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Referral Partner Marketing

What is Referral Partner Marketing?

Building a referral partner network gives you warm introductions to homeowners already in motion—whether buying, selling, or upgrading. By connecting with trusted local professionals, you expand your reach, gain credibility, and create another inbound source to complement your outbound marketing.

The Right Audience

Local professionals who regularly interact with homeowners during transactions, transitions, or property improvements. This includes Realtors, mortgage brokers, landscapers, builders, designers, and property managers. Focus on those who complement your services rather than compete with them.

The Right Message

Keep messaging professional and benefit-oriented. The goal is to highlight collaboration, show how you’ll add value to their clients, and make it easy for them to see you as a trusted partner.

Key Themes

Help their clients with services they don’t provide
Add credibility through collaboration
Build mutual growth opportunities

Calls to Action

Schedule a quick coffee or intro call
Review a referral kit together
Join a small partner circle

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Outreach Channels

This is a relationship play|so direct contact works best. Email and phone are effective first touches|while LinkedIn and in-person meetings strengthen credibility. Follow up with referral kits or branded collateral to formalize the partnership.

Recommended

Email
Phone Outreach

supporting

LinkedIn
In-Person Drop-Ins
Direct Mail

Measuring Success

Track the number of referral partners onboarded and monitor referrals per partner each quarter. Evaluate repeat activity and referral-to-client conversion to identify top-performing partnerships