Upcoming Free Networking Event for Businesses

By Paige McAtee

There will be a free Business Networking Breakfast Meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 12, and various professionals are invited to come as a way for business people to build their sales through word of mouth referrals.

The Business Networking Breakfast Meeting will be held at Great Pond Hall, 120 Bay State Drive in Braintree from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Complimentary coffee and breakfast will be served.

Various businesses, trades, and professionals who are interested will have the chance to introduce their business to the various professionals who will be attending the event.

The event will be hosted by The Business Network International (BNI) South Shore Networkers Chapter, which is the world’s largest and most successful business and professional referral organization, according to its website. BNI currently has 150,000 members in 45 countries worldwide.

“This special meeting is geared toward helping local business people learn how to build a successful referral-based business through structured word-of-mouth marketing,” said Chapter President Nancy Brennan.

In the past year, Brennan said her chapter passed business referrals of over $1.2 million, which makes her member seats average $50,000 in new business.

Those attending the event will be ranging from movers, plumbers, landscapers, architects, dentists, office suppliers, event planners, photographers, video professionals, graphic and web designers, and caterers, to name a few.

“We invite people to visit to see if they think this is good for their business,” said visitor host Jim Martin. For more information, email or call Martin or call him at 781-956-8521.