BNI Cork generates €1 million in a year
The University chapter of GNP (Business Networking International) Cork this week celebrated generating € 1 million worth of business in just one year. University Chapter, meeting in County Hall every Wednesday morning, succeeded in driving sales and new business opportunities for their colleagues by encouraging each other through word of mouth and referrals. The group, which consists of local businesses and industries, is one of the many GNI groups throughout south and west of Ireland, which continues to beat the economic crisis by working together and supporting each other to build [...] Continue Reading…
What is BNI and how does it work?
Most business people want more things to create for themselves and this is especially true in times of recession. Hundreds of business people in the Cork area, members of BNI, a networking and referral generation of the organization becausethey want to grow and develop their businesses. GNI, which is the most successful organization of its kind in the world, is organized into ”chapters” where groups of business people helping each other to find potential customers for their products or services. It is based on the principle of “Givers Gain”- if you help my business, I am more likely to help yours. One of this chapter, BNICork, met on a weekly basis where more than 30 business people to teach their colleagues how to identify potential customers for them. The BNI Cork has business people from all walks of life. One of the unique features of BNI is that each chapter has a representative for a particular industry, profession or business is the direct competition between members to avoid. West Cork is the longest chapter of the dozen or so chapters in Cork and some of its members enjoy the benefits [...]
