What a great day to do business!

One thing is for sure about being a member of the Trussville Chapter of BNI. We keep busy making introductions, attending Power Team meetings, and helping each other grow our businesses.

Well I’ve been covered up with new business and thought it would be a good time to catch you up on our meetings.

Several members have given great 10 minute presentations. Here are some highlights from each.

Josh Vernon, Branch Manager for Regions Bank. Josh explained how Regions strives to be more customer friendly. Each branch offers a nice customer greeting and excellent customer care. Josh asks to report any poor service to any branch in order to improve customer relations. Regions has recently reduced some of the fees to also make banking with them a more pleasurable experience. Regions offers much more than loans, checking, and savings. Ask Josh how his branch can better serve your personal and business financial needs.

The following week Kerri Gulledge, stylist and cosmetologist at Salon 2000 in Trussville, explained how when life gets hairy, you should call Kerri. Kerri’s home town is Pell City, Alabama. She attended Jacksonville State for a short while and also attended cosmetology school. She worked for a short time at Sport Clips. She provides great looks for children as well as adults. Waxing is also available. Kerri would like to meet Mary Kay, Arbonne, and other cosmetics representatives. Call her if you are planning a wedding. She can style each member of the wedding party for perfect pictures. Photographers will be happy to send customers to Kerri for the best portraits. Clothing boutiques can be assured of customer satisfaction when your client has the perfect style for your clothing line. Ladies groups can look their best when seeing Kerri for a style before the meeting.

Mark Wright, C.P.A., whose hobby is reading the tax code by candle light lightened up his 10 minute presentation with some very unusual tax deductions. He can help with your tax problems throughout the year. If you have a small business in need of bookkeeping, payroll, or other accounting needs call Mark for great accounting services.

Too much reading by candle light may cause some eye strain. You will want to make an appointment with Dr. Irwin Fingerman, Dr. Optical, on the corner of Chalkville Mt. Road and Old Springville Road. His 10 minute enlightened the group for finding referrals from 5 to 115 years in age. Dr. Fingerman provides thorough annual exams to help identify problems which may cause squinting, dry, itchy, or red eyes. See Dr. Fingerman should you experience problems with focusing after using the computer, seeing while driving, or other vision problems. He can provide post operative eye care and consultations about refractive eye surgery. Persons with diabetes, high blood pressure, or cataracts would be well served to make your appointment with Dr. Fingerman. You will find excellent care in finding the right contact lens even for the most difficult to fit. Glasses are available from economy to designer with many types of lens from sunglasses with polarized lens, sports wear for athletes, driving glasses, computer glasses, bi-focals, progressive lens (line-less bi-focals), transitions, and more. Call Dr. Fingerman should you have assisted living facility for great care for your residents. Dr. Optical will be seeing you and you’ll be seeing better.

Scott Jennings with Jennings Pest Control was our Friday the 13th of June 10 minute speaker. He can help you with your pest problems. Scott can provide termite bonds and regular pest control of fleas, ants, roaches, flying insects, and other creepy things that may be bugging you. He serves both the commercial and residential markets. Don’t swat, call Scott.

What are you waiting on an invitation to visit our chapter? You are invited. Now there is no excuse not to be there next Friday. 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., St. Vincent’s East, 2nd floor next to the cafeteria. Call George Barnett, President, at 205-856-1720 for more details.

What a great day to do business!

Where were you this past Friday? The Trussville Chapter of BNI was hoping you would be there.

Tom Mooney our Power Teams Coordinator reported several teams met this week with very good attendance. The referrals will be increasing with each meeting.

Our member’s 10 minute presentation was given by Zack Archuletta. You may find it interesting to know Zack is from a family of 9 and grew up in Alaska. Now he lives in Alabama and works for WTTO 21/ WABM 68 as an account manager. If you are spending your advertising dollars on print news, direct mail, or shiny magazines it may interest you to know about Zack’s television advertising packages. He feels the persons most likely to benefit from tv advertising will have a unique, service based business and may be looking for something other than yellow page ads or outdoor billboard advertising.

This Friday will be the best day for you to plan a visit. Give one of our members a call and tell them you’ll be there.

What a great day to do business!

It was a great 10 minute presentation from Harold Barnett of Accu-Print East. He has a lifetime of printing experience beginning his career with Ebsco Media. After 32 years with Ebsco, Harold retired to help his wife with the Accu-Print East location and has been printing business cards, invitations, flyers, church programs, and many other printing services including a copying service for the past 10 years.

Visiting this week was Bill Koons with Blue Marble Books publishing.

One to ones, power teams, and referrals. Want to know how these terms can help you with your businesss? Come visit the Trussville Chapter of BNI and see how our network can help you.

What a great day to do business!

The Trussville Chapter of BNI is charging up the power teams. Power teams are businesses most likely to refer business to each other. The power teams are: Personal Services, Real Estate, Financial Services, Business to Business, and Health and Wellness.

Freddy Williamson of Williamson Financial Services was our 10 minute featured member. He began in the 1970s selling life insurance. He is now a registered financial planner and helps people with investments, mutual funds, retirement plans, and other wealth building services.

Make your plans to visit our every Friday morning meeting.

What a great day to do business!

The Trussville, Alabama Chapter of BNI met with team work in mind for the next 6 months. Jeff Wilson’s network education focused on building team work within our chapter.

Another great 10 minute presentation was given by Chris Williams of Experior Mortgage. Did you know Experior Mortgage can provide you with great refinancing options. Excellent 1st mortgage rates. Home owner, real estate brokers, and 1st time home buyers will benefit greatly with the knowledge Chris can provide regarding home loans. Did you know over the many years Experior Mortgage has been providing mortgage loans, only 1 has been to foreclosure. That’s a great record.

Want to have a great sales team? Visit Trussville BNI and meet the outstanding members of our team.

What a great day to do business!

The Trussville Chapter of BNI begins another 6 months. The leadership team brought the chapter up to date on how far we have progressed over the past 6 months. The most exciting news was about the addition of 11 new members. We look forward to more great news over the next 6 months.

Our 1o minute program was presented by Jamey Russell of AmeriSpec Home Inspections. Jamey grew up in Piedmont, Alabama and attented Jacksonville State. He performs home inspections for many real estate agents, home owners, and potential real estate buyers. The detail reports generate a checklist of needed repairs, maintenance suggestions, and other information necessary to inform his customers of potential problems within a home. You can also call Jamey to inspect single items such as roofs or electrical wiring.

Where were you this past Friday? Looking for new business? It may be closer and easier to find than you think. Try a BNI Chapter.

What a great day to do business!

BNI Trussville’s final meeting for March brought great news. We totaled over 150 business referrals for the month.

Terry Richmond with Send Out Cards was our 10 minute speaker. Terry is a Vietnam Veteran and enjoys flying. He is also considered a good listener. Send Out Cards is an excellent and simple method for being heard. Visit Terry’s website, www.myniftycards.com, and see how easy and inexpensive it is to Send Out Cards from your home. Artists take note; Send Out Cards is an excellent method for displaying your original art. Contact Terry for more details.

We hope your business is booming. BNI helps keep our members busy. Why not visit our chapter and see just how it could help you?

What a great day to do business!

The Trussville Chapter of BNI met this past Friday before Easter and we filled our baskets with business referrals.

Jeff Wilson presented the network education by urging members to use the least common denominator (LCD) when asking for referrals. This works very well in helping the group to recognize a good referral with the mention of a name or keyword.

One of our most popular referrals, Chris Hollinsgworth with Express Oil Change on Hwy. 11 in Trussville, was our 10 minute speaker for the week. He explained how Express Oil Change began as Goob’s Lube in 1979 and was relieved the name had been changed. Express Oil Change in Trussville offers: a full line of mechanical services, oil changes, brakes, timing belts, tires, fuel injection cleaning, air filters (inside also), and free trip inspections for peace of mind. Chris gives great service and has earned trust among all members.

Do you seem to constantly searching for hidden business? We meet again next Friday, March 28, 2008. Come visit our group where business is easy to find. See you there. 

What a great day to do business!

On the second Friday of March the Trussville Chapter of BNI inducted 2 new members. Colby Sisson with a New Creation Landscaping and Zach Archuletta with WABM-68/WTTO-21 television were added to our rolls. We continue our steady climb to 40+ members.

Regional Director of Northern Alabama BNI,  Meaghan Williams, visited our chapter and we welcomed a couple of first time visitors. Mark Koch, owner of Express Employment Professionals, and Samuel Ellington, Jr., Retail Commumication Consultant with Sprint, learned about member’s businesses as well as presented their businesses to our group.

During our Sales Manager Minute, Meaghan read a story to the members about a couple with various challenges. Members were urged to tell how their businesses would be a good referral to this couple. This excercise should open the door for many new ideas for the group to gather more referrals.

Micah Adkins from Massey, Stotser, and Nichols used his 10 minute presentation to give an insight into the many types for referrals he is seeking. He began by telling how it has been a long time dream to become an attorney. His first encounter with litigation began in high school. Later Micah attended the University of Texas and Cumberland Law. He would like referrals from persons having problems with identity theft, disputes arising form credit reporting, debtor protection, products liability, personal injury from car accidents, on the job accidents, patient injury from prescription medications, or failure to qualify for social security benefits.

We meet again Friday, March 21, 2008. Isn’t time you visited this BNI Chapter?

What a great day to do business!

The month of March brings new excitement for the members of BNI Trussville. We continue our march to 40+ members with the induction of our newest member, Steven Newbold, career management coach with My Own New Start. Colby Sisson with A New Creation Landscaping has been approved for membership.

March has also been designated “give more referrals month”. We have set a goal of 160 business referrals for this month. Jeff Wilson’s network education moment gave members methods for giving more referrals. He will be posting these methods in the “Education” portion of our website.

Members were urged to listen carefully to the sales manager’s 60 seconds from all and challenged to find referrals for members sitting directly to our left and right.

Dennis Massey with Kyocera and Nohab Business Products (color copiers, fax machine, scanners, all in one, printers) had his first 10 minute presentation. He serves the Gardendale, Fultondale, Pinson, Center Point, Roebuck, East Lake, Trussville, Springville, Moody, Leeds, and Irondale areas. Dennis has many years of experience in sales and his product knowledge is second to none. Solving problems such as: copier down time, slow printing, expensive toner costs, fax malfunctions, and lease commitments make Dennis an excellent referral. If you’re church, real estate office, printer, manufacturer, physician’s office, animal clinic, accountant, school, municipal office, daycare, attorney, or other businesses are in need of a document solution, call Dennis Massey at 205-879-3309.

As the landscaper category has been filled, our chapter’s list of most wanted businesses is down to 34. Members were asked to invite plumbers and health insurance sales representatives to visit BNI Trussville. We meet again Friday March 14, 2008 and always welcome visitors. See you there!