Refer Local
Refer Local is a networking and referral program for GoLocal business members that supports the GoLocal mission of reclaiming our local economic power through a commitment to local, cooperation and personal responsibility. GoLocal business members need more customers and another avenue for working together to strengthen the local economy. The program provides structured networking opportunities, a referral framework, and various tools that enable GoLocal business members to give, receive, and track quality referrals.
Tools for Referring GoLocal Membership
When business members mention GoLocal to colleagues, it helps to have the tools to effectively communicate the benefits of being a GoLocal business member.
Here's a story that you can include in conversations, e-mails or letters. Read it over and be familiar with these four main benefits of membership:
Businesses Join GoLocal
How GoLocal Uses an $8 Million Shared Brand, a Local First Campaign and Cooperation of 300 Members to Shift Market Share to Local Businesses
There’s a groundswell of support from residents for locally owned businesses sweeping the US, and Sonoma County is a leader in this regard. In surveys nationwide, residents say they want to support their locally owned businesses. Their number is growing dramatically as they learn the advantages of shifting their purchases.
Refer Local Program Overview and Upcoming Meetings
Structured networking opportunities, a referral framework and tools for GoLocal business members to give, receive, and track quality referrals
The Refer Local Program provides structured networking opportunities, a referral framework tools that enable GoLocal business members to give, receive, and track quality referrals.
What it Means to be a GoLocal Business Member
How locally owned businesses work togther to strengthen local economy
These are the members that really understand the power of the shared brand and have used it successfully to drive growth in their respective businesses.
Member Orientation Meetings
New and renewing members, attend a regularly scheduled orientation meeting to make the most of your membership, the last week of each month on Wednesday 9-10am and Thursday 4-5pm.Challenging Our Assumptions
Looking at our assumptions in disagreements can help us resolve them better.Improving Parent-Teen Communication
Tips and StrategiesGood Conflict/Bad Conflict
How can we reframe conflict to have positive outcomes?Tools for Referring GoLocal Membership
Here's a story that you can include in conversations, e-mails or letters. Read it over and be familiar with these four main benefits of membership:
Speed Networking Activity
Use this Activity Template to "Accelerate Change Through Connections"
Refer Local Program Overview and Upcoming Meetings
The Refer Local Program provides structured networking opportunities, a referral framework tools that enable GoLocal business members to give, receive, and track quality referrals.

