A 40 per cent increase in the number of business referrals being passed between members of BNI here in New Zealand is a strong indicator that trust is becoming a vital factor as the downturn deepens.
BNI NZ director Graham Southwell quoted Indian policy maker, Montek Ahluwalia, to me recently when something Montek said was used to sum [...]
During International Networking Week 2009, Richard Swan, (BNI Tower Hill) was asked to perform a little song to open up the “Big Breakfast” Networking event at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.
Richard says, “I unashamedly ripped off Don McLean’s American Pie, which the delegates seemed to like… ”
The ‘BNI Song’ is worth checking out and demonstrates [...]
I think that one of the best tips that I can pass along to all of you, are the books I have read and how they have impacted my business. This week I would like to tell you about a book that I believe is very pertinent to the referral process. The Speed of Trust, [...]
As regular readers of this blog will be aware – one of the topics that is of particular interest to me is the subject of leadership. I don’t know if it is the maverick in me – or perhaps some latent aversion to authority – however investigating alternative approaches to what is generally referred to [...]
Depending on which research you listen to, it can take between 7 and 27 exposures to get your message across. How often do we have to hear an advertisement before it begins to sink in, or to sound familiar?
This is hardly surprising when you consider that the average person is exposed to between 3,500 and [...]
