Growth Experts with Dennis Brown

David is the Co-Founder and CEO of Drift, where he is helping everyone know, grow, and amaze their customers. Prior Experience: He previously founded Compete, Lookery, Ghostery, and Performable. Most recently, after the Acquisition of Performable by HubSpot, David was the Chief Product Officer responsible for re-architecting the engineering team and HubSpots products.

He is active in the Boston tech community investing in and advising organizations like Charles River Ventures, Spark Capital, NextView Ventures, DormRoom Fund, EverTrue, Visible Measures, Yottaa, and HelpScout. Skills & Expertise: David is passionate about building amazing products for Marketers. Interests: SaaS, building teams, patents.

During out interview we discuss:

- Talks about how and why he raised $107 million in venture funding.

- David talks about how how they grew from 20 people in 2017 to 250 people in 2018.

- Then David talks about the the top 2 strategies Drift uses to acquire new customers.

- We dissect Drift's strategy for converting event attendees into inbound sales.

- Hind sight being 20/20, David shares what he would do differently to grow faster if he could start Drift all over again.

- David shares the biggest challenge Drift has faced since launching the business.

- He shares his favorite growth tool/software.

- Then David recommends one of his favorite books to you my audience.

David's website:

www.Drift.com

www.twitter.com/dcancel

www.linkedin.com/in/dcancel

TSUFIT is a former lawyer who has been described by the Toronto Star as "a starburst of energy― bright bubbly and upbeat" and by Publisher's Weekly as a "coaching dynamo". Her book, Step Into the Spotlight! has been endorsed by Tom Peters, Jay Conrad Levinson, Jack Trout, BNI founder, Ivan Misner, Les Brown, Al Ries & many other New York Times best selling authors and experts.

During our interview we discuss:

- Her #1 strategy for getting new clients new coaching clients.

- Then Tsufit shares her top tips for entrepreneurs, authors, speakers and coaches to get seen, heard and noticed.

- She shares her favorite growth tool/software.

- Then she recommends one of her favorite books.

Tsufit's websites:

www.spotlightbook.com

www.spotlightgroup.biz

www.spotlightsecrets.com

Anik Singal is the founder and CEO of Lurn.com and is widely considered, by the industry, as one of today's most successful digital publishing marketers.

Anik teaches people how to create their own online passion-based businesses. He guides them through his process to maximize profit and grow revenue and has trained over 250,000 students around the world.

BusinessWeek recognized him in the Top 3 of the Best U.S. Entrepreneurs Under 25. He's an Inc500 CEO, listed twice among the Fastest Growing Companies in America.

During our interview we discuss:

- Anik shares why he dropped out of college to become an entrepreneur.

- He shares his #1 strategy for getting new clients for his Lurn.com business.

- Then he shares how he setups a winning paid ad strategy.

- Anik shares the 4 stages of growing a successful business.

- We talk about the 5 elements to building your authority.

- Anik shares his favorite growth strategies/tools.

- Then he recommends his favorite book.

Anik's websites:

www.escapebook.com

www.lurn.com

Meredith Crawford is the founder of Solerno Media. She's an exceptional Business, Marketing and Storyteller Expert who helps small business owners get out of the vicious cycle of feast or famine.

Meredith served for years as CEO of the multi-million dollar company MindShare Design, where she managed a marketing campaign that added 18% to the company's revenue stream. After years of running high budget teams, she experienced a colossal burnout which required medical leave. Before long Meredith bounced back, stronger than ever, and found that she had an unshakeable desire to help product-based small business owners.

During our conversation we discuss:

- Here number strategy for getting new clients for her agency.

- Meredith shares the #1 thing she would have done differently if she could start her business all over again.

- Then Meredith shares her 3 reasons why storytelling is so important when it comes to building your brand.

- Meredith shares her biggest challenge after her first year since launching her business.

- Meredith shares her favorite growth tool/software.

- Meredith recommends one of her favorite marketing/storytelling book.

Meredith's websites:

www.solernomedia.com

www.linkedin.com/in/meredithcrawford1/

Phillip Stutts, author of FIRE THEM NOW, is one of the masterminds behind the curtain of political marketing. With more than 20 years of political and marketing experience, Stutts has worked with multiple Fortune 200 companies and has over two decades of experience working on campaigns with billions of dollars in political ad spend and contributed to over 1,000 election victories, including hundreds of U.S. House campaigns, dozens of U.S. Senate campaigns and even three Presidential victories.

He founded Go BIG Media in 2015 and has won more than 30 prestigious awards for their work with US Senators, Governors, and Presidential Candidates.

During our interview we discuss:

- Phillips start by sharing why he decided to pivot from political marketing to traditional corporate marketing.

- We talk about his #1 strategy he uses today to get new clients.

- One of the most powerful strategies Phillip learned in political marketing that he is now leveraging for his traditional corporate clients.

- Phillip shares what political marketers know about marketing that corporate clients need to understand.

- He shares the actual steps he uses with his corporate clients to implement his winning political marketing strategies.

- Then we talk about his favorite growth tool/software.

- Phillip recommends one of his favorite books for the audience.

Phillip's websites:

3 Secrets Report - www.phillipstutts.com/offer

"Fire Them Now" Book - www.amazon.com/Fire-Them-Now-Sell-Strategies-ebook/dp/B079VRXJS4

Lukas Resheske is a professional direct response copywriter who's worked with over 165 clients since 2012, including big names like Ryan Levesque, Mike Dillard, Josh Turner, Tai Lopez, and Agora Financial. He has been behind the scenes on dozens of big launches and products over the past 6 years.

Lukas has also personally trained over 100 new copywriters, who have gone on to start freelancing careers of their own, or have been hired at big publishers like Agora, Mindvalley, and Hayhouse to name a few.

During our interview we discuss:

- How Lukas got started in copyrighting and how going to work for well known copyrighter Mike Dillard impacted his career.

- We talk about the #1 strategy that Lukas uses to get new copyrighting clients.

- Lukas then shares his strategy that can help you understand exactly what your prospects are thinking at every stage of the buyers journey.

- We talk about the 5 levels of buyer awareness and how to create messaging and campaigns for each of the different levels of awareness to increase your conversion.

- Lukas shares his favorite growth tool/software.

- Then Lukas recommends one of his favorite books.

Luka's websites:

www.facebook.com/lukas.g.resheske

www.lukasresheske.com/

Dennis Yu is the Chief Technology Officer of BlitzMetrics, a digital marketing company which partners with schools to train young adults.Dennis's program centers around mentorship, helping students grow their expertise to manage social campaigns for enterprise clients like the Golden State Warriors, Nike, and Rosetta Stone.

Dennis has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, LA Times, National Public Radio, TechCrunch, Fox News, CBS Evening News and is co-author of Facebook Nation – a textbook taught in over 700 colleges and universities.

During our interview we discuss:

- Dennis shares his story about Blitzmetrics

- Then we discuss his 1 minute video strategy to generate more leads and sales for your business.

- We talk about how he leverages retargeting/remarketing with his video strategy to decrease leads cost and increase conversion.

- Dennis and I talk about the 3 stages of the sales funnel and why his 1 minute video marketing strategy is perfectly designed to convert.

- We talk about why Dennis prefers Facebook vs LinkedIn for leveraging his video strategy.

- Dennis shares the #1 challenge he faced in starting and growing Blitzmetrics.

- Dennis shares his favorite growth tool/software.

- Dennis shares why he reads science fiction books.

Dennis's websites:

www.linkedin.com/in/dennisyu

She's competed in one of the toughest races in the world - and finished! Karen Brown has combined her experience as an IRONMAN World Championship competitor with scientifically proven coaching techniques, into a program to help leaders "unlimit their beliefs" and excel in ways they've only dreamed of. In fact, that's the title of her book…Unlimiting Your Beliefs.

Karen facilitates higher levels of success in others through keynote speeches, presentations and workshops for corporations, professional associations and business groups. She (and her national team) also coaches leaders individually through her company Velocity Leadership Consulting. This CEO has an inspiring story!

During our interview we discuss:

- Karen shares her #1 strategy for getting new consulting clients.

- Karen starts out with sharing how the unconscious mind works.

- Then Karen leads us through how small business owners, entrepreneurs and marketers can start tapping into their unconscious mind to stimulate growth.

- Then we talk about how Karen was able to complete an IRONMAN event.

- Karen shares her favorite growth tool/software.

- Plus Karen recommends one of her favorite books for the audience.

Karen's websites:

www.velocityleadershipconsulting.com/growthexperts

Ty Crandall is an internationally known speaker, author, pod show host, and business credit expert. With over 16 years of financial experience Ty is recognized as an authority in business credit building, business credit scoring, and business credit repair. Ty is the author of two popular books on credit named Perfect Credit and Business Credit Decoded. He is often interviewed on radio and news shows, TV programs, and magazines including Entrepreneur and Inc. Ty currently serves as the CEO at Credit Suite where he has helped create and grow one of the biggest and most credible business coaching operations in the United States.

During our interview:

- We talk about why he started his Credit Suite business

- Ty shares his #1 strategy that he uses for getting new clients for his business.

- Ty shares why he thinks its so important to diversify the strategies and channels you use to generate new leads.

- We talk about what TY would do differently if he could start his business all over.

- Then Ty shares the BEST way for small business owners and entrepreneurs to use credit to grow their businesses.

- Ty shares the biggest mistakes he sees business owners making when it comes to business credit.

- Ty shares the top 3 credit reporting agencies for businesses.

- We then why its easier to build business credit than personal credit.

- Ty shares his favorite growth tool/software.

- Plus Ty recommends one of his favorite books for you to check out.

Ty's websites:

www.creditsuite.com/ein

Jim Jubelirer (JUBE-uh-leer) is a seasoned executive, coach and public speaker. Jim's mission is to help leaders improve their business performance and personal satisfaction. Jim speaks to a wide variety of audiences about leadership and business excellence and motivates people to achieve Breakthrough Results. He has designed and delivered custom training programs, and has delivered speeches, conference presentations and/or executive seminars to over 6,000 people from over 40 countries.

During our interview we discuss:

- Jim talks about his #1 strategy for getting new coaching clients today.

- Then we talk about how technology and an exponential mindset can have a HUGE impact on your business growth.

- Jim shares his prediction for the future!

- Then Jim shares his favorite growth tool/software.

- Jim recommends a book for my audience.

Jim's websites:

www.jubelirerresultsgroup.com/growthexperts/