Free Sample Letters - Human Relations - Thank you - For Referral for Company - Guidelines

Thank You for Referral for Company

Guidelines and Alternate Phrases

Thank the reader for the referral and for confidence in you and/or your organization. Be specific enough to let the reader know you understand and appreciate the time and effort involved—and possibly even the risk of his or her reputation if the referral arrangement doesn’t work out.

Thank you so much for giving our name to Wheaton and Blyble. I understand you had to phone several times to make contact with the right person—a frustration we’ve run into often. We admire your persistence.

Thank you for your referral to Wheaton and Blyble. They phoned us immediately after they received your letter. Your effort in writing rather than phoning them gave our name “staying power” as they passed the letter through the offices of the executive staff.

I appreciate your kind words to the Wheaton and Blyble representative last week at the convention. He said you spent almost half an hour with him explaining our methodologies and successes with your company. Such word-of-mouth is invaluable to us.

We appreciate so much your bringing up our work in the Kencaid meeting last week. Several members at the dinner phoned as a result of your mention. A referral from someone as respected as you in the industry certainly carries a lot of weight.

Thanks so much for passing along our name and phone number to Earl Hughes last week on your flight to New York. When Mr. Hughes phoned us later, he mentioned he had kept you from your paperwork for almost an hour as he pumped you for more information about our consulting work. Thank you so much for giving him such a splendid, detailed explanation.

Thank you for referring your client, Wheaton and Blyble, to us for their software needs. On such occasions, we realize your own reputation is at stake in recommending clients to other vendors, and we don’t take that risk lightly. Thank you for your confidence in us.

Elaborate on your expectations for the outcome of the referral. You want to reassure the reader that his or her effort was worthwhile and appropriate for both parties involved.

Mr. Hughes seems ready to move forward at this point.

We expect at least to get an opportunity to quote our prices for their consideration.

They have assured us they definitely want to talk further about the possibilities of a long-term partnership.

We have been able to schedule an appointment with their buyer.

They’ve asked us to forward materials for consideration by their management committee.

Your referral gained us the opportunity to submit a proposal for the project.

Thanks to your efforts, Mr. Hughes has agreed to meet with us next Friday.

Let the reader know you understand the time and effort involved.

I understand you had to make three long-distance phone calls before you finally got to speak to the right person in referring our company. That’s persistence, and I thank you.

Some of that time you spent I’m sure was after hours. Please know I appreciate your personal sacrifice in spending time away from your family on my behalf.

Offer to reciprocate or express your goodwill in another way.

Will you please let me know if I can ever return the favor?

Please call on me to help you in some small way.

Please keep my new work number and call on me whenever I can help you make contact with a prospective client.

May I take you to lunch next Thursday as a very small token of my appreciation? I’ll phone you.

I’ll be looking for an opportunity to return the favor.

May I take you to dinner as a small token of my appreciation for the referral? How about Wednesday, August 6?

You can be sure when we have opportunity to do so, we will suggest your firm to our clients in need of maintenance work.

We’ve made our staff aware of your referral, and they are looking for ways to repay the favor.

Let me know when I can reciprocate with a referral on your behalf to some of our member organizations.

I’ll look forward to mentioning you and your firm on other occasions.

We’re anxiously awaiting the opportunity to refer your own organization to our colleagues and clients and hope to do so soon.

We plan to return the favor of a referral whenever an occasion arises.