How To Start Your Own Networking Group
ONE REFERRAL AWAY PRESENTS
Stop attending someone else's networking group.
Build the room you should be running.
The One Referral Away System is Rick Silva's exact, done-for-you playbook for launching, filling, and facilitating your own monthly referral group — so you become the hub every member sends business to. No cold calling. No door knocking. No buying leads.
6–8 weeks to launch · every script, email & agenda done for you · lifetime access
You've sat in someone else's networking group, watched referrals cross the table, and thought: I could run this better.
You're in the wrong seat.
The person who facilitates the group is the person every member wants to send business to. They're the hub — and right now, that's not you.
You're paying for a room that isn't built for you.
Membership dues, but the seats aren't organized around the clients you actually want.
You don't need more leads. You need more referrals.
A well-run monthly room, built around your best clients, produces steady referrals without a single cold call.
What you get
Everything Rick used to build 1,800+ meetings,
packaged so you can run it yourself.
Path
A week-by-week build plan
The exact sequence from "I've decided to start" to your first official meeting, in roughly 6–8 weeks.
Toolkit
Every script, done for you
Recruiting calls, welcome emails, agendas, and checklists. Copy it, brand it as your own group, and use it.
Skill
Facilitator training
How to run a meeting that feels valuable, finishes on time, and makes members want to introduce you to new prospects.
Rick Silva
The Referral Coach · Founder & President, One Referral Away LLC.
Meet your coach
For more than two decades, I've done one thing better than almost anyone in the country: I build rooms where professionals send each other business.
Early in my career I tracked more than 7,000 cold calls and sat across the table in over 7,000 one-on-one coffee meetings. That taught me there's a far better, far more predictable way to grow a business — inside a well-run networking group. So I built those rooms, refined every part of the process, and turned it into a system that works the same way every time.
Recognized as one of the nation's foremost experts on business networking and referral generation
Has spoken to thousands, including a presentation at Stanford University and sharing the stage with Les Brown at the Millionaire Marketing Seminar
Built a corporate foundation in leadership at Eastman Kodak and Cisco Systems before founding B2B Gathering
Rick and his wife Marcella have closed over 1,150 land real estate transactions, all through networking
THE CURRICULUM
Five modules. Decision to launched group in 6 to 8 weeks.
Each module hands you the tools for that step and an action checklist. The course
follows the order you actually build a group in — do not skip ahead.
Module 1 · Week 1 — Decide & Design: Lay the foundation
• The decision to start & locking your date
• Choosing your core (the Cinnamon Roll principle)
• The Top 50 industry review
• Selecting your Core 6 power seats
• Securing the right location
• The 18–27 member sweet spot
Module 2 · Weeks 2–3 — Recruit the Core: Fill your founding seats
• The 18-Minute Call — full word-for-word script
• Handling time, cost & commitment questions
• The same-day welcome email
• Database fields & the 5-minute rule
• The referral close to fill open seats
• Power-partner recruiting
Module 3 · Weeks 4–5 — The Meeting Engine: Run a meeting that delivers
• The 90-minute agenda, minute by minute
• The 60-second intro & the Four Magic Lines
• The five value drivers members lead with
• The intro practice drill
• Power-partner training
• Finishing on time, every time
Module 4 · Weeks 6–8 — Launch: Open your doors
• Setting up & running the practice meeting
• Choosing & coaching your featured presenter
• The featured presentation format
• Running the first official meeting
• The closing script that locks in attendance
• Setting the presenter rotation
Module 5 · Ongoing — Grow & Sustain: Keep the room full
• The power-partner attendance email
• Filling empty seats continuously
• Keeping referrals flowing month after month
• Celebrating closed business out loud
• Converting guests into members
• Scaling to a second (and third) group THE MATH SECTION
The build sequence
Copy it. Brand it as yours. Use it tonight.
Every script, email, and template Rick refined over 1,800 meetings — ready to paste and personalize.
The 18-Minute Call script
Full phrase-by-phrase recruiting call, phase by phase, minute by minute.
Same-day welcome email
Locks in every new member while the excitement is fresh.
90-minute meeting agenda
The exact run-of-show that keeps every meeting on time.
60-second intro framework
Teaches every member how to introduce themselves so the room knows how to refer to them.
Top 50 industry list
The master seat map, plus how to prioritize your 4–6 power industries.
Database & closing scripts
The exact fields to capture after every call, and the script that closes each meeting on time.
Who this is for
Real estate agents
Mortgage lenders
Insurance agents
Financial planners
Anyone who wants to build and facilitate their own monthly referral group, anywhere in the US
No database of strangers, marketing budget, or willingness to cold call required — just a willingness to invite the right people into a room you lead
You're not doing this alone
Real support while you build
Questions come up when you're recruiting and running your first meetings. You'll have three ways to reach me.
Text Support - Quick questions get answered fast, right when you're recruiting or prepping a meeting.
Email support - Send your scripts, member lists, or agendas for review and detailed feedback.
Video support
Face-to-face guidance to refine your facilitation, role-play the call call and troubleshoot your room.
THE MATH
A group of 24 at $395/year is $9,480 recurring revenue — before a single referral closes.
• Members at the sweet spot (24 × $395/yr): $9,480 / yr
• Referrals you receive as the hub of the room: priceless
• Cost of cold calling, door knocking & bought leads: eliminated
• Your investment in the complete system: $2,995 once
Dues figures illustrate the model; actual revenue depends on your group size and how you choose to run it.
How To Start Your Own Networking Group
Build, grow & facilitate your own monthly referral networking group
$2,997
one-time · lifetime access + full toolkit
The complete 5-module facilitator training
Every script, email, form, and checklist, done for you
Text, email, and video support from Rick as you build
The Top 50 industry list and power-industry priority map
Lifetime access — build one group, or scale to several
BONUSES
Included with your purchase today!
The 30-Second Referral Magnet
Every day someone asks "So, what do you do?" — and most agents and advisors waste that moment with a job title that kills the conversation and sends a referral walking out the door. The 30-Second Referral Magnet shows you how to craft a memorable elevator pitch that turns the people who hear it into a steady source of referrals — no cold calling, no door knocking, no buying leads. Learn more and become one referral away from your next client.
One Referral Away Essentials Course
What if you never had to cold call, door knock, or buy another lead again? The One Referral Away Essentials Course gives you the exact step-by-step system that's helped thousands of agents, lenders, and planners build referral-based practices — plus 2 hours of 1-on-1 coaching with Rick to make sure it works for you.
Questions first? Email [email protected]
"You're just one referral away from a completely different business. Let's go build the network that gets you there."
— Rick Silva, The Referral Coach
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