Have you a spare minute?
That’s all – no longer.
Many BNI members are so busy that they find it hard to find any real time to work on their BNI membership and so find true success hard to come by.
But, I imagine that your answer to my question is a ‘Yes. Of course, maybe even a little longer.’ However, a minute is all you need.
So, now you have a question, what for? The answer is, to help you grow your business.
Man holds in his hand a sports stopwatch. Time management concept. Vector illustration.
Most of us joined our BNI Chapter to build our business, by receiving referrals (recommendations) from other members, that get to know, like and trust us, over and over again.
And, visitors are very important to this, as they build your number of contacts, help grow your Power Team, which in turn will enhance your level of achievement.
Imagine if your chapter had three visitors every week. In a year that would make 150 prospective new customers; all whom you would meet and who would listen to your sales pitch.
It doesn’t matter if they join your chapter; the most important thing is that you get to meet them and grow your possible connections.
The fundamental thing is that they come to one meeting; that’s all. Of course, if they like what they see, they will come again; maybe even apply to join. However, just coming once, is what means the most to your chapter.
Anyway back to the one minute.
It will take one minute to invite a visitor.
Do that every day and you invite five people a week. Do it for 46 weeks (I’m allowing for holidays here) that will mean you will have invited 230 people in a year.
Even if only one person in 30 comes that will mean you will have eight visitors.
For a minute think about how long it takes you to speak to eight prospective new customers a year? Longer than 230 minutes I bet.
One last thing before you get going, as I know you will. Start first with the people you know, as far more will support you.
And, this could be a surprise; it was to me. One of my best customers became one of our best chapter members! Plus, I doubled my sales with them.
Good luck and enjoy.
