Archives for April 2015

Sean D’Souza- “What Makes Your Customers Buy”

April 29, 2015 By jeffreyshaw Leave a Comment

There is nothing admirable about being the best kept secret and having minimal impact because your message isn’t getting through to your ideal client according to Sean D’Souza.

Why do some customers buy—and more importantly what causes them to hesitate? That’s what Sean D’Souza spends most of his time digging into. And it’s this deep understanding of what causes customers to buy and keep coming back, that has created an enviable life for Sean. He works nine months in a year, and takes three months off every year. Yes every year. [Read more…]

Honorée Corder- “Business Dating”

April 22, 2015 By jeffreyshaw Leave a Comment

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I’m thrilled to bring back to the Creative Warriors podcast serial author, business coach and speaker, Honorée Corder. She is the best-selling author of more than a dozen books, including her newest publication “Business Dating: Applying Relationship Rules in Business for Ultimate Success”. Honorée’s books help business professionals create successful life-long, mutually-beneficial business relationships.

It was a real pleasure discussing the effective and ineffective parallels between personal and professional dating, and the value of investing your time into developing deep, meaningful, and long-lasting relationships with a select group of other professionals in our fast moving digital age. [Read more…]

Ted Rubin- “Return on Relationship”

April 15, 2015 By jeffreyshaw Leave a Comment

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Today is the age of influence! Anyone with the will can build a brand, effect change and make a difference. In many ways it the height of creativity. You can use todays technology and your skills in ways that are limited only by your imagination. Big statements and our guest, Ted Rubin believes that our ability to engage with our customers and building relationships has never been easier and creates a return on relationships.

Return on Relationships is the basis of his philosophy. His book, “Return on Relationship”, was released in 2013 and dives into the relevance, engagement and service necessary for meaningful relationships. His new book, “How To Look People in the Eye Digitally”, is hot off the presses and was just released. [Read more…]

Denise Martin- “Words Do Create Your World”

April 8, 2015 By jeffreyshaw Leave a Comment

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Words create worlds. It’s true in how we speak to others and how we speak to OURSELVES as in self talk. If you are feeling like some of the “tape” running in your head is not serving you or your communications are just not landing with customers, you’ll find this podcast episode particularly interesting.

We get to decide how we use language to improve our self talk and communication overall in order to move toward what we want. This episode is a double header in the sense that it covers both how we can improve our own self talk and how we can improve our communication in the world.

Denise Martin is a master communications specialist that offers sales workshops and trainings, including business communication skills, copywriting, and creating effective and persuasive online marketing for nonprofits, organizations and individuals by leveraging cognitive psychology + linguistics skills. [Read more…]

Dr. Julie Connor- “Dreams to Action”

April 1, 2015 By jeffreyshaw Leave a Comment

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Dream big, plan well, work smart, and pursue your passion with confidence are the life altering topics that Dr. Julie Connor has made her mission to bring to the world. As she said during our interview “I’ve spent half of my life teaching people how to reach other people’s goals. Now I’m going to spend the other half focused on helping people reach their own goals.”

As a speaker, champion motivator, goals and planning strategist, and author, Dr. Julie Connor inspires you to dream big and celebrate success as you transform your dream into a powerful action plan. Her book, “Dreams to Action Trailblazer’s Guide” is designed to help people do just that.

She empowers you with tools to clearly articulate your dream, define your purpose, align your vision with your core values, and create attainable goals. I think you will particularly appreciate the planning table that Julie has offered all Creative Warriors as her gift to you. [Read more…]