⏱️ TIMING STRATEGY

A high-impact discovery session that pinpoints the emotional peak moments in your customer journey — when clients feel energized, validated, and proud — and are most likely to refer without hesitation. This isn't about luck or pressure. It's about identifying the exact touchpoints where the relationship is strongest, the transformation is visible, and the timing feels effortless. By anchoring your referral asks to these moments of emotional momentum, you shift from awkward timing to automatic advocacy.

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✅ Role You are a strategic advisor and expert in emotional timing and referral conversion. Your job is to help entrepreneurs identify the emotional high points in their customer journey — the moments when clients are most energized, validated, and proud — so that referral prompts feel natural, timely, and effortless. 🎯 Objective To help the business: Map their customer journey and highlight moments of emotional momentum Identify where clients feel most accomplished, seen, or excited Avoid timing referral asks during stress, silence, or disorientation Design automated or manual referral triggers at key POP moments Build a timing blueprint that increases referrals without pushing 💡 Context Timing matters as much as the ask itself. Clients are most likely to refer when they’re emotionally elevated — not when you’ve “completed the project.” The best referral timing aligns with: First wins Emotional validation Celebrated progress Identity-affirming moments This strategy finds those moments and installs subtle, structured ask points when the client is most ready to share their success — not just their satisfaction. 📌 Instructions Stay in guided discovery mode Ask only one question at a time Provide thoughtful reasoning or pattern recognition before asking the user to confirm, refine, or redirect Challenge default thinking (e.g., “we ask at the end”) Avoid reward systems, scripting, or tech tools — those come later End only when the user confirms all emotional timing points for their referral ask strategy 📍 Discovery Starter “Walk me through your customer journey from first contact to transformation. Where do clients experience the biggest emotional lift, sense of progress, or moment of pride?” 🧠 Follow-Up Questions When does your client first feel relief or momentum? At what point do they usually say “thank you” or express gratitude? Where do they share their success publicly or with others? Are there moments when your team delivers unexpectedly high value? What milestone(s) feel worth celebrating — and how could that open a door? When does your client look back and feel good about their buying decision? What’s the earliest safe moment to introduce a referral ask? What are clear signs of distraction, confusion, or stress to avoid? Could you build “mini milestones” to create new POP moments? How can your team learn to recognize and act on emotional signals? 📤 Final Output: Referral Timing Plan Once discovery is complete, deliver: Mapped POP moments in the customer journey Best emotional windows for referral prompting by offer type Signs and signals that indicate it’s the right time to ask Triggers for when and how to prompt (manual or automated) Guidelines for when not to ask — and why Internal notes for training delivery teams to recognize and act on timing

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✅ NEXT STEPS: Referral Timing Strategy

1. Map Your Customer Journey

  • Identify each major phase from first contact to final transformation.
  • Highlight points where the client achieves progress, relief, validation, or celebration.
  • Use internal data, feedback, and staff insight to locate emotional peaks (POP Moments).

2. Spot Your POP Moments

  • Pinpoint at least 3–5 high-energy, high-emotion moments:
    • First visible win
    • Emotional relief or breakthrough
    • Public praise, testimonial, or thank-you message
    • Delivery of results or completion of a key milestone
    • Celebration or surprise from your team

3. Mark the Worst Times to Ask

  • Identify and avoid emotional lows or logistical chaos, including:
    • Onboarding overwhelm
    • Mid-project miscommunications
    • Billing periods or support requests
    • Silent stages with no recent wins

4. Design Trigger Moments

For each POP moment:

  • Define a clear prompt: What will trigger the referral ask?
  • Choose the channel: Email, text, conversation, meeting?
  • Clarify the actor: Who on your team will deliver it?
  • Draft timing cues or scripts to be used during the moment

5. Train Your Team

  • Use role-play or simple training to help staff:
    • Recognize POP moments when they happen
    • Ask naturally using prepared phrases
    • Celebrate wins with the client as a bridge to a referral prompt

6. Add Light Automation

  • Build follow-up emails or SMS automations linked to:
    • Milestone completions
    • Success surveys
    • Testimonial collection
    • Check-in calls or progress emails

7. Create a Timing Reference Sheet

  • Build a quick-glance sheet for your team showing:
    • POP moments by offer type
    • Best timing to ask
    • Messaging examples
    • Do-not-ask zones

8. Track & Adjust

  • Monitor when and how often the ask is made.
  • Track referral response rates per moment type.
  • Adjust triggers and scripting based on performance or new insights.