

The Official BNI Podcast
Dr. Ivan Misner
Referral marketing tips from Dr. Ivan Misner, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of BNI
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May 22, 2024 • 11min
Episode 861: Five Ways to Encourage Employees to Network (Classic Podcast)
Building a business through word of mouth is everyone’s job. Here are five tips to develop a networking mindset in your staff.

May 15, 2024 • 12min
Episode 860: CEUs, Testimonials, Presentations, and TYFCB (Ask Ivan)
Dr. Misner answers member questions about Continuing Education Units (CEUs), Testimonials, Presentations, and TYFCB.

May 8, 2024 • 15min
Episode 859: Voracious Podcast Consumption
Terry Donaldson aka Sparkles the Clown shares what she learned from listening to 700 episodes of the podcast during her first year in BNI.

May 1, 2024 • 13min
Episode 858: The Makeover of Your Weekly Ask
Guest Jim Meadows shares how he turned a blasé, general, and repetitive weekly presentation into a 50-week sales training curriculum.

Apr 24, 2024 • 13min
Episode 857: Networking—It’s More Than Just Talking Business (Classic)
A referral relationship is more than just doing business. You need to find common ground on a personal level. The GAINS Exchange can help.

Apr 17, 2024 • 11min
Episode 856: A reason, a Season, a Lifetime
Whether we know people for a reason, a season, or a lifetime, it's important to recognize our relationships in BNI.

Apr 10, 2024 • 12min
Episode 855: Referrals Through Customer Appreciation
Michael Ann Dillinger explains how to use your customer appreciation program to refer your customers to members of your BNI chapter.

Apr 3, 2024 • 13min
Episode 854: The World’s Best-Known Marketing Secret
The World’s Best Known Marketing Secret was first published in 1994. Ivan Misner and Mike Macedonio tell us why the book is still relevant.

Mar 27, 2024 • 12min
Episode 853: Six Degrees of Separation
Together, they discuss ways BNI members can become super-connectors and ways that BNI can recognize members for those efforts.

Mar 20, 2024 • 9min
Episode 852: “Take Off Your Bib” (Classic)
Networking will never work if you’re here for yourself. You need to take off your bib, put on your apron, and learn to serve other people.