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Storage Facility: 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 storage 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: Storage Facility

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. Real Estate Agent (Residential) (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
  2. Junk Removal & Hauling (Two-way)
    Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place
  3. Moving Company (Two-way)
    Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place
  4. Property Manager (Residential) (Two-way)
    Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place
  5. Mental Health Therapist (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a marriage ends

The three rooms to be in

  1. Local Facebook & community groups: Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and movers.
  2. Your local Realtor board or association: Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents and home inspectors.
  3. Nextdoor: Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and handyman services.
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 storage 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 Real Estate Agent (Residential) They send you work Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market 74 match strength out of 100
  2. 2 Junk Removal & Hauling Two-way Trigger: a family moves into a new place 68 match strength out of 100
  3. 3 Moving Company Two-way Trigger: a family moves into a new place 67 match strength out of 100
  4. 4 Property Manager (Residential) Two-way Trigger: a family moves into a new place 67 match strength out of 100
  5. 5 Mental Health Therapist They send you work Trigger: a marriage ends 65 match strength out of 100
  6. 6 Real Estate Investor They send you work Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market 63 match strength out of 100
  7. 7 CPA / Accountant They send you work Trigger: a marriage ends 63 match strength out of 100
  8. 8 Home Inspector They send you work Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market 63 match strength out of 100
  9. 9 Handyman Two-way Trigger: a family moves into a new place 62 match strength out of 100
  10. 10 Residential Cleaning Two-way Trigger: a family moves into a new place 62 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 Local Facebook & community groups Your pick Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and movers. Online community · Always on · Free · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  2. 2 Your local Realtor board or association Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents and home inspectors. Your partners' association · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  3. 3 Nextdoor Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, junk removal companies, and handyman services. Online community · Always on · Free · ~2 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  4. 4 LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, residential property managers, and real estate investors. Online community · Always on · Free · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  5. 5 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, residential property managers, and therapists and counselors. Chamber of commerce · Monthly · Under $500/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 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.

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 Storage Facility per chapter. Put a South Florida ZIP into the form above and we will show you which seats are open.

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Send it to yourself: the partners above, the rooms ranked for storage companies, and the next meeting dates for your area.

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