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How to get recommended by brands and partners you've worked with

Recommendations from businesses you've worked with are the strongest proof a creator can show. Here is when to ask, how to ask, and how B2B.ID turns a recommendation into inbound.

6 min read Updated June 11, 2026 B2B.ID for Creators

A brand that recommends you is doing your selling for you, with credibility you cannot buy. Yet most creators never ask, and when they do it is for a quote in a deck nobody can verify. Recommendations on a business platform are different: they are attached to a named business, they accumulate on your B2B ID, and they are seen by the brands evaluating you next.

Why a recommendation beats a testimonial

A testimonial is text you chose to publish. A recommendation is a statement a business made on a platform, under its own identity, about working with you. Brands know the difference. One is marketing; the other is a reference they can check.

When to ask

Ask when the value is fresh: the campaign report just landed, the sponsor renewed, the launch went well. Ask again after a milestone in a long partnership. Do not wait until you need it; recommendations requested cold, months later, are rarely written.

How to ask

  • Make it specific: 'would you recommend me on B2B.ID for the integration series?' rather than 'could you say something nice?'.

  • Make it easy: send the link to your B2B ID and, if helpful, two or three points they might mention (the result, the working relationship, the reliability).

  • Make it reciprocal: recommend them as a partner too. Business relationships are two-way, and a recommendation you give is visible on your side as well.

Recommendations are also how you are found

On B2B.ID, businesses ask the network for recommendations ('who should we work with for X?') and the people they trust respond. Being recommended puts you into deals you would never have seen. That only works if the people who would recommend you are connected to your B2B ID: the brands, agencies, media brands and creators you have worked with.

Build the habit

One recommendation per completed partnership. Over a year that is a record no media kit can match, sitting on the surface brands look at when deciding whether to send you a request.

Takeaways

  • A recommendation from a named business on a platform is a reference; a testimonial is marketing.

  • Ask when the value is fresh, be specific, make it easy, and recommend back.

  • Recommendations also put you into deals you never saw, when your network is connected to your B2B ID.

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Get RecommendedRecommendations from real business relationships, shown where brands decide.NetworkBrands, agencies, publishers, managers and creators — connected as businesses.ReferralsPass wrong-fit requests to the right business; receive referrals that fit you.

Put it into practice with a B2B ID.

State what you offer, who you work with and how to start. Brands, sponsors and partners take it from there.

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