British Airways is Giving Business Grants for Troubled Economic Times

As a small business owner, I can see the importance every day of not just building a contact list, but making and developing relationships. Some business people don’t like that word, because it means they’re getting attached to people. They care about the rising success of their customer. They are happy for Bob’s son finally graduating high school. They are sad for Jim’s mother’s cancer. They are involved.

You can’t be involved in the way people need you to be if you never meet face to face. You can get by, and many successful big businesses never see their customers at all. But small business owners who are trying to be successful, pay attention – personal customer interaction is the key to your victory. You may not remember every customer, but the relationships you want to build will appreciate face-to-face contact.

Maybe your money men aren’t keen on financing business trips to meet with connections when online or telephone conferencing are available. They may quote that these are troubled economic times and there’s just no money for travel. British Airways has recognized the value of the face-to-face contact, and is giving a Business Opportunity Grant to 100 professionals and small businesses that will include a year of free business class airfare as well as a suite of services and benefits that will help build the face-to-face relationships across geographical boundaries.

Apply by September 30th for your chance to be given the grant of a lifetime! Your small business can travel the globe making connections with real people instead of a computer screen. They will remember you as “the one who cared enough to come to us.” In this economy, a face-to-face interaction can take a potential client or business partner from teetering between options to on your side. Let British Airways make the choice to travel easy, and apply for their Business Opportunity Grants today, before time runs out!