Meeting Info

Wednesday at 8:00am

Saladelia Cafe
4201 University Drive
Durham, NC 27707

Welcome!

Meeting Time & Location:

Saladelia Cafe
4201 University Drive
Durham, NC 27707

Wednesday at 8:00am

Welcome to the Durham Rainmakers Chapter of BUSINESS NETWORK INT ‘L. (BNI). We meet every Wednesday sharply at 8:00 AM at Saladelia Cafe’, Durham, NC.

Last year, members of BNI passed thousands of referrals which generated millions of dollars worth of business for each other! BNI is a business and professional networking organization that allows only one person per profession to join a chapter.

Belonging to BNI is like having dozens of sales people working for you because all the other members carry several copies of your business cards around with them. When they meet someone new who could use your products or service, they hand your card out and recommend your services. It’s as simple as that! It’s simple because it’s based on the proven concept of what goes around, comes around. If I help you, you’ll help me and we will both benefit as a result. Some participants have added as many as 50 new clients in the first 2 years!!! Successful businesses depend on word of mouth, and we all know, Word-of-mouth advertising is the best advertising there is.


March 10th Durham Rainmakers BNI Meeting Notes

March 10th BNI Meeting: Durham Rainmakers Chapter.

Due to inclement weather, there was no meeting for the week of March 3rd.

Just a reminder: Should you know of someone that would be a good fit for our current insurance seats please send them our way.
At the March 10th meeting, our speaker was Marcella Stewart. Marcella is an independent skincare consultant with Mary Kay. Marcella told us about Mary Kay products, and brought a few to show us. Marcella is always on the lookout to provide lunch-and-learn opportunities to groups of 3 or more women. If you know teachers, women’s groups, or offices with women who’d love to try out Mary Kay products, she’d love to hear from you.

With 35 active BNI members as our magic number for maximizing our networking ability. Let’s keep bringing new guests in here that suit our needs. This week, our group focused on guest networking within the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas. Our goal here is a focused approach on bringing guests and new potential members.

Please invite people from any outstanding professions this week and in the future. If at all possible do not bring guests that are members of other BNI groups. our goal is to grow OUR chapter, and continue networking quality referrals in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh.

We had 6 visitors, and 0 subs.

At the March 10th meeting, there were 10 referrals, and 2 one-on-ones announced. Let’s keep our Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham Networking strong by making sure to include quality referrals!

February 24th BNI Meeting Notes

February 24th BNI Meeting: Durham Rainmakers Chapter.

Should you know of someone that would be a good fit for our current insurance seats please send them our way.
At the February 24th meeting, our speaker was Kathy Legnaioli. Kathy is a realtor, and discussed the current state of the housing market in durham county and orange county. The housing market in durham county and orange county has received quite a boost because of the first time homebuyers credit and the move up credit for homebuyers. If you have any information on leads who might benefit from one of these credits or who have mentioned a desire to move into one of Kathy’s areas, she’d love to hear from you.

With 35 active BNI members as our magic number for maximizing our networking ability. Let’s keep bringing new guests in here that suit our needs. This week, our group focused on guest networking within the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas. Our goal here is a focused approach on bringing guests and new potential members.

Please invite people from any outstanding professions this week and in the future. If at all possible do not bring guests that are members of other BNI groups. our goal is to grow OUR chapter, and continue networking quality referrals in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh.

We had 5 visitors, and 1 subs.

At the February 24th meeting, there were 11 referrals, and 0 one-on-ones announced. Let’s keep our Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham Networking strong by making sure to include quality referrals!

February 17 BNI Meeting Notes

February 17th BNI Meeting: Durham Rainmakers Chapter.

If you know of someone that would be a good fit for our open insurance seats please send them our way.
At the February 17th meeting, our speaker was Jennifer Cranford, of Xpress Imaging. Jennifer had a quick show and tell involving all the great promotional items that XPress Imaging can bring to your organization. From Items as small as pens, and as large as vehicle wraps, Jennifer Cranford is a great source to help your business grow by letting your logo show. If you have any information on leads, she’d love to hear from you.

With 35 active BNI members as our magic number for maximizing our networking ability. Let’s keep bringing new guests in here that suit our needs. This week, our group focused on guest networking within the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas. Our goal here is a focused approach on bringing guests and new potential members.

Please invite people from any outstanding professions this week and in the future. If at all possible do not bring guests that are members of other BNI groups. our goal is to grow OUR chapter, and continue networking quality referrals in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh.

We had 4 visitors, and 0 subs.

At the February 17th meeting, there were 15 referrals, and 10 one-on-ones announced. Let’s keep our Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham Networking strong by making sure to include quality referrals!

February 10th BNI Meeting Notes

February 10th BNI Meeting: Durham Rainmakers Chapter.

Both David and Mike Lawson have resigned from the group so if you know of someone that would be a good fit for their insurance seats please send them our way.
At the February 10th meeting, our speaker was Edie Cohn, local portrait artist. Edie has been working in the media of charcoal and paint with portraiture, and has a great deal of work based out of a non-representational nature. She is currently looking for opportunities to create charcoal and paint portraits, as well as opportunities to show her work in a gallery setting. If you have any information on leads, she’d love to hear from you.

With 35 active BNI members as our magic number for maximizing our networking ability. Let’s keep bringing new guests in here that suit our needs. This week, our group focused on guest networking within the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas. Our goal here is a focused approach on bringing guests and new potential members.

Please invite people from any outstanding professions this week and in the future. If at all possible do not bring guests that are members of other BNI groups. our goal is to grow OUR chapter, and continue networking quality referrals in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh.

We had 0 visitors, and 1 subs.

At the February 10th meeting, there were 2 referrals, and 2 one-on-ones announced. Let’s keep our Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham Networking strong by making sure to include quality referrals!

We are sad to acknowledge the departure of David Ramos, life insurance provider for our group. He will be missed.
We are also sad to acknowledge the departure of Michael Lawson, our family and auto insurance provider. We will miss him.

February 3rd BNI Meeting Notes

February 3rd BNI Meeting: Durham Rainmakers Chapter.

At the February 3rd meeting, our speaker was Andy Esser of Edward Jones Investments.

With 35 active BNI members as our magic number for maximizing our networking ability. Let’s keep bringing new guests in here that suit our needs. This week, our group focused on guest networking within the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas. Our goal here is a focused approach on bringing guests and new potential members.

Please invite people from any outstanding professions this week and in the future. If at all possible do not bring guests that are members of other BNI groups. our goal is to grow OUR chapter, and continue networking quality referrals in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh.

We had 2 visitors, and 0 subs.

At the February 3rd meeting, there were 7 referrals, and 4 one-on-ones announced. Let’s keep our Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham Networking strong by making sure to include quality referrals!

January 27th BNI Meeting Notes

January 27th BNI Meeting: Durham Rainmakers Chapter.

At the January 27th meeting, our speaker was Wes Ehmig of Walker, Lambe, Rudy & Costley.

With 35 active BNI members as our magic number for maximizing our networking ability. Let’s keep bringing new guests in here that suit our needs. This week, our group focused on guest networking within the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas. Our goal here is a focused approach on bringing guests and new potential members.

Please invite people from any outstanding professions this week and in the future. If at all possible do not bring guests that are members of other BNI groups. our goal is to grow OUR chapter, and continue networking quality referrals in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh.

We had 4 visitors, and 0 subs.

At the January 27th meeting, there were 7 referrals, and 4 one-on-ones announced. Let’s keep our Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham Networking strong by making sure to include quality referrals!

January 20th BNI Meeting Notes

January 20th BNI Meeting: Durham Rainmakers Chapter.

At the January 20th meeting, our speaker was Todd Waller of Entity Incorporated.

This week, our group focused on guest networking within the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas. With 35 active BNI members as our magic number for maximizing our networking ability. Let’s keep bringing new guests in here that suit our needs.

Our goal here is a focused approach on bringing guests and new potential members.

Please invite people from any outstanding professions this week and in the future. If at all possible do not bring guests that are members of other BNI groups. our goal is to grow OUR chapter, and continue networking quality referrals in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh.

We had 1 visitor, and 0 subs.

At the January 20th meeting, there were 6 referrals, and 7 one-on-ones announced. Let’s keep our Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham Networking strong by making sure to include quality referrals!

At this meeting, we say goodbye to BNI Members Tyler Dockery and Jon DeHart. Jon Dehart is a founding member of his group, and he will be missed very much by this group and its many members. We wish Tyler Dockery and Jon DeHart the best in all of their endeavours.

January 13th BNI Meeting Notes

January 13th BNI Meeting: Durham Rainmakers Chapter.

At the January 13th meeting, our speaker was Sarah Gullie of Gateway Bank.

This week, our group focused on guest networking in the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas. We are initiating a membership drive, with 35 active members as our magic number. continuing next week, we will be focusing on 3 BNI members, and in bringing new guests that suit there needs.

just a reminder:
THERE IS MONEY ON THE TABLE FOR THIS!!
Our goal with this drive is a more focused approach to bringing guests. Through next week (12/30/09) our feature members are Mike Miller, Tyler Dockery, and Ruthy Jones. They would like to see the following businesses be guests in our group over the next two weeks:

Consultants (business and marketing consultants)
Networking & IT professionals
Non-promotional Printers
Housing Specialists (interior designers, decorators, refinishers, etc.)

Please invite people from these professions this week and next week. If at all possible do not bring guests that are members of other BNI groups. The goal is to grow OUR chapter, and continue networking quality referrals in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh.

We had 3 visitors, and 1 sub.

At the January 13th meeting, there were 14 referrals, and 5 one-on-ones announced. Let’s keep our Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham Networking strong!

December 16th BNI Meeting Notes

December 16th BNI Meeting: Durham Rainmakers Chapter.

At the December 16th meeting, We started with a quick exercise: Doing someone’s 60 second presentation for them. This is a good opportunity to see if we need a one-to-one refresher. Our speaker was Tyler Dockery of Dockery Design, a Raleigh-Area Graphic Design Firm. Tyler Spoke with us about Social Networking for Business, and gave out handouts. He highlighted the Do’s and Don’ts as well as how to grow your sphere with LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. For a copy of the material, please email tyler at:  tyler@dockerydesign.com

This week, our group focused on guest networking in the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas. We are initiating a membership drive, with 35 active members as our magic number. continuing next week, we will be focusing on 3 BNI members, and in bringing new guests that suit there needs.

just a reminder:
THERE IS MONEY ON THE TABLE FOR THIS!!
Our goal with this drive is a more focused approach to bringing guests. Through next week (12/30/09) our feature members are Mike Miller, Tyler Dockery, and Ruthy Jones. They would like to see the following businesses be guests in our group over the next two weeks:

Consultants (business and marketing consultants)
Networking & IT professionals
Non-promotional Printers
Housing Specialists (interior designers, decorators, refinishers, etc.)

Please invite people from these professions this week and next week. If at all possible do not bring guests that are members of other BNI groups. The goal is to grow OUR chapter, and continue networking quality referrals in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh.

We had no visitors:

We inducted one new member at the  December 16th Meeting
Andy Esser, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones,  919-381-8938, andy.esser@edwardjones.com

At the December 16th meeting, there were 7 referrals, and 4 one-on-ones announced. Let’s keep our Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham Networking strong!

At the December 16th meeting, the following announcements were made:

December will be ‘Social Networking Month’. Tyler Dockery will be spearheading the program and speaking next week. We will use this month as a great way to gain access to one anothers’ social networks and learn a little more about each other.

Bull City BNI (Thursday at the Carolina Ale House), will be running a free workshop presented by Ben Krautheimer of the Triangle Business Journal. It will be held Thursday, December 17th. All are welcome to come, and also to meet with the BNI group afterward.

Tbere will be no meeting next week.

December 9th BNI Meeting Notes

December 9th BNI Meeting: Durham Rainmakers Chapter.

At the December 9th meeting, our speaker was Michael Lawson of The Lawson Insurance Group and Nationwide Insurance. Michael focuses on personal lines of insurance, and he has been in the business of insurance for 11 years. His business was started by his father in 1974, and it has remained a family business, with an office in Durham, Knightdale, and 2 offices in Raleigh. Their special brand of insurance offers “accident forgiveness”, a special program for new drivers. Michael offered as a special quiz of true/false questions, and explained the answers to us in terms from the insurance company’s point of view. Michael advises us: If you get a ticket, talk to your insurance agent immediately. If you have question about your account, talk to your insurance agent. And, if you want to talk with an experienced insurance agent, contact Michael lawson immediately.

This week, our group focused on guest networking in the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas. We are initiating a membership drive, with 35 active members as our magic number. continuing next week, we will be focusing on 3 BNI members, and in bringing new guests that suit there needs.

just a reminder:
THERE IS MONEY ON THE TABLE FOR THIS!!
Our goal with this drive is a more focused approach to bringing guests. Through next week (12/9/09) our feature members are David Ramos, Jon DeHart, and Sarah Gullie. They would like to see the following businesses be guests in our group over the next two weeks:

CPAs
Divorce Attorneys
Real Estate Attorneys

Please invite people from these professions this week and next week. If at all possible do not bring guests that are members of other BNI groups. The goal is to grow OUR chapter, and continue networking quality referrals in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh.

We had the following visitors:
Andy Esser, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones,  919-381-8938, andy.esser@edwardjones.com
Greg Giorgano of Send Out Cards,  336-688-7534
Draughn Cranford of Xpress Image Promotional Products
Todd Anthony of Signature Flooring
Marcia Corprew of the Town Planner

At the December 9th meeting, there were 3 referrals, and 5 one-on-ones announced. Let’s keep our Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham Networking strong!

At the December 9th meeting, the following announcements were made:

December will be ‘Social Networking Month’. Tyler Dockery will be spearheading the program and speaking next week. We will use this month as a great way to gain access to one anothers’ social networks and learn a little more about each other.

Tyler Dockery will be speaking next week. He will talk on Social Networking and how to grow your circle.

Bull City BNI (Thursday at the Carolina Ale House), will be running a free workshop presented by Ben Krautheimer of the Triangle Business Journal. It will be held Thursday, December 17th. All are welcome to come, and also to meet with the BNI group afterward.