You will find this article helpful if your Chapter is going through a Visitor Day via a Letter Campaign.
Once the invitation letters have been mailed out, a comprehensive and a well organized follow-up process begins. It’s just like receiving a wedding invitation over the mail, probably your chances of attending the wedding is lesser as [...]

Today I received a phone call from a businesswoman who owns a media advertising company.
She called to inquire about a BNI membership and requested to be invited to a Chapter meeting. She explained to me that she lives in Kuala Lumpur however her office was in Petaling Jaya and hence, could she be invited [...]

This is a continuation from Part 1 which was published a few weeks ago.
Suggest that you please revise Part 1, before proceeding to read this Part 2.
After speaking to the invitee, it would be essential to send some info by e-mail to tie up the entire conversation. Normally, I would explain to the invitee to [...]

If you are a member of a BNI Chapter, you will find that your Chapter needs a continuous stream of guests visiting. And to facilitate this process to run effectively, your Chapter would need a team of well trained, well educated, polished visitor hosting team
This role requires a high degree of conversational skills, as well [...]

Many members of BNI ask me, how to invite their contacts to visit their meeting as a guest.
There are many ways to invite a visitor, but allow me to share with you the method I use.
First is to identify individuals who can benefit from a growing their business by referrals. Therefore, before that it has [...]

Have you noticed that even after a confirmation of attendance, more than half of the invitees to a networking event fail to show! Why?
Remember your first date? Most people are way ahead of themselves. In a way, people are thinking to far ahead.
‘Will I be asked to buy something I don’t want? Will be coerced [...]

Recently, I was speaking to a group of business people in a networking meeting.
This group apparently needed to increase its head-count which meant that all the current members needed to invite more.
However, they reported that many who were invited didn’t show.
Therefore I shared this info with them:
One of the reasons people fail to respond positively [...]