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236: Mastering the Art of Networking with Wendy Lloyd Curley
Leading To Profit
09/18/24 • 28 min
In this enlightening episode of the Life-Changing Questions podcast, we sit down with Wendy Lloyd Curley, an expert in networking who has transformed her skills into a thriving business. Wendy is the founder of Strategic Networking, a company dedicated to helping business owners and professionals achieve real results from their networking efforts. With a deep background in networking, training, and presentations, Wendy has successfully pivoted her career in response to the challenges of 2020 and now empowers others to build meaningful connections that drive business growth.
In this episode, Wendy shares her journey from running a product-based business to becoming a consultant, author, and networking expert. She provides invaluable insights into how to network effectively, the common pitfalls to avoid, and how to approach networking events with a strategic mindset. Whether you're an introvert or extrovert, Wendy's advice will help you enhance your networking skills and achieve better outcomes from your interactions. Key Highlights: - Wendy’s Transition to Strategic Networking: How Wendy turned the challenges of 2020 into an opportunity to start a consulting business that focuses on effective networking. - The Power of Intentional Networking: Learn why setting clear intentions before attending networking events can dramatically improve your results. - dentifying Key Networking Targets: Wendy introduces the five types of people you should focus on meeting at networking events: competitors, collaborators, those who serve your clients before you, those who serve them after, and your target market. - The Importance of Connection Over Sales: Wendy explains why networking should not be about immediate sales but about building deep, meaningful connections that lead to long-term success. - Practical Tips for Networking Success: From how to approach people at events to ensuring follow-up, Wendy offers practical advice to help you make the most of every networking opportunity. Links & Resources: Wendy Lloyd Curley’s Website: [https://www.strategicnetworking.com](https://www.strategicnetworking.com) Wendy’s Book: Stop Wasting Your Time Networking: The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Your Business Through Personal Connection - Available on her website. Final Thoughts: Wendy Lloyd Curley provides a wealth of knowledge in this episode, offering actionable strategies for improving your networking game. By setting intentions, identifying the right people to connect with, and focusing on building relationships rather than making sales, you can transform your networking efforts into meaningful business opportunities. If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to rate, follow, and review the podcast. Your feedback helps us reach more listeners who are looking to maximize their potential, deepen their connections, and create a more fulfilled life! If you would like more insights on profit maximization for your business, visit [www.ProfitHive.com.au](https://www.ProfitHive.com.au).
12/11/24 • 28 min
In this energizing episode, Chandell Labbozzetta tackles sales psychology and techniques to overcome sales anxiety and build confidence.
Chandell is the author of the book, “Confident Closing: Sales Secrets That Grew a Business by 400% in Six Months and How They Can Work for You!” She's a master trainer of neurolinguistic programming, a sales strategist, and a confidence maker. Now, confidence matters because success comes from the inside. Her purpose is to inspire confidence in others so that they can make empowered decisions.
Chandell’s knowledge of psychology has helped orient people to understand accountability, ownership, and responsiveness when it comes to themselves and how they respond to the marketplace. She has dedicated her life to motivating and training high performers to achieve new levels of success, by working on the root causes of anxiety and underperformance.
Key Topics
- Confidence is a Learned Skill: Chandell believes that building confidence comes from focus, knowing your outcome, and working out steps or habits you want to embody.
- Shifting Focus on Your Victories: Our minds are the harshest critics and carry our anxiety. Instead of focusing on what didn’t go well or the way you expected, focus on the wins.
- The 80/20 Rule: 80% Psychology and 20% sales. Believing in the outcomes of what you sell can affect how it projects.
- Sale of Influence: Chandell believes in the power of mindset and how our conviction toward something can instill confidence and motivate others.
- Life-changing question: How can I find a way? Chandell asks herself this question to let herself focus and find what keeps her moving forward, regardless of the situation.
Chandell’s social media: LinkedIn
Life Puzzle - Check out Chandell’s site where you can get her book and book a call with her
Get a free audiobook of Chandell’s Confident Closing in this link!
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160: Creating More “Yes” In Your Conversion Conversation with Adam Bude & Kevin Bees Profit Maximisation Expert
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04/05/23 • 26 min
Adam Bude is a published author, sales expert, and course creator, who helps growth mindset and purpose-driven business owners to scale their businesses by increasing their sales, profits and systems creating them more time to work on their business instead of in it, so they have a saleable asset of real value.
Adam combines nearly 30 years of commission-based selling, sales management, sales training and business ownership across multiple industries, sectors and markets.
Through his Connect, Communicate and Convert strategy, Adam is changing the way business and sales is done, moving away from the Industrial age of “Transactional selling”, to the new age of “relationship selling”.
In this episode, Adam Bude shares:
· His sales mastery wisdom gleaned from a 30 year career in commission-based.
· The importance of your mindset in sales - “Sales is not what you do; it’s an extension of who you are”
· Tips to improve your mindset:
o Gratitude - Be grateful for who you are and what you do; Be grateful for the people that come into your universe; Be grateful for the people in front of you.
o Feed your mind daily - Nurturing your mind (CANI - Constant And Never-ending Improvement )
o Do NOT fear rejection “ Understand that they are not rejecting you but what you’re selling”
- · How to create more ‘YES” in your conversion conversations in sales. · How to move from Transactional selling to Relationship selling · How to connect more deeply with your prospect · His Life-changing question - “Understanding that what we see in life is a reflection of who we are” - What are you doing daily to improve your mindset? · Tips on what to do daily to overcome negativity quickly. · And much more
Resources mentioned in this episode
Books
The way of the peaceful warrior - Dan Millman
Contact Adam
Contact Adam +0421343733
http://www.13pointsaleschecklist.com/
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224: How To Master Content Marketing With Joe Pulizzi & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert
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06/26/24 • 33 min
Joe Pulizzi (he/him) is founder of multiple startups including content creator education site, The Tilt, Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX), and is the bestselling author of seven books including Content Inc. and Epic Content Marketing, which was named a “Must-Read Business Book” by Fortune Magazine.
Joe is best known for his work in content marketing, first using the term in 2001, then launching Content Marketing Institute and the Content Marketing World event. In 2014, he received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Content Council. He successfully exited CMI in 2016 and consequently wrote an award-winning mystery novel, The Will to Die.
He has two weekly podcasts, the motivational Content Inc. podcast and the award-winning content news and analysis show This Old Marketing with Robert Rose. His foundation, The Orange Effect, delivers speech therapy and technology services to over 350 children in 37 states. Joe and his family live in Cleveland, Ohio.
Joe Pulizzi shared in this episode:
- His foundation, The Orange Effect, delivers speech therapy and technology services to over 350 children in 37 states.
- How to build an audience and drive revenue through content marketing.
- How he transformed from feeling like a failure in business, to having the realisation that he would not have to work for anyone again, ever.
- How to make powerful decisions, by being in alignment with the answers to these questions: “What do I want, why am I doing it?”
- How to create a content business
- Why success is about building long term relationships with your prospects and customers
- What is keeping your customers up at night that you can help that is not your product?
- It is NOT about what you want to sell. That is about YOU. Content marketing is about reliving value over a long period of time
- Say no to as much as you can so you can say YES to the things that will make the difference
- His Life-changing question: How can I deliver more value today than I take?
- And much more...
Resources Mentioned In The Show:
- www.cex.events
- joepulizzi.com/about
- Steven Covey
- Think and grow rich
- 10x Grant Cordone
- Ep122 Myia Cleggett https://profithive.com.au/myia-cleggett-kevin-bees/
If you would like more insights on profit maximization for your business, visit www.ProfitHive.com.au
223: How To Turn Your Dream Into A Reality With Cameron Atlas & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert
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06/19/24 • 40 min
Cameron delivers experiential keynotes, blending live music on stage with insights on high performance, leadership, creativity & innovation.His unique approach transforms audiences and empowers them to break through their limits and overcome their greatest challenges.
With more than 300 songs written about topics including purpose, resilience, courage, and overcoming adversity, Cameron's music has been heard millions of times across 195 countries and is performed live by Cameron on a grand piano and acoustic guitar during his keynotes.
When he's not on stage, Cameron enjoys privately coaching and training founders, executives & family offices, helping them build high performing teams. He is also a National Geographic Explorer, Speaker Resource for YPO, TEDx Speaker and a proud uncle to 5 remarkable kids.
Cameron Atlas shared in this episode:
- How he transforms lives through words, actions and music.
- The importance of self regulated discipline, do what you need to do not what you feel like.
- Why you must be clear on: What could you do, will you do, won’t you do?
- Be intentional about being curious about what your mission is.
- What do I want to feel and experience in my life?
- How to create freedom in your life by being more intentional.
- How to be ok with not knowing. Create space for being curious.
- When to ask yourself what worked, what didn’t and what can we do to rectify this.
- How the curious phase opens you up and the commitment phase closes you off
- Life changing questions:
- If that is possible, I wonder what else is?
- If this all ended today, what haven’t I done that I wish I did?
- And much more...
Resources Mentioned In The Show:
- cameronatlas.com
- linkedin.com/in/cameronatlas
- instagram.com/cameronatlas
If you would like more insights on profit maximization for your business, visit www.ProfitHive.com.au
222: How To Become An Impactful Speaker With Emma Chase & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert
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06/12/24 • 29 min
Emma Chase is the founder and director of Tier One Management. Having left New Zealand at 22, Emma crossed the ditch for an opportunity to work with Dale Beaumont, who was an up and coming entrepreneur in Sydney.
Over the next 14 years, they published over 15 business books and built Business Blueprint, a business education company that held conferences for small business owners across Australia. During that time, Emma worked her way up to General Manager and was responsible for finding and booking over 50 speakers per year. This means she has personally seen over 500 keynote speakers and has developed relationships (and friendships) with many people within the industry.
After finishing at Business Blueprint she has worked with a number of speakers, helping them to build and systemise their businesses, as well as running a publishing company and working with her chosen charity, Hands Across the Water.
Creating Tier One Management has been a natural progression and something she is extremely passionate about.
Emma’s main priority in life is being the best Mum she can be to her 4 year old daughter Coco. Her other loves include her family, friends and being in the sunshine at any beach.
Emma Chase shared in this episode:
- The experience of being 21 and working with Dale Beaumont to publish 11 books in one year, and has published close to 50 books now
- How things have changed in the book publishing industry, and being a pioneer in self publishing 20 years ago
- Her experience with ‘Business Blueprint’, and running 500 events+, and how you can use events to grow your business. What do you want to convey and what the audience wants
- That there are 400,000 business events in Australia per year - so you need to make it stand out
- The market is saturated with speakers, and it is a skill to hold the audience and entertain them and have relevant information from them
- The importance of adapting presentations to suit the audience and creating unique experiences at events
- Her Life-changing Question: ‘Will it make me happy?’ If it is, keep doing it, if it is not, not worth your time
- Her encouragement of working moms to embrace the juggle and find support networks while prioritizing their own happiness
- Her excitement about starting a business that allows her to be there for her daughter while contributing meaningfully to a cause she is passionate about
- The power of having a bigger purpose
- And much more...
Resources Mentioned In The Show:
- Peter Bains, Hands Across The Water Charity - helping orphanage in Thailand
- Her new business TierOneManagement.com.au which manages top tier speakers in Australia and helps clients find the right speakers
If you would like more insights on profit maximization for your business, visit www.ProfitHive.com.au
221: How To Eliminate Stress And Anxiety With Micah Lacerte & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert
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06/05/24 • 29 min
Micah LaCerte is the co-founder of Hitch Fit Online Personal Training and Hitch Fit Transformation Gym with his wife Diana. He is also the Co-founder of SoulFIT Retreats and Conferences where they lead through faith, fitness and fun. Micah is a Muscle Model World Champion, Iron Man fitness magazine cover model, TV Personality, Author, and Motivational Speaker. Micah is also known for being a pioneer in the Online Personal Training Space building it to 82 countries and helping clients shed over 700,000lbs
Micah’s passion for the past 25+ years of his life had been helping transform people inside and out through proper lifestyle, positive choice making, nutrition and fitness. Micah was a pioneer in the Online Personal Training space, starting in 2006 utilizing Myspace, making him one of the very first to do it. Since then, he and his wife have helped clients in 82 countries lose over 600,000 pounds and their business Hitch Fit has consistently been rated one of the top online personal training businesses in the world for the last decade.
His proudest moment was not in fitness but in giving back in Haiti. He and his wife have sponsored a school of over 80 children monthly for over 10 years giving back a minimum of 10% of all revenues made through their gyms. They also were a part of giving back within Big Brothers and Big Sisters and Boys and Girls Club.
Micah Lacerte shared in this episode:
- How his journey started from pain of being overweight, having anxiety, depression.
- How fitness, health and faith helped him transform to being on purpose and impact
- How he felt inspired to help others
- How his results helped him get on covers of magazines
- How he started helping people online (this didn’t exist at that point, so he had to innovate and pioneer)
- How he leveraged clients results for great PR
- Went and found sites like bodybuilding.com to showcase their work - by offering value to help them
- How his business grew and grew very quickly over the first 4 years
- He works 7 days per week and have for a long time
- Live a very disciplined life, and have non negotiables in life: Faith, Relationship (now 15 years together) and, Health
- How eating right and working out combats the stress and anxiety that business owners are going through
- His Faith - was raised with faith and christ and lord.
- His life changing question: What can I do today to make myself better tomorrow?
- How the choices you make every day will dictate where you want to be
- The importance of cutting out the negative habits, one at a time
- And much more...
Resources Mentioned In The Show:
- www.soulfitretreats.com
- www.hitchfit.com
- IG- MRHITCHFIT
If you would like more insights on profit maximization for your business, visit www.ProfitHive.com.au
220: How To Use AI To Create a Lead Generation Powerhouse With Kate Gray & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert
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05/29/24 • 27 min
Kate's journey from overcoming meth addiction in her early 20s to becoming one of Australia's leading voices in Business and Personal Mastery is a testament to her resilience and determination. Her transformative path saw her establish a successful 6-figure fitness empire and a 7-figure retreat and coaching business. In 2021, her achievements were recognized globally when Yahoo Finance named her one of the "Top 10 CEOs to Watch," alongside renowned figures like Grant Cardone and Tai Lopez.
In 2023, Kate founded an outbound outreach agency, leveraging the power of Chat GPT and AI to revolutionize its operations. This innovation transformed her agency into an AI-enhanced outbound lead generation powerhouse.The Growth Impact Group, partners with businesses generating 1 million a year in revenue to become the plug and play outbound lead generation department.
Kate's influence extends globally as a speaker, sharing stages with icons like Forbes Riley, Eric Thomas, Robin Sharma, Deepak Chopra, and Tony Robbins. Her 15-year journey, enriched by learning from mentors like Jocko Willinick, Gary Vaynerchuk, Frank Kern, and an ex-Israeli Special Forces member, has shaped her into an emblem of inspiration and success.
Kate Gray shared in this episode:
- How she came through an abusive relationship with her father, and dealt with her negative feelings through drugs.
- How she took that addictive behaviour trait and funnelled it into entrepreneurship
- The importance of building diverse leadership teams when scaling businesses, and why it will cost you more in the long run to have overseas team members.
- How her entrepreneurial journey started with an irritation around the gym rules and regulations.
- How she managed to get a $15 cost of acquisition on her new clients which delivered an initial purchase of $79, with half signing up for a year commitment after that.
- Why outbound marketing is now is a better way to grow leads - it gives more control than running ads.
- How she integrates AI into their process by using personalized cold emails and SMS sdrs (sales development representatives) to book sales calls for clients' teams
- Her Life-Changing Questions:
- ‘What can I do to learn from them rather than hate on them?’
- ‘What are they doing that I have always refused to do?’
- and much more...
Resources Mentioned In The Show:
- Jocko Willinick. Leadership book:Leadership Strategy & Tactics https://jocko.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamkatecgray/
If you would like more insights on profit maximization for your business, visit www.ProfitHive.com.au
219: How To Maximise Profit By Hiring AI Skilled Team Members With Christina Chen & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert
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05/22/24 • 26 min
Christina Chen is a distinguished figure in the AI and technology sphere, renowned for her groundbreaking work in developing AI talent and her unwavering commitment to diversity. As the Founder and CEO of AI First Talent, the UK's first Generative AI graduate program, Christina has pioneered a unique approach to fostering skilled AI professionals. Christina's visionary leadership and dedication to cultivating a new generation of AI specialists has firmly established her as a key expert in shaping the future of AI, AI Talent, and AI for optimised Business operations.
Christina Chen shared in this episode:
- Her experience in computer science as a software engineer from Cambridge
- Her experience in private equity where she learnt the lifecycle of a tech company, and how to scale a team
- Her skill for recruiting and developing highly technical people and how that lead to AI First Talent
- Details about her business AI First Talent and how she addresses the shortage of AI talent
- Why businesses need AI to stay relevant these days
- Why there is a shortage of skills in AI, and how to grow that essential skill of AI
- How Christina is training graduates into AI Specialists and helping them learn the necessary skills
- How AI will accelerate your business growth, and most importantly help you stay relevant - you don’t want to be peddling a bike when the industry is driving in a car.
- An example of how a company transformed their business by implementing AI sales process
- How intelligent demand forecasting can help organize what stock is needed in the right place at the right time and time
- How to use the More-or-less framework to identify what we can outsource to AI tools/ AI team members
- How to access a library of AI solutions, so you are not having to invent the wheel yourself
- Her life-changing question, when challenged or fall down ask: “Does this matter in 5 years time? If not, don’t worry about it, move on.”
- and much more...
Resources Mentioned In The Show:
- aifirsttalent.com - arrange a consultation with Christina and team
If you would like more insights on profit maximization for your business, visit www.ProfitHive.com.au
01/01/25 • 38 min
In this insightful episode of Leading To Profit, Kevin welcomes Dr. John DeMartini, a renowned expert in human behavior, leadership, and personal development. As the Founder of the Demartini Institute, Dr. DeMartini shares strategies for aligning with core values, mastering life through effective planning, and leading with purpose as we step into 2025.
From personal challenges to professional breakthroughs, Dr. DeMartini emphasizes the importance of identifying priorities, staying authentic, and using high-value actions to unlock potential. Tune in to discover why clarity, alignment, and vision are essential for thriving in both business and life.
Key Takeaways:
- Prioritizing high-value actions to prevent your day from filling with distractions.
- Daily planning and alignment with values to build momentum and achieve long-term goals.
- Pursuing challenges that inspire you and align with your core values to achieve sustainable success.
- Why master planning your life is a critical tool for avoiding living by duty and designing a life of purpose.
- Adopting a growth mindset: Integrating new technologies, including AI, to enhance and support your mission.
About Dr. John DeMartini:
Dr. John DeMartini is an influential thought leader in human behavior and personal development with over 40 published books and four decades of research. His work has empowered millions to align their actions with their highest values, overcome personal challenges, and achieve lasting fulfillment. Through his Master Planning for Life workshops, Dr. DeMartini helps individuals strategically design their lives with clarity and purpose.
Connect with Dr. John DeMartini:
- Website - https://drdemartini.com/ (Take the free values assessment)
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjohndemartini/
- Explore Dr. DeMartini’s Master Planning for Life Workshop - https://drdemartini.com/events/?q=Master
Connect with Kevin Bees:
- Website - https://kevinbees.com
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LifeChangingQuestions
- YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@KevinBees
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Leading To Profit currently has 251 episodes available.
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