Videographer: 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 videographers 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 videographers, who else gets a call that same week?
Videographers sell to both individuals and businesses, and most of the work starts when a business launches or rebrands. It is planned well ahead, so the introduction has to happen early. Clients return now and then, so the introduction has to keep paying off.
- Rebrand or launchwhen a business launches or rebrands
- Wedding or major eventwhen a family plans a wedding or milestone event
- Home salewhen somebody puts a house on the market
- Business formationwhen somebody starts a company
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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Digital Marketing Agency
They send you work75Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
Digital marketing agencies hear about it when a business launches or rebrands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Public Relations
They send you work69Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
PR firms hear about it when a business launches or rebrands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Attorney Intellectual Property
They send you work68Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
IP attorneys hear about it when a business launches or rebrands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Web Developer
They send you work67Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
Web developers hear about it when a business launches or rebrands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Photographer
Two-way64Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
You and photographers both get the call when a business launches or rebrands, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Event Planner
They send you work64Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
Event planners hear about it when a business launches or rebrands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Real Estate Investor
They send you work62Trigger: 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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Printing Services
You send them work61Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
You hear about it when a business launches or rebrands, before printers do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Graphic Designer
They send you work61Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
Graphic designers hear about it when a business launches or rebrands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Florist
Two-way61Trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event
You and florists both get the call when a family plans a wedding or milestone event, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Printing Services
You send them work64Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
You hear about it when a business launches or rebrands, before printers do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Promotional Products
You send them work61Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
You hear about it when a business launches or rebrands, before promotional products distributors do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Caterer
Two-way61Trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event
You and caterers both get the call when a family plans a wedding or milestone event, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Apparel & Custom Clothing
Two-way60Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
You and apparel and clothing companies both get the call when a business launches or rebrands, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Event Planner
They send you work59Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
Event planners hear about it when a business launches or rebrands, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Radio / TV / Media Advertising
Two-way58Trigger: a business launches or rebrands
You and media and advertising reps both get the call when a business launches or rebrands, 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.
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Your partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, PR firms, and IP attorneys.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
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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LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, PR firms, and IP attorneys.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 02
Industry Slack & Discord communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, IP attorneys, and web developers.
Where professional and technical trades actually talk now. Referrals happen in private messages, not in the channel.
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Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, PR firms, and IP attorneys.
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 → - 04
EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization)
Paid peer groupYour partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, PR firms, and IP attorneys.
Owners above a revenue bar, meeting in private. Few referrals, but the ones that happen are big and close fast.
Chapter finder → - 05
Local business expo
Event or trade showYour partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, web developers, and graphic designers.
Usually run by the chamber. Each chat is short, but you can meet twenty nearby businesses in one morning. Good when you are starting from nothing.
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NAWBO (women business owners)
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, photographers, and event planners.
Chapters built on relationships. Members say it turns into work more often than a regular chamber.
Chapter finder → - 07
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 → - 08
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 →
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Your partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, PR firms, and IP attorneys.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
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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LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, PR firms, and IP attorneys.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 02
Industry Slack & Discord communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, IP attorneys, and web developers.
Where professional and technical trades actually talk now. Referrals happen in private messages, not in the channel.
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Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, PR firms, and IP attorneys.
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 → - 04
EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization)
Paid peer groupYour partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, PR firms, and IP attorneys.
Owners above a revenue bar, meeting in private. Few referrals, but the ones that happen are big and close fast.
Chapter finder → - 05
Local business expo
Event or trade showYour partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, web developers, and graphic designers.
Usually run by the chamber. Each chat is short, but you can meet twenty nearby businesses in one morning. Good when you are starting from nothing.
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NAWBO (women business owners)
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, photographers, and event planners.
Chapters built on relationships. Members say it turns into work more often than a regular chamber.
Chapter finder → - 07
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.
Let us be straight with you. For videographers, 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 videographer 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 videographers, 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: Videographer
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Digital Marketing Agency (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a business launches or rebrands - Public Relations (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a business launches or rebrands - Attorney Intellectual Property (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a business launches or rebrands - Web Developer (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a business launches or rebrands - Photographer (Two-way)
Shared trigger: a business launches or rebrands
The three rooms to be in
- LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities: Your partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, PR firms, and IP attorneys.
- Industry Slack & Discord communities: Your partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, IP attorneys, and web developers.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, PR firms, and IP attorneys.
- LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities: Your partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, PR firms, and IP attorneys.
- Industry Slack & Discord communities: Your partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, IP attorneys, and web developers.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: digital marketing agencies, PR firms, and IP attorneys.