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Shredding & Document Management: 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 shredding and records 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 shredding and records companies, who else gets a call that same week?

Shredding and records companies sell to other businesses, and most of the work starts when an inspection or compliance deadline lands. People take their time deciding, so a recommendation carries most of the weight. Clients come back, which makes one good introduction worth years.

What starts the work
  • Compliance deadline or inspectionwhen an inspection or compliance deadline lands
  • New lease or locationwhen a business signs a lease or opens a location
  • Sale of a businesswhen an owner sells the company
  • Death / probatewhen somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
Block one

Who should be sending you clients

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

  1. 01

    Commercial Property Manager

    They send you work
    83

    Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands

    Commercial property managers hear about it when an inspection or compliance deadline lands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  2. 02

    Facility Manager

    They send you work
    83

    Trigger: 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.

  3. 03

    Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo)

    They send you work
    77

    Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands

    Community association managers hear about it when an inspection or compliance deadline lands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  4. 04

    IT Services / Managed IT

    They send you work
    76

    Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands

    IT and managed service providers hear about it when an inspection or compliance deadline lands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  5. 05

    Cybersecurity

    They send you work
    76

    Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands

    Cybersecurity firms hear about it when an inspection or compliance deadline lands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  6. 06

    Commercial Kitchen Equipment & Service

    They send you work
    75

    Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands

    Commercial kitchen equipment companies hear about it when an inspection or compliance deadline lands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  7. 07

    HR Consulting / PEO

    They send you work
    74

    Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands

    HR consultants and PEOs hear about it when an inspection or compliance deadline lands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  8. 08

    Restaurant / Food Service

    They send you work
    73

    Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands

    Restaurants hear about it when an inspection or compliance deadline lands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  9. 09

    Business Banker

    They send you work
    73

    Trigger: an owner sells the company

    Business bankers hear about it when an owner sells the company, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  10. 10

    Attorney Employment & Labor

    Two-way
    68

    Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands

    You and employment attorneys both get the call when an inspection or compliance deadline lands, 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

LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities

Your partners are in this room: facility managers, IT and managed service providers, and cybersecurity firms.

Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.

Online community Always on Free ~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

    LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities

    Online community

    Your partners are in this room: facility managers, IT and managed service providers, and cybersecurity firms.

    Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.

    Always on Free ~3 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  2. 02

    Your city or county chamber of commerce

    Chamber of commerce

    Your partners are in this room: commercial property managers, community association managers, and IT and managed service providers.

    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 →
  3. 03

    Software & platform user groups

    Vendor & supply chain

    Your partners are in this room: facility managers and IT and managed service providers.

    Groups for the software your customers use, like practice management, property management, and accounting. You meet people in the middle of a problem.

    Quarterly Free ~2 hrs/month
  4. 04

    IT channel & MSP peer associations

    Your partners' association

    Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers and cybersecurity firms.

    Vendor certifications and comparing notes. Good for running your business, weak for finding work.

    Quarterly $2,000+/yr ~3 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  5. 05

    Restaurant & lodging association

    Your partners' association

    Your partners are in this room: commercial kitchen equipment companies and restaurants.

    Restaurant and hotel owners. They replace equipment all the time, fail inspections often, and talk to each other more than almost anyone.

    Monthly Under $500/yr ~3 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  6. 06

    Vistage

    Paid peer group

    Your partners are in this room: IT and managed service providers, HR consultants and PEOs, and business bankers.

    Run CEO peer groups. You are buying advice, not leads, but the group turns into a warm list over time.

    Monthly $2,000+/yr ~8 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  7. 07

    CAI (Community Associations Institute)

    Your partners' association

    Your partner is in this room: community association managers.

    Condo and HOA managers, board members, and management companies. One manager here can control hundreds of homes. They have a membership just for vendors, so you can join.

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

    CAI chapter trade show & expo

    Event or trade show

    Your partner is in this room: community association managers.

    Hundreds of association managers and board members walking a vendor floor, there to find vendors. One of the few trade shows where a booth actually pays off.

    Annual $500–$2,000/yr ~2 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →

Let us be straight with you. For shredding and records 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.

Block three

Is your seat open?

Prime Time takes one shredding & document management 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 shredding and records 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.

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: Shredding & Document Management

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. Commercial Property Manager (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands
  2. Facility Manager (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands
  3. Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands
  4. IT Services / Managed IT (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands
  5. Cybersecurity (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands

The three rooms to be in

  1. LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities: Your partners are in this room: facility managers, IT and managed service providers, and cybersecurity firms.
  2. Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: commercial property managers, community association managers, and IT and managed service providers.
  3. Software & platform user groups: Your partners are in this room: facility managers and IT and managed service providers.