How can a handyman create a referral machine using existing clients?

Q: How can a handyman create a referral machine using existing clients?

Direct answer: Build a referral machine by baking the ask into your closeout process: deliver clean work, send a thank-you text with a review link, and ask for one referral. Repeat clients and property managers are the highest leverage. Make it a standard script so referrals happen automatically, not randomly. Practical steps Measure it: Track time, materials, and outcome on the next 5 jobs in this category. Standardize: Turn what works into templates, line items, and checklists. Communicate early: Set expectations before the job starts to avoid friction. Review monthly: Keep what improves margin and remove what creates chaos. Next step: Apply this on your next similar job and record what improved.

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Direct answer: Build a referral machine by baking the ask into your closeout process: deliver clean work, send a thank-you text with a review link, and ask for one referral. Repeat clients and property managers are the highest leverage. Make it a standard script so referrals happen automatically, not randomly.

Practical steps

Measure it: Track time, materials, and outcome on the next 5 jobs in this category.
Standardize: Turn what works into templates, line items, and checklists.
Communicate early: Set expectations before the job starts to avoid friction.
Review monthly: Keep what improves margin and remove what creates chaos.

Next step: Apply this on your next similar job and record what improved.