber of commerce · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  3. 3 LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers, P&C insurance agents, and facility managers. Online community · Always on · Free · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  4. 4 IT channel & MSP peer associations Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers and telecom and VoIP providers. Your partners' association · Quarterly · $2,000+/yr · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  5. 5 IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) Your partners are in this room: commercial property managers and residential property managers. Your partners' association · Monthly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  6. 6 BNI One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Structured referral group · Weekly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~8 hrs/month · One seat per category Chapter finder →
  7. 7 LeTip International One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Structured referral group · Weekly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~7 hrs/month · One seat per category Chapter finder →
  8. 8 Network In Action One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Structured referral group · Monthly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~3 hrs/month · One seat per category Chapter finder →

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.

These rooms meet on real dates. We will send you the next ones for your area. Send me the dates ↑

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