Ask after a result, not after an invoice. Give a one-line description the referrer can forward. Close the loop within a week.
Syndicate’s advisory teams use this same sequence with clients: write the current state, pick one constraint, and review it on a fixed cadence. The article is a starting brief, not a substitute for numbers from your own books.
Ask after a result, not after an invoice. Give the referrer one sentence they can forward. Close the loop within a week so they know it landed.
Track who sent whom. Thank people in a way they remember. Referrals look like luck only when you do not write the process down.
A referral is a favour. Make it easy to do twice.
