About Business Networking International South West Midlands

Why BNI Compare the value
60 Seconds Speech
Testimonials

Compare the value -word of mouth marketing really works!

How many people can you influence with a newspaper advert?

How many people can you come into contact with in one year by using a sales force of up to 40 people?

Advertise your business Most business people advertise. We would never suggest that you stop your advertising.

What we ask is that you "Compare the Value".

Depending on position, one insertion of a small 4"x4" Display Ad in a local paper for the South West Midlands Region costs on average £113.85 for just one week.

Multiply that over the 52 weeks of the year and we're talking £5920.20 Annual membership in BNI costs a fraction of this amount.

In addition, a referred lead is the best lead to get!

You "Compare the Value."

The Evening Mail - £113.85 (1 Week)
Local papers £51.98 (1 Week)
Yellow Pages £2,670 (quarter page)

If you would like to find out more about how you can generate a steady flow of referral business for yourself in a BNI Chapter, visit us and judge for yourself!

The 60 Second Speech

At the heart of the BNI meeting is the "60 Second Speech" slot.

This is each member's opportunity to tell everyone at the meeting all about their business, the kind of leads they are looking for, and anything at all that will help the other members generate business for them.

60 seconds may seem to be the briefest of speeches, but BNI have developed a system to harness the power of this format, and regularly organise free training workshops to allow the members to develop their presentations, introducing techniques such as the memory hook, and effective ways to ensure that the message is remembered.

This system has immense practical benefits outside BNI too, where in in real-life networking situations the BNI member is trained to be able to give an instant and concise account of what they do.

Testimonials

Just a few of BNI Success stories...

In 2011, we put together, at our expenese, a start-up pack for new businesses and gave 10 BNI members over 3 different chapters the chance to cont.. more>
BNI has been a great boost for our business growth over the last 5 years, to such an extent that we now receive 79% of our business through BNI referr.. more>
We have several - we celebrated 50 years in business last year and doubled the size of our premises when we moved to Ball Mill Top. In Jan this ye.. more>
As a mobile wedding caterer specialising in hog roasts, chocolate fountains and mobile licensed bars I joined BNI to increase my companies visibility .. more>
My husband set me up in business in November 2010, and I employ my mum and daughter. It's been hard work as we have had to take many exams to become m.. more>
We are a traditional IT supply and support Company. Nicholas Lee of Eureka Financial Solutions is an IFA and a fellow BNI memebr at Wyre Forest BNI an.. more>
We acquired the AuctionHouse UK licence for Warwickshire in May this year and held our first property auction in September at the Ricoh Arena in Coven.. more>
Had a great referral from Jonathan Campbell at Warriors BNI for a couple he knew who were setting up a Grow Your Own Veg Show down south - they wanted.. more>