Make a Referral Week is an entrepreneurial approach to stimulating the small business economy one referred business at a time. The goal of the event is simple: To provide 1,000 referrals to 1,000 deserving small businesses in an effort to highlight the impact of a simple action that could blossom into millions of dollars in new business. And yes, the event hit its goal last year.

Here’s how it works: Click here and refer whoever you think could use the business. That’s it. One referral story will be chosen as “best of the day” and both the referred business and its source will win signed books from marketing experts.

Small business is the lifeblood and job-creating engine of the economy and merits the positive attention so often saved for corporate bailout stories.