BNI By Referral Chapter - Baton Rouge La.

BNI By Referral Chapter - Baton Rouge La. BNI is the largest business networking organization in the world.

Offering members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts & most importantly, business referrals, BNI generated over $2.6 billion in business for its members last year alone! Started in January 1985 by Dr. Ivan Misner, Founder & Chairman, BNI provides a positive, supportive, and structured environment for men and women to further their business through word-of-mouth marketing.

When you hire a plumber, ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. And Terry Smith brings a whole lot of it to the table. ๐Ÿ”งThis week, Terry wi...
08/31/2026

When you hire a plumber, ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. And Terry Smith brings a whole lot of it to the table. ๐Ÿ”ง

This week, Terry will be our featured speaker, sharing his plumbing expertise and decades of industry knowledge.

Think about itโ€ฆ when you have a plumbing problem, wouldnโ€™t you want someone who ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ and ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ helping solve it? Thatโ€™s the kind of expertise Terry brings to his customers.

Join us Wednesday morning to hear from Terry, learn more about his business, and connect with local professionals who believe in doing business ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€โ€”๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐Ÿ’ชTodayโ€™s Chamber Business Expo was a perfect example of what mak...
08/27/2026

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€โ€”๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐Ÿ’ช

Todayโ€™s Chamber Business Expo was a perfect example of what makes BNI By Referral special. Our members were out networking, representing their businesses, making connections, andโ€”most importantlyโ€”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป.

Because when one of us wins, ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก. ๐Ÿ™Œ

Business is better when you have a room full of people who genuinely want to see you succeed. Thatโ€™s what ๐—•๐—ก๐—œ ๐—•๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น is all about.

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜. ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Business Is Better Over Lunch. Thereโ€™s networkingโ€ฆ and then thereโ€™s building real relationships. ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฝ๏ธOur BNI lunches give...
08/26/2026

Business Is Better Over Lunch. Thereโ€™s networkingโ€ฆ and then thereโ€™s building real relationships. ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฝ๏ธ

Our BNI lunches give us the chance to get outside of our weekly meeting, slow down, and actually get to know the people behind the businesses.

Because the stronger the relationships, the easier it is to confidently make introductions, pass referrals, and help each other grow.

Good food. Great people. Stronger connections. Thatโ€™s what BNI By Referral is all about. ๐Ÿ’›

BNI lunches are about so much more than grabbing a bite to eat. Theyโ€™re about ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ,...
08/19/2026

BNI lunches are about so much more than grabbing a bite to eat. Theyโ€™re about ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. โค๏ธ

This week, Jen introduced a few of our members to Indian food at Spice Junctionโ€”and letโ€™s just say, ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

The food was absolutely amazing, the company was even better, and Spice Junction is officially on our ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ.

At BNI By Referral, we believe strong business relationships are built beyond the meeting room. Weโ€™re all about ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ.

Great referrals are importantโ€”but great relationships are where they begin. ๐Ÿค

Your brand deserves to be ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—น๐˜†. ๐Ÿ‘•๐Ÿ”ฅJoin us at ๐—•๐—ก๐—œ ๐—•๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น on August 26 as we hear from ...
08/19/2026

Your brand deserves to be ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—น๐˜†. ๐Ÿ‘•๐Ÿ”ฅ

Join us at ๐—•๐—ก๐—œ ๐—•๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น on August 26 as we hear from ๐—”๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ & ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ธโ€™๐—ฑ ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น!

Theyโ€™ll be sharing how custom apparel can become a powerful piece of your ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†โ€”helping your business stand out everywhere your team and customers go.

And while youโ€™re learning how to make your brand more visible, youโ€™ll have the opportunity to connect with local professionals who believe in ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€.

Come network, learn, and discover new ways to ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ!

Your financial goals shouldnโ€™t just live on a wish list. It takes a plan, strategy, and the right guidance to bring them...
08/13/2026

Your financial goals shouldnโ€™t just live on a wish list. It takes a plan, strategy, and the right guidance to bring them to fruition. ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ“ˆ

Join us Wednesday, August 19, as Charles Duplechain with Iron Horse Financial takes the spotlight at BNI By Referral! Charles will share how he works with individuals and families to understand where they want to go financially and develop a strategy designed to help them turn financial goals into reality.

Whether youโ€™re planning for the future, building wealth, or simply looking for more direction with your finances, this is a presentation youโ€™ll want to hear. Come for the financial insight. Stay for the connections, referrals, and relationships that make BNI By Referral such a powerful room for local professionals.

Please join us in welcoming our newest BNI member, Suzanne Chambliss with Melaleuca!Suzanne represents the Health & Well...
08/12/2026

Please join us in welcoming our newest BNI member, Suzanne Chambliss with Melaleuca!

Suzanne represents the Health & Wellness Products category and brings a strong passion for helping people create healthier homes and healthier lives.

Weโ€™re excited to have her talent, energy, and relationships in our chapter. Welcome to the family, Suzanne!

๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.Join us next Wednesday as Tyโ€™les Jones with Metronet Business shares how reliable busine...
08/06/2026

๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

Join us next Wednesday as Tyโ€™les Jones with Metronet Business shares how reliable business internet and communication solutions can help small businesses operate more efficiently, stay connected, and better serve their customers. In todayโ€™s world, your technology isnโ€™t just a convenienceโ€”itโ€™s the backbone of your business. Come learn how the right connectivity can improve productivity, support growth, and keep your business moving forward.

Whether youโ€™re a business owner, entrepreneur, or professional looking to expand your network, weโ€™d love to have you join us!

Visitors are always welcome! Come build relationships, exchange referrals, and discover how BNI By Referral helps businesses grow together.

Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions youโ€™ll ever make. Having the right lender can make a significant...
07/31/2026

Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions youโ€™ll ever make. Having the right lender can make a significant differenceโ€”not just in the interest rate, but in the fees you pay and the experience you have from application to closing.

Join us next Wednesday as Carolyn Ray with Red River Bank shares her expertise on home loans, what buyers should know before signing on the dotted line, and how working with a local community bank known for some of the lowest fees can help you keep more money in your pocket.

Whether youโ€™re a first-time homebuyer, planning your next move, or simply want to make valuable connections with local professionals, weโ€™d love to have you join us!

๐Ÿ“… Wednesday, August 5
๐Ÿ•— 8:00 AM
๐Ÿ“ Price LeBlanc Toyota โ€“ Baton Rouge

Come grow your network and your business through referrals!

07/25/2026

๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ ๐Ž๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ.

Poker night isnโ€™t really about the cardsโ€ฆ itโ€™s about the ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

The strongest referral relationships arenโ€™t built only in weekly meetings. Theyโ€™re built around dinner tables, game nights, laughs, friendly competition, and time spent together.

When you genuinely enjoy the people in your network, referring them becomes the easiest decision youโ€™ll make.

Last night, there were plenty of bluffs, a few bad beats, and a whole lot of great conversations. Weโ€™d call that a winning hand. โ™ ๏ธโ™ฅ๏ธโ™ฃ๏ธโ™ฆ๏ธ

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