Don't Leave Word Of Mouth Referrals To Chance

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Have You Been Thinking About Throwing In The Towel? - By Jackie Mckay

One of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to fill your practice is by using your current client data base as your personal sales team. If you don't have many clients yet and you are still in the market research phase, you can use this on those client's with whom you are doing your market research.

Let me explain more.

Getting in front of your ideal clients takes effort, time and money. Blogs, websites, Facebook, networking, promoting talks etc. - you get my drift. This is all work. Getting a new client takes way more effort than retaining a current client. Please, never forget this!

Once you have locked in your ideal client you will come to be their trusted advisor/go to person because they know you, they love you and they trust you. This is why your client's come back to you.

Wouldn't it be great if your clients, who know, love and trust you would rave and refer people to you on a regular basis?

It just makes sense that if you have given exceptional value and created raving results for your clients, they will become a raving fan. Problem is, once your client has completed their session with you, they are bombarded with countless distractions and you have left the top of their mind. And, many holistic therapists feel shy or awkward about asking for referrals, preferring instead to hope and pray that their clients will generate new leads for them on a whim.

The solution...Why leave the referrals to chance?Instead, be transparent with your clients from the get go about referrals. Plant the seed very early in your client relationship that you will often ASK for a referral, and let them know that is largely how you build your practice.

Ask them if it's okay with you to check in with them - as a habit to see if they can think of someone who would be a good referral. The client will think about this throughout the duration of the time they are working with you. Each time they talk to you or think of you, they'll be thinking about doing "their part" in helping you build your business through referrals.

Now, take it one step further and make it easy for your client's to refer to you. Educate them exactly on the type of person you help. Tell your clients how much you love working with them and let them know that they are your ideal type of client and why. Give them some of your savvy business cards. Make sure your business cards define the exact client you work with! And, train them on how to explain what you do so that you can control how your services are being shared.

And lastly, don't forget to put a system into place to reward your clients for promoting you. Make sure you follow up with a thank you card or be unique and send them something that will have you stand out - try a movie card, a coffee card, or their favourite bottle of wine.

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Jackie McKay, Prosperous Practice Mentor, teaches soul-inspired natural health practitioners the heart-centered HOW TO of busting through entrepreneurial fears, attracting ideal clients, making more money, and making a name for themselves in their purpose-centered healing business.

Jackie is the creator of The Prosperous Practice Roadmap™ a conscious business building program blending universal and spiritual principles with step by step savvy marketing tips, that teaches service professionals how to attract new clients and make more money by showing them the how to of building their healing business.

A former hotel marketing manager, faculty member of the Foothills College of Massage Therapy and holistic entrepreneur for 9 years, she deeply understands the questions and concerns faced by new and old practitioners in the alternative health industry. Her expertise in heart-centered business and spiritual development was developed through many years of studying A Course In Miracles and running a full time practice that was constantly bursting at the seams.

"Entrepreneurship is the deepest and fastest path to spiritual growth. It is aligning your purpose for being on earth with a business idea so deeply meaningful that you simply must do it, despite the fears and childhood wounds that arise" says Jackie

Jackie speaks to Natural Health Practitioners across the globe at live events, through teleseminars, and other virtual programs.
She can be contacted through her website, http://www.healerswhoprosper.com/
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