Testimonials

“I have been a member of TNG for eight months now, and since joining I have found it to be an incredible benefit to my business, getting fresh ideas and sharing knowledge to build valuable business contacts. Those contacts become your ’tool kit’ to find solutions for other like minded business owners in your journey through life. TNG has given me the confidence to speak publicly to become a better sales person to achieve greater communication skills. Networking may not bring you instant sales success, but after other members trust you and believe in what you do, sales can come from within the group, and from outside the group. People talk to people, and from totally out of the blue, people from outside your group can bring you business when you least expect it. When you get to see the passion of other members talking about the success in their businesses, it becomes very empowering. Having the trust and support of other business owners in a structured group can only build greater business opportunities.”

David Kerr

www.davidkerrphotography.co.nz

“Over the three years I’ve been involved with TNG I’ve had the most amazing chain of events unfold. In one of my early meetings I met a mortgage broker who was selling a property in Renuera. This connection led to several sales each unfolding one after the other and has eventually led to 10 transactions to date. Last night one of our clients signed a conditional contract at $200K above expectation and the chain hasn’t finished yet…
Undoubtedly The Real Estate Business is all about people and TNG has been a great source of meeting people and widening my connections. I work very hard to help the other members in my TNG network and I see it as a long term investment in both our businesses, they in turn respond with referrals for me and it’s a win/win scenario.”

Rawinia Matthews

www.raywhite.co.nz

“Networking is about building enduring relationships, based on professional respect and trust – referral of business leads flows on from that. In three years that I’ve been associated with TNG I conservatively estimate that I have achieved a return of at least 30 times the investment cost of membership. But that’s only part of the story. Of more significance is the prospective ongoing, life-time value of the relationships that have developed with colleagues in the TNG membership and the referrals that will continue to flow from these. Lastly, TNG forums are an amazing source of knowledge, experience and wisdom gained by others, and from which we can learn and can help us immensely in both our business and personal lives. I’m a passionate supporter of The Networking Group!”

Theo Simeonidis

www.uprotectnz.com

“I feel truly blessed to have learnt about TNG in 2014, quite by accident, from another insurance adviser. Till then, I’d never heard of TNG, but it has proven to be one of the very best investments of time, money and energy that I have ever put into anything. But while the income has been great, it goes well beyond money alone. TNG provides a wonderful opportunity to learn from other professionals who have expertise in areas outside our own skill-set and experience. It provides an opportunity to build enduring business relationships and personal friendships. It gives members the opportunity to grow their confidence in public speaking and perfecting their pitch. The last 12 months have also shown how TNG groups can provide a wonderful, caring, nurturing and supportive environment when some of our members have faced extreme difficulties as a result of COVID. All these other non-financial benefits of TNG membership make us personally “richer” in ways other than in money alone.”

Theo Simeonidis

UProtect NZ Insurance