Succeed Through Speaking

Tom Bailey, founder of Succeed Through Speaking, interviews Linz Riding.

Linz Riding is Founder and Creator of Membership - Start with Impact - designed with working women in mind, and created to help them to overcome the hurdles of starting up their own business, getting their digital showcase set up and mastering their mindset to go out there and create the income and impact that they desire. As a trained business mentor and website/content designer, Linz is passionate about changing the way women work, she feels strongly about empowering them to play to their strengths, cultivate unshakeable self-belief and really go out there to make an impact on the world around them and inspire others, too.

Why you've got to check out Linz's episode:

- Discover how Linz helps women who want to work for themselves or want to have a go at starting something new based on a great idea they have.

- Why overwhelm typically stops new business owners in their tracks and how important it is to surround yourself with other new business owners and mentors to help nurture and guide you in the early days.

- Learn how to get oxygen to your idea, how to build your digital assets and how to get yourself out there in front of your dream clients.

- Why you need to seek support and not think that you have to do it all on your own.

- How to get access to a FREE resource to give you 5 Killer Ideas To Jazz Up Your Homepage.

- Finally, learn how you can get early access to Linz's new Start With Impact membership.

Resources / Links

https://startwithimpact.co/gift (https://startwithimpact.co/gift)

Tom Bailey, founder of Succeed Through Speaking, interviews Mollie Marrocco.

Mollie Marrocco is a Brand Coach and Content Strategist (which basically means she helps people figure out what to write on their website and Instagram). She helps her clients either through coaching so they feel confident about the content they’re creating, or “done for you” copy if they don’t want to do the writing part themselves. Most people struggle to get the thoughts that are in their heads to make sense when they're written down, but Mollie has a knack for taking those ideas and turning them into a clear, consistent brand message and an effective content strategy for her clients.

Why you've got to check out Mollie's episode:

- Discover how Mollie helps creative entrepreneurs and coaches who really struggle to speak about their business online, what copy to post on their website or social media challenges.

- Learn the biggest challenge for these businesses which is "How to I speak about myself and my business online in a way that speaks directly to my ideal clients".

- Understand how much time, energy and money you can waste while you are trying to figure out how to do this yourself effectively. And the importance of creating an effective strategy that can run on auto-pilot.

- Why you need to keep your content focused on your client through either entertaining them or educating them and why this will increase their attention on you and your brand.

- How to get access to Mollies 17 page content guide with over 30 original ideas of what you can post on social media.

Resources / Links

https://mollie.mykajabi.com/social-content-ideas (https://mollie.mykajabi.com/social-content-ideas)

https://molliemarrocco.com/ (https://molliemarrocco.com)

Tom Bailey, founder of Succeed Through Speaking, interviews Annemarie Cross.

Annemarie Cross is the CEO and Founder of Ambitious Entrepreneur Podcast Network and Industry Thought Leader Academy, Annemarie Cross is a Personal Branding & Podcast Strategist and Business Coach.

Recently cited as one of the Top 20 Business Coaches in Melbourne - Australia, Annemarie works with consultants and coaches around the world helping them create distinguishable, uncopyable and irresistible brands so they're seen as not just A choice – but THE choice with their ideal clients.

Dubbed ‘The Podcasting Queen,’ Annemarie is also an award-winning podcast host and is recognized as a pioneer in the podcasting space having started her first co-hosted podcast in 2008.

Why you've got to check out Annemarie's episode:

- Discover how Annemarie helps coaches and consultants in service based businesses who want to make a much bigger impact in the world with their message and their sphere of influence.

- How her clients typically feel like the world’s best kept secret and how this means they struggle to stand out in a crowded marketplace.

- Understand why business owners continue to get more frustrated and overwhelmed as they keep trying new marketing techniques or how poor results sometimes lead to them giving up.

- Why you should be mindful of the bright shiny object marketing tactics, and how important it is to build the correct foundations, nail your niche and master your market and then choose the lane that works for you.

- How to get access to Annemarie's FREE resource to help you become distinguishable, uncopyable & irresistible (even if you're in a crowded marketplace)

Resources / Links

https://industrythoughtleaderacademy.com/distinguishablemessage (https://industrythoughtleaderacademy.com/distinguishablemessage)

 

Tom Bailey, founder of Succeed Through Speaking, interviews Heather H. Bennett.

Heather H. Bennett is an author, marketing strategist and personal brand coach with over 20 years of experience marketing products and people. Drawing from a background in Research and Development, an MBA, and digital marketing expertise, she coaches clients to create strong, authentic, and unique brands.

Why you've got to check out Heather's episode:

- Learn how Heather helps executives and entrepreneurs who want to improve their personal brand.

- How her clients don't typically have the time to work on their elevator pitch and don't necessarily know which clients to target with their pitch.

- Why it is important for an Executive to be known as a key influencer in their industry and the importance of building a personal brand.

- How you can communicate clearly what you need, what you are looking for and how / who you can help, as well as giving a clear call to action in your elevator pitch.

- Get access to Heather's new book and free resources on her blog.

Resources / Links

https://creativebrandcoach.net/books (https://creativebrandcoach.net/books)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-h-bennett/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-h-bennett/)

 

Tom Bailey, founder of Succeed Through Speaking, interviews Hugh Liddle.

Hugh Liddle is THE Sales Wizard at Red Cap Sales Coaching and Elite Sales Academy, where you can learn to make selling easy, fun and profitable. He specializes in helping service-oriented businesses, especially chiropractors, dramatically increase their conversion ratios, sales and revenues. Hugh’s sales training and coaching comes from over 51 years of in-the-field sales and sales management experience, so you get real life experience from his teaching, not just something out of a textbook.

Hugh is the author of Take the Icky and Scary Out of Sales, which is available in paperback or Kindle versions at Amazon.com. He’s also a radio talk show host. His show, Sales Chalk Talk, is available on iTunes.

When Hugh isn’t teaching business owners and their teams, he’s home in Sebring, Florida with his wife, Priscilla, Jasmine the dog and Mooch and Minnie the cats. He has 6 children, 12 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren! He plays guitar and bass, sings, writes music and records it.

Why you've got to check out Hugh's episode:

- Discover how Hugh helps service based businesses, mostly chiropractors to enhance their selling capability or learn to outsource it.

- Understand the importance of hiring the right people to take care of the marketing and sales side of the business, so that they can get hands on with their clients.

- Hear what impact it can have on entrepreneurs and business owners who are trying to wear all of the hats in their business and how important it is to get a good balance between working and living.

- Why you should delegate and outsource and how this can actually help you earn more money, even if you are having to invest in the right people.

- How you can get access to a free sales strategy session with Hugh.

Resources / Links

http://bit.ly/HughsCalendar (http://bit.ly/HughsCalendar)

https://redcapsalescoaching.com/ (https://redcapsalescoaching.com)

Tom Bailey, founder of Succeed Through Speaking, interviews Michael Zipursky.

Michael Zipursky is the CEO of Consulting Success® where they specialize in helping entrepreneurial consultants grow profitable, scalable and strategic consulting businesses. He has advised organizations like Financial Times, Dow Jones, RBC, and helped Panasonic launch new products into global markets, but more importantly, he’s helped over 500 consultants from around the world in over 75 industries add 6 and 7 figures to their annual revenues.

Why you've got to check out Michael's episode:

- Discover how Michael supports entrepreneurial consultants i.e. solo consultants or firm owners who want to build a business, be strategic about it and make great impact while they are doing it.

- How a lot of his clients are struggling with both growth and growing in a consistent way, and the need to ensure they are making the right decisions.

- Why a lack of confidence and self-esteem can lead to business owners sometimes jumping around from one shiny object to another. And how important foundations are for these business owners.

- Understand the several key areas that are critical for business growth - including finding clarity around client identity, defining a magnetic message that will resonate with your audience and how marketing tactics stop working if you don't get these two right first.

- The importance of a strategic offer when you are providing a service that people really want to buy, and how your offer aligned with your personal business needs.

- How to get access to a FREE Consulting Success Blueprint to dive deeper into a lot of the topics covered in today's episode.

Resources / Links

https://www.consultingsuccess.com/blueprint (https://www.consultingsuccess.com/blueprint)

Tom Bailey, founder of Succeed Through Speaking, interviews Danelle Brown.

Danelle Brown is the founder and CEO of Queen Bee Consulting, a marketing and communications agency which she started in October of 2008, a Certified Book Yourself Solid Business Coach, and a Certified Asset Based Thinking Coach. Danelle began her career as a professional business coach, but quickly used her skills and talents to help her clients promote themselves online. Her specialties are using any and all of her skills to help her clients shine. This includes harnessing the power of YouTube and video – the next best thing to being there in person – as well as discovering the best social media platform for each customer’s business. Danelle also counsels clients on the importance of email marketing, proper website design, and how to utilize their social capital through networking.

Why you've got to check out Danelle's episode:

- Discover how Danelle helps service professional's that are trying to educate people on what they do and how they can help clients and how important video is to build that positioning. 

- How time is usually the biggest challenge for small business owners, and how much fear can prevent people from taking the required action to start speaking on camera.

- The impact that time and fear can have on your business and how video is significantly increasing as a required medium to utilise for raising your profile.

- The difference between diving in head first and figuring it out yourself versus working with a coach or mentor to help you navigate these challenges.

- How to utilise You Tube search to learn how to use You Tube and how to get access to Danelle's resources she has made available to our listeners.

Resources / Links

http://www.queenbeeconsulting.com/ (www.queenbeeconsulting.com)

http://queenbeeconsulting.com/business-services/social-media/ (http://queenbeeconsulting.com/business-services/social-media/)

Tom Bailey, founder of Succeed Through Speaking, interviews Michelle Nedelec.

International bestselling author, Michelle Nedelec is an expert in Entrepreneurialism and the founder of Awareness Strategies. She’s run her own series of companies for over 22 years and for over 15 years has been helping Sales reps, Entrepreneurs, and Executives to continually double their profits and revenues. She not only has what it takes to help her clients build a million-dollar business, but she does it time and time again. Michelle particularly loves to talk about Marketing Automation, Systems Integration, and support both on and off of the stage. She teaches the key components of scaling a business: Strategy, Systems, Support, and State of Mind so you know how to continually elevate all four components to build a healthy thriving business. For the past 6 years, she’s been focusing on helping entrepreneurs bring their businesses online from conceptualization to Done For You IT automation.

Why you've got to check out Michelle's episode:

- Discover how Michelle works with business owners who have established software and systems which are no longer seamlessly talking to each other.

- How frustrating it can be when your IT tech stops operating correctly, especially when you are unable to locate the source of the issue.

- Why business can come to a halt when the tech stops working and how it can ultimately lead to business or project failure.

- Learn the importance of system integrations and how critical Infusionsoft can be for small business owners to help drive your business forward.

- How you can get access to Michelle's free website audit tool.

Resources / Links

https://www.awarenessstrategies.com/website-audit (https://www.awarenessstrategies.com/website-audit)

Tom Bailey, founder of Succeed Through Speaking, interviews Melanie Benson.

Melanie Benson, Authority Amplifier for Expert-preneurs, shows you how to stand out in a crowded market and attract high paying clients and opportunities. Melanie has a proven track record of accelerating results for her clients (it's not uncommon to see 3-5x revenue increases in the first 6 months.) She’s host of Amplify Your Success Podcast, is author of Rewired for Wealth, co-author of the best-selling Voices of the 21st Century and Entrepreneur.com’s Start Up Guide to Starting an Information Marketing Business, and has been featured in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Woman’s Day, and Parenting. Melanie served on the Women Speaker’s Association Executive Team.

Why you've got to check out Melanie's episode:

- Discover how Melanie helps business owners who are building a business around their expertise - and how they are working really hard but feel invisible from their clients.

- Understand the biggest challenges of being unable to market and sell what you do as well as you can deliver what you do and how you can overcome this challenge through re-designing your irresistible messaging.

- Realise the impact invisibility can have on a business that is trying to get in front of it's ideal client audience. And why you need your clients to recognise the relevance of what you do.

- Why you absolutely need to pick a lane, a niche, a speciality and stick with it in the early days so that you can laser focus on your message for the clients you most want to work with.

- How to get access to Melanie's FREE guide and bonus training with her 8 Proven Steps to Eliminate "Best-Kept Secret Mode" and Be A Highly Paid Authority...Now!

Resources / Links

https://melaniebenson.com/SucceedSpeaking (https://MelanieBenson.com/SucceedSpeaking)

Tom Bailey, founder of Succeed Through Speaking, interviews Michela Quilici.

Michela Quilici, International Business Growth Coach, Award-winning Marketing Strategist, Amazon Bestselling Author, Speaker, Forbes Coaches Council, and Global Operations & Training Director at Women Speakers Association. As a "Business Navigator", Michela works with growth-minded business owners, service professionals and CEOs who want to scale their business with confidence and ease. She helps her clients navigate their business growth on purpose, using strategy, systems and self-leadership, so they can get noticed, get clients, and get more profitable.

Why you've got to check out Michela's episode:

- Discover how Michela helps business owners and service professionals who want to accelerate their growth and scale to multiple 6 and 7 figures as well as systems for profitability, consistency and scalability.

- Learn the biggest challenge when it comes to being the business and not running the business and how you need to spend less time in the weeds in their business.

- Why this can lead to overwhelm, inefficiencies, leaving money on the table and how the lack of long term planning leads to short term thinking.

- Get the core piece of advice that Michela gives to all her clients which is about focusing on constant incremental improvements to the business and how important it is to carve out protected time to work on the business and not in the business.

- Get FREE access to a roadmap to help business owners create a system to build a business with more clarity and confidence.

Resources / Links

https://michelaquilici.com

https://michelaquilici.com/resources/market-for-profit-plan/