How to become a member
Membership is open to both women in business and business owners. Employed women may be in roles where they are decision makers and tasked with generating more business and gaining new clients. These may include Bankers, Solicitor's, Dentists, Accountants and a wide variety of other professions.
Request to visit a group near you to hear how we can help grow your business and then decide for yourself if our organisation is right for you and your business.
If you decide to join us, you will have professional exclusivity within your group and therefore lock out your competitors.
Being part of WIBN will enable you to promote your business, its products and services to like minded women who will 'spread the word' about you and your business to their customers, clients, friends and family members. The power of 'Word of Mouth' business has been proven to be the most effective. Once you join a group you also become part of the network and have access to other group meetings around the area (providing that there is no conflict of profession in the group you wish to visit as a visting member).
Membership is by application only and is usually made after visiting a group meeting. Some of our members have decided however, to secure their professoinal slot in a group and lock out the local competition, before they attended a meeting! This can be done by emailing or calling the person who is operating the group meetings. You will be sent an application form to request membership. Each prospective member is screened by references as part of the process to join a group.
If the group you are applying to join already has the same professional catagory represented, we will refer you to join another group which is convenient to you and your business. With many groups now launching there will be other groups to direct you to that will enable you to stay in the locality if this is important to your business.
On some occasions there are certain sectors that will nearly always take the professoinal slots as soon as possible when they become free and these are usually Solicitors, Life & Business Coaches, Accountants and a few other professions.
These women are fully aware of how business networking is a low cost way to promote their business and build a good bank of contacts quickly. If the group of your choice has a member in your profession already represented we are able to keep your details on a waiting list in case the member in question should have a change of circumstances and they decide not to renew their membership.
At the beginning of the meeting you will be given a visitors pack with relevant information about WIBN and this pack will include an application form. You can apply at the close of the meeting to make your application known. Sometimes there may be a situation where there is another visitor present in the same catagory as you at the same meeting. It is on a first come first served basis to apply for membership.
If you have any questions you can call us on 0845 004 9426 to talk through the meeting and joining process.
Costs
The cost to join WIBN as a member is £200 (plus VAT where appropriate). This entitles you to annual membership which is renewable 1 year later.
How do I know when my annual membership has expired?
You will be sent a renewal notice up to 30 days before your membership expires to remind you to send payment should you wish to renew.
What do I do if I decide to renew my membership?
Simply send payment to the person who has sent your renewal notice to you and your membership will be seamless continuing to the next year.
What do I do if I decide not to renew?
Simply let us know and we shall start our telesales marketing to recruit a new member to your professional catagory in the group and remove your details from our records and website.
How much is the renewal fee?
The renewal fee is the same as your annual membership fee (with the exception of joining at a launch meeting where the fee is reduced as a opening offer only on the day of the launch). The renewal fee will be £200 (plus VAT where applicable).
How do I make payment?
The ways of payment will be explained on your application form issued by the WIBN Franchisee /Regional Support Director of WIBN. In some instances PayPal is an option for paying by Credit or Debit Card. Please make enquiries with the person who runs your meeting to find out if this is available.
If you have any further enquiries, please see Essential WIBN on this website.
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