Requesting Referrals
Guidelines and Alternate Phrases
Recall your past association with the reader, if necessary, such as a mutual friend or attendance at a convention.
Gerald Hines mentioned to me last week you might know of ...
After leaving Snyder's summer employment program more than two years ago, I've found plenty of opportunity to use the skills learned as an apprentice there. You were kind enough to let me observe you in your job for two weeks, and, as a result, I've carved out a sales position of my own here at Ibco.
I enjoyed our short airplane chat last week on the way to Los Angeles.
Outline briefly your services or products and the target customer or client.
Thank the reader for any referral he or she may have occasion to give and include any mutual benefit that you foresee.
If you have occasion to mention our company, we will greatly appreciate it.
Thank you in advance for any referrals that you might send our way.
We will appreciate your passing on this information to anyone you think could benefit.
If you have an opportunity to refer us to someone, we will very much appreciate your taking the time to do so.
If any of your acquaintances express an interest in our products or services, be sure to let them know of us. We will thank you.
Should any of your friends, family, or business associates mention interest along these lines, please let us know, and we will appreciate the opportunity to follow up with them.
Do you ever run across anyone in need of placement services? If so, I'll appreciate your giving them my name.
As I see it, you and I sell complementary products to the same customer. Seems to me that whichever of us gets to the customer first should suggest the next logical step in the set-up process. Can you envision a way we could construct a mutually beneficial referral arrangement?
Thank you for passing on any of my information to interested colleagues.
Do you think it would be to our mutual benefit to set up a formal arrangement for commission referrals?
I'll appreciate it if you can pass my name along to anyone who might be interested in this service, and I'll do the same for you.
I'd like to work out a mutually beneficial arrangement for referrals. Do you have suggestions?
I'll appreciate your referring to me anyone who needs such services.