Welcome to Ferndown Stour BNI chapter.

What is the BNI?

If you live and work in the Ringwood/Ferndown and even Bournemouth/Poole/Wimborne areas, then this is a networking opportunity to take a look at. We’re a small, friendly group of businesses who trust one another to provide good customer service and to support one another.

Being active in BNI is about establishing a trusted network of contacts that you can rely on to pass you business in your profession and likewise feel happy referring your clients and contacts to in return. Imagine your fellow members  carrying your cards and referring your business to people they meet, without you having to pay them any salaries or commission. Successful businesses depend on ‘word-of-mouth’ marketing as the best form of promotion there is.

Throw away the yellow pages!

Establish a trusted network of ALL different types of professions to be able to feel confident on calling on in the many situations that life throws at us. If you have all of these business people recommending your services as well, do you really need that advert in the local telephone directory?

How does it work?

The motto of the BNI system is “Givers Gain”. This refers to the fact that if people trust and recommend your services to their contacts, then you will often give back the business to them in return and everyone benefits mutually.

A Structured Business Family.

BNI provides a structured, supportive, business environment in which local business people can get together to network, learn valuable new marketing skills and develop the strong personal relationships that lead to trust and the consequent generation of significant business for each other. We differ from your normal networking event in the fact that we:

• Have a 1 minute pitch, allowing ALL members undivided attention to request business opportunities, if they wish.
• Organised refferal system, keep track of the business passed to you.
• Become recognised for your passing of business to others.
• Established, proven framework to help generate great business.
• ONE profession per chapter, lock out your competitors by joining!
• Ongoing training to help you develop as a business person and networker.
• Testimonial system, get great testimonials from fellow members for good work.
• Wider network, meet other BNI chapter members to widen your network further.
• Opportunities to meet with fellow members outside of the meetings, to establish relations further.
• And to top it all of, a great breakfast to set you up for the day!

Sounds Good?

Visit us to see if we can help you get more business and further your team of trusted business people.

Get more business – join us for a meeting with the BNI Ringwood/Ferndown chapter. We meet for a lovely breakfast at The City Lodge Hotel, 2 Ringwood Road, Ferndown (Longham) BH22 9AN ( www.citylodge.biz)

BNI Ferndown Meeting Venue

every Thursday morning at 7 AM. That may sound early but remember our motto. ‘If you snooze you lose!’