However, be advised that you are required to recruit new members as well. If you don't mind that kind of thing, I agree, it can be a great resource. If, however, you've no stomach for schmoozing, you might approach it cautiously. William R. Monroe On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:03 AM, jimialeggio <jimialeggio at gmail.com> wrote: > Marshall Gisondi wrote: > >> I know word of mouth is the best, but I need to get some more mouths >> first. >> > > You might see if there is a BNI chapter near you. http://www.bni.com/ The concept is each local chapter only allows one person in of a particular > trade into that chapter, and that members of the chapter and society agree > to serve as a mutual referral network for each other. I'm not a member, but > have considered it. Members say that after some time of going to the weekly > early morning meetings, as members get comfortable with you, and as you get > better at selling your services, referrals, both direct referrals from the > members, and indirect referrals, ie people members know outside the group, > become a significant portion of their businesses. > > Might be helpful... > > Jim I > > > -- > Jim Ialeggio > grandpianosolutions.com > 978- 425-9026 > Shirley, MA > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100518/ab18524e/attachment.htm>
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