Episode 659: Inviting Visitors Is Easy Online /第659集：網上邀請訪客很簡單

 第659集：網上邀請訪客很簡單

很多會員都分享了邀請訪客參加BNI Online™會議是多麼的簡單。

• 更加方便快捷，節省時間。
• 沒有旅行，也沒有用餐費用。
• 我住在一個堵車嚴重的地區，所以肯定比較容易。
• 大家不怕自己在網絡會議上感染冠狀病毒。
• 您無需尋找托兒服務即可參加在線會議。
• 將成員帶入在線會議更加方便。
• 自從我們開始在網上見面以來，每個星期都有訪客來。
• 對於內向的人來說，這更容易。
• 它的時間投入較少。
• 你可以把你的屏幕分享給你的專題演講。
• 它可以幫助你感覺到自己是商業社區的一部分，即使你的公司現在已經關閉。

自BNI Online™成立以來，一位會員帶來了10位訪客。自BNI Online™成立以來，Priscilla的分會已有兩名新會員加入。

當你邀請訪客時，你不需要講很多細節。只要請他們來體驗一下BNI的會議就可以了。提前給人們太多信息會嚇跑他們。在他們知道參加會議是什麼感覺之前，細節並不重要。

更多關於邀請訪客的播客

訪客是BNI官方播客中經常提到的話題。以下是Misner博士最喜歡的一些關於邀請訪客參加您的BNI會議的情節。

458 – Inviting People – Good, Better, Best

486 – 邀請訪客參加您的專題演講

541 –邀請訪客 (278的經典)

 547 –面談準會員

572 – 重點邀請日

633 –我把我認識的人都請來了

第541集和547集主要講述 "我們在面試 "的技巧。

本集由Ivan's Inner Circle贊助。今天就成為創始會員吧

第659集完整版

Priscilla:

大家好，歡迎回到BNI官方播客。我是Priscilla Rice，我現在從加州伯克利的Live Oak錄音室為您播報。我今天電話裡和大家見面的是BNI的創始人兼首席願景官Dr. Ivan Misner。 Ivan，你今天好嗎？

Ivan:

我很好，Priscilla，你知道，我很想念“你怎麼樣，你在哪裡？”

Priscilla:

我也是

Ivan:

你知道，我環遊世界，人們走過來對我說：“你好，Ivan，你好嗎？你在哪裡？” 因此，這是世界各地的人們都喜歡的路線。 不過，一旦我們再次開始旅行，我們就會恢復原狀。

Priscilla:

好吧，這聽起來不錯。那你今天有什麼想法？

Ivan:

因此，我收到了一位BNI成員的信息，他很苦惱，因為他說他不知道如何在網上邀請人們加入BNI。我真的很容易，因為我認為邀請人們會更容易，而不是更難。 所以為了證實這一點，或者說為了確定是否更難，我實際上在我的社交媒體上詢問了會員，我算是從人群中獲得了反饋。 ，以及為什麼。Priscilla，幾乎每個人都說這更容易。

因此，我想談談一些更容易的方法。 我要引用一些來自世界各地的人們的評論，以及他們對它為什麼更容易發表的看法。 然後，我有了一些封閉的想法，我也將問您對此的看法。 我們將在結束時看到。 所以這是我收到的一些評論。

當我問道：“網上邀請是難還是更難”？Frasier說，這更方便，更節省時間。而Frasier也感謝BNI在這個時間段使用最新的技術，具有前瞻性的思維，Karen 和她很多人都說比較方便，因為沒有差旅費和餐費。所以她說：“我們集團實際上也在考慮未來維持線上的元素，或者可能做一些混合的方式。”

我想您知道，正如我在之前的播客中提到的那樣，精靈已經脫穎而出，而且我認為我們可能會看到某種混合動力。 最後，我將進一步討論。 奧馬爾說，這樣做更方便，絕對更方便。 他說他住在交通擁擠的地區，因此在線平台更容易。 Vicki說，由於病毒問題，參加會議並不令人害怕。 而且，男孩，我認為這是個大問題。

人們知道，沒有人會想出去，而且在大多數國家/地區，您無法與很多人一起開會，因此，由於病毒問題，這並不可怕，但是您仍然可以聯網。 她還說，這對任何有育兒問題的人都非常有用，他們仍然可以在線進行BNI。 傑米（Jamie）說，作為訪問者，她非常喜歡這次虛擬會議。 因此，一位訪客在這裡回應了我的社交媒體請求。

而且她說，她非常喜歡我們的虛擬會議，作為一個參觀者，她認為這將是一個令人難以置信的混合系統下降。Rachid說，把員工帶到會議上就更容易了。所以，如果你 有為你工作的人，把他們帶到在線會議上就更容易了。這些都是給我的不同想法，關於它為何更容易。

而沒有一個人，說更難請。有些人說，他們懷念面對面，親臨現場的感覺，但沒有一個人說更難。布倫達說，訪客來了肯定更容易，可以更靈活。

她說，自從過渡到在線以來，我們每星期都有遊客來參加會議。 邁克說，人們在生意上掙扎，人們比以往任何時候都更需要BNI。 是的，邁克，人們比以往任何時候都更需要BNI。 他說，在線使他們能夠在這段時間內建立網絡。

非常正確。佩蒂說，在線將會更多的人知道BNI計劃。我認為這是非常正確的，當這一切結束後，BNI的會員人數會因為BNI在線而明顯增加。當然，組織越 大，知名度有所提高；知名度不斷提高，你就越容易邀請別人加入組織，因為你已經達到了創造品牌知名度的臨界點。

 Sujata說，內向的人更容易。現在我很喜歡這句話，如果你覺得自己一點都不內向，來網絡平台比外向的人更容易，所以這是我沒有想到的-很好，很有可能 道理。

Kundun說，這是一個暫時的時間承諾。而他和其他人也說了同樣的話，因為的時間花費，因為你不必開車去那裡，或者早起，做好準備，開車去 那裡，然後再開車回來。

Reetou說，你可以直接登錄，沒有打扮和開車去會場的壓力，這與Kundun相似。傑夫說，自從BNI在線以來，他已經有了10位訪客-自從他們去BNI在線後，有10位 訪客。

Charles說，吸引訪客很容易，他們剛剛通過BNI Online入會了一名新會員。我認為這些都是非常好的建議，我想指出的是，我仍然喜歡面對面的會議。但我絕對同意我剛才分享的評論，邀請人比以往任何時候都容易。我想在一分鐘內提到一些其他的情節，一些關於邀請人的其他播客，但在我這樣做之前，Priscilla，告訴我們你分會的經驗是什麼。

Priscilla:

謝謝你，Ivan。自從我們上線以來，我們已經有兩個新成員加入，這真的很鼓舞人心，上週我們有一個訪客，她很感興趣，她可能會加入。所以這很好。至於我們的主席，他的態度是在我們談論如何邀請時，他的態度不是要分享很多細節，包括費用，出席率方面的所有要求，你知道，所有的細節BNI - 但只是邀請某人，看看他們是否喜歡會議，如果它感覺像一些有益的東西，他們可能想參與。

然後，您可以告訴他們更多有關將來的成本以及您的要求的信息。我只想補充一點，這裡沒有提到其他內容。 但這是在我的小組中提到的，在線會議的優勢之一是屏幕共享方面，因此擁有網站或數字產品的人可以與其他成員共享，這非常容易。 然而，在這有點困難之前，您必須連接某種高架投影儀並儘早到達那裡，並希望它能正常工作等等。 現在，你只需將你電腦上的東西與你的成員分享即可。

Ivan:

哦，這很重要。 這就是其中之一，我喜歡稱之為BFO。 我不知道我以前在播客上使用過這種表達方式-顯而易見的盲目閃光。

Priscilla:

是啊

Ivan:

這是一個非常好的觀點，謝謝。你們的主席說過的一件事我100%同意，不要給人們過多的信息。當我在BNI的早期邀請人們的時候，你知道，從字面上看，只有1，2，3，4個分會。我邀請人們，他們會對我說 "你有小冊子嗎？" 我沒有任何東西，普里西拉，我開了20個分會的BNI，沒有任何印刷材料。什麼都沒有

人家說，"你得有什麼"。我說，不，不，你必須經歷一個會議，我不會給他們一大堆的信息，我只是說，"來參加會議，你必須體驗會議，並準備滿足你知道，20 30，40，100人，取決於你的組的大小，準備滿足很多人。就這樣了。我沒有材料，這沒有什麼區別。

事實上，我發現，如果你開始給人們提供大量的信息，他們甚至不會來體驗會議。而你必須讓人們來體驗會議，不管你說的是面對面還是網上，就像我們現在說的那樣，他們都要體驗會議。所以我同意你們主席的觀點。

Priscilla:

我還有話要說。 這是我們現在正在隔離中度過的時光，您知道，為了安全起見，呆在家裡等等，您知道，BNI有助於建立社區，它使您感到與其他人甚至與他人的聯繫 如果您的企業在此期間被關閉，您會覺得自己是一個商業社區的一員，當它真正開放時，您將為您而努力，人們會為您尋找工作。 在這個社交孤立的時代，這真是一種很棒的感覺。

Ivan:

是的 哇，你是2和0的普里西拉（Priscilla），這兩點是其他人都沒有提到的。 因此，感謝您分享這些內容。 我很感激。

因此，對於那些正在聆聽的人，我認為邀請過程與親自完成過程非常相似。 因此，我想向您介紹BNI播客的一些片段，以進行有關邀請人們的討論。 因此，這里大約有五六個。 實際上有六個或七個。 第633集-我邀請了我認識的所有人。

我會確保鏈接進入這個播客，所以你可以點擊它們。我邀請了我認識的所有人》是第一篇播客。第572集--重點邀請日。第541集--邀請訪客。第486集--邀請訪客參加你的專題演講。喜歡這個概念。第458集--Inviting People – Good, Better, Best。還有我個人最喜歡的第541集--邀請訪客，它討論了我說的 "我們在採訪 "的技巧。還有配套的第547集--面談準會員。

因此，這些都是很棒的播客。 檢查這些。 大停頓結束後，我喜歡稱其為大停頓而不是鎖定。 偉大的停息結束後，我相信我們將回到面對面的會議或某種混合形式。 在此之前，健康與安全是關鍵問題，目前，我們不希望人們在安全之前再親自開會。 正如我在整個情況中所說的那樣，今天比以往任何時候都更需要網絡。

BNI已投入大量資金來確保BNI平台適合您。 Priscilla，雖然其他人失去了聯繫的網絡，但BNI成員仍然可以像您提到的那樣獲得推薦和支持，我敦促您100％使用在線平台，直到可以安全地考慮我們的選擇為止。 在閉幕式上，我最近聽說，僅在BNI在線的第一個月，根據BNI Connect的數據，第一個月，會員通過並產生了超過10億美元的收入，其中帶有“ B”字樣的交易價值為10億美元。 BNI在線第一個月的推薦業務。 今天，您比以往任何時候都需要BNI。 交給你Priscilla。

Priscilla:

哦，我認為這是偉大的。好吧，非常感謝你， Misner博士。我只想說，這個播客的贊助商是Ivan的內心世界。去看看www.ivansinnercircle.com，裡面的精彩內容。Ivan為大家收集了大量有趣的話題，大家可以了解，也可以參與。非常感謝你的收聽。我是Priscilla Rice，我們期待您下週再次加入我們，參加另一集《BNI官方播客》的精彩節目。

Episode 659: Inviting Visitors Is Easy Online

June 10, 2020 by Ivan Misner 7 Comments

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Synopsis

In the first month of BNI Online™, BNI members passed more than $1 billion worth of business.

Many members have shared how easy it is to invite visitors to BNI Online™ meetings.

• It’s more convenient and saves time.
• There’s no travel and no meal costs.
• I live in an area with terrible traffic jams, so it’s definitely easier.
• People aren’t afraid they’ll get Coronavirus at an online meeting.
• You don’t have to find childcare to visit an online meeting.
• It’s even easier to bring employees to the online meeting.
• We’ve had visitors come every single week since we started meeting online.
• It’s easier for introverts.
• It’s less of a time commitment.
• You can share your screen for your feature presentation.
• It helps you feel part of a business community, even if your business is closed right now.

One member has brought 10 visitors since BNI Online™ started. Priscilla’s chapter has had two new members join since BNI Online™ started.

You don’t need to get into a lot of detail when you invite visitors. Just ask them to come and experience a BNI meeting. Giving people too much information in advance can scare them off. Until they know what it’s like to be in a meeting, the details aren’t important.

More Podcasts About Inviting Visitors

Visitors are a frequent topic on The Official BNI Podcast. Here are some of Dr. Misner’s favorite episodes about inviting visitors to your BNI meeting.

458 – Inviting People – Good, Better, Best

486 – Inviting Visitors to Your Feature Presentation

541 – Inviting Visitors (Classic of 278)

547 – Interviewing Prospective Members

572 – Focused Invite Days

633 – I’ve Invited Everyone I know

Episodes 541 and 547 focus on the “We’re interviewing” technique.

This episode is sponsored by Ivan’s Inner Circle. Become a founding member today!

Complete Transcript of Episode 659

Priscilla:
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to The Official BNI Podcast. I’m Priscilla Rice, and I’m coming to you from Live Oak Recording Studio in Berkeley, California. And I’m joined on the phone today by the Founder and the Chief Visionary Officer of BNI Dr. Ivan Misner. Hello, Ivan, how are you today?

Ivan:
I am doing great Priscilla and you know, I miss the “How are you and where are you?” I do.

Priscilla:
I do, too.

Ivan:
You know, I travel all over the world and people come up to me and say, “Hello, Ivan, how are you and where are you?” So it’s a line that people have picked up all around the world. We’ll get back to it, though, as soon as we start traveling again.

Priscilla:
Okay, that sounds good. So what do you have in mind for us today?

Ivan:
So I received a message from a BNI member who was distraught, because he said he had no idea how to invite people to BNI online. And I was really surprised by that, because I thought it would be easier to invite people, not harder to invite people. And so to confirm that, or to find out if it was harder, I actually asked members on my social media, I sort of crowd sourced feedback. And I asked them if they thought it was easier or harder to invite people online and why. And Priscilla, virtually everyone said it was easier.

And so I want to talk about some of the ways it is easier. And I’m gonna quote some of the the crowd sourced comments from people all around the world, and what they said about why it was easier. And then I’ve got some closing thoughts, and I’m going to ask your opinion on it, as well. We’ll see when we get to the end. So here are some of the kinds of comments that I received.

When I asked, “Is it harder or more difficult to invite online?” Frasier said that it is more convenient and saves time. And Frasier also thanked BNI for its forward thinking by using the latest technology during this time period, Karen and many others said it’s easier because there’s no travel and no meal costs. So she said, “Our group is actually considering maintaining the online element in the future or possibly doing some hybrid.”

I think you know, as I mentioned in a previous podcast, the genie is out of the bag and I think we’re probably going to see some kind of hybrid. I’ll talk a little bit more about that at the end. Omar says it’s more convenient, definitely more convenient. He said he lives in an area with constant traffic jams and so the online platform is easier. Vicki said it’s not scary going to the meetings because of the virus issue. And, boy, I think that’s a big issue. People, you know, no one is going to want to go out and in most countries, you cannot go to a meeting with a lot of people and so because of the virus issue, it’s just not scary but you can still network. She also said that it’s great for anyone with childcare issues, that they can still do BNI online. Jamie said she thoroughly enjoyed her virtual meeting as a visitor. So here a visitor responded to my social media request. And she said she really enjoyed our virtual meeting as a visitor and thinks that this would be an incredible hybrid system down the road. Rachid said, it’s even easier to bring employees to the meeting. So if you’ve got people who work for you, bringing them to the online meeting is even easier. These are all of the different thoughts that have been given to me about it being easier.

And not one person, not one, said it’s harder to invite. Some people said they miss the face to face, the in-person, but not one person said it’s harder. Brenda said it’s definitely easier for a visitor come and it allows more flexibility. She said we’ve had visitors come to the meetings every single week since they transitioned to online. Mike said that people are struggling in business, and people need BNI more than ever. Yes, Mike, people need BNI more than ever. He said being online allows them to network during this time.

Very true. Petti says that being online will give more awareness to the BNI program. And I think that’s very true. I think when this is all over that BNI membership will actually increase substantially because of BNI online. Of course, the larger the organization, the more name recognition; the more name recognition, the easier it is for you to invite people to the organization because you’ve hit that tipping point in the creation of brand recognition. Sujata says that it’s easier for introverts. Now I love that comment, that if you feel at all like you’re an introvert, it’s easier to come to the online platform than it is if you’re an extrovert, so that was one I had not thought of – great, great point.

Kundun says it’s less of a time commitment. And he and others said the same thing, much less of a time commitment because you don’t have to, you know, drive there or get up early, get prepared, go drive there and drive back. Reetou says you can just log in without the pressure of dressing up and driving to the venue, which is similar to Kundun. Jeff said he has had 10 visitors since BNI Online – 10 visitors since they went to BNI Online. Charles said getting visitors is easy and they just inducted a new member through BNI Online. I think these are really great suggestions and I want to point out that I still love the in person meetings. But I definitely agree with the comments that I just shared that it is easier than ever to invite people. I want to mention some other episodes, some other podcasts on inviting people in a minute, but before I do, Priscilla, tell us what your chapter’s experience been.

Priscilla:
Thank you, Ivan. We have had two new members join since we went online, which is really encouraging, and we had a visitor last week that was quite interested, she might join. So that was great. As far as our president, his attitude is when we talk about how to invite, his attitude is not to share a lot of details about how much it costs and what all the requirements are in terms of attendance, and you know, all the details of BNI – but just to invite somebody to see if they enjoy the meeting, and if it feels like something rewarding and something they might want to get involved with. And then you kind of can tell them more about what it might cost in the future and what your requirements are.And I just want to add, there’s something else that wasn’t mentioned. But it was mentioned in my group, which is one of the advantages of the online meeting is the screen sharing aspect, so that people who have websites or have digital products to share with the other members, it’s very easy to do. Whereas, before it was kind of difficult and you had to hook up some kind of overhead projector and get there early and hope that it worked and so forth. And now you can just share what’s on your computer with your members.

Ivan:
Oh, that’s a great point. That’s one of those, I like to call it a BFO. I don’t know that I’ve used that expression on the podcast before – Blinding Flash of the Obvious.

Priscilla:
Yeah.

Ivan:
That’s a really good point, thanks. So one of the things that your president said that I agree 100% with, don’t overload people with information. And when I was inviting people in the early days of BNI and there was, you know, literally just 1,2,3,4 chapters. I would invite people and they’d say to me, you know, “Do you have a brochure?” I didn’t have anything, Priscilla, I opened 20 chapters of BNI with no printed material. Not one thing. People said, “You have to have something.” I said no, no, you have to experience a meeting, come to the meeting. And I wouldn’t give them a ton of information, I would just say, “Come to the meeting, you have to experience the meeting and be prepared to meet you know, 20 30, 40, 100 people depending on the size of your group, be prepared to meet a lot of people. And that was it. I did not have material, it made no difference.

As a matter of fact, I find that if you start giving people tons of information, they won’t even come to experience the meeting. And you’ve got to get people to come to experience the meeting, whether you’re talking about in person or online, as we’re talking right now, they’ve got experience the meeting. So I agree with your President.

Priscilla:
I have one more thing to say. Which is in this time that we’re going through right now with the isolation and you know, staying at home and so forth to be safe, you know, BNI helps with creating community, and it makes you feel connected to other people and even if your business is shut down during this period, you feel like you’re part of a business community and that when it does open up, you’ll have work ahead for you, that people will be looking for work for you. And that’s a great feeling in this time of socially isolating.

Ivan:
Yeah. Wow, you’re 2-and-0 Priscilla, those are two great points that nobody else brought up. So thank you for sharing those. I appreciate it.

So for those of you listening, I think the invitation process is really very similar to doing it in person. And so I want to give you some episodes of the BNI Podcast to go to that talk about inviting people. So here, there’s about five or six of them; six or seven of them, actually. Episode Number 633 – I’ve Invited Everyone I Know. I’ll make sure links go into this podcast so you can click on them. I’ve Invited Everyone I Know is the first podcast. Episode 572 – Focused Invite Days. Episode 541 – Inviting Visitors. Episode 486 – Inviting Visitors to Your Feature Presentation. Love that concept. Episode 458 – Inviting People – Good, Better, Best. And my personal favorites, Episode 541 – Inviting Visitors, which discusses the “we’re interviewing” technique that I talked about. And then the companion Episode 547 – Interviewing Prospective Members.

So these are great podcasts. Check these out. When the great pause is over, I like to call it the great pause rather than lockdown. When the great pause is over, I believe we will go back to in person meetings or some type of hybrid. Until then, health and safety are key issues and at this time, we don’t want people to go back to meeting in person until it is safe. As I’ve been saying throughout this situation, today more than ever, you need your network. BNI has invested heavily in making sure that the BNI platform is here for you. While others are at a loss for networking, BNI members can still generate referrals and support as you mentioned, Priscilla, and I urge you to go 100% in with the online platform until such time as it’s safe to consider our options. On a closing note, I recently heard that in the first month of BNI online alone, first month, according to BNI Connect, members passed and generated more than 1 billion, with a “B”, 1 billion US dollars worth of business, worth of referral business in the first month of BNI Online. Today, more than ever, you need BNI. Over to you Priscilla.

Priscilla:
Oh, I think that’s great. Okay, well thank you so much Dr. Misner. I just like to say that the sponsor for this podcast is Ivan’s Inner Circle. Go check out the great content available at www.ivansinnercircle.com. Ivan has assembled a large variety of interesting topics for you to learn about and also participate in. Thank you so much for listening. This is Priscilla Rice, and we look forward to having you join us again next week for another exciting episode of The Official BNI Podcast.

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