so i went thursday morning downtown vancouver to attend a bni meeting. it was held at a really nice hotel restaurant, the century plaza.
bni, better known as business networking international, is based on building your business through referrals. you are a part of a chapter that only one profession of its kind can be in. (ie, one photographer, one car sales man, one lawyer) you then refer people work thru your network of businesses, and in turn they refer to you. it's called giver's gain. you give business to someone and in turn you will get business back to you. it's great.
ANYWAYS, i was a little nervous. i visited their chapter when we were out in january and i really like the feel of their chapter, their excitement and the opportunities for some contacts for me downtown.
here's my text that i sent out at 5:44 am pacific standard time. (yes i woke just before 5 am to be on the bus at 5:45 to then get on the train to downtown for my 7 am mtg)
well it's 544 am and i'm off to downtown for my first BNI meeting. nervous as heck..but trusting god has something for me down there. i am going by transit and i suddenly feel like an ant amongst all the people..so insignificant.. yet trusting god's promises for me. say a prayer for me..!
you'd be amazed how many responses i got! altho most of them were either 1 or 2 hours ahead of me.. hehehe..
and then on the sky train, it stopped at a station and wouldn't let anyone on or off, cuz of "intruder alert". no one seemed too shaken up about this...i dont have a hot clue what that meant.. maybe, as far as i could speculate, someone was on the tracks and they had to get them off, which i understands happens frequently. talk about early morning excitement! so i'm going to figure out what "intruder alert" is and get back to ya!
it turned out to be an awesome morning. i got a referral for a shoot for a couple already! i had said my 60 second infomercial (basically selling your business to everyone) and the lady there a part of that chapter was convinced after i had, to have her portraits done.. saweeeet!
so next week i find out if i'm accepted into their chapter. apparently there are several other photographers vouching for that spot, so i have an interview and then they'll tell me. dr eric, the chiropractor i met last time said to me, to have a portfolio there in the interview. "visual will be good!" so i'm going to do that! so pray for me this next thursday!
ps - oh! and a guy there who runs postnet.ca from downtown...i found out he prints business cards for cheap.. as in 5000 for $300 some bucks! so that was a blessing!
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i am so pumped to see all the doors that god is and will open. so sweet. this is brian by the way.
Tracey that is awesome to hear that people are already being influenced by Jesus within you. I pray that you continue to get contacts and many relationships will continue to be built and that you will become a major influence within our city...God is going to have dominion!
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