Our agency rainmaker of the week is Scot Ginsburg. Scot Ginsburg has been solely focused on exclusively representing tenants and owner-users of commercial space throughout his commercial real estate career. Withover $2 billion in transaction volume and 14,000,000 square feet of experience, Scot specializes in high-tech, life science, business service, research and development, and other growth-oriented industries. His commitment to provide the highest level of service is evidenced by his loyal c...
Jun 12, 2024•13 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Rhonda Sher. Rhonda Sher is the powerhouse behind The Sher Method and a leading LinkedIn Strategist, trainer and speaker. With over 15 years of expertise, Rhonda has beenempowering business owners, entrepreneurs, and service providers to unlock the full potential of LinkedIn. Rhonda has transformed countless businesses, regardless of size or industry vertical. Her approach isn't just about tweaking profiles; it's a comprehensive strategy that consistently lead...
Jun 05, 2024•13 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Minal Sampat is a Best Selling Author, Marketing Strategist and Social Media Coach. She was born in India, grew up in the U.S. Virgin Islands, went to college in NJ, and now lives in Walla Walla with her husband and an extensive shoe collection! She launched her first company by breaking a Guinness World Record and since then has helped 100s of businesses with marketing strategies to increase revenue while reducing marketing expenses. She is also the founder of Marketologist™ - an online marketi...
May 31, 2024•9 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Our agency rainmaker of the week is John O'Brien. With over three decades of experience, John O’Brien is a seasoned expert in guiding individuals through significantly stressful life situations and transitions by offering practical and actionable strategies to navigate them with ease. Through his programs, John equips clients with tangible skills and concrete tools that empower them to swiftly reduce stress levels and enhance personal wellness leading to immediate positive transformation. John ...
May 14, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Lisa Apolinski. Lisa Apolinski, CMC is the CEO of 3 Dog Write. She teaches agency and business owners how to use their content to attract more right fit clients so that they experience a positive return on investment in marketing. She has written several books, including Persuade With A Digital Content Story, named one of the top content marketing books in the world. Her newest book, The Greatest Personal Brand Story Ever Told, will be available on Amazon. She...
May 09, 2024•9 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Dave Wilens. Coach Dave is an author, speaker, and coach in the fields of leadership, management,intergenerational communication, and sales. He is one of North America’s most creative, dedicated and sought-after coaches due to his history of leading companies to greater achievements. Dave holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Cultural Studies from Governor’s State University. He is an accomplished trainer, public speaker, leadership coach and creative thinker. Wh...
May 02, 2024•11 min•Season 2Ep. 12
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 forthcoming book, The Endurance Leader, helps high-level managers and new executives le...
Apr 11, 2024•6 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Liz Leonard. Liz Leonard, an esteemed Franchise Advisor, entrepreneurship expert, and author is a dynamic force in the world of franchising, with nearly two decades of experience. Her expertise, honed over a decade of focused work in franchising, positions her as a leading authority in guiding individuals toward business success. https://indiebooksintl.com Episode 10
Apr 05, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Ed Tate. In our fast-paced world, capturing people's attention in seconds is crucial for success. Ed Tate is an international keynote speaker, trainer, and author for Fortune 500 companies and associations worldwide. He won the "American Idol of Public Speaking" and became the 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking. Ed knows how to turn a pitch into triumph. During his corporate career, he generated over $1.25 billion by co-creating two business units and sell...
Mar 28, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 50
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Sheryl Green. Sheryl Green has taken “people-pleasing” to Olympic levels. For decades, she put everyone else’s needs above her own… until she hit a metaphorical brick wall. After committing to one too many responsibilities, Sheryl discovered the importance of boundaries… okay, she actually discovered that boundaries were even “a thing.” Now, she works with individuals and organizations to establish healthy boundaries to improve relationships, communication, an...
Mar 21, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Bruce Werner. Bruce Werner is the Managing Director of Kona Advisors LLC, which provides governance and advisory services to middle market businesses. His range of assignments has included board formation, strategy, finance, M&A, succession planning and all facets of family business consulting. Mr. Werner is an experienced outside director, having served on numerous boards during periods of growth, restructuring and crisis management. Bruce recently publis...
Mar 07, 2024•12 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Margy Schaller. Margy Schaller is the author of 2 books, Write A Killer Talk and Formulate A Winning Presentation. Over the past 10 years, her company, Laser Pointer Presentations, has been coaching business owners and experts who want to knock it out of the ballpark when they get on a stage. As a speaker, she conducts workshops and retreats that teach practical and high-impact content development and slide design tools. She is confident in her results because...
Feb 29, 2024•8 min
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Susan Quinn. Susan Quinn develops growth-spurring strategies for Fortune 500 companies and middle market firms across the country. As President and CEO of circle S studio, she specializes in supporting firms to ‘better their best’. An entrepreneur and lifelong learner, Susan is inspired by bold ideas that move companies, and communities, forward. https://circlesstudio.com https://indiebooksintl.com Episode 5...
Feb 21, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Corey Morris. Corey is the owner and President/CEO of Voltage. He has nearly 20 years working in strategic and leadership roles focused on growing national and local client brands with award-winning, ROI-generating digital strategies. He's a recent recipient of the KCDMA 2019 Marketer of the Year award. In addition to leading Voltage, he has served on the global board of the search trade association, founded a local search marketing conference, and co-hosed a ...
Feb 06, 2024•10 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Juliana Marulanda. With over 20+ years of experience across Wall Street, the nonprofit sector, technology startups, and family-owned businesses, Juliana Marulanda, founder at ScaleTime, has served over 300 digital agencies. Featured by Forbes and Entrepreneur, Juliana helps uplevel businesses into lean, mean, profitable machines. On average, she and her team create ways to free up at least 30 hours per week for her clients so they can have successful agencies ...
Feb 01, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Bryan Deptula. Bryan Deptula, MBA, PhD, is a visionary leader, Author of Your Leaders Suck , Speaker, and a strategic leader development and trainer. Bryan is committed to improving life and leadership globally, he envisions a world where everyone believes in their leadership potential. Through dynamic keynotes, engaging workshops, and transformative retreats, Dr. Deptula guides individuals on a journey of self-discovery, self-leadership, and purpose. As an Ex...
Jan 18, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Scott Love. Scott Love is the founder of The Attorney Search Group, a legal recruiting firm that places partners in global law firms and facilitates law firm mergers. He also speaks professionally to business groups on the topics of recruiting and rainmaking. His unique story as a former professional card-counting blackjack professional, kicked out of and banned from casinos, brings a fresh approach to looking at business as a game. He can show your managers a...
Jan 10, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Mandi Ellefson. Mandi Ellefson is the founder of Hands-Off CEO. She and her team scale million dollar consulting agencies, with less reliance on the CEO. She helps them first generate more cash to scale with an irresistible offer that's easier to sell. And attracts clients that pay 50-600% higher fees– in 90 days or less. Then helps the CEO free up time to focus up to 1/2 of their work week on accelerating profits. https://handsoffceo.com https://indiebooksint...
Dec 20, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Mary Ann Pruitt. Mary Ann Pruitt is the CEO and President at Mosaic Media, a collection of media buying experts and creative strategists who negotiate, purchase, and monitor advertising space and airtime. Mary Ann started her career in media by working as a senior sales executive for some of the nation’s largest media outlets. After discovering her talent and love for all things media strategy, she founded Mosaic as a way to provide niche expert experience to ...
Dec 07, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Drew McLellan. Drew McLellan has worked in advertising for 30+ years and started his own agency, McLellan Marketing Group in 1995 after a five-year stint at Y&R. He also owns and runs the Agency Management Institute (AMI), which offers agency management training and consulting and facilitates agency owner peer networks for small to mid-sized agencies (advertising, digital, marketing, media, and PR). The mission of AMI is lofty yet simple — help agency owne...
Nov 28, 2023•17 min•Ep. 35
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Tom Searcy. Tom Searcy is a nationally recognized author, speaker, and the foremost expert in large account sales. His methods of unlocking explosive growth were developed through years of real-world success. He is ranked Global Gurus “World's Top 30 Sales Professionals for 2023” and #1 on the list with a focus on big sales. By the age of 40, Searcy had led four corporations, growing them each from revenues of less than $10 million to greater than $100 million...
Nov 24, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Jamie Roberts. Jamie Roberts is the CEO/Founder of Rock That Creative Job, where she works with creative professionals across the globe to help them gain the clarity and confidence to take control of their careers, and find the roles and environments where they thrive. She also helps hiring managers rethink their creative hiring practices to retain better talent, build high-performing, engaged teams, and make their businesses more scaleable and profitable. Jam...
Nov 17, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Our agency rainmaker of the week is John St. James. John St. James is an internationally certified mentor and speaker. He is a member of the John Maxwell Team and oversees two for-profit and one non-profit organization. John, a bestselling author, has trained leaders in a half dozen countries for over 45 years. Today, John uses his success as an entrepreneur to help small businesses implement positive, lasting, and transformative leadership and business systems, resulting in personal and profess...
Nov 15, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Manisha Dhawan. Manisha Dhawan is a speaker, author, executive and executive coach. In her book, The Digital Agile Leader, she shares stories and strategies on how to navigate change in the workplace and beyond. Manisha started her career in her family business, Applied Membranes Inc, working in every function. She had the opportunity to watch her father build the company from the ground up. Manisha also spent several years at organizations including PwC, Delo...
Nov 09, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Mark LeBlanc. Mark LeBlanc, CSP runs a speaking business based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He conducts presentations and creates retreat-type experiences for independent and practice professionals who want to create an extreme sliver of focus and put more money in their pocket. His nationally renowned Achievers Circle business retreat is ideal for professionals who want to develop a path and plan for true business growth. In fact, he has authored or coautho...
Oct 27, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Chris Slocumb. Christine (Chris) Slocumb, founder and President of Clarity Quest, has 30 years of marketing, business development, and product management experience in various companies, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. She has worked with technology and healthcare firms on marketing strategy, business planning, and marketing implementation. Her experience includes leading in-house marketing and agency client services teams, developing processes, manag...
Oct 12, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Jane Phelps. Jane Phelps is the CEO and Founder of Know Agency, an organic search and paid search marketing Agency that started in 2010. Jane is a public speaker and conference presenter at industry trade shows, networking events, and conferences on search and digital marketing strategies. https://knowagency.com https://indiebooksintl.com Episode 28
Sep 08, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Corey Morris. Corey is President/CEO of Voltage–a leading search marketing and web development agency based in Kansas City, MO. He speaks on stages across North America and writes for Search Engine Land, Search Engine Journal and other publications on search marketing and digital topics leaning on his experience and successes with local and national brands. He formerly founded a search marketing conference, has been a tech radio show co-host, and has served on...
Aug 31, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Colleen Lerro Gallagher. Colleen Lerro Gallagher is the president and CEO of OnWrd & UpWrd Marketing and Communications. She uses her expertise in communications and advocacy, media relations and video and podcast production to help clients enhance their brand as an industry thought leader. At O&U, she works with clients to secure national and local media coverage, develop strategic communications plans and implement video and digital strategies to set...
Aug 23, 2023•10 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Our agency rainmaker of the week is Greg Bray. Greg Bray is the President of Blue Tangerine, a digital marketing and website development agency that believes every home builder deserves a sales-generating website. Greg began developing homebuilder websites in 2000 and has been hooked ever since. The tools have matured since that time, but one thing hasn’t changed: the goal to grow sales! Greg enjoys teaching the techniques and skills that he’s learned. He can explain complex technical topics in ...
Aug 09, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 25
