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Summary: A great business book!
Review: Being a business owner and an avid reader, I continually search for information to help grow my business with integrity and sound principles. This book enlightened me. It was like the light bulb went on in my head! After reading it's well written contents, I furiously began resetting my goals, restructuring my priorities and scheduling more family time. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to build their business and feel good about themselves and their services. I just bought five copies to give to my dearest friends and colleagues! My advice: BUY IT TODAY!
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Summary: A great business book!
Review: Being a business owner and an avid reader, I continually search for information to help grow my business with integrity and sound principles. This book enlightened me. It was like the light bulb went on in my head! After reading it's well written contents, I furiously began resetting my goals, restructuring my priorities and scheduling more family time. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to build their business and feel good about themselves and their services. I just bought five copies to give to my dearest friends and colleagues! My advice: BUY IT TODAY!
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Summary: Fluff, but good for students...
Review: Drawbacks: This book is very basic. I would have liked seeing it in smaller print, because it was hard on the eyes being so large, but that would have basically made the book a pamphlet. The type font was almost as if the publisher was trying to s-t-r-e-t-c-h this book into as many pages as they could. I thought the concept of referrals was really great, keep in mind it is a basic story about how to go about creating a referral network, but I think it is something that most people in business already (or should already) know. Benefits: If you don't know much about referrals - this is a great text to get you started. A very quick read. I would recommend this book for a high school business class or college students. The methods are great, if everyone were as helpful in real life as the people in the little story. Unfortunately, today, many people in business do not care about referals nor other people. I believe if you can get good people skills, no matter what your business, you will naturally succeed. From what I can tell, referrals are part of the "older set" of business people. I think younger business people like myself need to know that this is still a wonderful method of operation. That is why I recommend it as a great foundational concept for students.
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Summary: The Referral of a Lifetime
Review: I found this book to be easy and quick to read. The book makes its point through a story format that the key to developing your business is through building a long term relationship with your clients. The book provides simple, practical examples of goal setting and keeping in touch programs. The author also provides turnkey materials and programs to those who want to implement the ideas but don't have the time to develop all of their own materials (and who does?)
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Summary: Must-Read for Beginner, Refresher for Veteran
Review: I perform sales consulting and training, and am a big believer that building your business through repeats and referrals is the key to success. Therefore, I was already in agreement with the purpose of the book before I began reading. However, I am always searching for new angles to convey these core sales principles to proteges. This book made an impact on the way I may deliver this message in the future. The author doesn't try bore the reader with idealistic philosphy, or impress academia with research and statistics. The book is written in easy-to-read, easy-to-follow reality, using worldly examples by a main "character" to teach. The "250-by-250" rule explained is worth its weight in gold. This book is a must-read for those in their first two years in sales, and a terrific resource for veterans who need to refresher, or a new outlook, on the principles of referrals. Well written!
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Summary: Must-Read for Beginner, Refresher for Veteran
Review: I perform sales consulting and training, and am a big believer that building your business through repeats and referrals is the key to success. Therefore, I was already in agreement with the purpose of the book before I began reading. However, I am always searching for new angles to convey these core sales principles to proteges. This book made an impact on the way I may deliver this message in the future. The author doesn't try bore the reader with idealistic philosphy, or impress academia with research and statistics. The book is written in easy-to-read, easy-to-follow reality, using worldly examples by a main "character" to teach. The "250-by-250" rule explained is worth its weight in gold. This book is a must-read for those in their first two years in sales, and a terrific resource for veterans who need to refresher, or a new outlook, on the principles of referrals. Well written!
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Summary: A Quick Read That Packs A Wallop
Review: I was not prepared for how this little book would change the way I do business but most importantly the way I do life. Referral of a Lifetime identifies four basic types of people in the business world and what I found amazing is that you find these types in virtually every business or endeavor. I read the book and instantly decided to try what the author recommended and that is "place the relationship first... ahead of whatever product or service you are charged with selling."
In order to really invest in these principles, I decided to employ his Keep IN Touch program to assist me in touching and retouching people who champion what I do in the world of television broadcasting. After four months of following the advice in this book, two things have already happened: people I hadn't done a good job staying in touch with have emailed, called or written a note saying how terrific it was to hear from me again and second: they have begun recommending me to their associates because I made it clear that I will treat and value their friends and colleagues with the same degree of commitment that I do them. What I have done through this book is... I have taken back the most valuable resource I ever had in network television, the people who believed in me and my talent. I cannot recommend Referral of a Lifetime high enough. If it does for you what it has done for me, AND IT WILL... you will be a changed person. From a business and a personal standpoint it has changed and re-energized my life.
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Summary: This book works on a daily basis
Review: Referral of a Lifetime describes a very popular place entrepeneur/sales professionals end up in today's marketplace. This book not only helped me identify my own strengths, it provided specific tools to use on a daily basis within my financial planning business. The approach is simple and effective and it has generated more referrals in recent months that I have enjoyed in 20 years of professional service. I would strongly encourage any professional to not only read the book but also peruse Mastertrack.net and learn more about the "Keep in Touch" program that is designed to assist in building client relationship while generating additional business.
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Summary: Basic....
Review: The true masters of referrals know this book is LITE. It is should be titled Referral 101, very basic.
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Summary: A fun read filled with excellent information
Review: Tim Templeton's has written a book that is simply a "must buy", a story that is a "must read", and a system that is a "must implement". The information is clearly described and explained in a very easy to read story. It could be the thing that turns your business around using resources you already have but are probably not utilizing! I am a business owner, and as such am constantly on the prowl for ways to make my life easier, more efficient, and of course, more profitable! Having read hundreds of books on marketing and business development, I quickly recognized this book as one of the best. Here's some of the reasons why:
-It's fun and easy to read (most business books take a while to sort through let alone complete).
-The system is self-evident and easy to understand. You will wish you read this book the day you starting doing business!
-You already have (or can very readily attain) all of the resources you'll need to implement the system.
-It really just makes sense, and anyone can do it! Do yourself a favor and buy this book today. Then get busy using the system. It's that simple. So get to it!!
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