References

Oftentimes  business owners ask for references in process of doing their due diligence prior to establishing a business relationship.  Most of the time they ask simply because they are asked for references by their customers, but getting references from an unknown company is not the best way to check out a company.

We recommend that you consider the following steps for all companies with which you are considering establishing a business relationship.

1. Check out the company with the Better Business Bureau. Remember companies cannot influence the BBB report on their business, so it is a good place to eliminate businesses that have bad records locally as well as nationally. The following BBB access is provided for your convenience.

Press here to get their number

Press here to check whether a business is a member

   Press here to get our online BBB report

Because companies doing business outside their local area were able to hide their records in the past, these companies hurt many businesses as well as individuals. Due to advances in technology, today BBB offices have the ability to flag these companies in local searches. If the company is not a member of your bureau, then the screen will show the name and address of the business as well as a link to their BBB report in their home area - even if they are not members.

2. The best thing that has happened to companies doing due diligence is access to the web. What used to take months 20 years ago now takes literally seconds. Links to some of the most popular search engines are below:

Just select one of them and type in the name (and all variations) of the company as well as the owner(s) of the company.

3. Press here to read some of our client testimonials.

4. Press here to view some of our success stories.