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SUMMARY:Network with BNI
DESCRIPTION:Meet Abilene's Awesome BNI Members.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBNI's purpose is to help businesses\, large and small\, grow their business and make more money!\n\nBNI is not only the world's largest business networking and referral organization\, but its culture\, which is built upon the philosophy of Givers Gain \, is unique. This is a culture of caring about giving business\, professional development and building consistent\, proactive and reciprocal business relationships. BNI helps members develop a structured\, positive\, and professional referral marketing program which provides them opportunities to:\n\n\n	Gain new business.\n	Receive business education.\n	Improve business networking skills with positive business people.\n	Speak about business before an audience of positive\, like-minded business people.\n	Develop business relationships and create a group of trusted advisors.\n	Network and communicate with more than 250\,000 members in 76 countries.\n\n\nTo celebrate International Networking Week\, the BNI Members here in Abilene are opening up their meetings and combining the chapter meetings into one Open House at the Abilene Country Club to give you the opportunity to meet\, network and build relationships with these professional networkers.\n\nAt this event\, you will have the opportunity to network with 80+ BNI Members\, special guests and attendees to give you the opportunity to grow your business in 2020.\n\nMy name is Steve  Black and I want you to have your best year ever!\n\nI work with individuals and organizations to help them develop referral creation strategies and systems that will help them:\n\n\n\n* Create more referrals from clients\n\n* Build relationships with other businesses and professionals to get referrals on a regular basis\n\n* Understand the VCP  process and how it applies to getting referrals for their business\n\n\n\nIn fact\, referrals can be the least expensive customer you can get and also have the biggest return on investment. What do I mean by that?\n\n\n\nReferred customers\, on average:\n\n\n\n* Spend 3 to 4 times more in the first year\n\n* Are 2.5 times more likely to refer you to someone else\n\n* Stay with you 4 times longer\n\n\n\nMy passion and my goal is to help as many business professionals as I can grow their business through the power of relationship marketing.\n\n\n\nAre you ready to grow?\n\nLet's make it an awesome year!\n\n\n\n\n\n$20 Registration Fee includes Lunch.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div style="text-align:center">\n<div>\n<div style="background:#eee\; border:1px solid #ccc\; padding:5px 10px"><strong><span style="font-size:26px"><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif">Meet Abilene&#39\;s Awesome BNI Members.</span></span></strong></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>BNI&#39\;s&nbsp\;purpose is to help businesses\, large and small\, grow their business and make more money!</h2>\n\n<p>BNI is not only the&nbsp\;<strong>world&#39\;s</strong><strong>&nbsp\;largest business networking and referral organization</strong>\, but its culture\, which is built upon the philosophy of Givers Gain<span style="font-size:12px">&reg\;</span>\, is unique. This is a culture of caring about giving business\, professional development and building consistent\, proactive and reciprocal business relationships. BNI helps members develop a structured\, positive\, and professional referral marketing program which provides them opportunities to:</p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>Gain new business.</li>\n	<li>Receive business education.</li>\n	<li>Improve business networking skills with positive business people.</li>\n	<li>Speak about business before an audience of positive\, like-minded business people.</li>\n	<li>Develop business relationships and create a group of trusted advisors.</li>\n	<li>Network and communicate with more than 250\,000 members in 76 countries.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p style="text-align:center"><strong>To celebrate International Networking Week\, the BNI Members here in Abilene are opening up their meetings and combining the chapter meetings into one Open House at the Abilene Country Club to give you the opportunity to meet\, network and build relationships with these professional networkers.</strong></p>\n\n<p>At this event\, you will have the opportunity to network with 80+ BNI Members\, special guests and attendees to give you the opportunity to grow your business in 2020.</p>\n\n<h3 style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(44\, 62\, 80)"><strong>My name is&nbsp\;Steve&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Black and I want you to have your best year ever!</strong></span></h3>\n\n<p>I work with individuals and organizations to help them develop referral creation strategies and systems that will help them:<br />\n<br />\n* Create more referrals from clients<br />\n* Build relationships with other businesses and professionals to get referrals on a regular basis<br />\n* Understand the VCP&copy\; process and how it applies to getting referrals for their business<br />\n<br />\nIn fact\, referrals can be the least expensive customer you can get and also have the biggest return on investment. What do I mean by that?<br />\n<br />\nReferred customers\, on average:<br />\n<br />\n* Spend 3 to 4 times more in the first year<br />\n* Are 2.5 times more likely to refer you to someone else<br />\n* Stay with you 4 times longer<br />\n<br />\nMy passion and my goal is to help as many business professionals as I can grow their business through the power of relationship marketing.<br />\n<br />\nAre you ready to grow?</p>\n\n<h3 style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:26px"><strong><span style="color:rgb(44\, 62\, 80)">Let&#39\;s make it an awesome year!</span></strong></span></h3>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n<div style="text-align:center">\n<div>\n<p>$20 Registration Fee includes Lunch.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n
LOCATION:Abilene Country Club 4039 S Treadaway Abilene\, TX 79602
UID:e.3433.3830
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DTSTAMP:20260423T105809Z
URL:https://business.abilenechamber.com/events/details/network-with-bni-3830
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