BNI Missouri-Southern Illinois

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1563416404593414812009-07-15T05:21:18.399-07:00BNI Missouri-Southern IllinoisThis is the online newsletter for BNI Missouri-Southern Illinois, U.S.A.Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-41075696989531100702009-07-09T02:35:00.000-07:002009-07-09T02:43:50.057-07:00Are You Adding Members or Growing Your Chapter? by John Suarez

A Math ProblemOne of our local chapters (let’s call them the ABC chapter) started the fiscal year in October 2008 with about 33 members. Nine months later, they averaged about 31 members. When I visited the chapter in June 2009, I asked the members who had joined between October 2008 and June 2009 to please stand.Eleven people stood up.I’m no mathemagician, but I can recognize a leaky bucket when

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-58335777957773754852009-07-08T04:18:00.000-07:002009-07-08T04:44:26.884-07:00BNI Greater Joplin Business Connection initiates their 55th member, achieves Platinum Status- more Joplin chapters forming

BNI Greater Joplin Business Connection became the 3rd chapter in BNI Missouri-Southern Illinois to achieve Platinum status. A Platinum chapter is a chapter that goes over the (50) member mark after a 3 month period of time. They were able to accomplish this within (90) days of their record setting (303 visitors) kick off. This chapter has been key in helping start the second chapter (BNI 4

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-10560972008705958052009-07-02T04:28:00.000-07:002009-07-03T04:51:33.952-07:00Referral Success thru using the BNI Podcast by Michael Vaughn

The recent BNI Podcast (Episode 104) had the idea of how to get quality referrals for your chapter members while also positioning yourself as a resource for your clients. How well does that work?I recently sent the referral letter mentioned in the podcast as a “test run” to some of my clients. I included a page with the occupations of the members of my BNI chapter. I also included occupations of

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-38878101828463014402009-07-01T04:17:00.000-07:002009-07-01T04:33:14.323-07:00Chapter Production Numbers Released for May: BNI Business by Referral "Three-peats" as Chapter of Excellence/

Congratulations to our May "Chapter of Excellence" BNI Business by Referral-Springfield. They are our #1 chapter for the third month in a row...a "Three-peat"...way to go! The photos are from the chapters visitor day they held late last month. Burgundy BNI shirts were printed that had the chapter logo on front and the question "Ask me who I know" on the back. The bottom photo shows Vice

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-6707928710274071062009-07-01T04:11:00.000-07:002009-07-01T04:16:39.478-07:00BNI Gold: Which is Better: A lead or Referral? by Dr. Ivan Misner

Knowing the difference between the two can make your marketing efforts go much more smoothly. Q: What’s the difference between a lead and a referral?A: A lead is a contact that may come from any number of sources. This contact is generally not expecting your call. For example, if someone gave an insurance agent a list of people who just bought new homes, that might be considered a good set of

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-20473720066046851422009-06-24T02:50:00.000-07:002009-06-24T03:03:34.918-07:00BNI S.M.A.R.T. uses "Think Big 2009" program to get chapter beyond 20 member mark- 30 is next!

Congratulations to the BNI S.M.A.R.T. -Springfield chapter. They used the BNI "Think Big" program to get their chapter over the (20) member mark- 30 is next! Here are some great photos of the event.....a very special thanks to Julie Mercer (Ambassador) and P.J. Hord (Ambassador) who did an outstanding 10 min. presentation "Keys to BNI Success" for this event. Everyone is the chapter worked

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-62772346234576766362009-06-15T05:30:00.000-07:002009-06-15T05:37:16.032-07:00BNI Springfield Business Connection hits 12 Million Dollars in Closed Sales! Breaks goal sign in the process

Congratulations to BNI Springfield Business Connection for hitting their Show Me The Money mark of 12 Million Dollars.....in May! The photo says it all. Way to go BNI Springfield Business Connection...."I Refuse to Participate in a Recession".To Our Success,Mike Tobin, DirectorBNI Central and Southern Missourimiketobin@bnistl.com

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-78665084889227886052009-06-12T04:57:00.000-07:002009-06-12T05:14:41.398-07:00BNI Missouri-Southern Illinois introduces chapter "Medallion" program

BNI Missouri-Southern Illinois is proud to introduce the BNI Medallion Chapter Program. This program recognizes chapter growth. With chapter growth, members increase the referrals they receive-if you double your size, you triple the referrals passed in the chapter. A study was done some time ago with a region in the east coast that found when a chapter added 7-10 new members (especially chapters

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-48309800038631676892009-06-08T03:47:00.000-07:002009-06-08T04:03:32.909-07:00To The Next Level: "10 Ways to Show Committment" by John Suarez featured this month on SuccessNet

In this month's issue of SuccessNet, the online international newsletter of BNI, our very own John Suarez is one of the top featured authors. He has an article entitled "Top 10 ways to show commitment" which is an excellent article that will help you get the most out of your membership. Here is the link: http://successnet.czcommunity.com/art-of-networking/10-ways-to-show-commitment/2885/

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-33461534629640219882009-05-28T03:10:00.001-07:002009-05-28T03:10:07.085-07:00BNI Show Me the Business-Branson shows the "Power" in "Power Teams"

What happens when Power Teams in BNI chapters go to the next level? What does Visability + Credibility= Profitability look like?You get the Branson "Ugly Kitchen" contest. BNI Show Me The Business members Gayla Groom from Trinity Flooring and Phillip Storey from Quality Kitchen Works combined efforts to create the "Ugly Kitchen" contest...as you watch the video, notice all of the corporate

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-50978539021458947352009-05-27T03:15:00.001-07:002009-05-27T03:27:41.357-07:00April Production Numbers are out: BNI Business by Referral-Springfield achieves "Chapter of Excellence" status for second straight month!

Congratulations to our April "Chapter of Excellence" BNI Business by Referral-Springfield. They are our #1 chapter for the second month in a row...what a great achievement! We have a lot of very fine chapters in BNI, so to repeat back to back as "Chapter of Excellence" is noteworthy...only a couple of other chapters have been able to do so in the pastThe photo below is our April "Chapter of

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-45481651696407700672009-05-26T03:18:00.000-07:002009-05-26T03:23:58.288-07:00Coming Soon: BNI Rainmakers-O'Fallon

Warning! Warning! Notice to all BNI members who will be driving through O’Fallon MO -- you will need to carry an umbrella or raincoat with you. Our new pre-core group, The O’Fallon Rainmakers is about to establish their BNI Group at the Persimmon Woods Golf Course on June 9th, at 7:00 a.m. What does it mean to be a “rainmaker?” The term, “rainmaker” is applied to describe someone that is

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-59395053091461126152009-05-18T14:13:00.000-07:002009-05-18T14:28:36.019-07:00Welcome to the Region: BNI Business Partners-Springfield

Congratulations and welcome to our newest BNI chapter, BNI Business Partners-Springfield. They had a really nice Open House event with over (80) visitors at their kick-off. So far, it looks like the chapter has received 12 applications and should be adding 10-11 new members to the chapter. This will take the chapter size to over (30) members- way to go! Nothing beats a large, productive Open

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-8856399213053793962009-05-15T04:31:00.000-07:002009-05-15T04:34:31.837-07:00BNI Gold: High E.Q. Networking by Dr. Ivan Misner

Improve your networking skills with four ways to boost your Emotional Intelligence. Emotional Intelligence, also known as Emotional Quotient or EQ, is all the buzz right now. EQ is the ability we have to use, communicate, recognize, remember, learn from and manage our relationships with other people. It is, in effect, the skills we’ve developed for building our social capital with those we wish

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-19063425342184113242009-05-15T03:48:00.000-07:002009-05-15T04:04:01.906-07:00BNI Springfield Business Connection initiates (8) members into the BNI Gold Club!

Congratulations to BNI Springfield Business Connection. We celebrated the addition of (8) new members to the BNI Gold Club! We belive this may be the most ever awarded in one chapter at one time (at least in my memory!)From Left to Right:Kirk Reisner, Advisor InsuranceChad Smith, AAA InsuranceB.J. Richardson, Courtney Law FirmZach Miller, Murney & AssociatesJulie Mercer, Paul Davis

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-42351782557832340512009-05-08T12:14:00.000-07:002009-05-08T12:21:00.412-07:00

Congratulations to BNI Think Big-Nixa. They are featured in this month's addition of SuccessNet. SuccessNet is the online, international newsletter for all of BNI. To see the article about our very own BNI Think Big-Nixa chapter, click HERE.Way to go BNI Think Big-Nixa!To Our Success,Mike TobinDirector of Marketing,BNI Missouri-Southern Illinoismiketobin@bnistl.com

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-6247321209635710152009-05-06T03:58:00.000-07:002009-05-06T09:00:13.615-07:00Why BNI rules! by Mike Tobin

I hope I was able to catch you with the L.A.D. (loud, audacious title) and draw you in to take a moment to share what makes BNI (Business Network International) such a unique organization. With the success of BNI, we occasionally see other organizations that attempt to do what BNI does every day. So I guess the question might be "What seperates our organization from a home-made group or a

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-12207377902934065342009-05-04T13:01:00.000-07:002009-05-04T13:23:59.543-07:00BNI Gold: Word of Mouth Marketing Can Bite Back! by Dr. Ivan Misner

A lot of reputations are at stake when you give a referral–including yours. Make it count and keep your integrity.Word-of-mouth is the most effective form of advertising–but it’s not the safest. Some people approach referral marketing with an attitude that all they have to do is get to know people and referral business will simply bubble up like spring water. What they don’t realize is that once

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-73665791698006253532009-05-04T11:12:00.000-07:002009-05-04T11:20:09.235-07:00Why our region RULES: Dr. Robyn Lawrence, BNI Pay It Forward-North County

Congratulations to Dr. Robyn Lawrence for being honored as the North County Business Person of the Year! This is quite an achievement- there was even a resolution passed in her name! She is one of the newest members to our growing BNI Pay It Forward-North County chapter.....Way to go Robyn!To Our Success,Mike TobinDirector of Marketing,BNI Missouri-Southern Illinoismiketobin@bnistl.com

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-25475208664514903112009-04-24T14:44:00.001-07:002009-04-24T15:30:18.006-07:00BNI Greater Joplin Business Connection sets record for Kick-Off- Over 300 Visitors!

Congratulations to BNI Greater Joplin Business Connection- they had over (300) visitors at their "I refuse to Participate in a Recession" party and kick-off- not bad for a chapter of (22) members!The event had some fantastic open networking, and a incredible keynote speech from BNI regional representative, Woody Woodcock. The (800+) letters that were sent out stated that the party would be over

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-79806019504418698702009-04-23T04:27:00.000-07:002009-04-23T04:42:11.526-07:00Why our region RULES: B.J. Richardson, BNI Springfield Business Connection

Congratulations to our very own B.J. Richardson of BNI Springfield Business Connection- he was named to the elite "40 under 40" class of 2009 by the Springfield Business Journal. This is another example of how some of the best professionals in business are in our BNI chapters across the state of Missouri and Illinois!An independent panel of judges has selected Springfield Business Journal's 2009

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-46093534045364985162009-04-20T05:40:00.000-07:002009-04-20T05:56:31.276-07:00March Production Numbers Released: Congratulations to our "Chapter of Excellence" for March: BNI Business by Referral-Springfield

Congratulations to our March "Chapter of Excellence" BNI Business by Referral-Springfield. They are a 2008-2009 Founders Award Chapter as well, but this is their first time receiving the "Chapter of Excellence" title.The photo below is our February "Chapter of Excellence" BNI Springfield Business Connection. Chapter of Excellence is our way of recognizing the #1 chapter out of the 90+ chapters

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-76815974286632548872009-04-15T03:28:00.001-07:002009-04-15T03:37:53.005-07:00To The Next Level: 10 Ways To Show Commitment by John Suarez

10 Ways To Show CommitmentBy John SuarezAuthor Dave Anderson suggests that “commitment shows up more in your actions than your words”. For BNI members, it is important to realize that among the many characteristics required to win the trust and referrals of others, commitment is among the most important. When you are truly committed, you don’t have to tell anyone because people will figure it out

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-54072437054171790012009-04-15T03:15:00.001-07:002009-04-15T03:26:52.789-07:00Now Open: BNI Greater Joplin Business Connection

Here is the first of many action shots of our newest chapter, BNI Greater Joplin Business Connection. This is the first of many BNI chapters in our newest market, Joplin, Missouri. BNI Ambassador, PJ Hord, help put this chapter together and did an excellent job of assembling some of the best people in the Joplin business Community. This chapter started with (22) members, and is already passing

Mike Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713870842171912993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156341640459341481.post-47209897830577639752009-04-10T10:47:00.001-07:002009-04-10T11:09:22.936-07:00BNI Think Big-Nixa holds "Think BIG!" Open House event, adds (7)- chapter goes over (40)!

BNI Think Big-Nixa celebrated their second annual "Think Big" Event held at the Nixa Chamber of Commerce. Not to confuse the reader, Think Big the chapter and Think Big the event are two different things. One thing they do have in common, however, is vision. This is a chapter that just celebrating going over (40) members for the first time. However, the chapter did not start off like that.

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