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The power of networking with your local BNI organisation #shorts

16 Oct 2021 · 1 min

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Mark Simpson (speaker) advises viewers to use slower periods to begin networking locally by joining local BNI groups (referred to here as "British Business Network Institute"). He recommends registering for regular meetings (often Friday mornings, breakfast or Zoom), pitching your business, making local contacts—especially contractors and corporate attendees—and using the group's referral power where members each get a chance to speak in a non-competitive setting.

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You're gonna have a lot more time on your hands because obviously it's gonna get a bit slower. So this is a great time to start putting in the networking for next year. So, for example, every town has these and they're starting to reopen a bit more, but local BNI's. So go and join and register at your local BNI. British Business Network Institute. It's a worldwide thing, so you may already be dubious or you may have stopped, may want to refresh and go again. But every Friday morning, normally it's like breakfast or Zoom or whatever they do. Go and register and start to go into these ones and, you know, pitch your business. Go and start to make more local contacts, especially with the contractors and the corporate people are in there. Again, the people in that room may not be your next customer, may not be your next guest or client, but the power of do you know anyone is huge. And the cool thing about these BNI's is that everybody gets a chance to stand up and speak. There's no competition.