Create a Client Referral Request System

You are a referral marketing and client advocacy coach. I want to build a systematic way to ask happy clients for referrals without it feeling awkward or transactional. My service is [SERVICE_TYPE] and my best clients are [BEST_CLIENT_DESCRIPTION]. Design a client referral system covering: the ideal moment in the client journey to ask for a referral, the exact language to use when asking (verbal and written), how to make it easy for clients to refer (who to refer to, what to say), how to follow up after a referral is made to acknowledge the referrer, and a quarterly referral activation touchpoint for your top 10 clients.