Accelerate Your Business Growth

But what are the crucial elements to consider when responding to an RFP and writing a winning proposal? As head of the association that's dedicated to helping companies navigate this world, Rick will unlock the mystery behind proposal writing and offer practical advice that will resonate with any business leader. He'll share proven tactics from all aspects of the proposal development process, including the role creativity and writing play.  Rick Harris is the Executive Director of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP), the association for professionals who pursue business through proposals, bids, tenders, and presentations. He and his members advance the arts, sciences, and technologies of winning business - in virtually every major industry such as IT, telecom, software, healthcare, consulting, finance and the federal government. They keep business in business. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Li

If you’ve ever wondered how you can get booked on a show, Katrina can tell you! In this episode she shares her must H.A.V.E. formula to make the media call you! Katrina Cravy is an author and Emmy award-winning TV media veteran. As a former investigative reporter and TV host for FOX, NBC, and ABC affiliates, she’s now helping clients get on TV and deliver a winning message. Katrina is also a wife and mother. Her greatest joy is raising her 12 year old son to be a good human! She’s also the author of On Air - Insider Secrets to Attract the Media and Get Free Publicity. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Philip Williams has a unique and valuable viewpoint regarding business growth. He has a great deal of experience helping people grow their small businesses and focuses on the people side over the financial aspects. He was hired as a CEO by a company that didn't know how they were going to pay him. He took this failing business and helped grow its revenue by 50% every year WITHOUT even setting goals. Philip’s business education started at the family dinner table when he was about 8 years old. He was raised by a Barber Shop and Auto Salvage Yard owner then climbed the corporate ladder outside the family business. He’s worked in manufacturing, distribution, engineering consulting, and professional services. He's a 3-time Inc5000 honoree after becoming the CEO who took the helm of a 17 year old cash strapped company and grow it at 50% a year for 5 straight years. That resulted in two nearly simultaneous acquisition offers from two publicly traded multi-national corporations. He accomplished it all by bootstrapp

In this episode Louis Gudema tells us about a contrarian but intuitive approach to marketing that prioritizes the fastest, least expensive programs. Louis helps companies from MIT startups to the Global 2000 increase their revenue by focusing on the fastest, least expensive and most cost-effective programs to get more leads and sales. He is the founder and president of marketing consultancy, Revenue & Associates, and previously founded and grew a marketing agency into one of the top three or four in its national market before a successful exit. He is the author of Bullseye Marketing, available on Amazon. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shayna Rattler will teach us how to get access to the most overlooked source of cash flow - CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS.  Leave this episode knowing how to get your brand placed in the most optimal position to get your piece of the sponsorship pie. Shayna helps entrepreneurs and influencers scale their business; using a lucrative, yet misunderstood source of cash flow and leverage--corporate sponsorships. Her best-selling book, Secrets to Landing Corporate Sponsorships, outlines her proprietary framework. That, coupled with her 15+ years of experience has resulted in hundreds of partnerships and millions of dollars in profit. She’s helped clients like Steve Harvey, Lisa Nichols and influencers known only in their niche. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad cho

Entrepreneurs don't need to wait until retirement to start enjoying life and having more Perfect Days. Cokie Berenyi shares her insights so we can all have more Perfect Days. Cokie Berenyi, CFP, founder of Alphavest, has been providing financial guidance to clients since 1996, is a 40 Under 40 and Woman CEO of the Year recipient. Her latest book, Perfect Day, inspires and equips business leaders to achieve a healthy work-life balance that unlocks their full potential! Her 20+ years advising clients and her experiences as an entrepreneur provide numerous stories that illustrate the effectiveness of her holistic approach toward having Perfect Days. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If we, as personal or corporate brands do not understand who we are, what we do, who we do it for and why those people should care. . . they won't! Ben Baker believes that everyone has a unique and compelling story to tell. They just need to understand what it is and who their audience truly is, so that they can say the right thing, to the right people, in the right way. He joins us to discuss. Storytelling has always been a way of life for Ben. From a young age, he realized that through telling stories people listened to him, understood him and engaged. Professionally, this is what he has been doing now for over two decades. He helps brands tell engaging stories that compel their customers to take action. Ben is also the author of Powerful Personal Brands. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/b

Every business owner understands the importance of making dynamic connections with potential customers in order to grow but many don’t know how to get their attention. Jon Morrison offers helpful insight and actionable strategies for business owners. Get Clear Consulting founder and CEO Jon Morrison believes choosing the right words is key to helping customers understand what companies are offering. Using the power of story, Jon helps people talk about what they do in a way that both captures attention and generates business. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ronan Leonard joins us to share some valuable information about mastermind groups. Ronan connects small business owners to support groups through the innovative concept of virtual Masterminds. Without a co-founder or a business coach, solopreneurs are often overwhelmed with to-do lists. They need impartial advice to get the right support to help them achieve clarity and better results. Ronan believes we’ve lost our connection to a “tribe.“ A community that will help you solve your problems and accelerate your learning. He believes that there is more value in making real peer-to-peer connections than paying external contractors who have no vested interest in your success. Ronan is the founder of Eccountability. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad choices.

Will Deane shares some valuable insights about how you can turn your Marketing Strategies to Million Dollars. Will is a successful entrepreneur by means as a Digital Marketing and an eCommerce Expert. He has built and scaled several multi-million dollar businesses specializing with results-based marketing. His company, UNSTOPPABLE.CO, focuses on providing clients real and measurable results using marketing strategies to generate positive ROI, optimizing it and increasing a company's overall bottom line. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With decades of experience, seeing dark days and light days, Justin has run several companies with very lucrative exits. His experience with fear, failure, perseverance and success, and how failure is essential for the growth of any entrepreneur and business, is what he will discuss.   A serial entrepreneur, Justin Hartzman, understands what it takes to guide a startup from concept to funding to a multi-million dollar exit. As a motivated, hardworking, and ambitious high-level thinker, Justin and his passion for business to inspire other start-up teams to let no obstacle stand in their way to success. As co-founder and CEO of the first ever RoboAgency, Needls, Justin has identified and filled a desperate need to the underserved SMB, lending to the entrepreneurial mindset and quick-thinking that has positioned him as a leader in his space. With multiple exits under his belt, he has built Needls into a scalable business from the ground up, securing millions in funding and expertly planning an exit strategy fo

Michael Haynes joins us to talk about the value of pursuing B2B customers as a means of business growth. Michael is a B2B Customer Strategy Specialist. He has over 20 years’ experience working with companies in Australia, Brazil and Canada helping them to develop and implement customer driven strategies and programs to drive business growth and improve performance. Michael has worked with start-ups and SMEs across a range of industries including Professional Services, IT and Transportation. He is an advisor with Start-up Canada  as well as a mentor with the University of Technology Sydney. Michael is also the author of Listen, Innovate, Grow. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The future belongs to individuals ready to think differently about  success and  who are ready to use ordinary resources in extraordinary ways. Vindya Vee joins us to share her thoughts on this subject.   Vindya is a high-performance coach specializing in rapid results for entrepreneurs, business owners and other high achieving individuals.  Her big turning point came when she was hired to coach leaders working with Fortune 1000 companies, which are the largest companies in the US and hire only the top 1% talent in the world!    Vindya is especially pleased to have inspired many men & women in realizing their true strength and potential; and creating the impact that they desire in the world.  Some of her coaching clients have gone on to be TED speakers!  Vindya has a background in impactful leadership and she has a strong background in the financial markets industry. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audio

Kevin Eikenberry shares his thoughts on what it takes to effectively lead a remote team – even when that team consists of one person. Kevin is the Founder and Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He’s been named one of Inc.com’s Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts in the World and is the author of several books. His latest book, The Long Distance Leader is  the foundation for this episode. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Defining one's story as well as fully understanding the intended audience is paramount to a business's success. This principle is the same for individuals looking for opportunities, or an entrepreneur looking for funding. Ira Gostin joins us to discuss the value of story telling. Ira is an entrepreneur, marketer, communications strategist and business storyteller who specializes in creating business growth with measurable results for clients. 120 West Strategic Communications combines his marketing passions and entrepreneurial spirit into creating growth and engagement strategies for clients. A former journalist, educator and corporate executive, Gostin created 120 West to help companies realize growth through marketing and public relations. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. L

There are three things every business owner needs to get clear before they start marketing. Listen in as Jonny Cooper explains what they are. British entrepreneur, piano player, international racing driver and business coach Jonny Cooper is the founder of Jonny Hates Marketing, helping transformation professionals find more of their ideal clients, more easily. Since growing a business to 8-figures and exiting, Jonny’s been supporting coaches, trainers, therapists and consultants who are serious about growing their practice and enjoying a life of effortless abundance. He's also the voice behind the legendary Jonny Hates Marketing Facebook Group, and swears that he really, really does.Hate marketing, that is. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi

Which systems are absolutely non-negotiable? Systems for managing money? Time? Communications? In this episode Marina Darlow joins me to talk about designing and implementing essential systems to run a small business, and about building resilience by putting *good* systems in place.  Marina Darlow is a systems' expert and a productivity geek. She sees her job as helping impact-driven entrepreneurs get 10-20 more productive hours a week, stop leaking money, and prevent stress-fuel breakdowns. An engineer by training, Marina founded Vision Framework, a company that builds small, purpose-driven businesses from the inside - helping entrepreneurs run their companies with ease by putting effective, easy-to-use, and fun (yep!) systems in place.  Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Lear

Andrew Lermsider joins us to share 3 proven strategies to grow your online business faster. He’ll also tell us why posting endlessly on social media has become less and less effective. Andrew Lermsider knows the exact steps needed to rapidly increase the sales of any company selling a product or service online. Lermsider, a renowned marketing and conversion expert, has been featured on the cover of “Response Magazine”, interviewed in Entrepreneur and appeared on top business podcasts like Entrepreneur on Fire.  He advises small and large companies around the world in every sector imaginable. His techniques are responsible for generating over $600 million dollars online. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All business improvement concepts rely on one assumption, the business leader has a healthy relationship with feedback and is able to confront reality. Alex Vorobieff joins us to share his thoughts on this subject. If you’ve ever wondered why companies tend to become more frustrating over time for everyone involved… and what you can do about it whether you own, lead or work in it… our guest today is for you. Do you get overwhelmed by all the concepts and books out there to improve your company? Do you wonder which ones will actually work and generate a return on your time and money? You are not alone. Our guest, Alex Vorobieff (vo-ROW-BEE-if) spent decades cleaning up financial messes as a CPA and clean-up CFO, working to remove the root cause of the frustration. He wrote the book based on a growing set of powerful tools that were not named until he penned Transform Your Company. His magazine and podcast — Confident ROI — bring real life stories and examples of business leaders sharing what concepts worked

Winning new customers and securing more business from current customers is the lifeblood of your company. In this fun, freewheeling session, I discuss some surprising secrets of landing business with David A. Fields, whose Guide to Winning Clients has become a blockbuster. David A. Fields is a consultant, author, and possibly one of the most influential voices in consulting and consultative selling. His new book, The Irresistible Consultants' Guide to Winning Clients is the most highly recommended book on building a consulting practice released in over 30 years. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices