Looking for MSP - Member Success Program? Interested in Advanced Training? Opt-in to get reminder updates for Advanced Training Classes Find out more about the Black Belt Program The Official BNI Podcast is a weekly audio discussion with Dr. Ivan Misner, the Founder and Chairman of BNI. Each week Dr. Misner discusses topics of interest to BNI members. News from BNI Pittsburgh Business Times What's BNI?: BNI is the world's largest business referral organization. To learn more, check out the world headquarter's website and click on About BNI. Welcome to BNI Western Pennsylvania. We have locations all over western Pennsylvania. Find what you need in our member directory. Would you like to learn more about the BNI Ambassador Program? Click here for information. BNI Leader Recognized: #1 Mary Kay National Sales Director and Pittsburgh Business Times Top 25 Women in Business 2010 We are extremely proud to recognize Kim L. McClure, #1 Sales Director of Unit Sales in the Nation for Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc. Kim was also selected as one of Pittsburgh Business Times Top 25 Women in Business for 2010. She was honored at the event on March 15th. Kim is a member of the BNI Profit Builders chapter of Western Pennsylvania. AMBASSADOR’S COMPLETE INAUGURAL TRAINING Pictured are the first six BNI members who stepped up to participate in the New Ambassador Program. This program exists to add an additional layer of support to the Visitor Hosts and Mentor Coordinators in each chapter. The following people have a strong desire to help their fellow BNI members and a commitment to the Giver’s Gain philosophy. Left to right: Bob Gambone - Business Life & Leadership Coach/Consultant "Passion, Leadership, Results", Bill Benzinger – Glory Graphics, John Wolffe – Jennco Solutions Inc, Regina Russo – Mary Kay Cosmetics, Ashley Chirico – Mary Kay Cosmetics, Charlotte Kaltenbaugh – Sabika Austrian Crystal Jewelry, BNI Member/Director and Trainer for the Ambassador Program Emil Heintzinger – Contractor’s Crossroad. TESTIMONIAL FOR MID-TERM LEADERSHIP TEAM REFRESHER I have a great testimonial for the Mid-Term LT Refresher. As a result of me attending my refresher “President’s school” I received a gift! I got a phone call this week from one of the officers from another chapter who knew of a banker that was interested in finding out more about BNI and gave me her contact info. I called and spoke to her and found out that she lives in Saxonburg and works for First Commonwealth Bank. She visited my chapter this morning and actually walked to our meeting as she is within walking distance of the library. I think we have found a new Commercial Banker for our chapter! Sylvia Schneider www.SSIComputers.net Learn networking tips and techniques from networking experts Deanna Tucci Schmitt, Executive Director Western Pennsylvania, and Debby Peters, Certified Networker of Ohio. Click here for more information. Setting Networking Goals Do you have goals for your business? Do you have marketing goals and sales goals? We all know that goals are important. The question is, how well do we apply that knowledge? If you don’t have any networking goals, you are, unfortunately, in the majority. Obviously you believe in the power of networking, or you wouldn’t be reading this blog. Why, then, would you wait to write networking goals for your business? Networking seems to be one of those things that many people do as a reaction to no or slow business. It’s often forgotten. It’s rarely treated as an integral part of how we grow our businesses. Not only is it frequently neglected, but many people are haphazard and far from systematic in their approach to networking. This approach to networking can keep you from ever getting close to becoming an efficient networker. Setting networking goals helps you avoid the pitfalls of treating networking as an afterthought–as something far less than what it can be for your business. One way to systematize and organize your approach to networking is to set measurable goals. Without a goal, you have nothing at which to aim. More important, if you don’t have a goal, you can’t measure your results. When setting networking goals, keep in mind that each goal you create should be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timed with a deadline. Start setting SMART networking goals and you will be well on your way to reaping the great rewards of successful networking! Click here to hear more from Dr. Misner. In 2009, Business Network Int'l passed over 6.2 million referrals in 5500+ chapters with over 118,000 members in 43 countries resulting in more than $2.6 billion in business! BNI - BUSINESS NETWORK INT'L. provides a structured, supportive business environment in which local business people can get together to network, learn valuable new marketing skills and develop the strong personal relationships that lead to trust and the consequent generation of significant business for each other. Being active in a BNI chapter is like having forty sales people working for you because your fellow members will be carrying your business cards and referring your business to people they meet. Successful businesses depend on "word-of-mouth" marketing as the most powerful form of promotion there is. Members of a Business Network Int'l. chapter pass thousands of referrals each year generating millions of dollars worth of business for members! BNI is a business and professional networking organization that allows only one person per profession to join a chapter — essentially locking out your competition. All the other members of your BNI chapter carry several copies of your business cards around with them. When they meet someone who could use your products or service, they hand your card out and recommend your services. It's as simple as that! It's simple because it's based on the proven concept of "what goes around, comes around." If I help you, you'll help me, and we will both benefit as a result. Would you like to increase your business by 20%, 30%, 50% or as much as 100%? You can see results like this - Many have! Some participants have added as many as 50 new clients in the first 2 years!! Successful businesses depend on Word-of-Mouth advertising - it's the best form of advertising there is. BNI provides a practiced and supportive system of giving and receiving business. It does so by providing an environment in which you develop personal relationships with dozens of other qualified business professionals. By establishing this "formal" yet comfortable relationship with other business people, you will have the opportunity to substantially increase your business. Members! Did you receive the latest issue of SuccessNet via email? If not, click below to see the issue and subscribe. It's free and full of great ideas to make the most of your BNI membership.

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