Why join us?
Be a vital part of a community of supportive professionals and get quality referrals that can increase your sales and drive your business forward.
What you can do by being a member:
Grow your business.
You enjoy quality referrals and business growth. You constantly get new leads, which you can turn into more revenues.
Improve your professional and business skills.
Take advantage of trainings provided. Sharpen your skills on public speaking, presentation, negotiation, and other essential business skills.
Widen your network.
As in any industry, having a powerful network can give your business exponential growth. With regular meetings and networking events, BNI can help you create more quality connections and strengthen existing ones.
Enjoy membership perks.
And of course, you get to enjoy resources exclusive to members—tools, seminars, educational materials, insights on best practices and trends, and so much more.
Do you want those benefits?
Here are tips and a few notes to help you start:
Prepare for your visit.
Make sure you know how to explain your business to members, and show them how being connected to you can be beneficial to them as well. And always have your business cards ready.
Attending meetings.
Meetings last about an hour and a half, and are run according to a prepared agenda.
If you’re not yet a member, you can attend a chapter meeting twice as a visitor. Don’t sell your business in these meetings. You have to first get to know the members and their chapter.
You can also benefit from arriving early, say 15 minutes before—more networking is done before and after the meetings. Consider this when scheduling your visit.
Competition.
Only one representative of each specialty is allowed in any given chapter. This protects the members and ensures that there is no competition, nor confusion within the chapter.
When you join us, you become the sole provider of your product or service and you can become the go-to person for your specialisation.
Craft and Expertise.
The businesses that our members carry into our chapter are their full-time occupations. This ensures that members further develop their expertise in their craft, and can position themselves as such.