Recently I decided to “pay it forward” by asking my email subscribers to send me their website URL so I could share it with all of my readers.

My motivation was simple – I wanted to help more of my readers to get traffic to their website, and I wanted to foster more community among my readers.

I was overwhelmed by the number of responses – in fact, over 300 people replied and sent me their websites.

A number of people also emailed me individually and said they rushed to get their websites finished or revamped so that they could be included in this list, which was awesome. I love that this project lit a fire under a few people to get their websites done.

Other readers said they were touched by the gesture and sent me some very complimentary emails, and I loved that.

But mostly, I want this to be useful to you, whether you submitted your website or not.

This website – and now my Business Rise25 with my business partner Dr. Jeremy Weisz – has always been about building communities and doing so at scale.

I want to help more business owners – particularly from professional services backgrounds like me – to learn how to build better relationships in business, and how to do so in a digital world.

So this whole project is one big lesson in that chapter book.

In fact, here’s a few great ways you can make use of this list.

1.  You can find someone interesting on here, check out their website, and then contact them directly.

In your subject line, say “I saw you listed at SmartBusinessRevolution.com…”  I would love to personally introduce everyone, but with 300+ people listed, it would take months. So I encourage you to just reach out to anyone you see on this list who looks interesting.

Instead of just reaching out and asking to impose on that person by taking some of their time, “give” to them by doing an interview of them and then publishing it somewhere… it could be on your blog, on Medium, on LinkedIn, etc.

2.  You can study other people who are operating a business similar to yours

Pay particularly close attention to other businesses listed below which are similar to yours. Look closely to see if they are positioning themselves in a different way, or if they are deriving revenue from different sources. You may get an idea which you can implement in your local market which won’t be competitive to the business you see below.

3.  Study other business owners below who are operating a business in a different niche as yours, but study how they position and price their product or services.

Innovation comes from other industries — not your own — so see if there are any ideas you could implement for your business.

4. Steal This Idea and Do It Yourself.

I would love nothing more than if dozens of you stole this idea! In fact, this idea was inspired by Sam Parr at The Hustle who did something similar – they sent an email to their readers asking them to send in a picture of them reading their daily email.

You don’t need to have a big following to do this. Simply send an email to 10 of your past clients or referral partners and say you want to share their website.

To make it easier on you, create a Google form like I did (they are free) so you can collect all the information in one place rather than fielding a bunch of reply email messages.

I bet you will find if you do this project that you will get new referrals and new business, as well as making possibly dozens of your most important connections, clients and referral partners grateful to you.

4.  Share This List on Social Media Now

When I see something I like online, I will share it on social media and tag the owner/creator/writer, so they see I did it. Doing this helps me (or you) to build a relationship with that person.

You can do the same by clicking right here.

So… with all of that in mind, here’s the list of 300+ of my readers and their businesses!  Happy reading. : )