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Septic & Drain Services: 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 septic and drain companies, the next meeting dates, and who to ask for when you walk in.

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Your one-page action plan

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: Septic & Drain Services

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. Facility Manager (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
  2. Commercial Property Manager (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
  3. Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
  4. Property Manager (Residential) (Two-way)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
  5. Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working

The three rooms to be in

  1. Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: commercial property managers, P&C insurance agents, and residential property managers.
  2. CAI (Community Associations Institute): Your partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters.
  3. CAI chapter trade show & expo: Your partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters.
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 septic and drain 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 Facility Manager They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 84 match strength out of 100
  2. 2 Commercial Property Manager They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 77 match strength out of 100
  3. 3 Insurance Property & Casualty They send you work Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking 77 match strength out of 100
  4. 4 Property Manager (Residential) Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 75 match strength out of 100
  5. 5 Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 74 match strength out of 100
  6. 6 Plumber Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 73 match strength out of 100
  7. 7 HVAC Contractor Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 69 match strength out of 100
  8. 8 Commercial Kitchen Equipment & Service They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 69 match strength out of 100
  9. 9 Restaurant / Food Service They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 63 match strength out of 100
  10. 10 Public Adjuster Two-way Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking 61 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 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your pick Your partners are in this room: commercial property managers, P&C insurance agents, and residential property managers. Chamber of commerce · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  2. 2 CAI (Community Associations Institute) Your partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters. Your partners' association · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  3. 3 CAI chapter trade show & expo Your partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters. Event or trade show · Annual · $500–$2,000/yr · ~2 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  4. 4 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 →
  5. 5 Independent Insurance Agents (Big I) Your partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents and public adjusters. Your partners' association · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  6. 6 Restaurant & lodging association Your partners are in this room: commercial kitchen equipment companies and restaurants. Your partners' association · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  7. 7 PHCC (Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors) Your partners are in this room: plumbers and HVAC contractors. Your partners' association · Monthly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  8. 8 LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities Your partners are in this room: facility managers, P&C insurance agents, and residential property managers. Online community · Always on · Free · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →

Let us be straight with you. For septic and drain 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 ↑

Your seat

Is your seat open?

Prime Time takes one Septic & Drain Services per chapter. Put a South Florida ZIP into the form above and we will show you which seats are open.

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