Referron enables you to send your vcard to people you meet , and easily refer them to people in your network that you know like and trust in seconds. Referron can report your activities - because what you can measure you can manage! This blog will h lp you as an entrepreneur and business owner to grow with the 5 Cs . Connection, Collaboration, Contribution, Continuity and building Capability to build old an amazing Community
People want to see you and your original self. That’s who they buy from.
👏🏻 Share helpful tips from your own learnings and failures.
👏🏻 Challenge / encourage others to contribute their ideas, contribute to something useful or meaningful beyond self-promotion.
Put yourself out there.
Your original idea, your experience, your point of view, and your story rank exponentially higher on all levels, across platforms and are 85% more engaging on LinkedIn than anything else that’s not yours !
People trust individuals more than corporations on LinkedIn (by more than 90%).
Now to create your list of connections and start referring :)
What would be awesome is for you to send your business card to 10 “insiders” that you know like and trust
Steps
Add your connections by sending them your digital business card
1. Connections/send and refer /send vCard
2. followed by sending a WhatsApp from Referron
Go to connections /card/ WhatsApp (use template “short and friendly” )
- and then refer them to me using Referron
(Should take 30 seconds )
3.Connections/send and refer /refer /add provider /add seeker - write note and press send
(Should take 1 minute)
Let me know how it goes ;)
Ps… Here is access to a copy of the draft of my book “The Referral Goldmine” Would love your feedback Best Ivan https://bbg2020.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-referral-goldmine-by-ivan-kaye.html
I am looking for 20 networkers go get it to meet once a week - with a view to me sharing ways that I know to help you increase your centre of influence . Let me know if you want to be one of the 20
Danny Van Dine
Karen Tisdell
Reach out to prospect 23 touch points before getting them to be a client - this shows Ivan’s marketing genius !!
Natalie Eisen
- so many takeouts
- know who you are and know who your customer is
- take customers on the journey
- how do we learn the apps discussed from the forum
Odile Faludi
- it’s about great conversation - it’s about being consistent - 5-5-3 5 conversations / 5 follow-ups/3 social posts per day
- it’s about consistency - you can’t leave the conversation - you’ve got to keep developing the relationship
Michael Bartura
- building relationships
- listen more , speak less and see how you can add value
- find people you want to work with and engage
- don’t be afraid to pay $100 for an app - that may give you exponential value
Tony Jacobson
- unpacking the takeouts from the brains trust
- all apps - can be overwhelming - find the nuggets applicable to you
- action needs to be measured and planned
- thank you to Ivan - his why is authentic - to assist and connect others - and gets joy from watching others succeed
- too many nuggets and looking forward to take glory some nuggets
- spruiking vs adding value
Kirsty Fox
- give people what they want and you will get what you want
- be where your customers are
- be sure you have the strategy before choosing the app to use
What others thought :)
Paul Pius
Tania Samuels
Wayne Larkin
Wane Brightman
John Tickell
Shaun Thompson - massive value
Peter Groeneveld - hampered full of good stuff that I can go back to at my leisure
Peter Damnjanovic - food for thought - got to balance health and business
Megan Ford - continue to connect - time each day - 5-5-3
Linda Dunkin - know your customer
Larry Dorfan - exposure to the names of the apps
Kylie Strudwick - apps are great - when to use them
Thanks for agreeing to review the draft of the Referral Goldmine
❌This is not a storybook.
❌It’s not a memoir.
❌And it’s definitely not a textbook.
✔️This is a field guide—a distilled download of what I’ve learned over decades about building businesses through one of the most powerful forces in commerce:
💥the warm introduction💥
In a world drowning in cold outreach, spammy ads, and fake followers, warm referrals cut through the noise.
Why?
Because they’re based on #trust—the rarest and most valuable currency in business today.
I’ve seen firsthand how a single introduction from someone who knows, likes, and trusts you can change everything. It can open doors that marketing campaigns never could. It can lead to lifelong clients, strategic partners, and new opportunities you didn’t even know existed.
Over the years, I’ve helped thousands of business owners grow—not by shouting louder, but by connecting smarter.
By becoming more #referable.
And by making it easy for others to talk about them when they’re not in the room.
That’s where tools like #Referron come in—technology that removes friction, tracks referrals, and turns your phone into a business development machine.
Whether you’re sending a vCard, making a double opt-in intro, or tracking who’s referring whom, you can now turn casual contacts into measurable value.
This book shares what I’ve discovered about how to:
💎Build a referral-based business from the ground up
💎Activate your network and become a person of influence
💎Use digital tools to automate trust-building
💎Create systems that scale your reputation without losing authenticity
It’s practical. It’s proven. And it’s written for real-world professionals—#mortgagebrokers, #financialadvisors, #accountants, #coaches, and #entrepreneurs—who want to grow their business the right way: through people who already believe in them.
My hope is that this book becomes a dog-eared playbook you come back to, not because it’s filled with theory, but because it’s useful.
