BNI Endeavour Chapter

it was great to see so many people in the room last week, everyone was so busy networking that they didn’t want to sit down for the meeting.

and as a result of that, we’ve seen five new applications with a few more waiting to come back

as anyone who does any business networking knows,  having a one off meeting is great, but you get the most mutual benefit from having regular meetings…

how regular you ask? well as regular as you need for both your businesses and that can be different from one company and one person to the next

if you’d like to find out more about business networking in preston, please contact us and come and meet the team

Whoever said business networking doesn’t work obviously hasn’t been to one of our meetings

£61,000 of invoiced business being passed between 20 local business people in one month, isn’t bad going, lets see if we can beat it next month

We’ve received a number of testimonials about how well BNI has worked for people that have attended the meeting. Here are a few quotes to give you an idea of the sort of feedback we receive …

“having followed the BNI philosophy it has become the single most productive use of my sales time, more than any of the other marketing tools I have ever used. It has lead to many excellent referrals and new clients” – Norman Gibson, Legacy Estate Planning

“most people feel that if they didn’t do BNI, what else would they do that potentially could provide them with the same sort of opportunities for new business as BNI” – Roger Bessent, Gleeson Bessent chartered accountants

“the referrals I have received have generated in excess of £150,000 worth of business. In a lot of cases those are for ongoing business which will continue generating revenue in the future” – Mike Gelder, Redleg IT Support

Janet Green from DOC Electrical Services has taken their idea for solar power micro-generation to Barclays as part of their take one small step competition for £50,000 funding. She needs your support …

Every week we have a 10 mins speaker slot and whoever speaks brings a prize. The winner is drawn from the new business opportunities introduced that week. Its just a small token to recognise members and also to serve as a reminder about the speaker.

This week the leadership team organised a speed 1-to-1 to enable members and visitors alike to quickly find out about potential business referrals and build some trust with each other.

The prize was a hardback copy of one of Michael E Gerber’s classic E-Myth books, as recommended by our leading Preston accountant Roger Bessent. There was a quite a bit of interest in the book, click the picture for more details from Amazon.

The latest BNI Lancashire video with highlights from the recent members day at DeVere Whites, Bolton Reebok is now online. Its pretty much dominated by members from this BNI group – Russ, Tracy, Dave, Michael, and Jan our former chapter director. Come and meet them live – on a Tuesday morning at Shaw Hill golf club.

What’s with all the TLAs in BNI? Probably the most important is VCP … read on for Ivan’s explanation

http://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=101572

With my best Michael Caine impression – “not many people know that …”

Video from a BNI Lancashire & South Pennines business meeting.

… was actually filmed on location at BNI Olympus – not saying we must be the best group in the region, but why else would the film crew come and document one of our meetings! Come and see for yourself – and we’ll see if we can find you some new customers whilst you’re at it.

BNI Olympus will be holding a visitor morning on Tuesday 16 February 2010 at Shaw Hill Golf Club, kicking off at 6.45am. If you’ve heard about BNI but never been along this will be the perfect time to come and find out all about BNI.

Past BNI visitor events at Olympus have been attended by 50-60 or more local companies, looking to help each other find that perfect business introduction.

This could be the dream start to 2010 for your business, just come and tell us who you would most like to meet. What customer would transform your business?

If you’re interested in coming along then drop a quick note to membership@bnipreston.co.uk for details. We have been short of space at events previously so book your place sooner rather than later. Alternatively give Mike a call on 07740 363232 if you just want some info.

Look forward to seeing you all on 16 Feb and doing some smart business – not just any business!

BNI Olympus is currently looking for a solicitor in Preston to refer work to, contact us for more info