International Business Week

The very best clients and business members in Bonita Springs were invited last week to attend a networking event during International Business Week at the Spanish Wells Golf & Country Club in Bonita Springs.

The event, which was hosted by the Bonita BizNet chapter, gathered local businessmen and women to spread awareness about networking and ways to reach customers.

“It was a regularly scheduled meeting but the build-up was that we asked everyone to bring a guest or their very best client so they can see what we are about,” said Greyson Huber, the vice president of the group that meets every week on Wednesday mornings.

The chapter is just one of 17,000 in the world that work under the guidelines and standards set by Business Network International, the group’s governing body.

“There are 20 different countries throughout the world and every single BNI that week was doing the same event,” said Huber about the event meant to get the buzz going about the group. “It’s a chance to get a bunch of people to our meeting.”

The networking group, which is made up of about 25 members that represent each industry from plumbers through insurance agents was able to get more members to join as a result of the event.

But not everyone may join because if the group already has a financial advisor, BizNet is required to recommend another group without a financial advisor.

“We build Power Groups and we meet outside of BNI to make sure we recommend each other while we are out working day to day,” Huber said. “That maximizes that everybody has an opportunity to be referred.

And, International Business Week was the perfect way for the group to introduce the business community to what they had to offer, Huber said.

“It was very successful. Some 10 people came out and two were recommended to other groups,” Huber said. “This event made the meeting much more of a buzz and anybody who joins has exclusive access to that industry so it blocks out your competitors.”

For more information about Bonita BizNet call Cynthia Begin at 390-9433.