Storage Facility: 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 storage 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 storage companies, who else gets a call that same week?
Storage companies sell to both individuals and businesses, and most of the work starts when a family moves into a new place. It moves fast, so being the name already in hand matters more than being the cheapest. Clients come back, which makes one good introduction worth years.
- Move-in / relocationwhen a family moves into a new place
- Home salewhen somebody puts a house on the market
- Divorcewhen a marriage ends
- Death / probatewhen somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
- Aging / care transitionwhen an aging parent needs a different living situation
- Renovation projectwhen a homeowner decides to remodel
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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Real Estate Agent (Residential)
They send you work74Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
Residential real estate agents hear about it when somebody puts a house on the market, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Junk Removal & Hauling
Two-way68Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and junk removal 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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Moving Company
Two-way67Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and movers 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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Property Manager (Residential)
Two-way67Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and residential property managers 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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Mental Health Therapist
They send you work65Trigger: a marriage ends
Therapists and counselors hear about it when a marriage ends, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Real Estate Investor
They send you work63Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
Real estate investors hear about it when somebody puts a house on the market, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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CPA / Accountant
They send you work63Trigger: a marriage ends
CPAs hear about it when a marriage ends, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Home Inspector
They send you work63Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
Home inspectors hear about it when somebody puts a house on the market, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Handyman
Two-way62Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and handyman services 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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Residential Cleaning
Two-way62Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and residential cleaning 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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Residential Cleaning
Two-way66Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and residential cleaning 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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Moving Company
Two-way65Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and movers 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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Closets & Home Organization
You send them work63Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before closet and organization companies do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Window Treatments
You send them work63Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before window treatment companies do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Locksmith
Two-way62Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and locksmiths 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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Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Two-way62Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and carpet cleaning companies both get the call when a family moves into a new place, 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.
Local Facebook & community groups
Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and movers.
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.
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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Local Facebook & community groups
Online communityYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and movers.
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 → - 02
Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents and home inspectors.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Chapter finder → - 03
Nextdoor
Online communityYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and handyman services.
Neighbors asking each other who to hire. Answer questions without selling and the recommendations pile up on their own.
Chapter finder → - 04
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, residential property managers, and real estate investors.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 05
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, residential property managers, and therapists and counselors.
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 → - 06
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.
Chapter finder → - 07
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.
Chapter finder → - 08
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.
Chapter finder →
Local Facebook & community groups
Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and movers.
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.
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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Local Facebook & community groups
Online communityYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and movers.
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 → - 02
Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents and home inspectors.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Chapter finder → - 03
Nextdoor
Online communityYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and handyman services.
Neighbors asking each other who to hire. Answer questions without selling and the recommendations pile up on their own.
Chapter finder → - 04
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, residential property managers, and real estate investors.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 05
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, residential property managers, and therapists and counselors.
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 → - 06
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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IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: residential property managers.
Property managers for apartments, offices, and mixed buildings. Vendors can join and go to chapter meetings.
Chapter finder →
Let us be straight with you. For storage 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 storage facility 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 storage 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: Storage Facility
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Real Estate Agent (Residential) (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody puts a house on the market - Junk Removal & Hauling (Two-way)
Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place - Moving Company (Two-way)
Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place - Property Manager (Residential) (Two-way)
Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place - Mental Health Therapist (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a marriage ends
The three rooms to be in
- Local Facebook & community groups: Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and movers.
- Your local Realtor board or association: Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents and home inspectors.
- Nextdoor: Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and handyman services.
- Local Facebook & community groups: Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and movers.
- Your local Realtor board or association: Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents and home inspectors.
- Nextdoor: Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and handyman services.