It would seem that even the tables wanted to get in on the act this morning. After being moved to yet another room for our meeting, it truly did get off to a bang this morning. And a crash!!

Still no harm done. It must have been the tables fault for falling asleep and dropping it’s leg as well as coffee all over our sub Johnny’s lap.

It was a nice meeting this morning with Jonathan Davis as our lone visitor and a further 19 people in the room. There were a total of 38 referrals passed and plenty of opportunities to do business, with Alexis picking up the most referrals. Moral of the story? BE SPECIFIC.

Our Chairman Mike Nightingale gave us an update at the end of the meeting relating to news from last weeks committee meeting. He told us how Caroline Hampstead has set up a Twitter page for the group which is brxbondstreet

I am now on twitter and don’t have a clue. You can follow me at josephsterling any tips would be great. However, I am quite resourceful and like most things I turn my hand to, within a few months I should have it mastered.

Now this was the most important factor of the morning. Mike mentioned the committee had agreed we need to grow the group. That is nothing new. What is new is that there will be a cash incentive for all of us to help make it more appealing. We all have to bring at least one visitor by the end of February. Everyone who manages this will be entered into a draw to win some cash.

The facts are simple. The more people who join our Bond Street group, the more opportunities we have to do business. Ideally we want to be at around the 30 member mark by June. I don’t think this is unrealistic. We just have to make an effort. Try not to think of it as finding a member, but bringing a guest. The group will sell itself. If you are unsure what category to bring, then think for a moment which business or trade would be most beneficial to your business and who could you best work together with that is not already round the table.

Ask them how’s “business”? Then say “could you handle more business”? If they say “yes”, then just explain that you get together with a group of like minded business people every week with the object to help each other pass business to each other and would like to invite that person to come to a meeting. Job done. You are not asking them to join anything. Leave that to them.

If anyone needs help or wants more information, then please feel free to contact me. As always it would be a pleasure to help.

Enjoy the weekend. Lewis www.joseph-sterling.com