This is how you network June 28, 2007
Posted by pinoyentrepreneur in Mind Your Business.trackback
About 100 people exchanged business cards on June 27 as early as 7:00 am. There was only but one purpose—get to know a fellow businessman, find out what they do, discover how to give business to each other, and establish a long-lasting and meaningful business relationship.
Characteristic of a BNI (Business Network Intl) event, the Magellan Room at the 41st floor of Discovery Suites bustled in a buzz of introductions. Hardly understandable but audible enough to create a mass of sound that filled the room with energy, one can hear the hum of talk from afar, such as the elevator area or the lobby. If it’s noisy, it must be a BNI event, whichever country you go.
A 30-minute business card exchange should give you at the most 18 seconds to talk to one person for you to be able to gather the 100 business cards in attendance. If you drag, you are not getting the most of your investment of time and money. The trick is you keep your introduction short and sweet. How? By 
knowing by heart your business introduction spiel.
If you go to a BNI event without your business cards, it’s as if you didn’t go at all.
Have you ever realized that your business card is as important as the business it advertises?
Hi! I am a stay-at-home mom based here in Manila but I am selling meditation CDs (using binaural technology) online. May I feature my product or do you think it would interest fellow business people? It is really effective as I am better able to sleep and have developed my creativity because of it. It is my hope that this product can help many people achieve their goals easier and faster.
You can attend our weekly entrepreneur’s meeting which happens Wednesdays of every week at Chowking Pioneer Center in Mandaluyong City from 7am to 9am.