Well it’s good to be back among the positive people of BNI again to start the year of 2010. Members and guests turned up in their droves for the first meeting of the year with 67 present and correct and all ready to rock ‘n roll.

Members were delighted to learn that BNI Team Winning Edge turned over $1.17 million in closed business last year and that equates to approximately 0.97 referrals per head per week. Not bad for a fledgling organisation that has the goal of being the largest BNI group in Australia as its target.

Keep watching for the latest BNI Team Winning Edge news.
 

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BNI went on Tuesday as always (Over 50 at the meeting) Go Team Winning Edge. BNI Team Winning Edge is the largest Business Networking  Chapter in Australia and the first to reach a membership of 50. Been promised Platinum Badges, I am assuming they will be here soon.

Our whole BNI chapter had 1 minute videos done last week. Great fun and looking forward to see everyone in action in videos.  I must say that it was easier said than done, getting in front of the camera spruiking off about one’s self.  We have such a fantastic team of members in Team Winning Edge, everyone had a great time and the day went smoothly. Thanks to Guy Haliday and Chris Pecham. For more info go to Team Winning Edge
 

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I’ve written about BNI, I’ve read about BNI but, until this morning, I had never experienced the phenomenon that is a BNI meeting.

Along with the rest of the Suncoast Internet team, I had been invited to the BNI Team Winning Edge (Kawana Chapter) Big Breakfast meeting at the Maroochy Surf Club. The aim of this one off event was to sign up more members to Team Winning Edge and make it the biggest BNI group in the world. On the day there was an impressive turnout of more than 130 local business leaders.
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BNI is a business referral organisation whose primary purpose is to assist its members to find and exchange qualified business referrals for each other and develop word-of-mouth marketing techniques.

Unlike other networking groups, BNI provides its members with a professional structure and an ongoing training system which enables members to network in a deliberate manner as well as constantly update their referral marketing skills.

Rapid growth has seen BNI become the world’s largest business referral organisation of its kind, with over 5,221 chapters in 40 countries, and more than 110,078 members.

Last year members of BNI in Australia generated business referrals that resulted in more than $70 million in new business. (In that same period BNI wordwide passed over 4.9 million referrals, this translates to over A$2.25 billion of business).

Some participants have added as many as 50 new clients in the first 2 years! Successful businesses depend on word of mouth because it is the best advertising there is.

BNI provides a structured and supportive system of giving and receiving business. It does this by providing an environment in which personal relationships can be developed with dozens of other qualified business professionals. By establishing this ‘formal’ relationship with other people, each member has the opportunity to substantially increase his or her business.

If you are interested in visting a BNI Networking group on the Sunshine Coast please call Andrew on Ph 5479 3888

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