BNI Podcast: "Networking at Conferences and Tradeshows"

Episode 34:

BNI does participate in trade shows, and so do many individual BNI members. Here are some tips for making a trade show or conference effective for building your business.

1. Make new friends: you're there to network

2. Meet the competition

3. Volunteer to speak when you first hear about the conference

4. Be social

For help with tip #4, listen to "The Ten Commandments of Networking at Mixers Part I and II

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December 13, 2007

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BNI Podcast: "The Ten Commandments of Networking, Part II"

Episode 33: "The Ten Commandments of Networking, Part II"

Networking Commandments 6-10. If you haven't heard the first 5 commandments, go back and listen to Episode 32.

6. Give referrals whenever possible.

7. Ask each person you meet for one or two cards to pass on and one for yourself.

8. Spend no more than 10 minutes with each person.

9. Write notes on the back of business cards you collect (unless you're in Asia).

10. Follow up!

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You can also read Dr. Ivan Misner's Networking Success on TNNW.

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"The Ten Commandments of Networking Part I"

BNI Weekly Podcast

Episode 32: "The Ten Commandments of Networking Part I"

Dr. Misner presents the first five commandments of Networking a mixer:

~ Have your networking tools (business card, name badge, etc.) with you at all times

~ Set a goal for the event (such as 5 meaningful conversations)

~ Act like a host, not a guest: greet people and introduce yourself, introduce them to others

~ Ask questions and listen: remember, you have two ears and one mouth

~ Don't try to close a deal

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You can also visit Ivan's "Networking Success" page on The National Worker.

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"The Ten Commandments of Networking Part I"

BNI Weekly Podcast: Givers Gain Chapter 5

November 21, 2007

Givers Gain Chapter 5

Dr. Misner talks about his descision to sell off his consulting practice and focus 100% on BNI, as described in Chapter 5 of Givers Gain

~ Networking is different from other forms of marketing

~ You follow people, rather than focusing on geographic locations

~ BNI started opening chapters outside of California because BNI members moved

~ Every policy in BNI was created by members (the BNI Board of Advisors)

~ Dr. Misner met his wife through BNI - the best referral he ever got)

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Ivan also is a contributing writer to The National Networker. You can check out his page "Networking Success".

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BNI Weekly Podcast: Priscilla Rice interviews Dr. Ivan Misner

November 9, 2007

Priscilla Rice interviews Dr. Ivan Misner about being out of line online. After receiving a completely inappropriate message from a stranger attacking a new member of one of the online networks he belongs to, Dr. Misner wrote an impassioned blog and got 43 comments!

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