Conquer Local Podcast

You have to play by Google's rules to know who will convert and when - how to get an $8 return on your $1. So what is the ultimate guide to Google Ads? Founder & CEO of WebSavvy.com.au, Mike Rhodes, joins the podcast this week all the way from Melbourne, Australia. WebSavvy is an award-winning agency based in Australia named by Google as one of the Top 18 agencies worldwide. Mike gets into the nuts and bolts of Google Ads, Artificial Intelligence Learning, and Google Shopping. We also take a look at privacy concerns and how it impacts the usefulness of the information. Mike is the CEO and founder AgencySavvy and WebSavvy, and co-author of the world's best-selling book on Google Ads, ‘The Ultimate Guide to Google Ads.’His award-winning digital marketing agency WebSavvyis based in Melbourne, Australia. Since 2006, Mike and his team have been running campaigns for brands around the globe, and it's one of Australia’s largest independent Googleagencies. Mike’s passion for the future of AI and Machine Learning has seen him invited to speak at over100 events around the world, including Traffic & ConversionSummit, Baby Bathwater, and Digital Summit Moscow. A teacher at heart, Mike is passionate about the AgencySavvy community and helping agency owners to ‘do’ Google Ads better and scale their agency.Join the conversation in the Conquer Local Community and keep the learning going in the Conquer Local Academy

A Passionate Marketing Agency Owner means ensuring your client's needs are met by educating, building a relationship, and getting involved. We bring Cheryl O'Hern, Founder of Spin Markket + Digital, on the podcast this week to discuss what it means to be an agency owner. Chery is the definition of a passionate marketing agency owner; she is dedicated to her clients and the local businesses they serve. In this episode, Cheryl and George explore what it means to build a connection with your client, why it's crucial to the success of the working relationship, educating on what you as their marketing guru deliver, and when they will hear the cha-ching!As a Digital Marketing Specialist, Cheryl develops innovative campaigns across a wide range of businesses that create the EXPERIENCE to engage the targeted audiences' hearts and minds. By utilizing data that evaluates the behaviors, interests, diversity, and the EXPERIENCE to the right market at the right time, she can ultimately drive the results her clients are reaching for. Cheryl is known as an envelope pusher with Kickstarter marketing in a freshly brewed social and digital world. She ventured out as a small business owner after years in the corporate circle in 2012 with Spin Markket. With a background in various fortune 500 businesses and marketing platforms, she can bring a wide knowledge base of experiences for her clients. Several of her campaigns have garnered national attention and notice from the industries they represent and media giants.Join the conversation in the Conquer Local Community and keep the learning going in the Conquer Local Academy.

The Entrepreneurial Life is less about skills and more about the drive. What matters is that you determine your goals and live them out, whatever that looks like.Jeff Adamson, Co-Founder & CMO at Neo Financial and Co-Founder of SkipTheDishes, is on the podcast as he is the definition of embracing the entrepreneurial life. He shares the nitty-gritty details of what he went through to ensure he succeed in his undertakings of being an entrepreneur. From sleeping in his car, having nothing but doubters saying this won't work, and using his credit card limits as the investments. Jeff has not only successfully co-founded not one but two organizations to a multi-billion valuation.Jeff Adamson is a former world-class athlete who ditched his comfy corporate job to co-found Canada's most popular consumer tech brand, SkipTheDishes.com. Having grown SkipTheDishes to a multi-billion dollar brand, Jeff is once again venturing outside his comfort zone as co-founder and Chief Merchant Officer at Neo Financial, where Jeff and his team are building the future of Canadian banking and rewards. When he's not building startups, Jeff can be found running ultra-marathons or at home changing diapers with his amazing and ever-supportive wife.Join the conversation in the Conquer Local Community and keep the learning going in the Conquer Local Academy.

In this Master Sales Series, we’re talking about the Four Fastest ways to Burn a Lead. We work tirelessly to market, attract, and qualify leads. We can burn them in a single step, with a click of a button, and we spend a lot of time talking about how we can do it right. In this episode, we hone in on where we might be going wrong.We will cover:The cost of wasting leadsHow slow follow-up impacts conversionNot enough points of contactNot having a specific person assigned for follow-upWeak discovery and qualificationJoin the conversation in the Conquer Local Community and keep the learning going in the Conquer Local Academy.

Positioning yourself as a LinkedIn Expert, Industry Expert, or Thought Leader is all around creating a personal brand and adding meaningful value to your business network.Viveka von Rosen, Co-Founder & Chief Visibility Officer of Vengreso, is back for Part 2. She is the ultimate LinkedIn Expert and is sharing the 101 ways to rock LinkedIn. In part two, we discuss:Connect: Connect and network with target buyers with the objective of turning every online conversation into an offline.Feed: Feed or nurture your network with regular content to help them on their journey and create further engagement.Cadence: Develop a daily, weekly, and monthly set of digital selling activities to drive more conversations and/or expand relationships.Cofounder of Vengreso, the largest provider of full-spectrum Modern Digital Sales transformation solutions. Known as the @LinkedInExpert, she’s the author of the best-selling “LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day” AND “LinkedIn: 101 Ways to Rock Your Personal Brand!”. She’s been named in Forbes (4 years running) as a top social media expert and is a regular contributor and has been featured in Forbes, BuzzFeed, Inc, CNN, Entrepreneur, Selling Power, and the Social Media Examiner. Her business mission is to help sales professionals and business owners create more quality and qualified conversions on LinkedIn.Resources:Prospecting article with the follow-up cadencesTwo-step referral methodologyVideo on video cover storiesJoin the conversation in the Conquer Local Community and keep the learning going in the Conquer Local Academy.

Becoming a LinkedIn Expert is vitally important, now more than ever, to create a strong personal brand so that you stand out from your competition.We get to speak with Viveka von Rosen, Co-Founder & Chief Visibility Officer of Vengreso, the ultimate LinkedIn Expert. Viveka is on the podcast for not one but two episodes sharing 101 ways to rock LinkedIn. In part one, we discuss:Mindset: today’s modern seller must recognize that buyers have become better at buying faster than sellers have become at selling. Adapt or die to the buyers' decision;Brand: establish a personal and professional presence online with a social profile that drives your prospective buyer to engage with you;Engaging: find and engage with your buyers by discovering and sharing valuable information to help solve real business problems.Cofounder of Vengreso, the largest provider of full-spectrum Modern Digital Sales transformation solutions. Known as the @LinkedInExpert, she’s the author of the best-selling "LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day" AND "LinkedIn: 101 Ways to Rock Your Personal Brand!”. She's been named in Forbes (4 years running) as a top social media expert and is a regular contributor and has been featured in Forbes, BuzzFeed, Inc, CNN, Entrepreneur, Selling Power, and the Social Media Examiner. Her business mission is to help sales professionals and business owners create more quality and qualified conversions on LinkedIn.Resources:Prospecting article with the follow-up cadencesTwo-step referral methodologyVideo on video cover storiesJoin the conversation in the Conquer Local Community and keep the learning going in the Conquer Local Academy.

For sales professionals, empathy in sales is essential because, without a relationship, there's no trust. Don't reserve it exclusively for deals you're trying to close immediately.We have Jerry Acuff, CEO & Founder at DeltaPoint, as our guest this week on the Conquer Local Podcast. Jerry was a reluctant salesperson. When he realized his dream of becoming a college football coach wouldn't come true, he stumbled into sales. He says so himself that he would never hire himself. Every step of the way, Jerry has remained humble to his success. Jerry drops his vast amount of knowledge with us; do what is right by your customer—even if that means they don't do business with you—trust is the most important thing you can have with a customer. Empathy in sales has to be there right along with trust. "People buy things from people they like; people buy from people they like and trust."Jerry’s expertise has led to numerous awards and recognitions, including the title of one of the 50 best salespeople of all time and one of the top 10 sales experts in the world, according to salesgurus.net. Jerry has been featured on MSNBC and the ABC Radio Network, as well as on TheStreet.com, WSJ.com, Fortune, Sales and Marketing Management Magazine, Investor’s Business Daily, Managed Care Pharmacy Practice, Fast Company, Selling Power, and “Selling Power Live.” He shares his passion for selling and building business relationships in his 3 best-selling business books: The Relationship Edge, The Relationship Edge in Business, and Stop Acting Like a Seller and Start Thinking Like a Buyer. Jerry is the CEO and founder of DELTA POINT in Scottsdale, Arizona. DeltaPoint works with sales and marketing leaders to implement innovative ways to sell and market in today’s crowded marketplace.Join the conversation in the Conquer Local Community and keep the learning going in the Conquer Local Academy. 

If you have ever worked in B2B software for any amount of time, you have probably stumbled across the IT Channel and didn't even know it.Andrew Down, Director of Sales for the IT Channel at Vendasta, never thought of himself as a technical person, but 13 years in the IT industry says otherwise. In this episode, we discuss the MSPs (Managed Service Providers), the VARs (Value Added Resellers), and what the difference is between them. The reseller channel is essential in B2B tech, both for end-users, many who buy 100% of their technology through a reseller, and for software companies, some who sell exclusively through the channel. Like almost everything else in technology, the IT Channel is changing. Fast.Andrew Down is a Saskatchewan-based business professional and entrepreneur with strong corporate, non-profit, and public sector sales experience. Other experience includes senior leadership, strategic planning, business development, VAR/MSP/IT Channel, marketing, event management, consulting services, and training. Andrew has a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing from the University of Saskatchewan and has been in the IT industry for over 12 years. He has a passion for empowering businesses to embrace leading-edge technology solutions to improve business operations. Andrew possesses a keen interest in personal and professional development, including networking, non-profit/community engagement, connecting, and continuous learning.Join the conversation in the Conquer Local Community and keep the learning going in the Conquer Local Academy.

How does a marketing agency find success through the pandemic, and how can they help their community? It's about keeping local businesses informed and helping them succeed. If they succeed, you succeed.  We have Mitchell Slater, Founder and CEO, from Slater Strategies joining us from Alaska/Florida. Mitchell got his start at just 17 years old in print advertising and quickly realized he had to make the shift to the digital space. He found early success by attending conferences and learning from others' mistakes who have tried and failed. As many agencies went through the same problem, finding success through the pandemic, he knew he needed to figure out how to adapt and help local businesses. Through the challenges that 2020 brought, Mitchell had his most successful year to date. He did this by educating the local businesses around him, finding his niche, and utilizing his network. A key piece to Mitchell's success was no longer being bound by geography because the entire world went remote.Join the conversation in the Conquer Local Community and keep the learning going in the Conquer Local Academy.

The probability of selling to existing customers is 60-70 percent, and the probability of selling to a new prospect is only 5-20 percent.Master Sales Series is back again; we are reviewing the benefits of marketing to existing customers. As sales professionals, we put a ton of effort into lead generation, but we miss out on opportunities by ignoring the customers we already have. We will go through these five steps:What are the benefits?Before you sell - re-discoverMarketing to customers in the retention stageMarketing to customers in the advocacy stageOnboarding at every stageStudies show 65% of a company’s business comes from existing customers, but most only spend 21% of their marketing budgets on customers they already have. It's so important to redirect some of our time and effort towards customers who already see the value. They will thrive, and so will you.Join the conversation in the Conquer Local Community and keep the learning going in the Conquer Local Academy.