Meet Consistently
Build familiarity with professionals who serve the same local communities.
Missouri Business Referrals
Grow Your Business Through Relationships That Lead to Referrals
Build trusted connections with local business professionals who want to understand your business, make meaningful introductions, and help each other grow.
Local Missouri Groups
Relationship First
No Attendance Policy
What Is MBR?
Business Referrals Start With Relationships
Missouri Business Referrals is a local business referral network built around a simple idea: people are more comfortable referring businesses they know, understand, and trust.
Build Trust
Learn who people are, what they do, and who they are best positioned to help.
Make Meaningful Introductions
Recognize when someone in your own network could benefit from another member's business.
How MBR Works
From First Visit to Trusted Referral
1
Choose a Group
Find a meeting location and schedule that works for you.
2
Visit
Meet the people before deciding whether MBR fits you and your business.
3
Connect
Learn what members do and the types of people they help.
4
Build Trust
Develop enough understanding to recognize useful opportunities.
5
Refer & Grow
Make meaningful introductions and help each other grow.
Why MBR Is Different
Structured Enough to Create Opportunities. Flexible Enough to Fit Real Life.
Relationships First
Know the person before expecting the referral.
Rewarded, Not Required
MBR rewards useful participation without building the experience around attendance penalties.
Missouri Focused
Build relationships with professionals in the communities where you actually work.
Referrals With Context
Understand another business well enough to recognize the right introduction.
Local Credibility
Built Around Real Missouri Relationships
MBR’s strongest proof is not a generic networking promise. It is the people, groups, businesses, and community relationships behind the organization.
Founder Jen Wheeler’s work through Rock Bridge Insurance, Safi Sana, City of Refuge, and local referral networking gives the MBR story a credible Missouri foundation.
The “Relocating in Columbia” feature belongs here as third-party credibility—not inside the hero.
Read the MBR StoryMembership Transparency
Simple, Straightforward Pricing
Membership is the downstream decision. The first step is to choose a group and experience MBR for yourself.
$500Annual membership
$30Monthly participation fee, which may be waived through participation
MBR does not guarantee referrals, customers, revenue, or return on investment.
Find Your Group
Start With the Group That Fits Your Location and Schedule
Each group page shows meeting details, its current member roster, represented categories, the meeting location, and the group-specific calendar.
What Happens After You Choose a Group?
A Clear Visitor Path From Group Page to First Meeting
The website should remove uncertainty before the visitor arrives.
1
Review the Group
See the meeting day, time, venue, map, current members, and represented categories.
2
Select a Meeting
Use that group’s HighLevel Class Calendar to choose an upcoming meeting date.
3
Introduce Yourself
Complete the shared MBR visitor form so the group knows who to expect.
4
Attend
Meet the members, learn the businesses represented, and experience the group.
5
Decide With Context
Visit again when useful, then tell Jen or the group president if you want to explore membership.
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear Answers Before You Choose a Group
These answers follow Jen Wheeler’s newer direction and replace stale attendance language from the old website.
About MBR
What is Missouri Business Referrals?
Missouri Business Referrals is a Missouri-focused business referral network where local professionals build trusted relationships, learn about one another’s businesses, and make meaningful introductions.
What is the purpose of MBR?
MBR’s purpose is simple: help each other grow our businesses through referrals.
Is MBR just a networking group?
MBR includes business networking, but the goal is deeper than meeting people or exchanging business cards. Members spend time understanding one another’s businesses so they can recognize relevant opportunities and make more useful referrals.
How is MBR different from BNI?
Both organizations use relationship-based referral networking. MBR is an independent, Missouri-focused organization with a simpler model: no attendance policy, no continuing-education requirement, and no Traffic-Light-style performance requirement. MBR rewards useful participation rather than making performance requirements the center of the experience.
Is MBR affiliated with BNI?
No. Missouri Business Referrals operates as its own Missouri brand, member platform, and LLC.
Visiting a Group
Can I visit before joining?
Yes. Jen’s preferred guidance is: “Come visit a few times.” Meet the people, see how the group works, and decide whether it fits you and your business.
How many times may I visit?
MBR has not established a fixed public visit limit for this website. The approved language is to come visit a few times.
How long are MBR meetings?
The currently published group schedules are generally one hour.
What should I bring to my first visit?
No special presentation or visitor requirement has been established. Be ready to introduce yourself, explain your business, describe what you do, and identify the types of people or businesses you help.
What happens after I visit?
You may visit again if you need more context. When you decide you are interested in joining, tell Jen Wheeler or the group president.
How do I schedule a visit?
Choose a group from the Groups page. Each individual group page contains that group’s calendar and the shared MBR visitor form.
Membership and Participation
How much does MBR membership cost?
Membership is $500 per year plus a $30 monthly participation fee. The annual cash cost is $500 when every monthly fee is waived and $860 when none of the monthly fees are waived.
How can the $30 monthly participation fee be waived?
During that month, give four referrals, bring one guest, and meet with four MBR members outside the regular weekly meeting.
Are those participation activities mandatory?
No. They determine whether the monthly participation fee is waived. They are reward criteria, not general attendance or performance quotas.
Does MBR have an attendance policy?
No. Jen’s newer direction supersedes the old website language about absences, substitutes, and a 65-plus exception.
Do members have continuing-education or Traffic-Light-style requirements?
No. The current MBR model does not use a continuing-education requirement or Traffic-Light-style participation requirement.
Is there a mandatory referral quota?
No mandatory referral quota has been supplied. Four referrals are part of the monthly-fee waiver calculation, not a general quota.
Do members receive a recruitment reward?
Jen’s current member policy provides a $100 reward when someone a member recruits joins an MBR group. Formal eligibility and payment terms belong in member documentation.
Groups, Referrals, and the Member App
How should I choose an MBR group?
Start with location and schedule. Then review the group page to see the current members, businesses, categories, meeting venue, and map. The people are the final test, so visit the group before deciding.
Is my business category available?
Review the represented categories on the group page. Because rosters and classifications can change, confirm availability with MBR rather than relying only on the website.
What if my category is already represented?
Review the other MBR groups or contact MBR. The website should not promise availability or publish detailed category-overlap rules that have not been formally documented.
How do referrals work?
Members build enough understanding of one another’s businesses to recognize relevant opportunities and make introductions. A useful referral connects the right people for a clear reason.
Does MBR guarantee referrals or business results?
No. MBR provides an environment where relationships and referral opportunities can develop. It does not guarantee leads, referrals, customers, sales, revenue, profit, or return on investment.
Does MBR track referrals?
The MBR member app supports referral tracking and related member tools.
Do I need the MBR app to learn about MBR or visit?
No. The public website explains MBR and supports the initial visit. The app is primarily the member-side operational environment.
Can I start an MBR group in my area?
Yes, you may contact MBR to express interest. Use the Contact MBR form and choose “Start a Group in My Area.”
Contact MBR
Not Sure Which Group to Choose?
If you already know the group, open its page and schedule directly through that group’s calendar.
If you need help choosing by location, schedule, or represented category—or have another question—use the Contact MBR form.
Already Know Your Group?
Go directly to the Groups Hub and choose the individual group page.
View MBR Groups