About BNI

Founded in 1985 by Dr. Ivan Misner, BNI provides a positive, supportive, and structured environment for men and women to further their business through word-of-mouth marketing. BNI has over 5,000 chapters in 39 countries worldwide, with 100,000 members who last year passed more than 5.5 million referrals, generating over 2.2 billion dollars (U.S.) worth of business for the members!

BNI allows only one person per professional specialty to join a Chapter and is led by the principle that "givers gain." This Chapter of BNI is comprised of participants who are sincerely committed to helping one another through networking. We work as a team.

If referrals are an important part of your business, then BNI is the organization for you! Don't hesitate to join us now and lock out your competition!

For further information about BNI, please contact one of our members, or our San Diego County Director:

Kathryn Lodal
Tel: (619) 491-9936
http://www.bnisd.com

Feel free to also visit our organization's International website at:

http://www.bni.com

What Others Are Saying "We’ve had some tremendous stories. There is a printer in our group who met a real estate agent… That agency wanted to switch its printing and gave him this job...It was more than a $100,000 job" "With many small businesses scrambling to weather the recession, the networking business is thriving...Business people realize that in this tough economy they’ve got to do some extra things." "BNI, a network organization whose chief purpose is to produce sales referrals for its members...they are here to help you make money." "The group has become one of the largest networking organizations in the country... Networking and bringing members sales referrals is the purpose of the group." "Quality people tend to deal with quality people." "Members are business owners or in sales looking for more business through word-of-mouth advertising." "Business owners dedicated to helping each other every week with generating sales referrals...The members are your sales force as well as your customers...Not just a coffee catch...If you join a group like this, your are joining to generate business referrals." "To make the most of business mixers, take these tips from...BNI." "If you believe that most business comes through net working - whom you know - then BNI is for you." "After just a year of operating in Australia, the other Down Under chapters of BNI are all reporting accelerating business results, due to their weekly breakfast meetings." "It's like my own sales force, said Mark Fry...In BNI, everyone is in there for the sole purpose of helping each other out, said Todd Friedenberg." "It's the value of the seat that attracts people...BNI gives a structured format for referral passing." "BNI, a business contacts generating organization...generate contact for thousands of business [people] who need networking to grow." "Word-of-Mouth referrals are powerful...you have to learn that giving others business your way, too, when there's an opportunity. Members brings business leads for other members every week." "The number of referrals I've gotten just from the group is incredible, Nancy Oliveria... The meetings follow a standard format because group members don't want them to become a chatty social event." "The organization has taken an old concept word-of-mouth networking and formalized it... BNI members carry one another's business card so they have phone numbers handy anytime they meet someone needing a product or service available through another member."