[Legacy post: Small Business Talent] Tom Fishburne has a unique entrepreneurial backstory. It started in 2000 when he was a student at Harvard Business School. While earning his MBA, he was also learning how to draw cartoons by doodling on the backs of business cases, publishing them in the school paper, and posting his work online.
Through his marketing cartoons, Tom now reaches over 100,000 marketers every week. In addition, his work has been featured in leading business publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and the New York Times.
Tom’s company, Marketoon Studios, creates content marketing campaigns with cartoons and has served a variety of high profile clients, like Unilever, General Electric, Kronos, Oracle, and many more.
Prior to launching his own firm, Tom was a marketing VP at Method Products (recently named “the 16th most innovative company in the world” by Fast Company). Before that, he led brand-marketing campaigns at Nestle and General Mills.
If you’ve ever wondered how an entrepreneur can create a successful business around their passion, then you’re going to find this interview very interesting. Scroll down to the Podcast Player now and enjoy!
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High Impact / High Value: Create Customized Presentations with Mike Brown
[Legacy post: Small Business Talent] My guest on the podcast today is here to shake things up a bit. Mike Brown of The Brainzooming™ Group is anything but a typical speaker or consultant.
For example, his recent TEDx talk was unlike any other that I’ve seen. He literally let the audience chart the course of his talk as it unfolded.
This was a bold and creative move. But that level of flexibility and customization is apparently the norm for Mike when he speaks these days.
His professional background: Mike Brown has been at the forefront of leading Fortune 500 culture change as a vice president of marketing, developing new approaches in research and simplified tools for innovation, strategic planning, and aligning sales, marketing and communications strategies. He’s also won multiple awards for his strategic brand-building approach relating to NASCAR and conference event marketing.
Mike has been a frequent, repeat speaker for a variety of leading organizations. His clients include the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, the American Marketing Association, the PR Society of America, and the CMO Summit, to name just a few.
In this content-rich interview, Mike reveals how to customize your presentations — based on audience input — and stand out as a speaker! Scroll down to our Podcast Player now and have a listen.
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Patrick O’Malley: How to Use LinkedIn as a Powerful Sales Search Engine
[Legacy post: Small Business Talent] If I ranked my guests based on their LinkedIn expertise, plus energy and passion, then my guest today would probably be at the top of the list. Patrick O’Malley, aka 617-PATRICK, clearly loves teaching. Today he’s here to teach us how to find and win more ideal clients by using LinkedIn as a powerful search engine and sales tool. (Want an example? Check out this amazing tip.)
Patrick is a well-respected Social Media Speaker and Consultant. In 2012, he was the First Place winner of the National Speakers Association’s “Rising Star 2012” professional speaker competition. Patrick is a nationally known expert on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and SEO. He’s also a regular contributor to Fox TV News, Boston’s Ch 4 News, Ch 7 News, and New England Cable News as a social media and Internet expert.
Before starting his own company, 617-PATRICK Social Media Training, Patrick was the VP of Operations for Northern Light, the search engine that was Google’s top competitor in the year 2000. His deep experience in that arena is at the root of his innovative approach to using LinkedIn as a powerful search engine / sales tool.
Will Patrick’s unique LinkedIn tips leave you amazed? I’d be surprised if they didn’t. Scroll down to the Podcast Player and have a listen!
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