Island Coast BNI Expanding Membership

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Fort Myers, Florida, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) January 26, 2012 -- BNI is the World's Largest Most Successful Referral Organization. BNI provides a positive, supportive, and structured environment for the development and exchange of quality business referrals. It does so by helping you build personal relationships with dozens of other qualified business professionals.

Last year, members of BNI passed millions of referrals that generated billions of dollars of business for each other. Belonging to BNI is like having dozens of salespeople representing your business, and in return you are representing their businesses. What goes around comes around. If I help you, you'll help me and we will both benefit as a result.

Networking requires commitment. The most successful chapters of BNI are comprised of participants who are sincerely committed to helping one another through networking. They are a team. As a participant in BNI, you are responsible for complying with the policies and guidelines of the organization.

What You Should Know
•Weekly meetings last for 90 minutes. Members need to arrive on time and stay for the entire meeting.
•Only one person from each professional specialty is accepted into a chapter of BNI.

•All participants must represent their primary occupation.
•Attendance is critical. If you cannot attend a meeting, you may send a substitute.
Membership Investment
There is an initial application fee, annual membership dues, and chapters may have a venue fee. Please see the chapter Secretary/Treasurer for exact information. When you apply to participate in BNI your application will be reviewed by the chapter's Membership Committee and you will be notified of the status before the next meeting.

Benefits
•Increased exposure to many other business professionals

•Substantially increase business through referrals
•Learn to effectively talk about your business
•Sharpen your presentation skills
•Participation in up to 52 networking meetings per year
•New Member Packet: Business card book, name badge holder, orientation CD, BNI pin
•SuccessNet newsletters with educational material on networking, public speaking, and business
•Member Success Program workshop
•Advanced Education Series workshops
•Leadership Team Training
•Participation in business tradeshows
•Participation in local conferences
•And much, much more!

The Island Coast Chapter meets every Tuesday morning at the Palmetto Pines Country Club. They have openings in specific categories. Since forming in March of 2011 they have shared close to $600,000 in closed business between close to 30 members.

There are members looking to do business with, have a referral partnership with a business in these categories. As an example there is a painting company is in need of member in the screen enclosure business category to give referrals to as they have clients in need of this service.

The categories that are open and looking to be filled are: Florist, Dentist, Chiropractor, Attorney, Auto repair, Pool/Spa service, Mortgage Broker, Payroll company. Alarm company, Screen Enclosure. Credit Card Processing.

These are just some of the categories that are open. If you are interested and do not see your category here, please email Mary Anne Cipressy President at whatsupswfl@aol.com to inquire about other possible openings or for more information about this chapter. If you are a business in the fort Myers, Cape Coral area and are looking to gain more business and share business with others in a collaborative atmosphere then BNI may be a good fit for you.

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