Health & Fitness
Interesting business notes from the Shoreline East BNI meeting at the Madison Beach Hotel on March 12, 2013:
Interesting Business notes from the Shoreline East BNI meeting at the Madison Beach Hotel March 12, 2013
Education
“Never give up!” is the message for this week. Business owners are destined to encounter all kinds of obstacles in the course of running their businesses. They must strive to creative solutions to solve these riddles. Similarly, there are many obstacles along the way to a successful sale. Keep pitching and never give up!
Club News/Tips/Promotions
The following is a sample of BNI “30 Second Commercials” in which members have 30 seconds to talk about their business and what kind of sales lead they are looking for.
• Bansley Law Firm - Keith Anthony defends against everything from speeding tickets to serious felonies. Great job at a good price.
• Balzano & Tropiano - Alphonse Balzano represents parties injured due to negligence. Now five attorneys but same personal touch.
• Law Offices of Donald H Brown – Don Brown handles all aspects of real estate law, and is an excellent resource for people with distressed properties, i.e. those with mortgage balances in excess of property equity.
• Commercial Property Consulting - Mike Callahan can save commercial property owners – retail, multi-unit residential, office, and industrial - approximately 10% of the value of their building.
• Leon Collins Public Adjuster - Leon Collins helps people get fair settlements on property insurance claims.
• The Care of Trees - Larry Dvorski is a great resource for those not happy with their landscaping.
• Repellapest - Guy Esposito utilizes thermal imaging to understand pest behavior patterns. Information not insecticide.
• PrimePay – Dustin Galvin is ready to help people change payroll providers at the beginning of 2Q.
• Equitable Divorce Solutions - Lisa Gresham advises that post-divorce income may be impacted by adverse health conditions of a spouse. She can advise about life/disability insurance options to fill the gap.
• Halagan Design Group - Paul Halagan works hard for their clients to “get it right.”
• Landscaping with Hart - Christopher Hart offers services from lawn care to property overhauls.
• Raveis Mortgage - Frank Kolb has a 42-point check system at the outset of a mortgage application which ensures a simple, smooth process.
• Personal benefits – Mitch Langer added yet another insurer to his portfolio. Why? Because each one has it’s niche market. The addition, making 53 in total, offers great disability.
• Shoreline Internet – Scott Leone is the one to see for impactful but inexpensive email marketing, websites, or domain registration.
• Youngs Printing - Dan Litwin just completed an overnight rush of 10,000 trifold brochures, and is ready to provide similar emergency service for others.
• Mike’s Tree Service - Mike Mackey works from West Haven to Waterford. He cuts trees and then either chips them up or leaves them for firewood, as the customer desires. Call him if you have one or more trees to cut down.
• Maffeo Cleaning Services - Jerryann Maffeo does not send an army of anonymous people to your house; she starts each new customer herself, and leaves a bit of her personality in each location.
• White Way Cleaners - Linda Maresca is collecting used prom dresses, which White Way will clean, mend, and donate to less fortunate kids to enable them to attend their proms.
• A+ Home Improvement - Steve Melby provides expert woodworking and repair to homes and offices.
• Protect U Services - Kevin Miles offers covert cameras than can allow parents to check on kids remotely.
• Signs by Autographix - John Miller is just beginning a large roll-out of signs and notes that it is from a referral. It pays to do a job right!
• Coastal Chiropractic - Dr. Keith Mirante can help relieve neck and spine pressure. Feel better without the use of drugs.
• Edward Jones – Dave O’Connor helps people plan and save for education and retirement He is looking now for people with IRA money to invest.
• Painting by Page – No job is too big or small. http://paintingbypage.com
• East River Energy – Dave Rettig encourages us to look into air condition now, before the season begins, when prices are lower.
• Car Care Clinic - Jeff Robinson is happy to feed your engine and 88 cent bottle of distilled water. Regular water contains corrosive materials and shoululd not be used.
• The Rollins Group - Lisa Rollins is a certified relocation specialist. She can refer you to another certified colleague to make the move easier.
• Amatech - Andrew Sabetta reminds us that businesses running Windows XP have o year before it is no longer supported. Start planning for new technology now.
• Celebration Development - Joseph Sarfaty is looking for a key person in Lyme, Old Lyme, or East Lyme, who can refer other business development sources in that area.
• Wirelesszone – Matt Shloeman is willing and able to participate in many organizations’ fund raisers and/or provide door prizes.
• Re-Thinc LLC - Mary Stager can increase sales and profits by improving teamwork of your staff
• Nationwide - Andy Stevens is looking for a referral to pizza places.
• Lindsay Suter Architects - Lindsay Suter tries to make each house he designs a reflect of his clients’ personality.
• CT Appraisal Group - Shane Trotta is looking for real estate buyers doing cash deals, or sellers with unique or complex properties.
• Juice Plus - Peggy Van Antwerp is looking for referrals in Long Beach, CA.
• Verrillo Contracting - Tim Verrillo notes that many people still don’t know the damage caused to their roofs by hurricanes Irene and Sandy. Assessment is free and repairs may be covered by insurance.
• The Scott Tax Group - Scott Vertucci is very busy with tax season, but is still accepting new clients, including individuals, corporations, estates, partnerships, and sole-proprietorships.
• UPS Store -Jef Von Flatern can help with moving season, which is coming up in the Spring.
• Law Office of Stacy Errante Votto -Stacy Votto can help with divorce and custody issues, whether handles through mediation or the traditional way.
• Tile shop – Justin Wyatt is the resource for bathroom renovations. Think of him when you’re in the bathroom. .
Stats
SEBN generated $65,000 in sales last week, and $843,000 year to date. 65% of referrals were outside referrals, which is right on target, and 28 one-to-one’s were completed. The one area of weakness is visitors – we need to do a better job of inviting visitors to our meetings.
10 Minute Presentation
• Scott Leone, owner of Shoreline Internet, presented the broad range of internet marketing services offered by his company. These include email marketing, websites, search engine optimization, domain registration/hosting, and more. Most, if not all, of these tools are relatively inexpensive template-based tools, that put the user in control directly, rather than having to rely on an expensive agency or other middleman. However, with Scott’s rich technology background, he is also capable of much more complex corporate sites, as well as content management, technical documentation, and more.
About BNI
BNI is the world’s largest referral network. In 2010, Business Network Int'l passed over 6.5 million referrals in 5500+ chapters with over 135,000 members in 45 countries resulting in more than $2.8 billion in business! BNI membership in CT now stands at 2,027 and growing.
Visitors are welcome! If you’d like to visit the Shoreline East BNI, just fill out the contact form under “Join Shoreline East” on our website (shorelineeastbni.com) and a representative from our membership team will contact you
