Would you like more Business? The BNI philosophy has been proven to work for over 30 years. The philosophy is simple, BNI limits each local group to one person from each trade/profession. Members typically refer and recommend one another to their contacts. Typically, they also choose to use the colleagues they know like and trust … More Kent Networking bringing local business together in Gravesend
Chapter Director Rus Rogers was pleased to welcome Gita Patel of Laser and Aesthetic Clinic as a new member to the Gravesend Chapter. Gita visited the Chapter previously, enjoyed the business networking and decided to apply for membership. We all welcome her and look forward to doing business. Peter Vandervennin of Financial Consultancy took the … More Over £100k this week!
Chapter Director, Rus Rogers was pleased to present Mike Thornton of PCL and Thornton with his BNI Eleven Year membership badge. Congratulations Mike! Peter Vandervennin of Financial Alliance took the education slot and, following his “back to basics” policy, reminded us of the importance of one to ones. He said that they provide the best … More Gravesend Chapter BNI. Weekly meetings
A business meeting within the BNI structure so familiar to members this week. The education spot was taken – off the cuff- by Damon Trott of Utility Warehouse. Damon’s message was brief but very important for self employed to remember. He said that NO is not negative. If you get a rejection, just smile and … More Business Breakfast Meeting
As Chapter Director, Rus Rogers of Ambition Driving Academy introduced his management team. There were some familiar faces and some new faces but all had the same ambition, – to build on the Chapter strengths, keep us in the lead and provide more business referrals for the members. Power teams have always been problematic so … More New team, new ideas, new business
Today was the last meeting for the present management team headed by Jackie Murphy. The last six months have been lively, fun and with record breaking quantities of business referrals and business value passed between members of the Gravesend Chapter. In this meeting alone members passed 101 referrals to each other with over £21,000 of … More End of Summer
The sixty seconds presentations were brisk an to the point this week highlighting a wide range of services with many members including their USPs. One strength of BNI is that it makes us examine not only what we do but who we are before we stand up in front of 40 people and try to … More Goals
Russ Rogers of Ambition Driving Academy took the education slot this week and recommended a book he had been reading called The Slight Edge which teaches you how to achieve success in all aspects of your life – in your health, your finances, your personal relationships and family life. It deals with the small behaviours … More From little acorns………….
Russ Rogers of Ambition Driving Academy took the education slot this week and asked what we thought F.A.B meant. I thought I knew because I remember the Sixties (well some of them) but no, – turns out to be a marketing anagram for Features And Benefits. Boring maybe but essential to know the difference between … More FAB Meeting
Colin Howell took the education spot this week with some thoughts about BNI referrals. He reminded us that we as a Chapter have referred business worth over £1 million pounds in the last six months. Now that is an achievement and Colin asked us to consider which members we thought might have benefited most from … More Gold meeting at a Gold Chapter
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