You can only help people who are ready and willing to be helped. When you meet a prospect, find out whether they want a ladder before you offer to help them out of the hole they're in. And never stop looking for ladders to take you to the next level. There's no reason to accept mediocrity when excellence is an option.

Episode 560: I Hit HIDWAL

Referral marketing tips from Dr. Ivan Misner, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of BNI

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Episode 857: Networking—It’s More Than Just Talking Business (Classic)

Whether we know people for a reason, a season, or a lifetime, it's important to recognize our relationships in BNI.

Episode 856: A reason, a Season, a Lifetime

Michael Ann Dillinger explains how to use your customer appreciation program to refer your customers to members of your BNI chapter.

Episode 855: Referrals Through Customer Appreciation

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.

Episode 854: The World’s Best-Known Marketing Secret

Together, they discuss ways BNI members can become super-connectors and ways that BNI can recognize members for those efforts.

Episode 560: I Hit HIDWAL

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