About BNI   —————————————————————————————————   Would you like to increase your business by 20%, 30%, 50% or as much as 100%? You can see results like this! Many have. Some participants have added as many as 50 new clients in the first 2 years!!! Successful businesses depend on word of mouth. Word-of-mouth advertising is the best advertising there is. BNI is the world's largest referral organization, with Chapters in many countries around the globe. It was started in 1985 by Dr. Ivan Misner, one of the world's leading experts in networking and word-of-mouth marketing.   —————————————————————————————————   Fast Facts 111 Founder: Dr. Ivan R. Misner of San Dimas, CA Established: 1985 Mission: To help people increase their business through a structured, positive, and supportive word of mouth marketing program. Unique Feature: Only one person per professional classification is eligible to join a chapter Number of Chapters: 3,050 (as of 12/31/03). Number of Members: 60,000 (approximately) Number of Referrals: over 2.8 million Total Value of Referrals: $1.2 billion (U.S.)   —————————————————————————————————   Member Benefits   Belonging to BNI is like having dozens of sales people working for you because all of them carry several copies of your business cards around with them. When they meet someone who could use your products or services, they hand out your card and recommend you. It's as simple as that! It's simple because it's based on a proven concept by BNI Founder, Dr Ivan Misner, called "givers gain." If I give you business you'll give me business and we'll both benefit as a result; and the benefits are many:   Substantially increased referrals. Tools to network more effectively, including an orientation cassette tape giving the "Formula for Success" in BNI, a badge, a card holder to carry members' business cards, referral slips, marketing materials for your chapter and much, much more. Participation in up to 52 networking meetings per year. Quarterly newsletters with educational material on networking, public speaking, and business. Participation in business tradeshows (where you'll have an opportunity to market your chapter and your business). Free periodic workshops on networking.   —————————————————————————————————   An Invitation   BNI (Business Network Int'l.) is a business and professional networking organization that offers members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and, most importantly, referrals. Our chapter averages more than 100 quality, revenue-producing referrals every month. The Long Island Referral Source chapter of BNI was established in 2003. We have over thirty members and are still growing; as our chapter grows in membership, the referrals will grow exponentially.       BNI allows only one person per professional classification to join a chapter. If you are a professional or small business that would like to grow too, there might be an opening in our chapter for you.       Please go to our Register Page and fill in the form so that we may send you information about our chapter. Thank you.