BNI in the News

Starting Out: How to Launch a Business in Your 20's

In this Wall Street Journal Online article, author Kelly Spors recommends joining a networking group and specifically mentions BNI.

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Referrals for Life

BNI's Ivan Misner and Referral Institute's Patrick Carney are being featured in the Referrals for Life section of the Duct Tape Marketing Blog Channel. BNI members are invited to visit the site and post their comments.


Weekend Entrepreneurs Make Their Dreams Come True

Author Michelle Anton, former executive producer for The Dr. Laura Radio Show, created an online community to help stay-at-home parents find ways to earn extra cash while still being able to spend time with their families. Anton's detailed guide portrays more than 100 creative and hard-working weekend entrepreneurs who share their inspirational stories and their secrets for success. They offer insider information about what works and what doesn't, how much time it takes, marketing tips, finding customers, and more. Plus, Anton and her co-author, Jennifer Basye Sander, provide direct advice about how others can be successful in the same business, along with valuable resources to help weekend entrepreneurs achieve their goals. They also encourage readers to look into BNI membership to get involved with networking. For more information or to buy the book, go to www.weekendentrepreneur.com.


Business Network Rewires the "Bush Telegraph"

Australians call it "the bush telegraph"; in America, it's known as "word of mouth." Whatever the moniker, the message gets spread without anyone having to lift a finger.

Ivan Misner has taken this principle and transformed it into a business form. His organization, Business Network International, formalizes the practice of networking, and since being formed in his native America 21 years ago, has spread around the world.

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The Art of Multiplication

During Ivan Misner's visit to Melbourne, Australia, he was interviewed by Peter Stirling for the August edition of My Business Magazine.

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Lifesaving Powers of Networking

"Networking is a small-business lifesaver," says international best-selling author, Dr. Ivan Misner. "Micro and small businesses can’t always afford major public relations campaigns. They have to rely on word-of-mouth and build long-lasting referral partnerships to grow and profit."

Dr. Misner, who founded Business Network International (BNI), told a group of more than 135 business people at Old Parliament House that $1.7 million worth of business was generated by members of the six Canberra chapters of BNI last year.

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Not Just Who You Know But How Well
The word is out that networking is a boon, writes Tony Kaye.

Suburban Kensington in inner-city Melbourne is not likely to be the first place you'd think of in terms of million-dollar-plus business deals.

But for the owner of a small commercial cleaning company, a referral passed on at one of the weekly meetings of his Kensington-based business networking group earlier this year led to a big contract with a major bank.

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The Secret to Success!

I've been a member of BNI here in Melbourne for over five years. Prior to that I was a member of The Leads Club for over a year, and before that, I attended whatever networking events I could find out about. The first book I bought before I started my business was 'Networking for Success' by Robyn Henderson, and that helped me get established. I've been in business over 12 years.

Along the way I got caught up in some industry and technology changes and ended up being a founder of the Virtual Assistant Industry in Australia. You just never know where things are going to lead.

It was good to hear and meet Ivan Misner during his visit to Melbourne. I own a number of blogs, three of which are business related, and posted an article about the experience on 07/07/06.

Kathie M. Thomas

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   Business Owners Learn to Promote

One of the first things that members of the recently formed Coastside Chapter of Business Network International learn is remembering to bring their business cards everywhere they go.

Membership means handing them out—hand over fist.

That was one of the first lessons emphasized by leading members who formally announced the organization's launch Thursday morning to about 50 members of the Half Moon Bay business community over a continental breakfast.

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