Growth Driven

Since 2007, Dr. James Roman has used advanced marketing and sales strategies to grow his and his client’s practices.

After 11 years in private practice, he sold his successful practice in Atlanta, GA to move out west to Denver, CO, and start iVelocity Marketing. As the Founder and CEO of iVelocity, he grew his marketing agency 10X and was listed as the INC 500 list of fastest-growing agencies in the country.

After selling his agency for a 7 figure cash out, he coaches and trains private practices around the country on management and growth strategies.

Many practice owners suffer from having a rollercoaster for a business. One month, they are riding high and experiencing profits, and the next month, they struggle to even pay themselves.

At Optimal Growth, their purpose is to help business owners build a profitable business with long-term sustainability.  We do this by helping them improve their sales flow and their communication which results in a greater ROI and profitability in their practices.

By creating a more natural and organic communication flow for their sales teams; these owners have a real business focused on constant and continual growth.

IS YOUR SUPERPOWER AN IMPORTANT ABILITY?

Yes, it is. If you are yet to recognize this, then please learn to appreciate yourself. Get to know what you are truly good at. The things you can do very well without much struggle. Basically, get to know your strengths.

Your superpower is the ability that makes you succeed in business, life, or in school. It is what enables you to outperform others in a game or exam. It is what you do best and is practically impossible to have someone do for you. 

Looking around you, you will notice your friends also have their own unique abilities. These are their superpowers.

Being what makes you do something better than others, your superpower is an important ability. That is why you need to know it. After you know it, don’t just sit on it. Work it out and with continued practice, you will hone it like any other skill you have learned.

Kevin Knebl is the Most Recommended Business Speaker in the World among over 281,298 Business Speakers Worldwide (LinkedIn 2019). 
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Kevin has been speaking internationally for over 20 years on how to network effectively and establish connections that lead to mutually beneficial, long-term, win-win relationships. 

He has trained hundreds of companies and tens of thousands of people on how to use effective interpersonal skills and Social Networking to accomplish a multitude of business purposes. With over 28,500 connections on LinkedIn, over 7500 friends and fans on Facebook, and over 16,500 followers on Twitter, Kevin walks his talk every day.

Kevin is an in-demand Speaker, Trainer, Executive Coach and McGraw-Hill published author. He is the co-author of The Social Media Sales Revolution: The New Rules for Finding Customers, Building Relationships, and Closing More Sales Through Online Networking.

Kevin also has more individually, hand-written, client testimonials (1925+) on his LinkedIn profile than anyone else in the world!

John is the CEO of Evolve Systems Group. He is a serial entrepreneur who has created many products and services that are designed to empower business owners and entrepreneurs. Some of these ventures include: Evolve Global Publishing, Evolvepreneur.app, Evolvepreneur.club, EvolveYourBusiness, and Evolve Mobile.

John is regarded as a versatile and experienced entrepreneur with a solid background in Accounting, Banking, Business Management, Finance, Personal Development, IT, Software, and Strategic Marketing.

John is passionate about helping business owners become smarter and more strategic about their marketing efforts. He constantly pushes the envelope of what’s possible in this modern era and is widely regarded among his peers as very innovative and highly creative in his approach.

Great ideas are a dime a dozen. It's the actual execution that makes the difference. 

No matter what industry you are in, a great strategy is THE key to success. But when you work for a growing business, it's quite likely you've experienced this phenomenon:

At the company's weekly brainstorming session, you propose a new strategy that is received with exceptional positivity. Your team excitedly discusses the idea, thinking synergistically and solving complex problems at every turn. After mulling over the new direction for an hour, it appears that the plan is foolproof, so everyone goes back to their respected offices both inspired and motivated to execute.

A month later, the whole plan has fallen apart. And it's absolutely devastating.

When you work for an evolving business, then you know - coming up with a great strategy is one thing, executing it is a whole other ball of wax. If you're like most CEOs, you probably rank "strategy execution" ahead of 80 other company concerns, including innovation, global security, and top-line growth, according to this Harvard Business Review study. And if your company is like three-quarters of the organizations in that same study, your team struggles or fails to execute your plans.

Increasing Productivity In Small Business: How To Tips on Getting More Done
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Leaders are always seeking to improve employee productivity (including their own). All too often, that quest goes no further than time management training provided by the HR department. 

As legendary statistician and management consultant W. Edwards Deming argued in his book Out of the Crisis, 94% of most problems and possibilities for improvement belong to the system, not the individual.

Personal solutions can be useful, but the most effective antidote to low productivity and inefficiency must be implemented at the system level, not the individual level.

Making small changes to habits will drastically improve the levels of productivity and office efficiency in your business. This will allow you to get more quality work done in a shorter period of time as well as reduce the amount of time spent on unnecessary tasks.

A common problem for managers is having no clear, strong sense of whether their employees are high-performing or not.

Do your employees need an incentive to stay on track? Help them by offering goals that are achievable. Provide clear direction to supervisors and employees to help clarify expectations. This will help to increase their productivity, as they will have a clear focus and clear goals.

You should also designate the task to each assigned individual and ensure that they fully understand that they’re the ones responsible for their duties.

Holding your employees accountable for their tasks and goals means that they’ll put in extra effort and be more meticulous with their tasks.

Just like how we update our technologies, your employees need an upgrade as well — this will help them reach a higher level of productivity. 

Learning is a continuous process, and providing your employees with seminars and training courses will improve their skill sets.

Introducing your employees to innovative solutions will also motivate them to be more creative while they work. Always remember, a motivated employee is a happy employee.

But it doesn’t mean that you need to spend a considerable amount of money just to give them the necessary training. You can always hire a speaker or trainer that would like to teach or motivate your employees.

Facebook has become shallow, slightly frenetic, and highly antagonistic. It’s why I personally deactivated from that addictive circus.

Perhaps related to the other two, I do find enjoyment and staying connected with friends, families, and colleagues via Social Media.

But I don’t want it to be the primary – and certainly not the only – vehicle to utilize.

I love getting page views, likes, and comments. The feeling of instant gratification or the “hit” you get when you receive real-time feedback is powerful.

Being mindful of something that can also take away and erode that happiness or fulfillment is important though. It’s a balance.

A seasoned businessman, Chris shared the stage with US Presidential candidates, nationally known television news anchors, best-selling authors, and professional athletes.

Chris speaks about how to lead better and sell more by gaining trust, respect, admiration, and loyalty from those they work with!

Ivan Anz is an Inc. 500 International Serial Entrepreneur with businesses in more than 10 countries. Among them is PhilanthroInvestors, Inc., the licensing and advisory firm he founded in 2019 to combine traditional venture capital financing with philanthropic principles, achieving social impact while returning profits for its Philanthroinvestors®

What is a PhilanthroInvestor?
“A Philanthroinvestor is someone who invests money and time, engaging emotionally to promote human welfare while earning a financial return.”

We combine traditional venture capital financing tools with philanthropic principles to achieve social impact, by secure, meaningful and profitable investments that not only bring capital but also change people’s lives.

There are four levels of referrals to get new clients:

1. Soft Referrals - This a mention of your brand on social media or a positive review posted on Google, Yelp, Facebook, etc. They are not directly telling any specific person to choose you, but many of these help online searchers to choose you over others.

2. Direct Referrals - This is an individual directly telling another to call you, show up to your store, or purchase from you. 

3. Influencer Referrals - This is an influencer who in some way works with you or partners with you to send their followers and connections in your direction as a preferred brand. 

4. Partnership (Joint Venture) Referrals - This is a formalized business-marketing agreement between two or more brands, often called “Co-Branding”. The purpose is to work together as non-competitors to serve and sell to similar audiences.

If you have clients, you have a business. If you are getting more clients this year than you did last year, you have a growing business.

We can talk about management and productivity and growth until we're blue in the face, but at the end of the day, everything comes down to your ability to land clients.

There are a lot of short-term ways to land a client or two here or there, but if you want long-term success, you need to prioritize a long-term strategy.

The following strategies are great ways to build a recurring leads channel that will bring in new leads month after month after month.

* Strategic Partnerships & Joint Ventures
* Email List Building
* Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
* Paid Advertising