HOW TO DELIVER A GREAT TED TALK
Although I have yet to personally delivered an 18 minute TED Talk – I do have a 30+ years of global experience Pitching and Presenting to Fortune 500 clients on five continents and winning billions of dollars of business on brands and accounts like: IBM, AT&T, Microsoft, Weight Watchers, American …
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WHY THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE HAS BEEN ONE OF MY GREATEST STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES
I grew up in a family where both of my parents were direct marketers and learned at a very early age about the importance of Pareto’s Principle (e.g. Pareto’s Law). By that I mean, The Pareto Principle, named after respected economist and political scientist, Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923). He specified that …
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HOW TO DELIVER A MADISON AVENUE STYLE PRESENTATION IN 2019
Pitching and Presenting have always been critical in the Advertising Industry and to every marketer. In fact, pitching is just hard work, whether it’s on stage, in a boardroom, on a conference call or over lunch. BUT, in 2019, selling by building engaging relationships, educating, sharing dreams and chemistry is …
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WANT TO GET A 10X LIFT ON YOUR SALES & PITCHES?
If you are looking for a smarter, better and more effective way or method to picture your products, campaigns or services in 2019 – this article outlines the best ‘Educational Marketing’ approach to maximize your success and sales today. Having been practicing, refining and using this approach for the last …
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De Weaver’s Roadmap – How To Win New Business – Proven Trends, Tips & Tactics
BE OBSESSED & INSATIABLE with NEW BUSINESS – never complacent. EAT OR BE EATEN… BE A HUNTER MY SHORT SYNOPSIS FOR HOW TO WIN NEW BUSINESS – PROVEN TRENDS, TIPS & TACTICS. If you purchased this book, you probably want to grow your business, increase your ‘batting average’, increase your revenues …
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WHY AD AGENCIES MUST USE EDUCATIONAL MARKETING
The ever-increasing number of online videos, webcasts, newsmercials, magalogs, podcasts, webinars, bookalogs, seminars, DVD’s, CD’s, live streaming events, etc. has increased clutter in the marketplace. This ‘noise’ has forced both online and offline new business, advertising, direct marketing and Public Relations to become even more sophisticated in 2018. I believe, …
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Secret Tips of responding to RFIs & RFPs
Before I kick off with some of the tips and secrets of how I have been responding to Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposals (RFP) I’d like to start with my definition of both, so we can all start on the ‘same page’. Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and …
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WHY CHEMISTRY MATTERS WITH WINNING NEW BUSINESS
For the past 25 years, I have always studied, fixated and tried to better understand how to win more new business, win new clients, grow my business and improve my ‘batting average’ for pitching and winning every brand or new account that I pitch for whether in San Francisco, Sydney …
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Winning New Business in 2018
Having worked in the Advertising Industry since 1985, I thought I would take my crystal ball out, and reveal my thoughts on how to build a winning New Business Program in 2018 and beyond. A highly successful New Business program is critical for every agency, entrepreneur or Marketer in the …
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THE ART & SCIENCE OF PERSUASIVE NEW BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS
Over the past 25 years, the best new business pitches in which I have been involved, have all ‘nailed’ it by having these elements – novelty, emotion and by being highly memorable COUPLED with intense existing Chemistry with the client or brand team. Whether I have been in San …
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