Devin Sizemore is the author of Connection Expansion: You Are One Connection Away From Massive Success In Your Life And Business. Devin is driven by a passion for meaningful experiences, both personally and professionally, he has spent his career building and growing businesses that align with his values. From launching his first marketing agency right out of college to creating innovative consulting practices and a cat cafe, his journey has been defined by a commitment to "adding value" and mak...
Feb 20, 2025•45 min•Season 2Ep. 459
Jay Baer is a business growth and customer experience expert, advisor, researcher, author, and analyst. He has spent 30 years helping more than 700 of the world’s most iconic brands, including Nike, Oracle, Salesforce, Bentley, and The United Nations, gain and keep more customers. A 7th-generation entrepreneur, Jay has written seven best-selling books on marketing and customer experience, and founded five, multimillion-dollar companies. Jay is an inductee into the professional speaking hall of f...
Feb 13, 2025•41 min•Season 2Ep. 458
Jill talks about her latest pursuit in AI technology, her PhD research, her podcast, and much more!
Feb 06, 2025•35 min•Ep. 457
Sophie is a speaker, author and business coach. She helps mission-driven entrepreneurs bring the joy of their client work over to their marketing so they can stop chasing clients and attract them like a magnet instead. She specializes in helping them leverage LinkedIn to build relationships and spread their message. Sophie talks about her new book, “Unlock Your Impact: The Roadmap to Magnetic Client Attraction for Entrepreneurs Who Hate Marketing”, her Magnet Model, leveraging her LinkedIn netwo...
Jan 30, 2025•39 min•Season 2Ep. 456
Alison shares some tips on utilizing your CRM, why she prioritizes content over sales marketing, mapping out a client’s journey, and much more!
Jan 23, 2025•36 min•Ep. 455
Lisa Fain is the CEO of the Center for Mentoring Excellence and a globally recognized expert on mentoring and diversity. As the co-author of Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring and of The Mentor's Guide, 3rd Edition, Lisa combines her passion for mentoring with actionable strategies to help individuals and organizations thrive! Lisa talks about her from a law career to mentorship, creating a culture of mentorship in your organization, her certification program, and much more!...
Jan 16, 2025•34 min•Ep. 454
Justin talks about how he prepares his clients to exit their businesses, what recurring revenue really means, his podcast, and much more!
Jan 09, 2025•38 min•Season 2Ep. 453
Mark returns to the podcast to talk about the nuances of selling to C-level executives, using AI, what’s ahead in the world of sales, and much more!
Jan 02, 2025•36 min•Season 2Ep. 452
Joe Crisara was once a home service contractor with a failing business. Deeply in debt, he had zero sales skills and undercharged for everything. He assumed the only way to create higher value was to do the same service everyone else did for a lower price. But when things looked most bleak, Joe had an aha moment. It not only changed his life but also skyrocketed his business. Since then, Joe and Julie, his wife and business partner, have helped thousands of contractors achieve three to five time...
Dec 26, 2024•36 min•Ep. 451
Candyce Edelen is a seasoned entrepreneur with road rash earned from co-founding two fintech companies, one of which made the Deloitte Fast 50 list in 2004. In 2007, she launched PropelGrowth, a marketing consultancy where she helps financial and tech firms develop and execute go-to-market strategies. Over 10 years, she helped lead 13 companies to strategic acquisitions and successful exits. Candyce shares some strategies of prospecting on LinkedIn, when to know if you’re selling or being sold t...
Dec 19, 2024•42 min•Season 2Ep. 450
Rina shares some tips on being a successful business coach for your clients, shifting mindset, identifying problems, and much more!
Dec 12, 2024•42 min•Ep. 449
Perhaps it’s her Texas roots, but Jess Pettitt, MBA, M.Ed., CSP, believes that to really thrive in this world, you have to ride two horses—one of giving and one of receiving. For Jess, the giving horse is her passion for service, and the receiving horse is the high she rides entertaining audiences. For almost 10 years, Jess rode one horse by day, serving as an administrator in student affairs for university Diversity and Inclusion programs, and the other by night, performing and hosting three ti...
Dec 05, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 448
Sylvia Melena is the Founder & Principal of Melena Consulting Group, a company specializing in leadership and organizational development and business book writing and publishing. Sylvia is a two-time international award-winning and best-selling leadership author, the former Vice President of the San Diego Book Awards Association, and a four-time marketing judge for the National Association of Hispanic Publications' José Martí Awards. Sylvia shares some tips on leveraging your books as a sale...
Nov 28, 2024•39 min•Season 2Ep. 447
John St. James has been in the leadership training business for well over 45 years. He became a certified leadership and martial arts instructor and started his teaching career at the age of 18. John attended the University of California, San Diego. He attained his bachelor’s degree in Political Science in 1984 and later an advanced degree in Insurance and Risk Management from the American Institute in 1986. John talks about finding your skill to master and offer to the world, leadership princip...
Nov 21, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 446
Erin Hatzikostas is a former Corporate CEO turned Professional Pot-Stirrer. Recently called “An up-and-coming Mel Robbins,” Erin Hatzikostas is an internationally recognized leader on the impact of authenticity in the workplace. The CEO and founder of b Authentic inc, Erin is a global keynote speaker, author of two books, You Do You(ish) and The 50% Rule, the co-host of the podcast, b Cause Work Doesn’t Have to Suck, and coach-sultant. Her TEDx Talk was one of the Top 20 globally most viewed TED...
Nov 14, 2024•43 min•Season 2Ep. 445
Kate is a digital innovator, chief executive, business writer, and a globally recognized speaker known as the "Tech Humanist." She is the founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm that enhances human experiences at scale through data-driven and AI-led interactions. Kate has worked with prestigious clients like Google, IBM, Microsoft, and the United Nations, and she was one of the first 100 employees at Netflix. The Tech Humanist returns to the podcast to talk about building relat...
Nov 07, 2024•40 min•Season 2Ep. 444
James talks about his new book, producing his own events, running events over the internet, and much more!
Oct 31, 2024•37 min•Season 2Ep. 443
Ash is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best-Selling Author and 4-times TEDx speaker. He is passionate about Branding, Growth and AI. He has spent more than a decade in the corporate world and transitioned into entrepreneur journey with helping coaches, consultants, and thought leaders become instant authority and generate numerous sources of income leveraging their book. He has helped 300+ authors from 17 different countries become international bestselling authors. Ash talks about the simil...
Oct 24, 2024•40 min•Season 2Ep. 442
Sonia Dumas is a dynamic speaker, income strategist, and business innovator that is showing speakers, coaches, and consultants exactly how to succeed faster in the Age of AI. Sonia talks about the future of AI and it’s role in entrepreneurship, the benefits of offering premium services, and much more!
Oct 17, 2024•35 min•Season 2Ep. 441
Christopher Lochhead is a thirteen-time #1 bestselling CoAuthor, #1 charting business dialogue podcaster, co-creator of Category Pirates and is best known as a "godfather" of Category Design. He’s been an advisor to over 50 venture-backed startups, is a venture capital limited partner, who is a former three-time Silicon Valley public company CMO (Mercury Interactive, Scient, Vantive). Chris talks about everything category design, mistakes to avoid, finding your audience, and much more!...
Oct 10, 2024•40 min•Ep. 440
Mark breaks down the 5 steps of the In The Funnel Sales playbook, sales multipliers, sales propositions, and talks about his latest book, “Learn to Love Selling”!
Oct 03, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 439
Tom Schwab is known as the godfather of Podcast Interview Marketing, he wrote the book on it. PODCAST GUEST PROFITS: How to grow your business with a targeted interview strategy. As an author, speaker, and entrepreneur he invites you to consider you might not be "One Funnel Away", but rather "One Conversation Away" from building your brand and business. For the last decade, his company, Interview Valet, has helped thought leaders like you leverage targeted podcast interviews to talk directly to ...
Sep 26, 2024•36 min•Ep. 438
Michelle Prince is a best-selling author, sought-after motivational speaker, self-publishing expert, leadership coach and CEO/Founder of Performance Publishing Group, a “partner” publishing company dedicated to making a difference... one story at a time. She is an advanced certified Human Behavior Consultant and dedicates herself to helping leaders impact the world, using the strengths and talents already within them, to create an extraordinary life and exponentially grow their business. She’s h...
Sep 19, 2024•45 min•Ep. 437
At the heart of ViRTUS is our CEO, Mike. Mike is emotionally intelligent and driven. His core motivation is to make a difference in the lives of others. That is to say, his passion is creating positive change for his colleagues, clients, and community. Mike talks about his transition away from subscription-based revenue, his lead generation process, curating introductions, his first open enrollment program, and much more!
Sep 12, 2024•51 min•Season 2Ep. 436
As President and Partner of Hunt Big Sales for over 13 years, Carajane Moore leads the company in strategic vision and implementation. Since joining the company, she has instituted vital operational and structural changes to the business resulting in growth of over 50 percent in less than three years. Carajane talks about how the company made $1 million within its first 12 months, sales processes, authoring books, and much more!
Sep 05, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 435
Following his retirement from Premier League professional football at the young age of 22, Aaron Tighe worked in the field of Business Sales and Sales Management for 30 years. He began my sales career in the UK with NTL before moving to Australia in 1999, where he joined the competitive telecommunications industry with Macquarie Technology Group. Aaron has been the spokesperson for the company's Heartbeat program, which won the Gold Winner Award for the 'Best in the World' customer experience pr...
Aug 29, 2024•43 min•Ep. 434
Jay talks about his managed security service provider business and shares his strategies of selling and exiting the business!
Aug 22, 2024•35 min•Season 2Ep. 433
A professional speaker and advisor dedicated to helping businesses 2X their income from existing customers, fueled by a valued workforce. She achieves this through a proven Heart & ScienceTM Loyalty model, merging 25+ years of CX and Marketing roles at reputable brands like Liveops, Verizon, Schindler Elevator, Wilton Brands and AT&T. Her expertise is further enriched by an MBA and certifications in Customer Journey Management. Stacey talks about her transition from corporate to entrepre...
Aug 15, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 432
Called the “Zen Master to Digital Marketers” by Forbes, Bryan Kramer is a renowned business strategist, global keynote speaker, executive trainer and coach, two-time bestselling author and Forbes contributor. He is CEO of H2H Companies, an executive coaching company, and co-owner of PureMatter, a Silicon Valley marketing agency founded in 2001, which earned a spot as one of the “Fastest Growing Companies” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Bryan talks about how humanizing yourself and your ...
Aug 08, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 431
Gabe’s expertise in sales, marketing, recruiting, and management began when he started his own business after graduation from the Barney School of Business at the University of Hartford. He owned and operated his own sales, training, and marketing firm for more than a decade. He excelled in training sales and marketing professionals, and additionally, Gabe has had a successful career in executive recruiting. He has been instrumental in expanding the company's search and placement for IT, Softwar...
Aug 01, 2024•41 min
