Window Treatments: 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 window treatment 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 window treatment companies, who else gets a call that same week?
Window treatment companies sell to both individuals and businesses, and most of the work starts when a family moves into a new place. People take their time deciding, so a recommendation carries most of the weight. Most clients buy once, so the flow of new names is the whole business.
- Move-in / relocationwhen a family moves into a new place
- Renovation projectwhen a homeowner decides to remodel
- Home purchasewhen somebody buys a house
- New lease or locationwhen a business signs a lease or opens a location
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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Interior Designer
They send you work70Trigger: a family moves into a new place
Interior designers hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Locksmith
They send you work68Trigger: a family moves into a new place
Locksmiths hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Security Systems
Two-way67Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and security system 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-way67Trigger: 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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Storage Facility
They send you work67Trigger: a family moves into a new place
Storage companies hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Property Manager (Residential)
They send you work67Trigger: a family moves into a new place
Residential property managers hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Flooring Contractor
They send you work65Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel
Flooring companies hear about it when a homeowner decides to remodel, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Handyman
Two-way64Trigger: 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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Pool Service & Repair
They send you work64Trigger: somebody buys a house
Pool companies hear about it when somebody buys a house, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Remodeling Contractor
They send you work63Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel
Remodeling contractors hear about it when a homeowner decides to remodel, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Tutoring & Test Prep
You send them work61Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before tutoring companies do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Dentist
You send them work60Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before dentists do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Veterinarian
You send them work60Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before veterinarians do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Pet Services
You send them work60Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You hear about it when a family moves into a new place, before pet service businesses do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Smart Home & AV Integrator
Two-way59Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel
You and smart home and AV integrators both get the call when a homeowner decides to remodel, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Closets & Home Organization
Two-way59Trigger: a family moves into a new place
You and closet and organization 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.
Nextdoor
Your partners are in this room: locksmiths, residential cleaning companies, and handyman services.
Neighbors asking each other who to hire. Answer questions without selling and the recommendations pile up on their 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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Nextdoor
Online communityYour partners are in this room: locksmiths, residential cleaning 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 → - 02
Local Facebook & community groups
Online communityYour partners are in this room: locksmiths, residential cleaning companies, and storage companies.
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 → - 03
Local home builders association (NAHB affiliate)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: interior designers and flooring companies.
Builders plus every trade that works for them. This one is mixed. The builders are buyers for the trades, so it is an exception.
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Distributor & showroom trade nights
Vendor & supply chainYour partners are in this room: interior designers, flooring companies, and remodeling contractors.
Showrooms and suppliers hold mixers that pull in designers, builders, and the people who write specs. Nobody calls it networking, so nobody is fighting for attention.
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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 → - 06
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 → - 07
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 → - 08
Master Networks
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Weekly chapters with one person per job. They spend more time teaching than most.
Chapter finder →
Nextdoor
Your partners are in this room: locksmiths, residential cleaning companies, and handyman services.
Neighbors asking each other who to hire. Answer questions without selling and the recommendations pile up on their 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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Nextdoor
Online communityYour partners are in this room: locksmiths, residential cleaning 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 → - 02
Local Facebook & community groups
Online communityYour partners are in this room: locksmiths, residential cleaning companies, and storage companies.
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 → - 03
Local home builders association (NAHB affiliate)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: interior designers and flooring companies.
Builders plus every trade that works for them. This one is mixed. The builders are buyers for the trades, so it is an exception.
Chapter finder → - 04
Distributor & showroom trade nights
Vendor & supply chainYour partners are in this room: interior designers, flooring companies, and remodeling contractors.
Showrooms and suppliers hold mixers that pull in designers, builders, and the people who write specs. Nobody calls it networking, so nobody is fighting for attention.
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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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Rotary International
Community & service organizationNo referral mechanics at all, which is why the trust runs deep. Business follows in year two, not month two.
Weekly, service first, and openly not a referral group, which is why the trust runs so deep. Work comes after a year, not a month. Members skew older and settled.
Chapter finder → - 08
AIA (American Institute of Architects) chapter
Your partners' associationYour partner is in this room: interior designers.
Architects and the plans they draw. For trades, this is where your product gets named in the drawings before bidding starts.
Chapter finder →
Let us be straight with you. For window treatment 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 window treatments 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 window treatment 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: Window Treatments
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Interior Designer (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place - Locksmith (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place - Security Systems (Two-way)
Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place - Residential Cleaning (Two-way)
Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place - Storage Facility (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place
The three rooms to be in
- Nextdoor: Your partners are in this room: locksmiths, residential cleaning companies, and handyman services.
- Local Facebook & community groups: Your partners are in this room: locksmiths, residential cleaning companies, and storage companies.
- Local home builders association (NAHB affiliate): Your partners are in this room: interior designers and flooring companies.
- Nextdoor: Your partners are in this room: locksmiths, residential cleaning companies, and handyman services.
- Local Facebook & community groups: Your partners are in this room: locksmiths, residential cleaning companies, and storage companies.
- Local home builders association (NAHB affiliate): Your partners are in this room: interior designers and flooring companies.