60 Reasons to Join BNI – Podcast #18

Cys Bronner, BNI Executive Director, CRO (Chief Referral Officer) and ActionSteps4Success Founder wants you to celebrate her birthday month with this list of 60 Reasons to Join BNI

60 Reasons to Join BNI

Gain New Perspectives for Your Business
You will develop long lasting relationships with like-minded business professionals
Create opportunities through referral marketing and grow your business skills.
Members make more money through increased referrals.
Increased exposure to quality professionals and their extended networks that can help you grow your business through referrals
Your fellow BNI Chapter members are your virtual sales force. Throughout the week they carry your business card and are ready to refer business to you.
Seat Exclusivity. Only one business professional per category allowed in each group. This means no one else is competing with you for business.
Members have regular opportunities to hone their marketing elevator pitch and business presentation skills
Increase your client base
Make lasting business relationships
Accountability, which equals clarity
Increased exposure to many other people and businesses.
Substantially increased referrals.
Raise your profile, creating Visibility, Credibility and Profitability (VCP) for yourself and each of our members
Tools to network more effectively
A proven method where $1 turns into $36
Participation in up to 52 networking meetings per year.
Bi-monthly newsletters with educational material on networking, public speaking, and business.
Participation in business trade shows (where you’ll have an opportunity to market your chapter and your business).
Free periodic workshops on networking.
Collaboration
Increased confidence
The opportunity to share ideas
Focus group
Learn business best practices
Gain quality referrals
Meetings are high energy and run according to a structed agenda
Educational resources to hone your business and marketing skills
Personal Development
Public Speaking skills and practice
Other networking opportunities
Obtain Leadership skills and opportunities
Grow your business organically, meaning through building relationships and generating business referrals
Beneficial when you want to expand your business beyond the geographical boundaries as it is present in more than 74+ countries
Meet highly motivated, enthusiastic entrepreneurs
Build a “Power Team”, a group of people of “complementary” professions consisting of people who possess all the strengths needed to achieve your business mission
Meet prospective mentors, partners, and clients.
Create opportunities. It’s natural that networking will achieve increased opportunities.
It shines a light on your business offerings
Contribute to the success of others
Reassessing or adding to your own qualifications
Training and Resource Library through BNI Business Builder
It’s the cure for the common cold call
Build trust
Positive and professional environment
Benefit from “coopetition” not competition
Attend BNI Regional, National and Global events
Network with better colleagues
Avoid professional burnout
Become a marketing mayven
Learn to be prepared
Keep your fellow BNI members apprised of your goals.
Embrace BNI’s 7 Core Values
Network and communicate with more than 280,000 members in 78 countries
Create a group of trusted advisors
You train the BNI Members to be your trusted sales force
BNI provides you with a multitude of formulas for success
In the last 12 months alone, BNI member referrals have generated $16.6 billion USD in revenue for our member businesses!
Because referrals. The lifetime value of a referred customer is 25% higher than that of other customers.
You owe it to yourself and your business

Cys Bronner, Founder ActionSteps4Success

In networking: The more memorable (positive and helpful) you are, the better the results.

Questions? Feel free to call BNI Executive Director Cys Bronner 866-889-3466 or email her at Cys.Bronner@BNI4success.com
Her motto: BNI, Making word of mouth marketing work for you
Click for more information or to join a BNI chapter in the Los Angeles area