Who is BNI: Business Network International (BNI) is a business and professional networking organization whose primary purpose is to exchange word-of-mouth business referrals. BNI Canada has over 200 chapters operating from Halifax to Victoria. Internationally there are thousands of chapters operating on four continents. Members around the globe pass more than one million referrals per year generating hundreds of millions of dollars in new business annually.

 

BNI is the largest business referral organization in the world with more than 105,000 members in 41 countries. Each week dedicated business people meet in a 90 minute marketing session to exchange qualified business opportunities with each other. In 2003, 2.8 million referrals were passed generating $1.2 billion US for members. The sole purpose of BNI is to generate new business for members through word of mouth marketing.

What Makes BNI Unique: BNI Canada offers exclusivity. Each chapter allows only one person per profession or business category to join. Once you’ve joined a chapter, none of your competitors can participate in that chapter. BNI members get excellent results for their business through quality referrals and much more.

BNI Philosophy: “Givers Gain”

-BNI is predicated on the concept of: “What goes around, comes around; if I help you, you’ll help me, and we’ll both benefit as a result”. Members operate as a marketing team.
-Success in BNI means you need to be a positive and supportive member of your team, committed to your fellow members, and to the philosophy; “Givers Gain”.
-If you want to get quality business you have to give quality business to other business people in you chapter.

Under his management the organization has grown from 7 chapters to a network of 53 chapters and a total of more than 1000 members. Using the BNI program members in BC passed 35,000 referrals in 2003 generating $10 million in income for their businesses.