Start Building your centre of Influence on Referron

You have downloaded Referron and created an awesome business card https://rfrn.link/ivank

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 

Looking for 20 legends who will become “a centre of influence”

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 

Step-by-Step Guide to Using Referron

🔹 Step 1: Download & Sign Up

• Download the Referron app from the App Store or Google Play

• Sign up using your name, email, and mobile number.

🔹 Step 2: Create a Powerful Profile and become more referrable 

• Create your digital business card
•         Upload a photo.
•         Add a tagline (e.g. “Mortgage Broker | Helping families build wealth”).
•         Include your bio or superpower in the about me section 
•         add name, title, company, phone, 
•        don’t forget to upload your socials .(Will take a few minutes)  
• Become a premium member and include a great video and your calendly on your business 

🔹 Step 3: send your card and Add Your Connections

Populate your connections by Sending  your vCard and making referrals to those that you know like and trust .    

• Tap “Connections”.

Add people by

• sending your vCard Sharing your digital card link
•         from you connections or by Adding manually (name, phone, email)

🔹 Step 4: Share Your Digital Business Card

•  add people you meet  to connections 

• send them your vCard 
• Send them a message (I use short and friendly 

🔹 Step 5: Make a Referral

Be a connector! 

Here’s how:

1. Tap the “Refer” button.

2. Press “Add Provider” (this is the person delivering the service)

• Choose them from your connections or search.

3. Press “Add Seeker” (this is the person needing the service)

• Choose them from your connections.

4. Add a note explaining the referral (why you’re connecting them).

5. Press “Send” (top right corner).

🔔 All parties will get a WhatsApp/SMS notification, and the referral will be logged in your activity tab.

🔹 Step 6: Track Your Activity 

    •     Go to the Activity Tab to view:

• Referrals made and received

• Connections added

• Engagement history

(Be sure you sign up to premium to get access to filters and ability to slice and dice and export your activities and see your analytics )

🔹 Step 7: Be a Connector

• Make warm introductions.

• Position yourself as a center of influence in your network.

• Track how much value you’ve created by connecting others.

🔹 Step 8: Use Referron at Events

• Share your QR code from Referron
• Send your vCard and add contacts to your Rolodex
• Add people from group created by event organiser
• Connect instantly
• making referrals via Referron - be a connector
• Boost post-event engagement by sending them messages to connect with you via templated messages from Referron  

🔹 Step 9. Premium features

Premium members can track activities and analytics (and a whole lot more ($100 per year or $10 per month )

• Adding YouTube and Calendly to profile

• Referral analytics and Tracking of activity  (what you can measure you can manage ) 

• Brand customization ( whitelabel your business card with your logo and colours )

• being invited to groups (feature to come )

• Access to courses - valued at $995

Grow your connections on Referron in 30 seconds

Be sure to send your vCard to at least one person a day in seconds 

Go to 

• Connections
• send&refer
• Send vCard 
• Import from contacts (allow if 1st time )
• Choose person - send 
• That persons card will be populated on your connections 

The above 5 steps literally takes 10 seconds )

• Go to that card - and send them a templated message (I use short and friendly) 

10 seconds 

• And then think of someone you can refer that person to and make that referral 

Once you’ve  determined who 

10 seconds 

• Track your activity 

Automatic 

The Referral Goldmine by Ivan Kaye

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.

what do you think? What should we add - remove ?

Let’s get stuck in!!

Click the link to read the book:)

The Referral GoldMine

Onwards and Upwards 

Ivan

https://rfrn.link/ivank

Kerry Packer on Law, minimising Taxes and Government Waste

One of my all time favourites with Kerry Packer annihilating a politician 

What’s a Brushcutter and Referron got in Common ?

Jim Penman From Jim’s Mowing shared how Jim’s group has grown to more than 5000 franchises - and keeps on growing - kickstarted from a tool he used for his business - the brush cutter - that gave him an edge. 

This is his story 

I owned one of Australia's first brush cutters and it changed my business overnight. 

I was still at uni, mowing lawns to get by.

One day, I walked into a mower shop and saw a strange tool from Japan.

It was a long pole with a spinning nylon cord at the end. Most people ignored it. I didn’t. I bought it on the spot.

That brush cutter let me do things no one else could:

→ Trim around trees and posts

→ Clean up lawn edges

→ Leave a job looking sharp, not just cut

Clients noticed the difference.

They started telling their neighbours.

My business grew—faster than I expected.

It wasn’t just the tool. It was the mindset:

→ Go above and beyond

→ Invest in better service

→ Do the job properly—even if no one else is.

That little machine became part of what built Jim’s Mowing.

Could #referron be a tool to help you grow your business?

I believe that if you use Referron to become more referrable , to activate your network and to connect , refer and track your activity - it can be the catalyst to help you grow your business! 

Give it a spin? 

💬 What’s one tool, habit or mindset shift that gave you an edge?

The Knowledge - Action Quadrant

• Lack of knowledge and action - is gambling
• Lack of knowledge and lack of action - is the sceptic - never wanting you to succeed - we all have them on our lives 
• Knowledge with inaction - is the dreamer - they do lotsa research - but will never take action
• Knowledge plus action will make u a star 

Blinq vs Referron Comparison

Blinq and Referron are both digital business card platforms, but they serve different core purposes and offer distinct features. Here’s a breakdown of their differences and similarities:

Digital Business card Blinq raises $25 million at a valuation of $200m

Founder Jarrod Webb  has raised a series A US$25m round Digital Card reader, Blinq after having raised $5m in December 2024 

This is an exciting time for me, as it validates the #referron model (which we have just launched) which enables you to become more referrable and easily connect,  refer and track your activity.

The Investors

The round was led by US-based Touring Capital with co-investors Blackbird Ventures, Square Peg Capital, and HubSpot Ventures. 

Herbert Smith Freehills’ venture capital team has

This new capital will be employed to fund the continued rapid growth and expansion of the company.

What it does 

Blinq is an Australian company that provides a digital business card platform and has over 2.5 million users across 500,000 companies. 

I’m excited to announce that Blinq has raised a US$25 million (AU $40 million) Series A, led by Touring Capital, alongside Blackbird, Square Peg, and HubSpot Ventures.

The backstory

Jarrod coded the first version of Blinq back in 2017 while he was at Uber - just a scrappy weekend project. What started as a simple business card tool turned into three years of late nights and quiet belief, before he finally went full-time.

When Jarrod left Uber in 2021, people dismissed it.

“It’s too simple.”

“A bigger player will clone it.”

“No chance a small Aussie startup would win globally.”

But he kept seeing something others didn’t: the longer people use Blinq, the more they share it. No marketing. Just real love for a product that makes them feel a little more prepared, a little more polished, in life’s high-stakes moments.

That gave him the courage to go all-in.

He didn’t pay myself for a year. Got rejected by Startmate. There were more no’s than he could count. But he kept building.

Then throughout 2021 and 2022, something clicked. Blinq hit a viral curve, all self-serve. 

People were sharing Blinq with their teams, their clients, their whole industries. 

That momentum helped them raise their seed round in five days.

At the time, they had 50K users. Fast forward to now, and they have:

• 2.5M users across 500,000 companies

• 7,500 business customers

• an A-grade team of 70, growing fast!

Despite all this progress, Jarrod still gets asked: “Isn’t it just a digital business card?”

Blinq and Referron is solving for an overlooked but powerful moment in a relationship - the first interaction. You get that right, and you earn the right to shape everything that follows.

The early seconds matter more than you think. 

And they deserve better tools.

As Jarod says :-

From one beginning to billions more - we’re just getting started.

https://blinq.me/author/jarrod-webb

 Below is my business card built on Referron. Create yours so I can easily refer you to my network. Cheers, Ivan Kaye  https://rfrn.link/ivank 

www .referron.com

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