It was windy and wet but at least it was daylight when we all gathered for our weekly meeting.Β Our numbers were a bit down on last week, 20 Members with some excellent excuses for nonattendance
The Performance League
Last months winner, Toby Acton, was awarded withΒ his certificate to present on his office wall. The current leader for March is Kevin Radford.Β As he was not present at our meeting today there is plenty of time to catch him up.
Education Presentation
The Mayor of Gants Hill, Vincent Goode, produced an excellent piece talking about competitive quotations and how you should submit successful quotations and then build upon the products that you then sell to your clients.Β He produced white boards with illustrations on. Β He had a little problem balancing these whilst he kept hold of his script.Β His suggestions included initialΒ quotations that suggest upgrade and making it clear that these were add-ons.Β He then suggested that after the quotation had been accepted there was a further opportunity for upgrading and selling further add-ons. Even different lines of products.Β A lot of Members expressed during the meeting that they had found it very useful.Β Congratulations Vincent. (A blog on this top to follow).
The 60 Second Round
The Business Card Box is looking much fuller these days, several Members have responded to the suggestion that they checked and made sure they had sufficient cards in the box.Β As the box spread round the group the 60 second round began.
In Ashley Bermange absence he was awarding the Oscar and accordingly was first up.Β He boasted a customer who was a periodontist.Β Whatever he does, it certainly is in your mouth.
Saj Sreedharan mentioned this weekendβs Brentwood half marathon.Β I donβt know whether he is arranging flowers to be strewn before the runners but he also mentioned Mother Day at the end of the month.
Terry Maylin is looking for Letting Agents or landlords with several residential properties so that he can assist with the repossession process.
It looks as if we are forming a group that I will name βThe Smoked Salmon Set.Β Simon βsmoked salmonβ Essex set it up last weekΒ and he was joined this week by Toby Acton.
Nick Cooke (St Nicholas to his friends) took us through the sort of things his structural inspection could cover and be useful.
Richard Reed having provided a recent email regarding the potential travel effect of Brexit said he would continue updating us.Β His email last week was very useful in relation to the position regarding driving licenses abroad.
Brian Painter had a sad tale for us of a mentally challenged young lady who after one session, told him in the second session that things had improved and she had moved from smoking 7Β cigarettes a day toΒ 15.Β I should be careful if several further sessions makes her chain smoker.
Allan Moller, as he frequently does, told us about his week.Β From one of the many jobs an inspection revealed the main earth being a lot higher than it should be.Β In these circumstances Allan you should always check to see whether you are on a mountain or not,
Matt Barry seems to have a lot of jargon surrounding his business that the casual uninformed observer could clearly misinterpret. It starts with βbrandingβ. You might be forgiven for thinking that he only worked for cattle farmers.Β We had the wonderful βvisually interpretatedβΒ which clearly defined some sort of process.Β He also talks of a βbetter user journeyβ.Β Everybody seems to be on a journey at the moment.
Howard Bullock stood up and produced what seems a rather similar performanceΒ to last week but this time it was relating to ISAs rather than pensions. He is writing a book apparently.Β Itβs nice to see that persistence Β pays off and the Mayor GantsΒ Hill accordingly awarded him the Oscar. Another success for the Naughty Corner.
This weeks statistics and points of note
- 20 Members present
- 20 Referrals passed
- Β£10,000 worth of business recorded.
- Howard Bullock won the Oscar
- 10 Minute presentation was given by Scott Griffiths
The Tuesday Meeting of the Business to Business Synergy Team.
It was well attended, it was much appreciated by the 8 people who did attend but there were complaints about the coffee at the Venue.Β The sacrifices we all make for Networking!
10-minute presentation by Scott Griffiths
Scott Griffiths was all set with his technology to produce a slide show second to none.Β Unfortunately, technology failed him and he gave the presentation without the slide show.Β His effectiveness and success in delivering his 10 Minutes does tend to argue against the unnecessary use of technology unless it is to bring something to the presentation.Β Congratulations Scott on a great presentation.Β Surely nobody can now claim not to know exactly what you are looking for both as to clients and as to work requirements.
Scott – you don’t need to have good technology to be a great geek – it’s in your blood!
Well done Vince excellent ed slot and thanks Jill for the extra ed slot. Well done Scott, you didn’t need to put the presentation up at all and we all still got it! I think i will try the smoke salmon on scrambled eggs next week as it looks rather good!
Is it a Set or a Sect??? Really great ed slot from Vince and the bonus of ed slot #2 from Jill! Mr Tech without his tech worked perfectly well!
Tip top meeting, well done to everyone that turned up this week.
A very good Ed slot from the mayor of Gants Hill Village.
Congratulations to Howard on winning the Oscar, I canβt wait for next weeks story.
Brilliant Ed slot from Jill, great information which is great for micro businesses.
Great presentation from Scott, who needs power point presentations?
Look forward to seeing people next week, have a great week π
Excellent Ed Slot and excellent presentation Scott. Good meeting.
Very Goode ed slot from vg, it’s not often that the slot gets suchn a write up on the blog. Good reasonably non techy 10 mins from Scott. ‘Fraid I didn’t know what Jill was talking about!
Great meeting this morning, and happy to help with Ed Slot #2 π
It started with an excellent Ed Slot from Vince which received more positive feedback from our members than I can recall previously.
Good banter and some great 60 seconds, notably from Howard & Jill, winning Howard this weeks Oscar.
Scott overcame the technical issues of the morning by giving a very good 10mts with non of the tech. As someone who has used Scott for his own business web site I am well qualified to promote his services.
Although short of members but another great meeting. Great Ed slot from Vince and great 10 minutes from Scott. See you all next week.
Thank you for the great Ed Slot feedback. I have sent the transcript to the powers that be and it should soon be uploaded as a blog. Enjoyable meeting and look forward to seeing you all next Thursday ππ»ββοΈπ
Good meeting, sorry to you all for having to dash off to help a fellow EBF member out of a tight spot in London, its not the first time this week π
things you do for fellow EBFβers….
I already know how clever Scott is, so I donβt feel I missed anything from his presentation π,
Vince I been doing that for years with my quotes π but well done on that ed slot, and Jill im with Brian, no clue wooosh over me ed π