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*** Please note that the next meeting is to be on Thursday, 25th March at The Marriott Hotel, Bexleyheath and a Starting Time of 7pm for 7.30pm
****More about this later in the Month.
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Bexley Business Club – Meeting Report for February 2010
Dear All
A Report on The Latest Meeting that was held on Thursday 25th February at The Marriott Hotel, Bexleyheath.
This was the second club meeting of the year and we had the usual networking opportunities with Gavin Barclay of Vantis plc in the chair and we were able to greet a number of new guests/visitors and those we had not seen for some time.
We began with the regular networking introductions by members, guests and visitors.
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Members, Guests and Visitors
Greetings go to our guests Godfrey Munro of Park Beekeeping Supplies and Ron Shea of Red Bucket Digital Ltd.
A welcome return to Elizabeth Barber - Hypnotherapy and Counselling and Terri Johnson from HR2HR Solutions.
**** This month the “Business Card “ raffle was won by one of our guests, congratulations to Godfrey Munro.
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Linked In
The Club has its own area ‘Friends of Bexley Business Club’ and Barry Pearce / Kirsten Gibbs are promoting this to all members – So please join as soon as you can.
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Speaker
Our speaker for the evening was Peter Berry of BPJ Services and The Thames Innovation Centre.
His topic was :
“Thinking about YOUR Business”
- Some simple ideas to get you started and think about your business a different way.
For this Peter drew on his experience as a Business Advisor as part of trying to have clients engage in the advisory process and started by saying that being a Business Advisor is really an easy activity as all he has to do is to get people Thinking.
He chose a number of relatively simple ideas to get you to think about your business. He believed they seemed to work well in practice and he shared them with us to enable a different view on our business thinking and to see ourselves and others in a different way.
Here is a list of the ideas, loosely linked and intertwined:
“Scripts / practice / verbalise”
“Sell the Benefits not the Features”
“People buy People”
“Get the Meeting”
“Dress to meet the clients expectations”
“Sherlock Holmes technique”
“Signposting “
“Make human nature work for you”
“ABC principle”
“Counter Objections”
“Networking is all about Awareness”
“A Pebble dropped into a Pond”
“4 Questions”
– What does my client look like?
– Where are they?
– How do they find me?
– How do I find them?
“Pricing is not a fixed feature”
“Use Written Specifications”
“Businesses do not plan to fail but they do fail to plan”.
“What is a Business Plan”
“The ART Gallery”
”The ROUTE Map”
Only a list but a lot of thought provoking content was added to flesh out these ideas.
So there you have it – a montage of thought provoking simple ideas that everyone can use and modify to suit your requirements.
Hopefully this will encourage you to become more engaged with your own business and these simple ideas get you started and
“Thinking about YOUR Business”
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I, and your Committee, look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting in March.
Peter Berry
Secretary and Committee Member of the Bexley Business Club
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Now from time to time I am asked by members to place advertisements in the newsletter or meeting alerts.
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OFFICES TO RENT
IN ERITH, KENT
SIZE FROM: 450 sq ft / 700 sq ft / 1500 - 2000 sq ft
RENT IS ALL INCLUSIVE OF ALL FACILITIES
To arrange a viewing, call 0208 320 5013 and speak to Sharon
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Note that we are now supported by the Thames Innovation Centre so please check out their website at www.thamesinnovationcentre.com and especially the pages of Events and Business Support.
CAR PARKING FOR CLUB NIGHTS
PLEASE NOTE:-
Car parking at the Marriott Hotel Car Park will cost £3.00.
Members are therefore advised to park in the Albion Road Public Car Park behind the hotel. This is free after 6.00 p.m.
CLUB NIGHTS
Please note the evening meetings are held at THE MARRIOTT HOTEL BEXLEYHEATH AT 7 PM for 7.30 PM .
Why not come along and find out how this can help your business.
For all of our evening meetings, the Bexley Business Club
must thank the Marriott Hotel for their kind hospitality.
Please note we are always happy to welcome new members, friends and guests.
Meetings are FREE to members and and we have a fee of £5 fee for guests at their first visit which is refundable against the annual membership fee on joining the club. Note that our annual subscription is £50.
We provide tea, coffee and sandwiches, free of charge, prior to the meetings .
If you know anyone who might like to receive a copy of our newsletter and notices of meetings or to join the Club please ask them to contact the Club email at peter.berry@thamesinnovationcentre.com or telephone - 0208 320 1018.
If you want to find out how and what we do, why not simply come along to the next meeting, unannounced if needs must - we don't mind. All we will ask is for you to respect the attendance rules set out above.
Details of our next meeting will be posted shortly.
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