Obviously not the OP but I'd like to offer my experience. I've told every client of mine they'll get a 15% payment off any referral's first contract (ongoing if it's a retainer), and offered the same deal to many friends who know the business I'm in.
I haven't gotten a single call or email about it. If people like you, they will refer you to everyone who will listen. If they don't, they'll talk bad about you to even more people. Offering a few hundred dollars or even more is, in my experience, not going to sway them one way or the other.
Have you tried offering professional recruiters a referral fee? I wonder if they'd work double hard getting a fee on both ends? Or is that just not done?
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One question about finding clients. Would it be worth offering a referral fee (5 or 10%) for people who find you work?
Obviously not the OP but I'd like to offer my experience. I've told every client of mine they'll get a 15% payment off any referral's first contract (ongoing if it's a retainer), and offered the same deal to many friends who know the business I'm in.
I haven't gotten a single call or email about it. If people like you, they will refer you to everyone who will listen. If they don't, they'll talk bad about you to even more people. Offering a few hundred dollars or even more is, in my experience, not going to sway them one way or the other.
Yeah, that's what my instinct is telling me too.
Have you tried offering professional recruiters a referral fee? I wonder if they'd work double hard getting a fee on both ends? Or is that just not done?
Never tried it, but I've also never met a professional recruiter who knew anything about our industry.