johns:The person(s) you are referring must list your name in the "did anyone refer you" section of the HSHS St. John's online job application. If your name is not listed on the application, you will not be eligible for a reward.

HSHS St. John's Hospital Colleague Referral Program

* Colleagues can make unlimited referrals.

* The person(s) you are referring must list your name in the "did anyone refer you" section of the HSHS St. John's online job application. If your name is not listed on the application, you will not be eligible for a reward. 

 

* Referrals will be accepted on all positions except for:

• Temporary/Agency/Search firm and/or Contractual positions.
• PRN positions
• Current colleagues who transfer to a new position

 

* Applicants who are retirees of St. John's Hospital or who have been employed by the hospital in the last 24 months are not eligible to be referred.

* Colleagues in the following positions are not eligible to receive a referral bonus:

• People Services colleagues
• Colleagues who are employed as instructors at any college or university
• Management staff

* Payouts to the colleagues who referred successful new hires will be tiered based on position need starting at a minimum of $250. Greater amounts may be awarded for hard-to-fill positions based on need and budget.

* Rewards will be paid after 120 days or employment pending successful referral.

* People Services reserves the right to adjust awards based on the needs of the hospital.

For more information, please contact People Services at ext. 44225.

fiber:We’ve talked about how you can amp up your revenue flow with a killer referral program.

Jumpstart Your Referral Program with these Referral Request Templates

 REBEKAH PERKINS JULY 18, 2014 BUSINESS TIPS,  PRESS RELEASES

We’ve talked about how you can amp up your revenue flow with a killer referral program. You know you need to time your requests to your customers just right to have the most effect and to avoid becoming a nuisance. You also know that the reward you offer as an incentive needs to be appealing both to the referrer and the referral. No one wants to pass up a win-win situation, right?

And finally, you know that your referral program must be easy to explain. People will immediately distrust an offer that involves too many prerequisites or conditions, and that comes as no surprise. So you’ve made sure that for your referral program, there are no complicated hoops to jump through or a myriad of hidden clauses.

All of these things are necessary to a referral program that will accelerate your lead generation and sales.

Our Referral Philosophy: When and How to Ask

We’ve all been on the receiving end of an aggressive, even intrusive sales approach. The rep gives you their spiel or demonstration and then let’s you know about all the freebies you can receive based on how many leads you can give them. It’s a situation that can often be uncomfortable if you have any qualms about surrendering the contact information of your friends and family to a solicitor.

Our philosophy is more targeted than that, and much less aggressive. We’d rather have one solid referral than a dozen names of people who may have no need for what we’re selling. So our requests for referrals come after a positive experience with a customer. We know that this customer is satisfied and we want to reward them for their loyalty, so we inform them of ways they can profit by helping a friend or colleague also find success with our services.

The phrasing of your request for a referral from your customer can sometimes feel awkward or contrived, depending on the situation. Here are a few templates that we’ve modified for various settings. Hopefully these can inspire you as you customize your own request strategy.

Email

Emails are the medium of choice for most busy professionals as they’re interacting with their customers. They’re often preferred by your equally busy customers as well.

Depending on the service or product that you offer, the best time to mention your referral program is in your follow-up email after a service is delivered or a product received and tested, and especially after you’ve just had a positive interaction with a customer. You may already have a follow-up strategy implemented within your standard marketing efforts; it will be easy to tie in information on your new referral program.

Following a Positive Interaction

Dear [First Name],

It was such a pleasure to speak with you today. I’m so pleased that our services have played such a positive role in helping you achieve your goals this quarter. Our greatest priority as your provider is to secure your loyalty not only with excellent service, but by giving you access to some killer perks, like our newly refurbished referral program.

Here are the details:

[Lay out the simple, step-by-step details of your program. List the rewards clearly for both the referrer and referral.]

Everyone’s a winner with this program! Let us know who you think could benefit from [referral reward] and our services.

Thank you!

Following a Delivery of Service/Product

Dear [First Name],

Have you had a chance to try out your new [product]? Let us know if there’s anything we can do to improve your experience with us. We also want to inform you of an awesome opportunity to win huge rewards just for spreading the word about our company!

[Lay out the simple, step-by-step details of your program. List the rewards clearly for both the referrer and referral.]

We’ve made sure that everyone’s a winner with this program! Hope to hear from you soon!

Thank you!

In Person

If you’re in sales, chances are you’re well practiced at face-to-face interactions. You may even prefer it over emails and phone calls. However, you’re not going to arrange a lunch meeting or conference with your client just to talk about your referral program, so be prepared to tack it on to the end of your conversation or presentation.

Your goal is to end your interaction on a positive note, which lays the groundwork nicely for introducing an opportunity to help you out, cash in on a bonus, and benefit a colleague. It’s always a good idea in this situation to have a flyer handy with the full details of the program. That way you won’t have to hope they remember the details you’ve delivered verbally, and risk the chance they’ll forget.

Have At ‘Em!

No reason to delay. Get cracking on your referral program today. What’s your preferred method of requesting referrals? Let us know in the comments below!

garfieldrefining:Any shipment that comes to us with your label attached or included will accrue 5% of the processed value of that shipment directly to your account. - See more at: http://www.garfieldrefining.com/pages/referral-program#sthash.BBHwh7ba.dpuf

Private Sellers

"Thank you Garfield! You have made this process of selling my gold so very pleasant and easy! I know my Dad was quite happy when he dealt with you, so I was confident I would have a great experience too. But your personal attention exceeded my expectations! I will recommend Garfield Refining to my friends for sure!" Gayle from S. Berwick, ME.

- See more at: http://www.garfieldrefining.com/pages/referral-program#sthash.BBHwh7ba.dpuf

Referral Program

Tell Your Friends, and Get Paid!

Our Referral Program is easy!

Enroll online (below), and select how many referral kits you desire. In a few days you will have all the materials you need, including bar-coded referral labels and mailers that you can distribute to any of your friends or family. Any shipment that comes to us with your label attached or included will accrue 5% of the processed value of that shipment directly to your account.  Tell as many friends as you like! (This program is designed for private individuals only, and excludes all gold buying businesses).  

- See more at: http://www.garfieldrefining.com/pages/referral-program#sthash.BBHwh7ba.dpuf

adsolutions:In the world of customer referrals, creating a vibrant social referral program can be a serious strategic advantage for your business. Social referral programs can help you increase your visibility, boost sales, and improve your reputation through word-of-mouth marketing.

In the world of customer referrals, creating a vibrant social referral program can be a serious strategic advantage for your business. Social referral programs can help you increase your visibility, boost sales, and improve your reputation through word-of-mouth marketing.

Social referral programs are so valuable and effective because of the role that social media plays in our daily lives. More and more, consumers are turning away from traditional research methods like visiting a brick-and-mortar store, reading Consumer Reports magazines, or looking for spec sheets for products. Instead, they're relying on Yelps, Tweets, blog reviews, and forum posts that show them what other people are thinking.

So how do companies find success with social campaigns for customer referrals?

3 Tips for Social Referral Programs

1. Figure out the venue

Many businesses choose to use Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or other social networks more or less exclusively, but the channel you want to use depends on several things, including how much you value who your target audience is, which networks most of your current customers use, and what kinds of platforms you think are most relevant to your business.

In order to maximize referrals, you need to promote your program on platforms where your existing brand advocates are already active and already have a community of friends and followers.

2. Promote your program

Your social media program is going to work better if you start by promoting it internally among your current employees and loyal customers. Get the ball rolling by asking your employees, customers, and friends of the business to share information about the referral program within their own networks.

Check out this resource from The Cline Group on using brand ambassadors to spread the word about your product on social media and beyond.

3. Track results

Many companies are now using online referral codes or other identifiers to see where their site visits and sales are coming from and how customers discovered their brand.

Invest in tracking tools that will help you find out which social networks and which marketing techniques are driving the most referrals and new business. There are also a number of affordable and easy-to-use platforms on the web that you can use to set up straightforward and trackable referral campaigns on popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

Once you harness the power of the social web, you’ll find that referrals from your existing customers and brand advocates will be a huge driver of new sales and positive brand sentiment. Just keep in mind that if you want the referrals to keep coming, it’s a good idea to thank your brand advocates for their participation!

hosting: Reach out to your friend or colleague and talk to them about their cloud hosting needs.

HOSTING Customer Referral Program

Don’t hog HOSTING all for yourself. Share your experiences with your professional and personal networks. For each referral that becomes a HOSTING customer, we’ll credit your account the cost of their first month of service. And we’ll give them a month free to boot! It’s a true win win.

Six Steps to Referral Rewards

Step One – Reach out to your friend or colleague and talk to them about their cloud hosting needs.

Step Two – If it’s a good match, let them know that someone from HOSTING will be contacting them.

Step Three – Make sure your referral knows that HOSTING will be in touch, and that he or she is ready for the conversation.

Step Four – Complete the referral form (below) with as much information as you have handy, including why your referral would be a good fit for HOSTING.

Step Five – Repeat for as many of your friends and colleagues that you believe will benefit from HOSTING products and services.

Step Six – A HOSTING representative will contact each of your referrals. If an opportunity closes because of your referral, we will credit your account with the cost of their first month of service. We’ll also give them a month free. For each opportunity that closes because of you, we’ll honor the same offer.

Fine Print

The following terms and conditions apply to this referral program. These terms and conditions are in addition to any other written agreements between you and HOSTING. By participating in this program, you are agreeing to these terms and conditions.

Subject to these terms and conditions, in the event that you refer customer to HOSTING, and the customer orders cloud services from HOSTING with a monthly recurring charge of at least $500, and the customer signs a contract with HOSTING with an initial term of at least twelve months, then HOSTING will credit your HOSTING account in an amount equal to the customer’s first month of monthly recurring fees with HOSTING. Once the customer has paid HOSTING in full for six months, HOSTING will apply the one-time credit to your account.

Each referral must be a new, qualified lead coming exclusively from you. Additionally the referral must not be a current customer of HOSTING or any of HOSTING’s affiliates and must not have been a customer of HOSTING or any of HOSTING’s affiliates within the two years immediately preceding the referral.

All orders placed by customers are subject to approval and acceptance by HOSTING in its sole discretion. All services shall be provided to customers pursuant to HOSTING’s terms and conditions which shall be by and between HOSTING and such customers and shall be determined by HOSTING in its sole discretion.

Nothing shall be construed as to restrict HOSTING’s right to do, or refuse to do, business with any party. HOSTING may reject any lead at any time in its sole discretion, including, but not limited to, the possibility that the proposed customer is the focus of a pre-existing sales effort by HOSTING or presents a credit or liability risk. HOSTING shall have the right to market and sell all HOSTING products and services in the manner and form that HOSTING chooses, including directly contacting any customers, in its sole discretion.

The credits do not include taxes. You shall pay all taxes assessed upon or related to credits. HOSTING shall not be obligated to apply any credits until you have provided a completed IRS Form W-9 and any other necessary tax forms.

HOSTING shall have no obligation to pursue collections efforts against any customers. HOSTING may disallow or reject any referral in its sole discretion. You shall comply with all applicable law and regulations in connection with this program.

You are not and shall not be considered an employee of HOSTING. You and HOSTING are considered independent contractors of one another, and neither party shall have the authority to make any representations, claims, or warranties of any kind on behalf of the other party or on behalf of the other party’s affiliates, agents, subcontractors, licensors, or third-party suppliers.

In the event of any dispute or disagreement between or among any participants, HOSTING, and/or any third party, HOSTING will have the sole power to resolve the dispute and HOSTING’s decisions will be final and un-appealable. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to choice of law or conflicts of laws principles. If litigation is pursued, you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal or state courts located in Denver, Colorado for all such matters, and venue shall be proper in any such court.

Participation is open only to legal residents of the fifty states of the United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico who are 18 or older as of the date of participation. Void outside of these jurisdictions or where prohibited or restricted by law. Employees of HOSTING and family members of employees of HOSTING are not eligible to participate. Participants are solely responsible for all actions taken by them in connection with participation.

HOSTING reserves the right to cancel this promotion at any time.

razorsync:A business marketing strategy you can’t ignore

A business marketing strategy you can’t ignore

A customer referral is the call you love to take. Trust—an element critical to a field business—is established before you pick up the phone. And the caller has good reason to believe you can provide the needed service. There is an excellent chance of converting the lead to a customer. All that, at no cost to you!

Consider word-of-mouth marketing an essential part of your marketing program. Invest a few dollars in a well-structured customer referral program and every job well done becomes an opportunity to grow your customer base.

If you already have a customer referral program in place, it’s time to review it and see if there is room for improvement. If you are starting from scratch, here are some basics to remember:

Structure your reward carefully

The basic element of a customer referral program is a reward. Consider rewarding both the referrer and the new customer. In this two-sided reward system, both parties benefit. Neither appears to be taking advantage of the other. This adds authenticity to the referring customer’s recommendation.

What reward will bring in the most referrals? For one customer, a $30 credit towards service may win the gold ring, while another may prefer a $30 gift card. (Save that box of t-shirts with your logo for the company picnic.) You may want to conduct a customer survey to generate ideas. Then settle on one type of reward or a choose-your-own-reward system.

Decide at what point the reward is earned. Do you reward your customer for the contact information? When a prospective customer contacts you? Or not until after a paid service is performed? For most service companies, the referral is only eligible for a reward when a paid service has been contracted. If you have large volume repeat customers, you might consider a commission on the first year’s business with the new customer.

Get the word out to every customer

Include a request for referrals on every piece of paper coming out of your office, including estimates, invoices, brochures and newsletters. Have a notice posted on the wall at your company.

Spread the word online. Dedicate a page on your website to the referral program and link to it from the footer and on the About Us and Contact pages. Feature the program on your Facebook and LinkedIn company pages and mention it in email newsletters and on Twitter. The beauty of an online statement is how easily it is shared.

Train your field workers and office staff to mention the referral program at the close of transactions. (And reward them for successfully producing referrals.)

Make it easy to participate

Some of your customers will expect to be able to do everything online, others will want to use paper, and some will want to talk to a friendly staff member. Accommodate all.

Have two simple forms on the referral program page on the website, one for the referring customer and one for the new. Offer a printable version for those who don’t want to submit the form online, and include a statement inviting any who prefer to call the office and provide the information.

Keep asking, “Would you recommend us?”

Any customer interaction is an opportunity for a quick customer satisfaction survey. On invoices, when a customer calls the office and on your website, ask, “Would you recommend our service?” followed by “Why or why not?” Use answers, positive and negative, to chart your business’s course.

RazorSync is a mobile software solution for service businesses. We invite you to sign up for a live demo or participate in our referral program.

Do you have any suggestions for our readers? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

webeditor:That's $105.00 in your pocket or an hour of my time -- a $105.00 value!

Referral Program My business is built on referrals. I are proud to say that I have done web sites that are 7th generation referrals. I bend over backwards to keep my customers happy. Happy customers refer other happy customers. WebEditor Design Services announces our web site referral program. It's simple. You recommend a new client to me. If I become their webmaster, I will give you $47.50 or half an hour of my time. If they host their site on my server, I'll give you another $50.00 or half an hour of my time. That's $105.00 in your pocket or an hour of my time -- a $105.00 value! I know that you are not referring people to me for the money, but I still feel the need to say "thank you!" Just fill out the form below and I will call your friend or associate and see if we can do business together. Let your network of business associates work for you in ways you haven't thought of! Let them make money for you by recommending them to WebEditor! Thanks in advance, Scott Herman President WebEditor Design Services