365 things to do in Worcester County - create a BNI group

365 things to do in Worcester County - create a BNI group.  How did this get on my 365 things to do list, you might ask.  Well, it's very simple.  I saw the benefit in BNI last week and now am on a mission.  A co-worker of mine, Jim Tully, invited me to his BNI group.  I was eager to find out more about it until I learned that I had to get up at some ungodly hour to be at the meeting at 7:00 am.  There goes my beauty sleep.

The BNI group I attended, is located in West Boylston and has approximately 35 members.  They are all professionals but only one from each field is allowed.  The first 15 minutes are mingling and networking.  Then the meeting begins.  Each person has 50 seconds to give a "commercial" on their business.  Then three of the members give an in depth presentation.  This is followed by collection of past referrals and the one or two people who gave out the most referrals receive a small prize.  Really cool.

The point of the group is to help each other to increase business.  Not hard, we all know people and because we are proffessionals, we know other professionals.  It looks like a really great, easy and fun way of getting more business.

Since real estate agents are very common, it is difficult if not impossible to find a group with a vacated seat for residential real estate agent.  So my only option is to creat my own group.  The first step is to do some research;  find out the cost, parameters, amount of minimum people and start networking.  I have already talked to a plumber and he is interested.  The real cool part is that if I am the one inviting people, I can invite the professionals I know are really good.  This way I am promoting people I know will do a fantastic job.  So I am giving you a list below of people I can invite.  If you know of any professionals in Worcester County who whold like to join a new BNI group and help me build it from the ground up, please let me know.