Business Description
BNI provides a structured 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.
Last year, members of BNI passed 4.9 million referrals . . .
....which generated nearly two billion dollars' (U.S.) worth of business for the members! BNI is a business and professional networking organization that allows only one person per professional classification or specialty to join a chapter.
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. Word-of-mouth advertising is the best advertising there is.
BNI provides a structured 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" relationship with other people, you will have the opportunity to substantially increase your business.
Benefits of Membership
* Increased exposure to many other people and businesses.
* Substantially increased referrals.
* Tools to network more effectively, including an orientation CD giving the "Formula for Success" in BNI, a badge, a vinyl card holder to carry members' business cards, referral slips, marketing materials for your chapter and much, much more.
* Participation in up to 52 networking meetings per year.
Bi-monthly newsletters with educational material on networking, public speaking, and business.
Participation in business tradeshows (where you'll have an opportunity to market your chapter and your business).
* Free periodic workshops on networking.
* And much, much more!!!
Address & Contact
- Street:
- 4200 Forbes Boulevard, Suite #204
- Postcode:
- 20706
- City:
- Lanham
- State:
- Maryland
- Zip:
- 20706
- Website:
- http://www.bnimaryland.com
- Category:
- Local Business
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