As this was the last meeting of the BNI year (April 1 - March 31), we want to thank the outgoing Executive Leadership for their hard work and dedication to the chapter's success over the past 12 months. Under their leadership, both the number of referrals and the volume of business have increased substantially.

In the picture from left to right, we have:

Balbir Pabila, Secretary-Treasurer

John Mullen, President

Mitch Paquette, Vice-President

As we are looking to build our businesses through referrals, networking plays a vital role in establishing and maintaining relationships.

Dr. Ivan Misner explains the three phases of networking in his blog - Visibility, Credibility, Profitability - and how we all must go through those phases to build successful relationships to generate referrals.

Visibility is the first phase, and entails you becoming more visible to and present in the minds of your referral partners, and vice versa.

Credibility is the phase where others see you as trustworthy, reliable and they feel they can refer you to others.

Profitability is the last phase where the relationships with your referral partners has matured and becomes mutually profitable.

To find out more details, please read Dr. Misner's blog The Three Phases of Networking.

Come and promote your business to our members and guests on March 1st - we expect over 30 dedicated business people to attend.

Benefits to you:

• Meet new potential customers/clients
• Meet new potential referral partners
• Promote your business to our members and our network of contacts
• Make new potentially lucrative business connections
• Find out how you can grow your business through referrals
• Hot breakfast included
• Low cost to attend

If you are a serious business owner in Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville or Etobicoke, and you want to find out how you can grow YOUR business through referrals, networking and word-of-mouth advertising, then come and join us for Visitor Day at BNI Leading Edge.

Date: Thursday March 1st

Time: 7 AM sharp but arrive a bit earlier to network. The meeting will end no later than 8:30 AM

Where: Denny's, 40 Courtneypark Dr. E in Mississauga (corner of Hurontario & Courtneypark Dr.)

Click on the button below to reserve your spot:

Come and promote your business to our members and guests on March 1st - we expect over 30 dedicated business people to attend.

Benefits to you:

• Meet new potential customers/clients
• Meet new potential referral partners
• Promote your business to our members and our network of contacts
• Make new potentially lucrative business connections
• Find out how you can grow your business through referrals
• Hot breakfast included
• Low cost to attend

If you are a serious business owner in Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville or Etobicoke, and you want to find out how you can grow YOUR business through referrals, networking and word-of-mouth advertising, then come and join us for Visitor Day at BNI Leading Edge.

Date: Thursday March 1st

Time: 7 AM sharp but arrive a bit earlier to network. The meeting will end no later than 8:30 AM

Where: Denny's, 40 Courtneypark Dr. E in Mississauga (corner of Hurontario & Courtneypark Dr.)

Click on the button below to reserve your spot:

Do you want more referrals but find yourself caught up in day-to-day business? It's a classic entrepreneur's dilemma as to how to keep generaing new business opportunities for future revenue while doing the things you need to do on a daily basis to keep the lights on and your customers happy.

In her video blog below, Tiffanie Kellog outlines some steps to transform yourself from worker to business owner through delegation, hiring people to help you or outsourcing some fo your activities to an expert in that field. That, she says, will free up your time so you can focus on working ON your business instead of IN your business, allowing you to generate more referral business.