Who in their right mind would get up at 6am for a business meeting at 6.45am? Well, you’d be surprised. Little Orchard recently joined the ranks of the Salford B4B’ers. The idea is that each business area in Manchester has their own group of specially selected/invited members. Every two weeks you all meet up at a local hotel (The Romada Salford in our case) and have er, breakfast. Over which you tell each other your latest business activities.
In fact, the idea is to build trust and friendships that will turn into referals and leads. After all, if each of the dozen or so businesses around the table know another 20 businesses to introduce you to, you can imagine the potential possible clients you could reach.
So far, our B4B has given us many leads and meetings. And importantly for a small business, it has given us business friends willing to offer a little bit of free advice.
Long term, sustainable business is all about building great, trustworthy relationships. Where better to start than over a bacon buttie?
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