Relationship Marketing with Kody B

Join Kody Bateman for episode 75 of his Relationship Marketing podcast with guest Meridith Elliot Powell.

Meridith Elliott Powell was voted one of the Top 15 Business Growth Experts to watch by Currency Fair, a Top Sales Experts To Follow by LinkedIn, and one of the Top 41 Motivational Sales Speakers. Meridith Elliott Powell is an award-winning author, keynote speaker and business strategist.

Meridith worked her way up from entry-level to earn her position in the C-Suite. She is a Master Certified Strategist, Executive Coach and Certified Speaking Professional, a designation held by less than twelve percent of professional speakers.

Meridith is the author of 6 books including Winning In The Trust & Value Economy (a finalist in the USA Best Book Awards) and her latest: Own It: Redefining Responsibility – Stories of Power, Freedom & Purpose which was named “Top 50 Sales Book for 2018” In her book she shares how to build cultures that inspire ownership at every level to create profits at every turn. Her seventh book: The BEST Sales Book Ever – Cut The Excuses and Send Sales Through The Roof, with Hall of Fame Speaker Connie Podesta – is due out at the end of April

Her area of expertise is in helping audiences and listeners understand the strategies and skills needed to succeed in today’s economy. Her latest book, OWN IT: Redefining Responsibility, goes into detail about how the changes in this economy have created a new customer and a new employee, and why that calls for a new approach to leadership at every level.

In addition, she helps employees understand specifically what they need to do to ensure they become the employee that companies strive to keep. She is passionate about the term responsibility, and the impact it has when companies and employees embrace it, and actually integrate it into their culture.

Meridith is passionate about helping her audiences attract more business, retain top talent, and turn uncertainty competitive advantage.
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Join Kody Bateman for episode 70 of his Relationship Marketing podcast with guest Christopher Kai.

Welcome to episode 71 of the Relationship Marketing podcast with Kody B. Today's guest is Christopher Kai. Christopher Kai is the founder & CEO of The Mathem Group, a Beverly Hills-based leadership training firm. He is the world’s leading authority in story-based leadership, a Fortune 100 global speaker, #1 global bestselling author, and founder of GPS, the premier speaker training program in the world with clients in 100 cities, 24 countries, and 5 continents. He is a former business strategist and executive speechwriter at American Express. Elon Musk once exclaimed during an interview, “Wow, you really know a lot.”

His clients include; Google, American Express, Discover, New York Life, Merrill Lynch, Farmers Insurance, Bank of America, and the U.S. Consulate. He has authored 5 books and has been featured on CNN, ABC News, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Fast Company, and Forbes.

His 4 main keynotes are; Story-based Leadership, Team Building, Sales Mastery, and Connection, Communication & Persuasion. He has also given keynotes for colleges, universities, and non-profits. All of his keynotes are based on his 20-years of global experience and exhaustive research. Outside of his business, he founded Mondays at the Mission, the only homeless youth program of its kind in the world at Union Rescue Mission, the largest private shelter in the U.S. They have helped 1,000s of homeless students stay in school, find jobs and attend college. Their esteemed speaker list includes; Grammy and Oscar winners, FBI agents, Navy Seals, Olympians, and astronaut Buzz Aldrin, world record-holding swimmer Diana Nyad, and business visionary Elon Musk.

Join Kody Bateman for episode 65 of his Relationship Marketing podcast with guest Jimmi Bradbury.

Jimmi Bradbury is an Executive Coach from Brisbane, Australia and the Founder of Young Entrepreneurs Academy.

For the last 30 years he has lived and worked around the world in great places like New York, Los Angeles, Australia, Hong Kong, Manila, India, Dubai & London.

Today, Jimmi loves to share his story, advice and life experiences with others and make a difference. His core Values in life are Gratitude, Respect, Honesty, Commitment and Joy.

Giving back and contributing to ‘worthy causes’ in the community, together with serving and inspiring people, brings me happiness and fulfillment. This is his ‘Why’.

He always say in life that if you ‘join the dots’ you will find there is a better way to live the 'Life You Imagine’

Through his International Executive Academy, he helps professionals transition online their knowledge, life experiences and expertise to earn multiple streams of income, so that they can have more time and financial freedom.

Through Young Entrepreneurs Academy, he helps parents to understand how to best support their children and the young generation generally with the necessary life skills and mindset needed in a rapidly changing world today, so that they can lean into who they really are and live a life of happiness and fulfillment, he calls this the ‘Life You Imagine’.

Join Kody Bateman for episode 64 of his Relationship Marketing podcast with guest Clint Pulver.

Clint is known as “The Millennial Speaker”. He helps organizations that want to retain, engage and inspire their people.

As the president and founder of The Center for Employee Retention, Clint has transformed how corporations like Keller Williams, AT&T and Hewlett Packard create lasting loyalty through his work and research as “The Undercover Millennial”.

For over a decade, he has been a self-motivated Entrepreneur who is well versed in business start-up, sales management, management training, and growing multi-million dollar accounts. Clint understands first hand that relationships are based on trust, service, support, connection and consistent follow-through.

Clint is from Heber City Utah. He is a graduate of Utah’s premiere Flight Program, having received his pilot’s license from OK3air and Utah Valley University (UVU), where he also received his Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication with high distinction from UVU’s nationally ranked Leadership Program.

Clint was very active in college as a Presidential Leader in the Center for the Advancement of Leadership, Orientation Director, UVU Ambassador, and former UVU Student Body Vice-President.

Clint was recently featured in Business Q Magazine as one of their “Top 40 under 40” as a premiere Corporate Keynote Speaker. He has appeared on America’s Got Talent and in several different Feature Films with actors like Jack Black (School of Rock) and John Heder (Napoleon Dynamite).

Clint strongly believes that a single moment in time can change a person’s life. He has traveled the world speaking to youth and adult audiences alike, challenging them to dream, excel, connect, and believe--both in themselves and in the power of others.

In his new book titled “I LOVE IT HERE”, retention expert Clint Pulver has captured the truth behind the real wants and needs of your employees in a way you wish you could. Clint pulls back the curtain to reveal the research and unscripted truth of the 10,000+ employees he has interviewed as the Undercover Millennial and the reasons behind their lasting loyalty.

Join Kody Bateman for episode 81 of his Relationship Marketing podcast with guest Richard Bliss Brooke.

From Chicken Chopper to Millionaire CEO at Age 30. Richard grew up on a cattle ranch in Chowchilla, California. His parents were affluent and educated, but Richard was a negative thinker. He hated high school, felt unworthy of love after his parent’s divorce, and barely graduated with a D average. So it was no surprise when his “ambition” led him to Foster Farms, the largest poultry plant in the world.

Richard began living life at the speed of 38 BPM (Birds Per Minute). His job was to cut chickens into parts as they flew past him on the production line. Ambitious and hard-working, Richard dreamed of climbing the ranks and happily retiring after 40 years. With four years under his belt, Richard thought he was really cutting it - life, not chickens. It was 1977. Richard was 22 years old.

Then something happened that forever changed the course of Richard’s life. Foster Farms changed their policy to where only employees with a four-year college degree could advance. This led Richard to say yes to a new opportunity: Network Marketing.

Initially, he struggled to figure it out, how to find the right people, what to say, and how to overcome the setbacks. Eventually, through a rigorous investment of time and money in his own personal development, he discovered that it was his own thoughts, beliefs, and stories about himself that was holding him back. He changed them, changed them quickly and his business changed with them.

Three years later, at age 28, Richard had 30,000 active partners building with him.