How Form 5495 Referral 2017-2025

Music, hi there. I'm Angela Brown and this is Ask a Housecleaner. This is the show where you get to ask a housecleaning question, and I get to help you find an answer. If I don't have the answer, I probably know somebody who does. I've been a professional house cleaner for 25 years, and I'm connected to the best and the brightest minds in the house cleaning industry. These are my peers and my colleagues, and together we can come up with an answer that will help you move your cleaning business to the next dimension. - So, today's question comes from a woman who wants to know how do I get more referrals. Now, referrals are going to be your best avenue of business, and here's why. Because you can do all kinds of advertising, you can do all kinds of marketing, and all of that stuff costs money and time. But a referral from somebody that you clean for, that their friends know, like, and trust, it has nothing to do with your marketing power. Because the things that I can write an ad and I can tell you how amazing I am, right? But if your next-door neighbor tells you how amazing I am, that's gonna carry a lot more weight of authority. So, word-of-mouth advertising, also known as referrals, is your best avenue for getting more business in this industry. - So how do you do that? You ask for referrals, and I never like to go up and say, "Hey, listen, I'm looking for more business. Can you give me a referral?" That's just tacky. So, I like to make it organic. And it's a game you can play. So let's say that a customer texts you, and they say, "Oh my gosh, Angela, I am...