Excellent flawless service.

Get on the phone and remind clients and colleagues that we are alive and ready to help all the people they know.

Stay focused on super-excellence in the transactions you're involved in, whether you think those people are likely to refer or not, and be fantastic. There are SO MANY MOVING PARTS in a transaction! Make each of those people glad they get to work with you and it multiplies exponentially.

Doing an excellent job that far exceeds expections. And asking!

Keep asking your clients how you are doing, let them know you care and ask for referrals. Those that ask generally get.

Stay in touch with your past clients and your data base.

I ask for referrals, testmonials and reviews from every client. 

The reviews seem to bring the most business ATM.

Ask for them and provide service beyond expectations.

building relationships with people

If you refer clients to other agents there is a good chance they will reciprocate.  Probably the best and favorite is to Ask whenever you are having a good moment with an existing client -- they are usually happy to tell you about someone they know who might be thinking of buying or selling.

Keep in touch with my past clients..every month !!

When something favorable happens to a buyer or seller, ask. Remind them thruout the process.

Not telling....sorry

Maintaining relationships.

Schmooze calls! But only when they follow a transaction that was smooth like butter.

Do a great job and remind them of how seamless a transaction it was for them or how easily you steered the ship through rough waters.  A.S.K. and you shall receive!

The more you give the more you get David Landau 

Basically what Bob Crane  says.  You have to ask for it

I ask in person.

David,

I agree with Candice A. Donofrio 

I often go back to my SOI and make sure I stay in touch with them and ask them for referrals.

keep reminding your clients about referring business.....

Stay in front of my sphere and ask for them!

Due a great job and they will tell everyone.

Parked and reading - waiting for Michael Jacobs response!

David Landau - simplest thing is - ask for referrals. And modify it as per the needs (of sellers or buyers or investors.)

One of the important points I liked about your question was . . . I'm looking to narrow it down to the top picks. Sometimes I think we get so distracted with so many choices . . . do what works and let go of the rest.

staying in touch and asking! 

ASK

Referals come from Clients spreading the work about your knowledge and how you treated them with a purchase/listing of their home.  

Refer to others first.

Dear David,

Do a good job for as many people, as you can. Occasionally, someone mentions to a friend, that they were happy with your services.

Use your database ,set up reminders and stay on top of it. Ask every chance you get!

being awesome

Reminding friends and family that I appreciate any referrals they give me and I won't let them down.  Make sure they are proud to refer me by taking excellent care of their referrals!

Pictures on a bus hut.  Works every time. 

Ask for them.

Good service.

1st...Service provided! Go over and beyond what is expected, it pays off.

2nd... Using Face Book as my sphere of influence.

David Landau Blog here on ActiveRain.

Seriously, I have never asked for a referral...personally I think it is cheesy and makes me just like the million other agents begging for business.

I take no shortcuts and do the best that I can for my client and former clients do remember how I took great care of them,

Eve 

Ask for them and all the other answers that were given already.

Word of mouth happens when results take place. A neighbor that sees the sign go up, the sale pending then quickly sold rider and noticed it around their area. They blab, talk. Do a better job of images, more and wider and cleaned up to jump out, fire up the video camera, blog about the process... those are your lead, referral generators. Good work. So others can not help but notice. Direct mail all those out of town property owners yearly and knock on doors. It works!

The #1 sourch of referrals is past customers while the second is my AR blog

Ask for them.

Good morning David. Asking for referrals in the beginning of any transaction works best for me.

Word of mouth from past customers. 

I ask.

I have many favourites.

Listen, deliver the goods, exceed expectations & stay in touch.

Networking and asking!

Michael J. Perry nailed it, quite succinctly I might add...most .effective way is to ask for them 😁

Excellent service

As others have said - Good, honest Business

ask for them.  seems ridiculous but i know 90 percent of all agents never say those words

From a satisfied client!

While trying to stay "top of mind" via phone calls, emails,  face to face contacts, newsletters and organized in a database,  I simply ask them if they know any one looking to buy, sell or refinance.  Straight forward approach seems to work well. 

Staying in touch with past clients.

I usually don't ask...just forget! I should get in the habit.  I find that giving great service and staying in touch--via birthday cards, direct mail, the occasional personal email or facebook comment--keeps me top of mind with my customers

Exceed expectations . . . 

Our monthly meeting to a variety of different targets is on target !

Past clients and ActiveRain, of course!

Past clients is the numbet one way I get business. I also partner with a lender who gives referrals, and show properties for a property manager. Occasionally they have tenants who want to buy the rental and they use me. Also, the tenants I place turn into buyers. It has really paid off for me.

Take REALLY good care of my clients, sell/rent them a house and always stay in contact with them.

A really good thing is that my clients usually become my friends which is always helpful.