The ballots are closed & the votes are in for the 14th annual 2010 San Diego's Best Readers' Poll!

Every year, the Union Tribune & SignOnSanDiego combine forces with The People of San Diego County, to vote for the BEST OF San Diego's Food, Lifestyle, Businesses, Services and More.

San Diegans began voting for their favorite Entertainment Spots & Service Companies on Saturday, June 5th... and after an action packed 22 day vote-a-thon... the "ALL STOP" was called on Thursday, June 27th.

This Year's nominees for "Best Computer Store" included heavyweights such as Fry's, The Apple Store & Best Buy, and a few local long shots like Bullseye Computer, the MPC Outlet & you guessed it... Fortress Computer Pros.

After 2 months of waiting, the highly anticipated results & 70+ Category Winners were announced on Sunday August 29th, and...

The Better Business Alliance Chapter of BNI has had a remarkable start to 2010... full of meaningful, business-growing networking.  Since January 1st we have generated and completed $722,937 in business for one another.  With 40 members on average, that’s $18,073 per person over a 2 month period.

How does it work?  We make a priority of attending our Wednesday morning meeting so we can get to know each other and each other’s business.  We take our training seriously so we can do the best possible job in communicating what we want to grow our business.  We are honorable and ethical with the referrals we receive so we get better & more qualified referrals.

I heard someone say “I don’t have the money for BNI”.  That’s a very short-sighted view because on a $440 annual registration, our group is on track to create over $100,000 per member this year.  I’m not very good at math, but I think that’s a 227x return on investment.

See you Wednesday morning!