Membership in The Referral Network is by referral from an existing member only. When a business is invited to join The Referral Network they become a Refnet 5-star rated recommended service.

Referrals are an important source of new clients and customers. Most new customers to a business live locally. That is why The Referral Network places the focus on local networking within each community.

The objective is to present the best services we can throughout the network to assure all users they can rely on The Referral Network as a directory for the most reliable services. Membership is free for 90 Days allowing new members an opportunity to evaluate the benefits offered without cost.

The value of a personal recommendation to a business service can save a good deal of time, money, frustration, and disappointment for someone seeking those services. There is integrity inherent in a personal endorsement of a service from someone who has actually experienced, first-hand the services endorsed. When such a genuine interaction occurs every party wins, the service referred benefits, the customer benefits, and the person issuing the referral benefits by helping the business they referred and assisting the customer identify quality services. All parties benefit from a 5 - Star rated personal endorsement.

The Referral Network promotes referrals to small businesses that value work-of-mouth personal referrals. Members have an easy to manage fully interactive promotional web page with full administrative access that will professionally present their services.

Receiving an invitation to join the Referral Network is a compliment to the service invited and a testament to the quality of the services they provide. This is the beginning of an exciting new experience that will enhance your business relationships and increase client and customer activity.

90% of consumers look for star ratings before visiting a business and 88% of consumers trust online ratings as a personal recommendation. Customers are likely to spend 31% more on a business with "excellent", 5 - Star ratings and 72% say that positive ratings lets them trust a service more.

Services invited to participate in The Referral Network, in the opinion of the person extending the inviation, meet the criteria listed below which qualifies as 5-star rated.

1. Exceptional service based on personal, direct experience
2. Exceptional knowledge of services offered
3. Exceptional reliability for delivery of services promised
4. Exceptional performance in the course of delivering services
5. Exceptional customer relations