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Structural Engineer: 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 structural engineers, 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: Structural Engineer

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands
  2. Commercial Property Manager (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands
  3. Facility Manager (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands
  4. Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a named storm comes through
  5. Attorney Real Estate (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody buys a house

The three rooms to be in

  1. Your local Realtor board or association: Your partners are in this room: real estate attorneys and title companies.
  2. Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: community association managers, commercial property managers, and P&C insurance agents.
  3. LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities: Your partners are in this room: facility managers, P&C insurance agents, and cybersecurity firms.
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 structural engineers, 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 Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) They send you work Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands 86 match strength out of 100
  2. 2 Commercial Property Manager They send you work Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands 81 match strength out of 100
  3. 3 Facility Manager They send you work Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands 81 match strength out of 100
  4. 4 Insurance Property & Casualty They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 73 match strength out of 100
  5. 5 Attorney Real Estate They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 68 match strength out of 100
  6. 6 Title Company They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 64 match strength out of 100
  7. 7 Cybersecurity You send them work Trigger: an inspection or compliance deadline lands 62 match strength out of 100
  8. 8 Property Manager (Residential) Two-way Trigger: a named storm comes through 60 match strength out of 100
  9. 9 Architect Two-way Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel 59 match strength out of 100
  10. 10 Attorney Business & Corporate They send you work Trigger: somebody gets sued 59 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 local Realtor board or association Your pick Your partners are in this room: real estate attorneys and title companies. Your partners' association · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  2. 2 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your partners are in this room: community association managers, commercial property managers, and P&C insurance agents. 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: facility managers, P&C insurance agents, and cybersecurity firms. Online community · Always on · Free · ~3 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 CAI (Community Associations Institute) Your partner is in this room: community association managers. Your partners' association · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  6. 6 CAI chapter trade show & expo Your partner is in this room: community association managers. Event or trade show · Annual · $500–$2,000/yr · ~2 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  7. 7 Land title association Your partners are in this room: real estate attorneys and title companies. Your partners' association · Quarterly · Under $500/yr · ~2 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  8. 8 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 →

Let us be straight with you. For structural engineers, 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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