"I feel uncomfortable asking for a referral. My clients are so busy and don't have time to worry about the success of my business."

Question from a subscriber: "I feel uncomfortable asking for a referral. My clients are so busy and don't have time to worry about the success of my business."

Yah, don't do it.

Say this instead.

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Take these actions TODAY:

• Send a client this email: "Feng, I wanted to thank you, to sincerely thank you, for being such a great client and for doing business with my firm all these years. Appreciate your faith in me."
• Or send them this email: "Belinda, I was thinking about you and David's wedding anniversary the other day. Congratulations on your 51st year together and thanks again for being our client for the last 23 years."
• Or send them this email: "Ademar, I know you and Amrita just signed on as clients. I wanted to thank you for taking the leap of faith and putting your trust in us. Please call me on my cell phone at 212-345-7891 if anything comes up in the onboarding process."

Quiz: What were the two words each of these quotes had in common?

Answer:

The words "Thank you."

How about you

MAKE THEM SMILE!!!????!!!!????

It will prevent you from having to ask for the referral.

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Yeah?

Yaaaaah.

BOOM - there you go, today's marketing tip for ya!

-Sara G

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I am a financial ghostwriter.

I write copy for financial advisor:

• Blogs,
• Newsletters,
• Brochures,
• Social media posts, books,
• Market or economic outlook pieces,
• Ebooks,
• Powerpoint presentations,
• Youtube videos,
• Linkedin profile pages,
• Websites

I pride myself on cutting through the fluff and creating meaningful, succinct copy that won’t bore the audience, not the usual crap.

I also will proofread or edit copy.

Just letting you know, in case you need me at some point.

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-Sara G

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