HI Marshall, I'm a member of BNI in Durango, CO. The first year fee is $330 plus a one time application fee of $100, for a hefty $430 total. I have possibly recovered my investment over the last year. Here's what i found. When you first join everyone knows someone with a piano. You will get several referrals. Maybe 1 in 5 will pan out. Then you will go for weeks without a referral. The new ones come from visitors. I am in an area with ~12,000 residents and 5 tuners. As the new guy, like you i am trying to build a cliental. It's slow and a membership in BNI doesn't justify the expense IMO. Chip Tuthill ________________________________ From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 12:05:17 PM Subject: [pianotech] bni etc HI everyone, I'm familiar with BNI. My wife I were going to join them when we lived in IN, the state of IN, but couldn't justify the heafty cost to join about $300 I thnk. My trouble is I need working capital. I have more like working lower case right now lol Marshall Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician Marshall's Piano Service pianotune05 at hotmail.com 215-510-9400 www.phillytuner.com Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind www.pianotuningschool.org Vancouver, WA ________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. Get busy. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100518/df621025/attachment.htm>
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