Former Westonka BNIer Moving To India

Many of you remember our friend and former BNI member, Brad Howerton (DJ-BH Entertainment). He is moving to India for two years as part of a business opportunity for his family. Please know you are invited to spend a wonderful evening at the Wayzata Legion to help he and wife, Maura launch their new adventure.
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Westonka BNI member, Dennis Dalen recently created an expose on a "most wanted" man!

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Watch the Weather for Whether to attend Westonka BNI!

Friendly reminder...Westonka BNI meets at The Gillespie Center. If Westonka Schools are closed for bad weather, The Gillespie Center is closed as well! So there will not be a Westonka BNI meeting IF Westonka schools are closed!


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Testimonial Book

Westonka BNI members: Please remember to bring in your testimonials for our book. Besides providing a wonderful "showcase" for the member businesses, it also gives each member a resource from which to add testimonials to their company websites and blogs. As we have all learned recently, it's all about the buzz. It is far more important to have customers talk about your business than for you to do so.

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Mashable.com has some great info - here's a sample

Jon Wright here.

A great resource to help you build your companie's social media program can be found at: http://www.mashable.com/. I'd suggest bookmarking the sight and checking back for ever-changing articles. Here is a recent story on how to monitor your return on investment (roi).

http://mashable.com/2010/11/05/calculate-roi-social-media/


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Reminder

Jon Wright here,
Don't forget to write those testimonials this week. Let's fill up the book!

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golf tournaments

It’s time to plan your company golf tournament for next year. Bluff Creek has open days for small and large tournaments. Give me a call, and we can see what dates are open.

Thanks,

Harry Hurley

952-250-7372 harry@harryhurleygolf.com www.harryhurleygolf.com

Business Opportunities!!

The Westonka Chapter of BNI

Is the premier business networking group
on the western shores of Lake Minnetonka!!

We're a growing chapter looking for your business to pass referrals to!

For businesses with only a sole proprietor to corporations with 60+ employees, joining Westonka BNI is exactly like adding 25 people to your sales staff!! We meet weekly to pass referrals and to educate each other on specials and what we are looking for that week in the way of new business.

BNI is somewhat unique as only one business of a given profession is allowed in the chapter so you are in effect locking out your competition from these area businesses who are members of Westonka BNI. In the last 12 months our members have passed in excess of $350,000 of business to each other!!!

How much would you like to grow your business in 2011?

Stop by and check out a meeting.We always welcome visitors and who knows you may just find your single largest source of business for next year!

We Meet;

Tuesdays, 7:30am at the Gillespie Center in Mound

Looking forward to seeing you there!

John Beise

President

Westonka Chapter of BNI

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Great Westonka BNI meeting today!

Loved the meeting today! Thank you Scott Mickelson, Edward Jones, for your extended 60 second! Welcome to our group! Nice to see two new faces this morning too!



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Keywords or Phrases that stuck in my Head!

Hello Everyone!!~Hannah from Seidou Salon Spa Here~

Today I did a little experiment during the meeting and during our 60 second commercials I picked out a key phrase and or word that really stuck out in your sixty second. Listed below are all the words and phrases..see if you can guess who belongs to which keyword?

1. toxins, detox
2. tournament, think ahead
   
3. unique different ideas
4. research
5. investments, virtual bank
   
6. detox (different kind), call me
7. loved ones
8. bridge the gap
9. did you know?
10. decorating, finishing or complete
11. custom design
12. certified
13. tragedy, we will be there
14. safe
15. winterize, help
16. marketing, advertising
    
17. relax, sanctuary
18. taxes, working hard
    

This experiment really highlights key words and phrases that you may want to focus on or just be aware of how powerful they are! Thanks everyone and let's make it a great, productive week!!



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Seidou Salon Spa Is The Best!

Be sure to stop by and visit the terrific folks at Seidou Salon Spa. They have a wonderful facility and the staff (Emily, Meghan and Mi pictured) are welcoming and extremely talented. Kathy and I had a fun time today!

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ENGAGE! The Single Most Important Marketing Word.

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Social Networking Ideas for the Week

Hannah from Seidou Salon Spa here! When using both on-line and off-line marketing I think it is very important to remember a few key ideas:
1. Make sure your have consistent branding throughout your on and off line marketing materials.
2. Use the same imagery, fonts, colors, etc. throughout your on and off line marketing materials.
3. Your facebook, website, blog, etc. represents your company so make sure your online image matches your offline image. If you are fairly professional in your business then a professional website or facebook page is the way to go!

To get more ideas visit the link provided, the article is about halfway down!

Hope you all have a great week!

Bayside Just Because

Bayside Just Because provided the flowers for a wedding we photographed this past weekend. What a great job! Denise was right on time and made sure that all the details were handled. She had everything ready, from Noerenberg Park to the Lafayette Club. The wedding couple was thrilled with how beautiful everything turned out. J&K Creative! is so happy to be working with someone like Denise at Bayside! Visit her website at: http://www.baysidefloral.net/

The Importance of Facebook Networking

Hannah here! Just wanted to give you a little preview of tomorrows social networking talk :) We all know how important networking is but I cannot stress enough how important social networking is becoming. I am a big "Facebooker" and I cannot tell you how much people look at Facebook. I will have as my status that I went skiing this weekend and I will see someone that week and they will comment on my skiing and ask how it went. People really do check out Facebook. I have followed Mari's whole basement remodel via Facebook and it has been great!

B2B Social Media Information

Although most of us market directly to consumers it is important to see how social media can work for business to business marketing and sharing of information.
Here's a great article on the subject:

http://www.startribune.com/business/102121394.html?page=3&c=y

Jon Wright
Social Media Director
Westonka BNI

Tonka Granite Speaks Tuesday September 7

John Hubler, owner of Tonka Granite, speaks Tuesday September 7th at Westonka BNI meeting. 7:30am at The Gillespie Center!

Fire protection

What irony it was yesterday when I met Dennis at the SA station and he was buying a new battery for his smoke detector at home . He said it just starting to chirp. Also I bumped into Mark from Certified Auto Repair last nite (my Birthday) at Tonka Grill with our families. We talked about his building and recent fire which destroed most of his equipment. However He is up and running and also taking on new clients. How interesting each or our lives do run parallel to others.

How to "tag" a business or person on Facebook

When you are writing on someone's wall or creating a new status update tagging a special person or business is a great way to create a link to that persons facebook page!
Here's how to do it:

Before you type the name of the person or business put @ and then start typing the name, a box will drop down and you can select which one you want. It should be highlighted in blue now and others will be able to click on it.

For example, if I wanted to say in my status update "Westonka BNI is great" I would start by typing @westonka bni and it should show up in the pop up box, then I would click on it and finish my post. EX: @Westonka BNI is great.

Call me if you have any questions or we can set up a little meeting and I can help you out with Facebook!

I think Facebook is a really great way to reach out to people through social media~

Hannah Taylor
651-468-6406

Alyce Vogel Speaks Tuesday August 24th

Alyce Vogel, Wellness Optimized, will be the featured speaker for Westonka BNI on Tuesday August 24th at The Gillespie Center at 7:30am-9:00am.

Great services at Seidou Salon Spa!

The Right Realtors had a great meeting at Seidou Salon Spa (www.seidouspa.com) on Thursday! Learned about the services and products they provide. Nice to see what a new business in town has to offer. Stop in and see what they have to offer YOU!
Kristin Beise, RE/MAX A-1 Excellence

Testimonial for Denise at Bayside, Just Because

This past week was Jon and Kathy's 16 year wedding anniversary. Although our company, J&K Creative hasn't been around quite as long (15 years) we have been together for some time.

When I tried to figure out a suprise for Kathy I immediately thought of the great flowers and gift items available at Bayside Just Because. Denise and her crew always use the freshest and most beautiful flowers. A number of years ago I managed a flower shop and I know how much it takes to be consistently impressive! Huge Equadorian Roses and a wide variety of greens made for an amazing bouquet! Kathy was thrilled.

Jon Wright
J&K Creative!

Great Westonka BNI Meeting today!

Great meeting today! We passed lots of referrals and great energy as always! Thank you to our visitors and subs for attending!

Signs For BNI Float

Float Building At Bob's

"Must See" BNI News Video

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Thanks to a tip by our friends in the Finland chapter I found this great news story about BNI. It explains the fundamentals and features great reminders about how BNI works.

Parade Float

Per our BNI meeting today 6-29-2010 we will be putting together our BNI float for the Spirit of the Lakes parade on Wednesday July 7th starting at 6:00 p.m. at Bob Christian's house located at 6851 Cardinal Cove Dr. Minnetrista. Cardinal Cove is on the North side of Halsteads Bay, south of County Road 110 W.

golf lessons

Good time to give Independence day golf lessons. Contact harryhurleygolf.com

Thanks,

Harry Hurley

952-250-7372 harry@harryhurleygolf.com

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Here's A Recipe To Help You Enjoy Summer

Westonka BNI members,

Do you feel trapped in your office? Would you like to work from a different location, and still have access to all your files? If you answered yes then here's a hot tip for you! Yesterday, I stumbled upon a web-based service that allows you to control your office or home computer from a remote location. It's called Log Me In
https://secure.logmein.com/welcome/access/fasteasy/7/default.aspx

After registering (which was easy) I was able to get on Kathy's computer and, by way of the internet, work on my computer. The best part...........It's Free!

Personally, I think it's a great way to show clients images while visiting with them outside my studio.

Jon Wright

Social Networking

Westonka BNI

To all my Westonka BNI friends,

I am happy to announce that I quit at Farmers and that soon my career as an Independent Agent will start.

Till further notice my contact info is:

Cell : 952-217-7364

Email:
Paunovic2002@yahoo.com

Grilling tips from the Handyman

Many people are turned away from grilling with charcoal because of how difficult it seems to be to get a good bed of coals going to ensure that food it cooked properly and in a timely manner (for example, it shouldn't take two hours to grill brats!).

Our goal with this post isn't to convert the world to charcoal grilling, but rather to demystify the process so that your next grilling party can be a relaxing occasion rather than a searing headache. The advice given here comes from Chris' personal experience over years of successful grilling (as I, the wife of Chris Meis and recipient of many fine meals, will attest to!).

There are three basic items you need to start your charcoal grilling adventure: charcoal briquettes, lighter fluid, and a grill.

Before you begin, make sure that your grill has been emptied of ash from past grilling sessions. Fire needs oxygen, and if the bottom of your grill is thick with greasy ash, it cannot adequately draw air. If you have an adjustable lower damper, make sure it is open half way.

Pile your charcoal briquettes on one side of the grill. This is done to provide you with hot and warm sections of the grill; the hot section is where you will do your cooking, and the warm section is where you will keep the finished food warm while cooking the remainder of the food.

Not sure how many briquettes to use? Chris suggests 20-30 briquettes for cooking smaller items like brats and hot dogs, and a coffee can full to a can and a half for larger items like chicken and hamburgers.

Once your briquettes are set, soak liberally with lighter fluid, but avoid putting so much on that there is standing fluid in the bottom of the grill.

Let the fluid soak in for about a minute before lighting. If you light it too soon, the fuel will simply burn away at the surface and not actually catch the briquettes. When you do light the briquettes, make sure to light in several places around the briquette pile.

The briquettes should blaze for a while. If there is a strong breeze, you can shield the flames by hanging the grill lid on windy side of the grill. Do not cover the grill at this point.

The fire will eventually die down, but if you had a good initial blaze, the briquettes will continue to burn. It is OK if you don't actually see any flame - the fire at this point is smoldering and turning the briquettes to coals. You can check that there is still life in the coals by blowing on them and seeing if they glow red.

Once the coals have turned white, they are ready for cooking. Using a grilling tool of your choice, knock the coals down so they spread out a bit more, but try to maintain your hot and warm zones of the grill.

If you need to cook quickly with high heat, place the grill cover on and leave the damper open. This will draw more oxygen and create a hotter bed of coals.

If you want to slow-cook your food, place the grill cover on and set the damper to mostly closed. This starves the oxygen, but still allows enough to filter in to feed the coals. Closing the damper completely could starve the coals too much and put them out.

We hope that this advice will help you at your next summer cook out! Happy grilling!

Decking out your deck

Your favorite summer cook-out spot. Nature's safe answer to the tanning booth. The place you relax with a good book and a nice, cold drink. You use your deck for all kinds of summer fun, so it's important to make sure your deck is looking good and staying in great shape.

While Chris Meis Handyman won't build you a deck from the ground-up, we'll make sure that your existing deck stays off the ground! Have a floor board or railing that needs to be repaired or replaced? We can do that! Need to add additional staves to ensure your new child or grandchild will be safe when playing outdoors? We'll gladly help you with that!

If your wood deck has gotten dingy and weathered-looking over the years, we also offer deck washing, staining and sealing services to spruce up your favorite summer hang out!

If you plan on hosting any big events at your home this summer - graduation parties, wedding gatherings, or get-togethers with friends - your deck may be the last thing on your mind. But it will likely be the place where most of your guests gather! So make a phone call to Chris Meis Handyman and scratch that item off your list - we'll make sure it's ready for whatever summer fun you have planned!

1 Call, 1 Fix - 612-234-1FIX (1349)

Dues Increase

Effective October 1, 2010, BNI Membership fees will increase to $365 for one year, or $565 for two years. The registration fee will not increase. The last increase was three years ago. This represents a 3% per year increase, annualized over 3 ½ years.

Any member wishing to renew their membership, regardless of due date; can do so prior to October 1, 2010, at the current fee. This means that as long as their check or credit card slip is dated September 30, 2010, or earlier, there is a savings. Current fees, through September 30, 2010, are $330 for one year or $510 for two years and the current registration fee is $100.

BNI is a private marketing business. Compared to other business expenses or forms of advertising, BNI’s marketing program is not excessively expensive. Most people see only the tip of the iceberg when looking at BNI. For most members, BNI can appear to be just the weekly meeting with their chapter members, but it is so much more! Word-of mouth marketing is a performance activity that requires constant vigilance, energy, maintenance, and new growth.

Benefits of Membership:

BNI fees provide a member with

Potential for a significant amount of new referred business.
Current information about the latest business trends in other industries that facilitate the
operation and growth of one’s own business.
Training and practice in public speaking and specific marketing/advertising of oneself
and one’s service/product.
Special business contacts that can be converted into long-term strategic
alliances at the regional level, up to and including the global business community.
Special coaching about word-of-mouth marketing from trained and talented BNI Directors.
Advanced Member Success Program Training
BNI Connect featuring database, website and social media forum
If any one of the above benefits were fully utilized by a member, its value alone would far outweigh
the monetary investment of a BNI membership.

John Meyer Connie Hinton

U.S. National Director East U.S. National Director West

Substitutes

Westonka BNI members,

Please remember that a broad network of subsitutes are available through the Minnesota/Wisconsin BNI website at: http://www.bni-mn.com . If you can't make a meeting please take a moment to arrange for a substitute. This week four members were absent without subs. The success of our group depends on members following the basic BNI guidelines. Doing so goes a long way toward developing and maintaining a strong Westonka BNI chapter.

Thanks,

JW

Bayside Just Because June 1st

Join us June 1st to hear our speaker Julia Sherrard Bayside Just Because!

Tuesday, May 25th - Westonka BNI Visitor's Day

Westonka BNI members. Please remember that tomorrow is visitor's day. Now is the time to make your follow-up phone calls to the people you have invited. Today (Monday) you should deliver any gift bag items to Janet's office.
We look forward to our special guest speaker, Tara Schmakel!

Let's all remember that each one of us is a "Visitor Host" tomorrow.

JW

SendOutCards

Hello, my name is Vic DePaulis. I represent SendOutCards.com

SendOutCards.com makes sending high-quality greeting cards fun, convenient and extremely affordable. As one of the most efficient and innovative Appreciation Marketing Solutions available today, SendOutCards is a powerful networking and relationship management tool for yourself and/or your business.

You can even utilize the contact manager for those important reminders like birthdays and anniversaries. Imagine walking to your mailbox, sorting through your mail and seeing that someone actually thought about you and sent you a heartfelt card! And it gets even better-SendOutCards has available a wide variety of wonderful gifts you can send with their card! There are over 15,000 card designs to choose from!

With three levels available to sign up and be a part of the SendOutCards family, you can either just have fun saving money sending cards and gifts, or you can earn residual income and build your own home-based business. If you would like to learn more just go to my website: www.sendoutcards.com/vicdepaulis and browse a bit. You will find an opportunity to send a free card! If you’d rather, go ahead and call or email me, I’d be happy to help walk you through!

Pat Maund Speaks at Westonka BNI Tues May 18

Pat Maund, Owner of Maund Entertainment, will speak Tuesday May 18th at the Westonka BNI. Come by to see her presentation! Maund Entertainment was rated #1 by Minnesota Meetings and Events magazine. She also does the entertainment for Spirit of the Lakes Festival! Come by!

Great Westonka BNI meeting today!

Great meeting today! Westonka BNI continues to show that building business relationships is key to success!

SuccessNet

There is a great resource out there for BNI members. It is called SuccessNet, and it is available at: http://successnet.czcommunity.com/ You will find awesome information and insights from the top BNI members in the world, including Dr. Ivan Misner. I know you will find some great ideas and gain a better understanding of the power of networking through BNI. Check it out today. If you have any questions just give me a call or send an email.

Jon Wright
Social Networking Director
Westonka BNI

Our Tuesday Speaker Is...........

Keith from B&K Electric. Invite friends! Alert The Media! Wear your B&K Jersey! Most of all, just be there.

"TOP TEN REASONS TO AVOID SUGAR"

Be sure to stop by Dr. Amy Willcockson's blog to check out this HOT TOPIC at sourceforwellness.blogspot.com!!   For more info on alternative and natural care options for commonly occurring health problems go to chiropracticusamn.com   Have a GREATFUL day!

"THINK WELL"!!!

Just a friendly reminder that part 4  of the Revolution vs. Resolution seminar series is happening this Thursday night at 6pm.  It is in the Long Lake Fire Station Community Room.  We hope you can join us as we learn about Emotional, Intellectual and Spiritual Fitness!  We will learn how to crystalize our values and purpose while at the same time quieting our minds!   Is that even possible?  How do we balance our crazy lives?  COME AND FIND OUT!!   Only a $5 dollar donation to the Fire Department.   Plan to stay late as we are having a mini-health fair and refreshments in celebration of all the hard work you have done!  Also, don't forget... the grand prize basket of over $500 value will be awarded to the person who made the most progress with their "health revolution" so far this year.   RSVP to 952-476-2260   Hope to see you all and your friends there! Dr Amy Willcockson

Rod Burriss PHH Home Loans Speaks April 27th!

We are excited to share that next week's speaker is Rod Burriss, The Burriss Group at PHH Home Loans. Visit us Tuesday April 27th to hear the latest industry news from a mortgage industry expert!

And return to this page often to see who is speaking each week! We look forward to seeing you!

We meet at The Gillespie Center in Mound at 7:30 am and are done by 9:00 am!

Westonka BNI Speaker April 20th

We are excited to announce our speaker for Westonka BNI for Tuesday morning April 20th at the Gillespie Center at 7:30 am. It will be Janet Symons State Farm Insurance and her team Mary Pauly and Mari DeZeeuw. Join us!

Facebook Page Location

It seems there is some confusion about where to find the Westonka BNI Facebook page. It is available at:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=227725297061#!/group.php?v=wall&gid=227725297061

Please feel free to join and participate in our online community.

How The Web Was Won

Actually, it is more about how the web is being used. Here is a quick repost from Business Link.

How the web is changing
Although widely used, there is much disagreement over what the term 'Web 2.0' actually means. Put simply, the internet of the 1990s was about static, information-based content and a clear separation between content provider and end user. The 'new' internet or 'Web 2.0' is all about richer content based on collaboration and information sharing, encouraging end users to be more interactive with the content they access and more proactive about producing their own web content.

Web 2.0 could mean new opportunities for your business. Users can easily access the web at home, in the office or on their phone. Faster connections, new devices and new online applications have all helped to change the way people work, socialise and shop. It is now easier than ever for you to directly target customers with viral marketing campaigns, offer new online services or build brand awareness through the use of blogs, forums or social networking sites. Web 2.0 is far more about creating a community around your brand and conversing online with your customers - a 'web culture' that means greater interaction between you and your customer.

HEALTH INSURANCE new at Westonka BNI

I am glad to announce that I am now providing services in Health Insurance with ASSURANT Health Insurance Company.
There are three basic Health Insurance Plan Options:
1. Individual & Family Health Plans
2. Short Term Medical Insurance
3. Student Health Insurance Individual
During my appearances at Westonka BNI I will introduce all of you with more details about each plan.
For now am happy to receive REFERRALS from all of you.
For all interested: call me, email me or visit my WebPage.

Milorad Paunovic
Assurant Health Insurance Agent
Mound, MN 55364
952-217-7364
mpaunovic@farmersagent.com
http://healthpaunovic.mymedicalquotes.com/

Jon Wright of J&K Creative!, Today's Speaker

Kathy and I would like to thank everyone for being such a great audience for our company presentation today. J&K Creative! strives to inform, educate and occassionally entertain and you gave us such a warm reception. I hope you enjoyed our presentation on the progression of a studio session. If you have any questions about our company or our program please contact Jon or Kathy Wright. Our email address is: info@artbyjon.com or just call us at: 952-473-0201.

Watertown High Water

Some of our Westonka BNI members are living next to the river. Hope the water is going to slow down. Finally I learned how Watertown got his name.

Milorad Paunovic

Farmers Insurance

Auto, Home, Life, Health and Business

http://healthpaunovic.mymedicalquotes.com

Mound, MN

952-217-7364

Thank You, Visitors!

What a wonderful turnout for our annual early spring visitor's day at the Westonka BNI in Mound!

A special thank you to every one of our guests:

Bob Miller of Miller Essential Fitness
Natalie Schwehr of McBride Healing Community Acupuncture
Safari Greg Children's Music
Phil Kirkegaard of Residential Services, Inc
Kandis Hanson with Celebrate Greater Mound
Carrie Illa, Customer Service Specialist
Richard Rummelhart of Voigt & Associates, Inc
Franke Forstner of FBF Design
Charlie Kraemer of Landscape Charlie
Vic DePaulis of Send Out Cards
Best In The West Window Cleaning

We really appreciate your visiting the Westonka BNI today. As always, we are looking for small business owners that are seeking a way to network with other like-minded individuals to grow their businesses. The Westonka BNI welcomes you to apply for membership!

Wedding Album Design by J&K Creative!

Today I worked on a way to show potential clients a sample of our custom designed wedding albums.




Visit My Website: http://www.artbyjon.com

Source For Wellness

Hi everyone!  Just a reminder to visit my blog between Revolution seminars!  It will help keep you motivated to make real and lasting changes in you life and health instead of resolutions that don't work!    Have a spine day!  Dr Amy Willockson SOURCEFORWELLNESS.BLOGSPOT.COM

visitor day

If you want to give someone a free golf lesson, invite them to the Gillespie Center on March 16^th at 7:30 am. The BNI visitors day will include a free 3 minute golf lesson. You can impress that golfer you know with a free lesson. We look forward to seeing them there. They might even win a free private golf lesson as one of the free prizes being given away.

Thanks,

Harry Hurley

952-250-7372

harry@harryhurleygolf.com
www.harryhurleygolf.com

Visitor's Day Invitations

The Westonka BNI is excited to announce our early spring Visitor's Day! You've heard about BNI and how it has helped business people worldwide to enhance and develop a new client base. Now you can have the opportunity to spend a few minutes of your valuable time to see first-hand how it all works! Be sure to bring a stack (40) of your business cards and be ready to make contacts that will help you see the light at the end of the tunnel during these trying economic times. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, March 16th at the Gillespie Center.

Members: Please go to this link and invite every one of your Facebook Friends who you think may benefit by being there. Westonka BNI Visitor's Day Facebook Event Signup

weekly commercial / Dennis Dalen

I just wanted to say that I always enjoy listening to Dennis Dalen and his out look, on the paths of the legal system working for us. He really knows his stuff when he spoke to us about the DWI laws.

Thank you Dennis

John Hubler

Tonka Granite Company

Chad LaRoche - Quote Of The Day

I thought Chad posted a great "Quote Of The Day" on Facebook today. Here it is:

Quote of the Day: To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting being unique. - e. e. (Edward Estlin) Cummings

Jon Wright
J&K Creative!
http://www.artbyjon.com

Spring Is In The Air!

Today's meeting of the Westonka BNI was wonderful. Everyone did a super job on their 60 second presentations. We all look forward to a big turnout for our upcoming visitor's day on March 16th. Be sure to dig into your business card directory and find people to invite. You will be doing our guests a huge favor that may very well change the way they do business for many years to come. Help "someone" build a brighter future for their growing business. Just the opportunity for them to hand out 40 business cards is a great way to encourage them to attend.

Visit our website at: http://www.westonkabni.com

Men's, Women's and Junior leagues

Men’s, Women’s, and Junior leagues are now available for sign up at Bluff Creek Golf course. If you go to

http://www.bluffcreek.com/ you can see how to sign up.

Thanks,

Harry Hurley

952-250-7372

harry@harryhurleygolf.com

www.harryhurleygolf.com

Visitors day

We look forward to seeing everyone at the visitors day on March 16^th. We think that would be a great day for a joint presentation from a couple members. If you would like to be part of that presentation, please let Janet know. Also, if you have some prizes you can donate, please let her know that also. It promises to be a great meeting.

Thanks,

Harry Hurley

952-250-7372

harry@harryhurleygolf.com

www.harryhurleygolf.com

speakers for the next 4 weeks

Here are the speakers for the next 4 weeks:

March 2^nd Dennis Dalen

March 9^th Tara Schmakel

March 16^th Joint presentation for Visitors day

March 23^rd Jon Wright

Thanks,

Harry Hurley

952-250-7372

harry@harryhurleygolf.com

www.harryhurleygolf.com

Stay In The Westonka BNI Loop By Email

A new sign-up widget has been added to the Westonka BNI website. If you'd like to know what's new (every time a new post is created) just fill in your email address and submit it. That's all you have to do to stay on top of all the latest news from Westonka BNI members.

60 Second Presentation Images Link

This week my 60 second presentation was about our capability to create product photography. We have the ability to photograph smaller items in our studio and just about anything you can imagine on location. If you need small items photographed for a catalog or a Mercedes Benz for a brochure we have the solution. Here is a link to a couple of our samples in Furnishings Magazine. http://jkcreative.blogspot.com/

Jon Wright
J&K Creative!
http://www.artbyjon.com/
952-473-0201

Ice dams - costly to ignore

There's nothing worse than coming home from a long day at the office to discover that your home has installed its own indoor pool. But that's exactly what can happen if ice dams go untreated.


From the Minnesota Extension Service, an ice dam is:


"a ridge of ice that forms at the edge of a roof and prevents melting snow (water) from draining off the roof. The water that backs up behind the dam can leak into a home and cause damage to walls, ceilings, insulation and other areas."


A thick row of icicles hanging from your eves indicates that you have an ice dam on your roof. Right now we've entered the time of year when the temps can reach above freezing in the day and dip below freezing over night. This will only make existing ice dams worse, as the snow on your roof melts in the day, encounters the dam, has nowhere to go, and freezes into an even thicker dam over night.


When the water starts flowing indoors, you run the risk of having to replace insulation, sheet rock, carpeting, and whatever happened to be sitting below the place where the leak happened.


To avoid this headache, you can have your roof professionally cleaned. Chris Meis Handyman offers two services for ice dam prevention and removal: roof raking and ice dam melting.


Our roof raking service rate is: $100 + $50/hr per person (max. 2-person crew).


Our ice dam melting service rate is: $200 + $50/hr per person (max. 2-person crew). This service includes roof raking as well, to avoid the build-up of any future ice dams.


After the winter weather passes, there are also several things you can do to prevent the build-up of future ice dams. For more detailed information on ice dams and ice dam prevention, read the article: Minnesota Extension Service, Ice Dams.


To schedule your roof cleaning, call Chris Meis Handyman today at 612-234-1FIX (1349).

A Message From Nancy Giacomuzzi

Dear Westonka,

On behalf of BNI-MN/N. WI, I would like to congratulate and recognize your chapter on achieving the Bronze Medallion status.

You will find your chapter's name by clicking on the Medallion Program on bni-mn.com/homepage. You will also be mentioned in a BNI Tip of the Week.

Congratulations on growing your business by growing your chapter!

Nancy Giacomuzzi
Executive Director BNI MN
nancy@bni-mn.com

Chris Meis Handyman painting referral request

Chris Meis Handyman here! Are you tired of seeing white? Add a splash of color to your life with fresh paint. With LOW and NO VOC paints available you won't even have to leave your house. For the months of February and March receive 10% off all material costs when you hire Chris Meis Handyman to paint your home. Today we are looking for the Minnetonka area resident who is ready to stop seeing white and give up the blues. Do it in 1Fix with Chris Meis Handyman!

612-234-1FIX(1349)

J&K Creative Referral Request

Today Kathy and I are looking for a Mound area family that would like a portrait of their house while it is covered in large amounts of fresh snow. It would make a great Christmas card for next year!

Jon and Kathy Wright for J&K Creative!....Defining Moments.

BNI SNOW DAY - be Perfect insured w/FARMERS Insurance Group

Hey BNI people,
It looks we got a snow day – no school.
The last one I had 50 years ago in first grade.
I am deeply sorry that you need to wait another week to for my first 10 minutes presentation.
During weather like this one you must be PERFECT INSURED w/FARMERS Insurance in Mound, MN 55364

Milorad Paunovic
Farmers Insurance Agent
952-217-7364

The Burriss Group - Happy To Be Part of the BNI Family!

February 4, 2010

Lovely party last night at Bayside Floral! Thank you!

The Westonka BNI group is full of the most talented business-people we've ever had the privilege of knowing.

Thank you for all of your support!

Rod & Cathy Burriss

Jamie Cloutier

The Burriss Group

PHH Home Loans

Wayzata, MN
952-404-5872

THE YOUTH OF YOUR OLD AGE

Hi gang!
Just a little motivation for you to keep up your "revolutions" for 2010. REMEMBER.... resolutions don't work. Trying doesn't work. You must decide to build your future health with each choice you make. Hope this quote by Deepak is inspiring to you!

"Today is the youth of your old age. What you do today will determine what your health will be like many years from now, or if you will even be here many years from now." --- Deepak Chopra, MD

Have a spine day!
Dr Amy Willcockson
Chiropractic USA

Bayside Just Because...Westonka BNI Annual Winter Get Together

I look foward to seeing everyone from Westonka BNI and friends tomorrow night from 5 to 9 at Bayside Just because... Taste some fabulous food, drink a cocktail or two, and enjoy getting to know each other just a little better...just because ;) We will be doing a drawing or two later in the evening too so be sure to register!

March 16th visitors day at BNI

For the 10 minute presentation on March 16^th, we plan to put on a group presentation. This will show off many of the skills and knowledge of our members, and show visitors some of the advantages of joining our group. If anyone is interested in being part of the 10 minute presentation on visitors day, please let me know

Thanks,

Harry Hurley

952-250-7372

harry@harryhurleygolf.com

www.harryhurleygolf.com

Referral Request

Today I've got a referral request for my fellow Westonka BNI members. The big J&K Creative! Free Facebook Portrait event is coming up on Saturday (January 30, 2010). We have three or four openings left throughout the day. My request is to help fill out our event calendar. Please refer your cousin, Steve in Excelsior who has a dark square blob where a really nice smiling face should appear on his Facebook page. Let him know the event is absolutely free! He just needs to click one of the remaining time slots on our Genbook online booking system at: http://www.genbook.com/bookings/slot/reservation/30077098/56116029/55679815/1264831200000?bookingContactId=59079318

Thanks

Jon Wright
J&K Creative!

REVOLUTION WELLNESS SERIES

Don't forget to mark your calendars for the first LIFE CHANGING SEMINAR in the series this thursday night at 6:30 at the Long Lake Fire Department. Come learn the secrets to weight loss and the answer to why cancer, heart disease and obesity rates continue to rise every year! Invite friends and family... They will be glad you did, I promise! See you there. Dr Willcockson

Our next MSP Opportunity

WOW! BNI members like to learn! Today I saw a packed house- 50 members from over 36 chapters -for an MSP 2.0 Training. Looking into the future I see tomorrow the Bloomington class is almost full
( http://www.bni-mn.com/cgi-bin/calendar/mainEvent.cgi?idnum=2665)
and looking into the next few weeks, other classes are filling up fast! You guys are hungry to learn...we are here to feed you! :)

I wanted let you know that Alice Pallum and I will be teaching another exciting MSP 2. 0 class on Thursday February 4th 2010. Did you know she is the only Alice in BNI Minnesota and I am the only Jim Bear in BNI Minnesota? That is worth the price of admission!

Meeting Location: Grace Fellowship Community Room - Champlin
Location Phone:
Address: 8601 101st Ave N
City: Champlin
Directions: Northeast corner of Hwy 169 & Hwy 610 in Champlin. Enter in Door #3 on east side of building. Take stairs or elevator. Conference Room on 2nd floor.

GOLF LESSONS

Now is a great time to work on the golf game. Lessons are available in the winter, and gift Certificates are available for as little as $40.00. Contact me at:

Harry Hurley

952-250-7372

harry@harryhurleygolf.com

www.harryhurleygolf.com

Westonka BNI, The Party

Party On! This year our annual Westonka BNI winter gathering is being held at Bayside Just Because on Shoreline Drive in Spring Park on Wednesday, February 3rd from 4:30 to 9:00. A small donation of $10.00 is requested for food and party supplies. Please RSVP on Facebook at: Westonka BNI Annual Winter Party.

Clark Interiors, Inc.

I also would like to thank Jeannine Clark for sitting in and representing me while I was away on vacation with my family in Aruba.

Bob Christians
President
Christians, Inc.
1480 Park Road
Chanhassen, MN 55317
http://www.christiansinc.com/

Substitute list again

Substitute List:

These are the individuals from the Network Masters Chapter that are willing to be subsitutes for the Mound Westonka BNI chapter.

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Amy Theisen, Infinity Wellness Group, 763-479-6303

Jill Piechowski, Abby Lake Kennels, 612-296-8002

Rebecca Harris, Define Marketing and Communications, 763-213-5778

Tamura Matsuda, T Mat Consulting, LLC, 612-910-5515

Sabrina Stevens, Bagy Jo, Inc., 763-972-9711

Randy Heuer, Herald Journal Publishing, 320-282-6588

K Rauworth, Paint to Pixels, 952-457-3796

Kate Leis, Arbonne International, 612-819-1105

Brian Streich, Palo Companies, 877-517-6133

Duane Erickson, Structure Tech, 612-205-4374

Thank you

Thank you

To Jon & Kathy Wright of J&k Creative for doing and excellent restoration job on a photo that was damaged in a fire. This was a very memorable photo that belonged to one of Christians, Inc.'s clients.


Bob Christians
President
Christians, Inc.
1480 Park Road
Chanhassen, MN 55317
http://www.christiansinc.com/

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Hi Jon,

 Could you please send me the address again to get info for the talk on the 29th of December, i was not able to attend.

Thank you

Greg

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Just checking to see if the posts are showing up.

 

Bob Christians

Christians, Inc.

1480 Park Road

Chanhassen, MN 55317

(952) 470-2001

www.christiansinc.com

karlah@christiansinc.com

 

 

BNI

Just finishing up another great BNI meeting!!
John

The Right Realtors
Kristin & John Beise
RE/MAX A-1 Excellence
4165 Shoreline Drive
Spring Park, MN 55384
www.TheRightRealtors.com
612-889-0340

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

BNI Spirit Lasts All Year Long

BNI Spirit Lasts All Year Long!  Join us tomorrow at the Gillespie Center in Mound.  We meet at 7:30 am. 

Why life insurance?

Do you need life insurance?
The most common answers are:
- I do not need it
- I am young to buy life insurance
- I will never need life insurance
- I have life insurance at my work

Why life insurance?

Well, decide by yourself, take few moments of your time – exactly 7:07 minutes and look at the video on the link provided:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR-us_L1iSc&feature=channel_page

If you still think that you do not need life insurance – do not call me.

But if your answer is YES or MAYBE give me a call at

952-217-7364

or send me an email at

mpaunovic@farmersagent.com and ask me how I can help you.

Email Blog Posting

You can now post directly to the Westonka BNI blog by using "jandkcreative.network1@blogger.com

 

See Jon for details.

Westonka BNI Member Roster

Today Kathy did us a great favor by taking the time to collect contact info for all our current members. If you would like to print out a list you'll find it on my website as a pdf file here.

Thanks Kathy!

Facebook Connection

Right now I'm trying to get our blog entries to show up in our Westonka Facebook Page. Since I manage the "group" Facebook page I can't create a "feed" to it because it defaults to my personal Facebook page when I try to change settings. Bummer.

westonka BNI speaker schedule

Here is the latest schedule for speakers at our BNI meetings on Tuesday mornings:

Jan 19th Tara SchMakel BNI Director
Jan 26th Dr Amy Wilcockson Chiropractor USA
Feb 2nd Jay Roddy Focus Financial

we hope to see everyone there

Thanks

Harry Hurley
President of Westonka Chapter

Milorad Paunovic Due to some privacy conflicts with my friends and my own Facebook page I terminated my Business Page:

“Paunovic Milorad-Farmers Insurance” and created a new PUBLIC page
Paunovic Farmers with the new link:

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#/pages/Mound-MN/Paunovic-Farmers/248319566785?ref=mf

I did not know that the personal and business part of my Facebook pages share the security settings, so I apologize to all.

In future I will use my personal Facebook page only to create a link to my business page and some business news if any.

To make clear which of my two pages is PUBLIC and for business, the public page has Farmers logo added to my profile photo.
Thank you.

Milorad Paunovic
Farmers Insurance Agent
952-217-7364
mpaunovic@farmersagent.com

Milorad Paunovic on Twitter

I signed up on Twitter as:
paunovicm

Westonka-BNI
Milorad Paunovic
Farmers Insurance
Insurance Agent
952-217-7364
mpaunovic@farmersagent.com

Milorad Paunovic on Facebook

I was fooling around with my Facebook and created a Facebook Business Page named:

Milorad Paunovic-Farmers Insurance

(copy the page name into Facebook Search) to visit my page and become a friend, or foloww this link:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milorad-Paunovic-Farmers-Insurance/245681224317?ref=nf

Now I must to figure out how to add links to Westonka-BNI and BNI Minnesota on my page.

Milorad Paunovic
Insurance Agent
Mound, MN
952-217-7364
mpaunovic@farmersagent.com

Two times Golden Golf Ball Award

Well,

Nobody is mentioning it, so I must do it by myself.

For the FIRST TIME in the history of Westonka-BNI a member of the group got the Golden Ball Award for the SECOND time. Now I have to tell who it is.

It is ME:

Milorad Paunovic-Farmers Insurance.

952-217-7364

mpaunovic@farmersagent.com

TRUST ME WITH YOUR LIFE - insurance!

WINTER GOLF
GETAWAY
to Las Vegas
Golf with a PRO in Las Vegas
Dates of getaway are April 14th to April 18th, 2010.
Package includes:
*3 rounds of golf at Rio Secco Golf Club (host of the Wendy’s 3 Tour Challenge).
*4 Nights lodging at a luxurious Las Vegas Hotel.
*3 One hour golf clinics with a PRO, prior to each tee time (includes individual help for each golfer).
* One of the 3 golf rounds will include an 18-hole playing lesson with the PRO.
Package rates are based on double occupancy. Rates vary, depending upon the hotel selected. Per person package rate:
$756.00* at Rio All-Hotel Suite & Casino
$632.00* at Flamingo Las Vegas
$624.00* at Harrah’s Las Vegas
$721.00* at Bally’s Las Vegas

*Package cost is inclusive of hotel tax of 12%. Packages exclude airfare.
Reservations are on a first come, first serve basis. To make a reservation, go to www.harryhurleygolf.com , or call Harry at 952-250-7372.

Free Facebook Portrait Event - Saturday, Jan. 30

In a few weeks J&K Creative will be holding our first ever "Free Facebook Portrait" day. It's a new year and it's time for a new Facebook portrait. We love our loyal clients and are anxious to have new guests get to know us. First, make sure a timeslot is available and book on our online appointment calendar . Next, you will need to RSVP on our J&K Creative! Facebook Group page. That's all there is to it. We look forward to seeing you on January 30th.