Our agency rainmaker of the week is Dr. Barrett Matthews. Dr. Barrett Matthews is the visionary behind Media Boss Pro, a media powerhouse that elevates brands, captivates audiences, and boosts visibility. With a background in media production and a trailblazing spirit, Dr. Matthews revolutionizes media presence. As Assistant Director for WUSA-TV, the top news station in Washington, DC, he honed his skills and delivered compelling stories. He further expanded his expertise as a Production Assista...
Apr 16, 2025•11 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Jamie Shibley. Jamie Shibley is the CEO of The Expressory, a strategic engagement agency that believes the key to accelerating your business growth and profitability in the post-covid era will rely on your ability to maintain personal connections to build stronger emotional loyalty in your business relationships. After 20 years in the Corporate world full of IT & eCommerce roles, Jamie launched an online brand of her own. Jamie understands the influence of...
Apr 09, 2025•9 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Reuben Swartz. Reuben is the founder of Mimiran, the fun, “anti-CRM” for independent consultants, born of his experience as a sales and marketing consultant for the Fortune 500 who struggled with his own business development efforts. He's also the host and chief nerd on the Sales for Nerds podcast. https://www.mimiran.com https://indiebooksintl.com Season 3 Episode 11
Apr 03, 2025•11 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Lisa Apolinski. Lisa Apolinski is an international author and speaker, working with professionals who want to establish themselves as industry authorities. Through strategic content development and brand legacy building, she enables clients to enhance their market position and increase their service value. With over 30 years of marketing and content expertise, including positions at several Fortune 500 companies, Lisa founded her own agency to help businesses ...
Mar 27, 2025•11 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Colin Hung. Colin Hung is an award-winning healthcare marketer with more than 25 years of industry experience. He has led the marketing efforts at five Health IT companies – all of which were acquired. Colin is currently the Chief Editor at Swaay.Health and an Editor at Healthcare IT Today. In his role, he regularly meets and interviews leaders in the healthcare industry both in the US and in Canada. He posts regularly on LinkedIn, YouTube, X, and Instagram…us...
Mar 05, 2025•7 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Corey Morris. Corey is founder of Digital Marketing Success Plan™ and President/CEO of VOLTAGE. He has 20 years working in strategic and leadership roles focused on growing brands with award-winning, ROI-generating digital strategies. His career work made him recipient of the KCDMA 2019 Marketer of the Year. He is currently a contributor to both Search Engine Journal and Search Engine Land and speaks throughout North America on SEO and digital marketing topics...
Feb 26, 2025•10 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Ann Bowers-Evangelista. For over 25 years, Ann has leveraged her experience as a business psychologist, leadership expert, and endurance athlete to maximize human potential and business results. As a well- renowned consultant and coach, she provides expertise on hiring excellence, people development, resilient teams, and building effective long-term leadership practices. Her book, The Endurance Leader, helps high-level managers and new executives learn to live...
Feb 12, 2025•8 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Karl Sakas. Karl Sakas helps agency owners Work Less and Earn More, while rewarding their best team members. Karl has personally advised hundreds of agencies on every inhabited continent. He is the author of four books—including the new "Calm the Chaos"—and hundreds of articles on agency growth. When he’s not helping clients, Karl volunteers as a bartender on an antique train. Learn more at https://sakasandcompany.com and CalmTheChaos.xyz. https://indiebooksin...
Feb 05, 2025•5 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Pamela Slim. Pamela Slim is an award-winner author, speaker and agency owner who has spent three decades helping business owners scale their businesses and IP. Pam’s agency specializes in the design and development of certification and licensing programs. Pam is the author of Escape from Cubicle Nation (Penguin Portfolio, 2009), Body of Work (Penguin Portfolio, 2014) and The Widest Net (McGraw Hill, November, 2021, winner of Best Sales and Marketing Book of 20...
Jan 30, 2025•9 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Russell Trahan. Russell Trahan is Owner/President of PR/PR Public Relations, and author of Sell Yourself Without Saying A Word. PR/PR has a 25-year track record of getting 100% of our clients placements! Russell started his career working with Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Business Associations. Gathering experience at a top 10 market radio station, Russell then returned to the non-profit sector. After tenure with the Walt Disney Company, he joined PR/PR. R...
Jan 23, 2025•14 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Our agency rainmaker of the week is David Ratner. David Ratner has over 25 years of experience focused on book publicity, brand and thought leadership development, relationship building, and consulting related to the publishing industry. He is the former president of one of the country’s largest book PR agencies. where he built strong relationships throughout the publishing industry and worked with hundreds of best-selling authors from all genres. David is a strong believer in “partnership” vs. ...
Jan 15, 2025•11 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Frank King. Frank King, Suicide Prevention Speaker, writer for The Tonight Show 20 years and a speaker and comedian for 38. He’s shared the stage with comedians, Jeff Foxworthy, Adam Sandler, and Jerry Seinfeld. His speaking on Suicide Prevention is informed by his battle with Depression and Suicidality, and he has turned that long dark journey of the soul into 12 TEDx Talks, sharing his lifesaving insights associations. On top of all of that, he has survived ...
Jan 09, 2025•13 min•Season 3Ep. 36
Roman Gabriel III is a pro football player, college coach, broadcaster, and motivational speaker. He is currently the host of the Roman Gabriel Show across multiple media platforms. A former pro football quarterback, he is the son of LA Rams QB Roman Gabriel Jr. A graduate of the University of New Mexico, he was a quarterback in the 1982 Senior Bowl College All-Star Game and then participated as a quarterback in the NFL and USFL before becoming a college football coach at Arizona Western. Since ...
Dec 04, 2024•17 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Pranav Dalal. Pranav Dalal, a Harvard Business School alumnus, brings decades of global business experience to his role as Chairman and CEO of Office Beacon. A visionary entrepreneur, he has successfully scaled Office Beacon from a small team of 5 people to a multinational operation employing thousands of people. His thought leadership is featured in esteemed publications such as Forbes and Entrepreneur.com, and his accomplishments have earned him the Vistage ...
Nov 27, 2024•1 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Dave Mastovich. Dave Mastovich, CEO and Founder of MASSolutions, has been a leader in growth marketing for over 20 years. He uses his expertise in Business-to-Employee (B2E) Marketing and Referral Source Marketing to drive top and bottom line growth, boost enterprise value, and improve employee engagement for companies of all sizes. Before founding MASSolutions, Dave led marketing at UPMC, helping the healthcare system grow from under $1 billion to over $10 bi...
Nov 07, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Our agency rainmaker of the week is John St. James. John St. James brings a black belt martial arts mentality to mastering team building and client service. He is a business owner, certified coach, and ninth-degree Tang Soo Do karate black belt, which is beyond a Kyoshi, which means "professor" in Japanese. He is a Han, which means “example” and indicates a teacher that can serve as an ideal role model for others. Incidentally, Chuck Norris is also a ninth-degree Tang Soo Do karate black belt. S...
Oct 31, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Bob Kaplan. Bob is the founder of Kaplan DeVries, which consults to senior managers on leadership (www.kaplandevries.com) In the late '80s he and colleagues at the Center for Creative Leadership introduced a forerunner of executive coaching.Bob came up with a 360 feedback tool for assessing leaders, the Leadership Versatility Index, that won a patent for its way of assessing performance. He is the author of five books, including:- Fear Your Strengths—What You’...
Oct 23, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Chrissy Myers. Chrissy Myers is the CEO of AUI and Clarity HR, serving small and medium-sized businesses in employee benefits and human resources. She is the author of Reluctantly Resilient. A graduate of Leadership Akron and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, Chrissy is a committed advocate for families facing addiction and mental health challenges, serving as Chair of the County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services Board. At home...
Oct 16, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Arthur Samuel Joseph. Founder and chairman of the Vocal Awareness Institute, Arthur Samuel Joseph, M.A. is widely-recognized as one of the world’s foremost communication strategists and authorities on the human voice. A renowned teacher/mentor, Mr. Joseph’s mission is to Change the World through Voice. His proprietary voice and leadership training program, Vocal Awareness®, is designed to teach Communication Mastery- to cultivate an embodied and enhanced leade...
Oct 09, 2024•6 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Our agency rainmaker of the week is David Newman. David Newman is the author of the business bestsellers "Do It! Marketing" and "Do It! Selling." He's the founder of the Do It! MBA mentoring program and the host of The Selling Show, a top-rated business podcast with over 400 episodes. He is a member of the NSA Million Dollar Speakers Group and counts 44 of the Fortune 500 among his clients and audiences. David helps B2B consultants, coaches, and agency owners grow their revenues by 50%-500% in l...
Oct 01, 2024•11 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Alane Boyd. Alane Boyd is the Co-Founder of Workday Ninja, a systems and operations growth strategy agency that utilizes AI and automation to improve efficiency for its clients. She has been in the tech industry for two decades and built her previous agency from 12 to 600 clients. She exited in 2018 and now focuses on helping companies build repeatable systems that scale. Connect with Alane on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alaneboyd/ and visit her w...
Sep 24, 2024•4 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Brian Gerstner. With over 20 years of experience in the agency industry, Brian Gerstner is the President of White Label IQ, a company that provides white-labeled digital services and skillsets to over 50 agencies across the country. He is an expert at creating, directing, and leading teams of freelance professionals both domestically and internationally, and developing digital and software solutions that boost sales, communication, and digital operations for c...
Sep 18, 2024•6 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Susan Baier. Susan Baier is the founder and CEO of research agency Audience Audit Inc., which helps agency owners, authors, speakers, and experts build their reputation and ROI with research. She’s worked in marketing strategy for nearly 40 years in agencies and Fortune 500 organizations. Susan has provided original custom research for hundreds of business owners and thought leaders, including Jay Baer and Neen James. She has spoken at INBOUND, Content Marketi...
Sep 11, 2024•6 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Alan Cohen. Alan Cohen is an Executive and Public Speaking Coach, Author and Speaker, who inspires audiences about the power of connection and storytelling in business. Alan led the publicity team responsible for the launch of the Harry Potter book series, which is the subject of his TedX talk on “The Magical Power of Share Purpose." Alan is the author of The Connection Challenge ®: How Executives Create Power and Possibility in the Age of Distraction and Thos...
Sep 04, 2024•6 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Our agency rainmaker of the week is David Ratner. David Ratner has over 25 years of experience focused on book publicity, brand and thought leadership development, relationship building, and consulting related to the publishing industry. He is the former president of one of the country’s largest book PR agencies. where he built strong relationships throughout the publishing industry and worked with hundreds of best-selling authors from all genres. David is a strong believer in “partnership” vs. ...
Aug 28, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Latara Dragoo. Latara is a Marketing Agency Owner and Strategist who specializes in helping authors, speakers, and coaches establish powerful online brand presences on par with major corporations. With over two decades in luxury branding, publishing, graphic design, and marketing, she provides tailored, innovative solutions to help clients manifest their visions and attract their ideal audiences in today's competitive business landscape. https://indiebooksintl...
Aug 01, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Kevin Haskin. Kevin is a longtime sports writer who worked primarily for the Topeka Capital-Journal as a beat writer covering Kansas and Kansas State before serving as lead sports columnist for 10 years. He finished his career as the editorial page editor. Kevin joined Advisors Excel in 2018. Promoted to Books Team Director in 2023. He has written four custom books for financial advisors AE represents and numerous templated books AE offers within its Books pro...
Jul 24, 2024•11 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Manish Dudharejia. Manish Dudharejia is the Founder and CEO of E2M, a leading White Label Partner for Digital Agencies. His company is trusted by over 300 agencies and generates multiple-seven figures in recurring revenue. He established E2M 12 years ago and has since grown the company to more than 300 full-time employees. His deep interest in human psychology, philosophy, and spirituality helped him develop a distinctive leadership approach. This allows him t...
Jul 17, 2024•12 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Colt Briner. Colt Briner is a 25-year, Finny award-winning MarCom exec that has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Exhibitor Magazine, and Fast Company. Founder of the B2B growth consultancy, Scrappy AF, Colt now supports multiple 9-figure B2B brands across multiple industries. He is a guest presenter for MBA programs in California universities and a sought-after speaker at conferences, workshops, and events around the world. https://indiebooksintl.com Epi...
Jul 10, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 81
Our agency rainmaker of the week is David Goldman. David Goldman runs a Coaching company called Goldman Organization. He works with professionals who want to bring in more business without sounding like a sales person. In 2019, he published a book called, The Road to Happiness - How to Get What You Really Want. In January, 2024, his second book, Bringing in the Business - without Sounding like a Salesperson hit the market. Since 1989, he has logged more than 30,000 hours coaching executives, sal...
Jun 27, 2024•17 min•Season 2Ep. 18
