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Bill Jonas - The Entrepreneur's Source - (908) 722-5157
Products for Entrepreneurs

Bob Paolella - Hunterdon Somerset Landscaping - (908) 782-9181
Landscaper

Brian Burlew - Brian Burlew Plumbing - (908) 534-7787
Plumber

Chris Lido - Andrew Personnel - (908) 730-8090
Staffing

Dan Shanok - TD Sales - 908-822-1700
Sales Training

Deborah Orchowski - Artisan Interiors - (908) 806-4028
Decorative Painting

Ed Delia - Delia Associates - (908) 534-9044
Advertising & Marketing

Gary Carr - Home Remodeling Associates - (908) 735-4279
Home Improvement

Gerry Molter - The Parker Insurance Agency - (908) 782-5212
Insurance - Property & Casualty

Harry Harris - Emerald Financial Resources - (908) 252-2363
Investments

Joe Curcura - Delia Duramade - (908) 534-9044
Corporate Gifts and Incentives

Jorge Ocasio - Excalibur Mortgages - (908) 769-3950
Residential Mortgages

Linda Andre - Environments Unlimited - (908) 806-2128
Interior Designer

Lori Tomenchok - Parties To Go - (908) 996-7352
Party Planning for Kids

Marjorie Rand - Rand Associates - (732) 805-1843
CPA-Financial Consulting for Divorce

Neil D'Andria - Century 21 Parker - (908) 782-5666
Residential Real Estate

Paul Daus - Direct Printing & Mailing Services - (908) 806-3700 Printer

Pete Kooiker - Perfect i - Site - (908) 823-0803
Web Design

Raj Nararayan - Mass Mutual - (908) 252-2356
Insurance-Life, Health, Disability & LT Care

Rick Boyle - The Summershade Agency - (908) 788-8183
Business Broker

Rob Robbins - - (908)
Entertainment hardware installation

Robert Young - Young & Perez - (908) 823-1212
Attorney -Workers Comp & Labor Law

Scott Koenig - TKG Technologies - (908) 832-
Computer networking and repair

Scott Weintraub - Fantastic Sams - (908) 806-7272
Hair and Tanning Salon.

Stan Hall - Advantage Bank - (908) 237-9722
Commercial Loans

Stan Kulikowski - Action International - (908) 782-3030
Business Coaching

Stephen Bragg - Withum, Smith & Brown - (908) 782-1188
CPA-Corporate Tax and Accounting

Stephen Sargent - Verducci's - (908) 788-7750
Gourmet Food Services

Tom Bay - Anita's Angels - (908) 788-9390
Senior Services

Tom Robins - Avian Adventures - (908) 713-6123
Hot Air Balloon Rides

Tony DeLuca - Inter-Tel - (908) 245-8700
Communications Consultant

This is an excerpt from SuccessNet The official newsletter of BNI.

Why would you choose to be a giver? This is a vital question for you to ask yourself in reference to your profession or business. The answer is quite simple, although it may seem difficult to understand. The answer: because you will make a greater profit, sell more product and if you work for someone else, you will have a job for life. Besides that, you will also feel good about yourself.

How do I know that this is true? Because I did it and it worked. I was a struggling life insurance salesman when I decided to become what I call a giver. To do that, all I had to do was to tell the whole story about my product to prospective clients, never leaving out any facts or information. At first I was terrified. Would anyone buy anything from me if I told him or her about all the good points as well as all the possible bad points of the product?

The results were exciting. Within six months I had doubled my sales and then doubled again six months later. After the first six months I stopped asking for leads and references because I was getting more than enough without even asking.

So it paid to be a giver. In my workshops, I make a joke about this by saying that the greediest person should learn to be a giver and make a lot more money with a lot less trouble.

Personal Peak Performance
Why be a giver? Because if you aren't a giver now, you either already are or you will become a taker. And what's wrong with that? Ponder this statement for a moment: "Givers are given to and takers get taken!" It may not happen immediately, but that is what eventually occurs.

You can prove this point by observing people around you. Observe the givers as well as the takers. Watch their attitudes and their actions. Then take note of what happens to them along the way.

Takers tend to be critical and judgmental of the success of others, which leads to their becoming resentful and angry. Anger clouds the mind and confuses the problem-solving capabilities. That is why otherwise intelligent people will do something foolish and will needlessly get themselves into a lot of trouble and become vengeful.

Givers tend to be accepting of what is. They know how to let go of past problems and hurts while learning from the experience and applying that knowledge to present situations. Givers tend to be happier and healthier because they are not burdened with resentment or bitterness for what should be. Once you have observed both the givers and takers, decide which you want to be and then stick to it.

The complete story is at the BNI site.

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ALL THAT MONEY YOU SPEND ON ADVERTISING:
does it work? Of course it does. But what form of advertising is the most effective of all? Television? Radio? Newspaper? Billboards? Networkers know the answer, and it may surprise you, because it's one of your least expensive and smallest ads, dozens of which will fit easily into your pocket or purse: your business card.

When you hand someone your business card, you're setting in motion a chain of contacts that can become a new branch of your network. That's why you want your card to be attention-getting, pleasing, informative, and memorable -- so people will look at it, comment on it, pass it around, and keep it handy. And the next time someone needs your products or services, they'll remember you.

Dr. Ivan R. Misner, author of the New York Times bestseller Masters of Networking, and two of his BNI colleagues, Candace Bailly and Dan Georgevich, see and collect thousands of business cards each year in their networking activities. They have learned from business owners that an attractive, well-designed business card can be a very effective marketing tool.

When they began examining the business cards in their files, it soon became obvious why this was true. Many of them are, by almost any standard, works of art. The three networkers decided to select the best of the best and write a book about them so businesspeople and fellow networkers around the world could see what a great card looks like and why it works.

This book is the result. Dr. Misner, Ms. Bailly, and Mr. Georgevich present, in full and glorious color, examples of the art of business cards that will entertain you, inspire you, and show you how to realize the full potential of this small, but mighty, business tool.

Hardcover/200 pages of full-color graphics.

Release date July 2003

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