What a great day to do business!

It was another exciting day to be present at the Trussville chapter of BNI as we continue our push to 40+ members.  The membership committee approved Kerri Gulledge, stylist at Salon 2000 for membership and Steven Newbold, career management coach submitted his application.

Jeff Wilson’s network education gave us a formula to follow for 7 days to getting more referrals. It is titled 1 hour and 1 lunch. We were instructed to spend 10 minutes each day concentrating on our networking efforts.  He explained, spend 10 minutes working on your sales manager’s minute, 10 minutes thinking about the business category best capable of bringing you referrals and invite this business to visit the chapter, 10 minutes thinking about an existing members capable of bringing you more referrals, invite a member to a quiet office lunch for a 1 to 1, speak with a non-member about the chapter and it’s members, and arrive 10 minutes early and stay 10 minutes after your chapter’s meeting.

Since Valentine’s Day was yesterday, during our 60 second commercial, we were encouraged to share something we love about our businesses separating us from our competition. There were several excellent examples of how well the chapter’s members provide the best customer service

Jeff Wilson’s 1o minute presentation reminded us of several of his business referral sources. He designed this website and you can see more of his professional designs in the portfolio section of his website www.sbmsytems.com .  Jeff also explained how he uses search engine optimization to improve the ranks of his customers in the growing internet economy.

Today’s visitors were: Colby Sisson / Landscaper, Zack Archuletta (back for a second visit), and Cheryl Knighten a current BNI member visiting from another chapter.

Don’t miss out on next week’s meeting, see you there!