Editor's note: With any luck, you'll be sending lots of these thank yous. The bigger the referral, the bigger the thank you. At the low end: a magazine article, a book, flowers, sweets, treats. At the high end, theatre or event tickets, or gift certificates for expensive meals.
If the job is big enough, sometimes a fee-split is appropriate: 10%-20% is not uncommon in my world. Check that out with your referral source. Some of my consulting friends won't take referral fees. They simply like to do the right thing, and they know that by helping me I will also help them.
Subject: Thanks for your call
Date: 01 Feb 20— 17:05:14 -0700
From: "William S. Frank" <
wsfrank@careerlab.com>
To: Michael Salmons
Mike,
Thanks for your call today.
You were very thoughtful to call and compliment me, and I appreciated the lead back to the Roundtree Company.
I sent a note to the CEO—he was unavailable—and talked to Diana Brechtler, the Director of Human Resources. No one admits anything is in the works—yet! [Michael suggested the company was facing layoffs.]
I'm proud of your for achieving #3 of 100. [His company was the third fastest growing in Colorado.] That's amazing, awesome, and downright impressive. But I knew you could do it, and I expect even greater things from you in the future.
Best of luck always,
:B