BNI SuccessNet - July/August 2004

Masters Day 2004 was held on Saturday, June 5th, at bookstores around North America and Canada. The turnout was fantastic! Book signings and guest lectures were conducted by authors and contributing authors of both Masters of Success and Masters of Networking. Masters of Success is the latest book from Dr. Ivan Misner and Don Morgan.

On June 11, 2004, Masters of Success climbed to the top of the Wall Street Journal's bestseller list.

In addition, the book tour has gained national press coverage. To read the article published in The Globe, a national Canadian paper, click on www.bni.com/successnet/contentimages/bn.globearticle.pdf. To read an article published in the Metro, a publication out of Toronto, Canada, click on www.bni.com/successnet/contentimages/bn.metrorticle.pdf.

Dr. Misner and Don Morgan thank everyone who helped to make Masters of Success such a success. For more information on Masters of Success, click on www.mastersofsuccess.biz.

BNI's Hazel Walker Wins Award

One of BNI's own received the coveted Indiana's Business Woman of the Year during the 2004 Congressional Tax Summit in Washington, D.C. Hazel Walker took over her husband's health insurance agency after he suffered a brain hemorrhage.

Recently, the Indianapolis Star interviewed Ms. Walker on how she has built her business by referral. She offered this story on one of the individuals in her BNI chapter:

"I was talking to a guy the other day who's in my BNI chapter. He sells advertising. He's in a BNI chapter generating referrals. He's a cold call junky. He went to BNI kicking and screaming, but went because his boss told him he had to go. He told me the other day his goal was $200,000 in business for the year. He said just out of referrals from his chapter he's made $150,000 for the year already. He has not made one cold call."

To read the interview with Ms. Walker in its entirety, click on Hazel Walker to purchase the article online.

BNI Profiled in Houston Business Review

Kevin Price, host of Houston Business Show and the Houston Business Review, interviewed Dr. Ivan Misner on his Masters of Success book tour. The Houston Business Review published a snapshot of both BNI and the new book, Masters of Success.

Editor Price writes, "I think what I like most about this organization is that it is unabashed about its purpose. Not only are these people not ashamed to meet just for the purpose of helping others build their business, it is all this organization is about. I love this because people shouldn’t be ashamed to meet to benefit others and to help others—and themselves—meet their goals.

To read the article, click on http://www.houstonbusiness.com/HBReview/june04_issue2/hbreview.htm