[ronnie paton]

going to first BNI tomorrow with sales guy 630 am

[formb]

Haha have you got your 60 seconds sorted?

I did it for a year, I did enjoy it mostly. In the end I decided it wasn't for me.

[PoleKing]

What's BNI?

[formb]

Businesses get together once a week and try to get work for each other through referrals.

[Richard iSparkle]

Businesses get together once a week and try to get work for each other through referrals.

did you get much work from it?

i get asked to join various things like this every couple of months

[formb]

Very little. It is the kind of thing that the more you put in the more you get out.

[ronnie paton]

60 seconds

not been told about that haha i guess i have to stand up and tell them what my business is about

[R.C Property]

one of the ones here, you have to give a 10 minute speach about the business and yourself!

[formb]

Yes you do.

Keep it simple you'll be fine.

Every one give 60s then there is a keynote who does 10mins

[PoleKing]

I did one of these last week, it was called B2B.
IMO it seemed a false economy. £500 joining fee (first 2 meetings free but limited use) then £12.50 a meeting inc breakfast (very nice breakfast but not worth £12.50 on its own) I made it in year 1 (assuming 25 meetings (every 2 weeks) over £800 in year 1. I thought it'd be better spent elsewhere. Just mo though, i'd be interested in others experience...

[Moderator David@stives]

I attend Falmouth Business club, relaxed atmosphere, £8.00 for breakfast, no commitments.

I haven't really got much out of  itapart from mixing with grown ups.

don't worry about your speech just tell them what you can do, no need to waffle about  H&S etc they wont be interested, just basically tell them you can do anything no matter what size, Big or Small, don't forget to mention gutters pressure washing etc

[richard jagger]

Its a good time to shine but,FOR £ 500 QUID THEY CAN GET STUFFED. SOME WISE ASS IS MAKING A LOAD.

[ronnie paton]

well first meeting and been asked to quote for 2000 rented houses window cleaning/gutter cleaning/cleaning and oven cleaning

any advise on how you would go about this??

[Small but perfectley formed]

It's a wind up 

[tompoole]

Went on these when I worked in the print, good laugh really
Had to do a 60 second intro every week then every ten weeks
Do a presentation , have to say it was fun, not really work
The start of My first 60 seconds went something like this
" hi   I'm Tom , I've been cross dressing at weekends for the past
Two years ........... Oooops sorry wrong group"
Only got one laugh and one complaint saying I should take
It more seriously.... At least most saw funny side in the end
And had a great group for about two years...
Good luck with yours

[ronnie paton]

hahaha at first my thoughts were "not for me" but when i spoke to the property manager i was lie

having a meeting next week with him

[colin purewater]

well first meeting and been asked to quote for 2000 rented houses window cleaning/gutter cleaning/cleaning and oven cleaning

any advise on how you would go about this??

If you not winding us up Ronnie  I got an excellent
Lead as soon as I walked thought the door
When I went! So did the landscaper Nxt to me!!
Then they pass the sign up forms round before breakfast
To sign on the dotted line 

I rang the landscaper a week or so later
His hot lead added up to nothing and do did mine ...

Neither of  us signed up luckily

Fookin con men 

[ronnie paton]

i never thought of that but i must say for what £1000 for a year its worth a gamble.

you get two free visits so ill try and get something agreed before my next visit? if i can.

Lanscaper introduced me and he said he has had a couple of job already

[formb]

I got an excellent
Lead as soon as I walked thought the door
When I went! So did the landscaper Nxt to me!!
Then they pass the sign up forms round before breakfast
To sign on the dotted line 

I rang the landscaper a week or so later
His hot lead added up to nothing and do did mine ...

hmmm sounds familiar that.

I did 1 year. It didn't cost me a grand but that was a few years ago. On the plus side I did meet quite a few good people. (some not so good also)

[jamie bennett]

I have just finished being a member at my local BNI group, I got a few jobs but nothing major and they have all since finished anyway it cost me £1200 for the year, some people in the group did very well from it especially the builder in the group, in the year he got referrals totalling £250,000, but they were sizeable jobs. I will not return