BNI Pioneers, Miami FL

09/25/2019

09/25/2019

How does a networking group achieve over $6M in closed business within 12 months? 🤔
Join us for dinner on Wednesday, 10/2 to experience the BNI Pioneers difference.

RSVP here: http://bnimiami.com/fl-miami-&-dade-bni-pioneers/en-US/visitorregistration?chapterId=7402

07/10/2019

Ten Reasons to Network With BNI

1) Get qualified referrals
2) No more cold calls
3) It's not who you know, it's how well you know them
4) Get business advice
5) Raise your profile
6) Get recognition
7) Promote yourself
8) Build trust
9) Do business with friends
10) Givers Gain

Harmony Widman
BNI Miami Dade

To find a local BNI in your area please click on this link:
https://www.bni.com/find-a-chapter

07/09/2019

A DREAM written down with a date becomes a GOAL.

A GOAL broken down into steps becomes a PLAN.

A PLAN backed by ACTION makes your dreams come true.

BNI Miami Dade
http://bnimiami.com/en-US/index

07/08/2019

Scorched Earth Networker

Over the years, Dr. Ivan Misner has noticed different styles of networking. One of these styles results in the ground smoking wherever these networkers tread. Ivan calls this “Scorched Earth Networking”. It is very important to AVOID this type of networking.

Harmony Widman
BNI Miami Dade

https://ivanmisner.com/scorched-earth-networker/

When you are networking, are you creating relationships by building your social capital or are you a scorched earth networker?

07/03/2019

Ivan’s Inner Circle
BNI Podcast #615

This week Dr. Misner introduces Ivan’s Inner Circle. For at least 10 years he’s wanted to go deep on topics he’s expert in, but back in the days of Networking Now, the technology wasn’t there.

Jared Yellin of Synduit collaborated with Dr. Misner to produce 22 one-hour webinars (so far) that go deep into the material from Dr. Misner’s books–and these podcasts–with live Q&A sessions for members only.

BNI Miami Dade

https://www.bnipodcast.com/2019/07/03/episode-615-ivans-inner-circle/

Introducing Ivan's Inner Circle, which combines 22+ in-depth webinars, a private Facebook community, and live Q&A calls into the best networking and business education available.

07/02/2019

Ivan’s Why

There has probably been someone in your life—a coach, grandparent, teacher, aunt, or spiritual mentor—who’s made a difference for you. One of those people was Dr. Ivan Misner's freshman high school teacher, Mr. Romero.

https://ivanmisner.com/ivans-why-romero/

Your “why” is the most important thing you can figure out right now. It is the reason you do the things you are passionate about. Mr. Romero was mine.

07/01/2019

Welcome to BNI CORE Regions!

We are incredibly excited for you to join us and take part in the amazing support, training, education and growth the BNI CORE model has to offer. As we start this journey together, I look forward to meeting each of you and finding out how we can help you improve your membership, grow your business, achieve your personal goals and positively impact the community around us. Miami-Dade has the potential to impact thousands of members lives and their businesses and together we can turn that potential into a reality. Please feel free to reach out to me with any thoughts, concerns or questions you may have.

Harmony Widman
Interim Regional Director, BNI Miami Dade
[email protected]
(727) 474-3785

06/30/2019

Thousands of businesses across Miami are waiting to connect & pass on referrals to estate agents, insurance agents, property managers; architects; surveyors; facilities managers; property consultants and other property professionals.

Find your nearest meeting and join us to find out more.
http://bni.com/find-a-chapter

06/27/2019

Throwback Thursday

Here is a video Dr. Ivan Misner recorded last year during his visit to Poland. BNI is returning to Warsaw this November and Ivan wants to meet you. Please join us at the 2019 BNI Global Convention in Poland.

https://youtu.be/mnSpFcOlNM0

BNI Global Convention is the biggest event for BNI Members and Directors in the world. BNI Global Convention: ➡ 2000 BNI Members and Directors from over 70 c...

06/26/2019

Soft Skills Make Strong Networks
BNI Podcast #614

Dr. Misner is a firm believer in the power of the Law of Reciprocity: the deep-rooted psychological urge to do something nice for someone who did something nice for you.

BNI Miami Dade

https://www.bnipodcast.com/2019/06/26/episode-614-soft-skills-make-strong-networks/

Whether you call it Nash's Equilibrium, Reciprocal Altruism, Enlightened Self-Interest, or Givers Gain, reciprocity is about serving others.

06/25/2019

SWIMMING POOL CLEANING SERVICE WANTED

Many of our BNI chapters are currently looking for a pool cleaning company in the Miami Dade area to visit their chapter. Please share this post with your friendly poolboys. Get swepted with success.

Our BNI chapters are looking for individuals who will bring enthusiasm and integrity to the group. Come visit us!

BNI Miami Dade
https://www.bni.com/find-a-chapter

06/24/2019

Summertime Networking Tips

Summer is now officially here in Miami. The temperature is rising and so are your summer networking opportunities. What summertime networking activities are you attending?

BNI Miami Dade
https://ivanmisner.com/summer-networking-tips/

Any place you go with family, friends or strangers is a summer networking opportunity!

06/23/2019

The VCP Process:
PROFITABILITY

Profitability – Cultivating relationship with the right referral sources will result in profitable business relationships.

The next step is how can we move those relationships from Credibility to Profitability. Profitable referral relationships are where we are consistently and proactively referring business back and forth.

Referral relationships must go through all three stages. Attempting to go from Visibility, or Invisibility, to Profitability almost never works. But taking your time and go through these phases, can develop into the Holy Grail of Profitable referral relationships.

This week I’d like you to identify the most Credible people in your referral network and schedule a meeting with them. Move those relationships from Credibility to Profitability.

Remember, Business Networking is more about ‘farming’ than it is about ‘hunting.’ It takes time to cultivate relationships. But once you dedicate the effort, we believe these relationships ultimately allow you to ‘harvest’ referrals for a lifetime.

06/23/2019

The VCP Process:
CREDIBILITY

Credibility is when you trust them & they trust you & you both believe that each other is good at what we do.How do you gain credibility? Credibility is the quality of being reliable, worthy of confidence. Credibility grows when appointments are kept, promises are acted upon, facts are verified, and services are rendered. The old saying that results speak louder than words is true. Failure to live up to expectations–to keep both explicit and implicit promises–can kill a budding relationship before it breaks the surface of the ground and can create visibility of a kind you don’t want.

Let’s talk about those activities that can help us lead those relationships from Visibility to Credibility:
- Following up with a thank you note.
- Offering doing something for others.
- Being seen as someone that does perform consistently.

Find ways that can you help them to make yourself more memorable. To determine how credible you are, people often turn to third parties. They ask someone they know who has known you longer or perhaps has done business with you. So, how credible are you? Would the people in your network vouch for you by saying that you are reliable and honest, your products and services are effective, you keep your appointments, act on your promises, deliver results as expected, and can be counted on in a crunch? If you’re not sure, now is the time to make a strategic effort to build your credibility; without credibility, you can forget about achieving profitability.

This process takes time and work on your part to do it. Do it intentionally, do it meaningful & make it effective.

BNI Miami Dade
http://bnimiami.com

06/22/2019

The VCP Process: VISIBILITY

The first phase of growing a relationship is visibility: You and another individual become aware of each other. In business terms, a potential source of referrals or a potential customer becomes aware of the nature of your business–perhaps because of your public relations and advertising efforts, because of your social media presence or perhaps through someone you both know. This person may observe you in the act of conducting business or relating with the people around you. The two of you begin to communicate and establish links–perhaps a question or two over the phone or via e-mail messages about product availability. You may become personally acquainted and work on a first-name basis, but you know little about each other. A combination of many such relationships forms a casual-contact network.