FAQs

We offer Business, Non-Profit and Student Memberships

Currently the Business dues are $290 a month paid by credit card, and they are assessed on the first of every month.

Once you complete the membership application it is reviewed. If it is accepted it is processed and you are notified by your Council facilitator.

Members are encouraged to invite prospective members to attend an ABA meeting. Keep in mind if a category is filled in a particular Council, there are other opportunities. Members should only invite guests believed to satisfy the requirements for ABA membership and who represent a particular product or service market segment of business not currently represented in the member’s council. A prospective member may attend no more than two meetings as a guest.

A guest has the opportunity if they are a fit to come into a group that is already extremely high functioning and interactive. It is hard to quantify the value of that opportunity. There is no obligation to join. BE OUR GUEST FORM

Each group is professionally curated by a trained facilitator. Your application is reviewed by our team and the decision is based upon our desire to place you in an environment that suits your needs and ensures your success.

Your dues are an investment in your future.

ABA Councils are professionally managed. Our mission is to help members leverage their connections and influence with our proven methodology. We are a business development community.

For 35 years …the professionals that are facilitating ….are….like Bob Putt has said, the hair club for men. The facilitators are people who have experienced ABA as actual members. They understand it, have lived it and are now promoting the process.

The long-term commitment and relationship of the members (we have some members who have been in ABA for 35 years) and the genuine understanding of their character and competencies closes the trust gaps and helps facilitate powerful introductions.

As a new member you will come into ABA with access to people who are actually interested in learning about you, and listening to your needs and goals and objectives in order to discover ways for you to help each other.

The Go Giver mentality is at the foundation of our organization. ABA is a place where you can relate to other human beings because you have similar core values.

ABA is an investment in yourself and your business, and it was created by design. It weeds out the people who are not serious about taking their business to the next level. Committing to the fee and being professionally accountable allows people to engage with all the elements that it takes to be successful.

Value is measured by personal and professional growth as well as the business resources one gets to develop their business and help others too. And, of course, referrals.

What are your customer acquisition costs? One new customer will, in most cases, cover the costs associated with dues.

What is the cost if you don’t join ABA? Some members say they have postponed their decisions and it has cost them much money, time and misspent energy.

Getting a qualified introduction/referral from an ABA Member closes the trust gap and shortens the sales cycle. Another person’s Influence is a powerful gift and one of the biggest compliment you can receive.

Members should ensure that they can attend Council meetings. Failure to attend three consecutive meetings, or to attend a minimum of 80% of Council meetings within a one-year term may result in the termination of membership.

Members are responsible for ensuring that they, or their designated representatives, are familiar with and adhere to ABA’s Bylaws and Code of Conduct. Attendance and participation are the drivers in membership.

Multiple Council memberships are available to firms willing to pay the applicable fees and assign different designated representatives to each Council to which they belong.

ABA operates principally through Councils, which are professionally managed and facilitated networking groups that meet at least eighteen times per year, generally on a biweekly basis.

ABA assigns each of its members to one Council. Each member is also assigned a particular product or service market segment to promote through its Council membership. Council members receive the full benefits of each member’s participation, each Council is maximally diverse, with no two members assigned the same product or service market segment.

While members may expand and diversify their businesses as they see fit, they shall limit their promotional activities in ABA to the specific product or service categories assigned to them as a member.

No member or guest of ABA may solicit funds for any reason at Council meetings. If members or guests decide to help and support another’s fundraising commitment is truly their choice.

ABA receives written notice of cancellation. The notice of cancellation must be received at least 30 days prior to the last full month of membership, and in such a manner as to afford ABA reasonable opportunity to act on it.