University of South Florida Muma College of Business

Director of Development- USF Muma College of Business

Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business

Associate Director of Major Gifts

Bluebird Benefits Group

GTM Brand Ambassador 

Trellus (YC W22)

Brand Ambassador

SaaSySalesMoms

Director of Community Growth

Co-Founder

Flosum

Strategic business development manager with a focus on partnerships and communities.

Partnership Manager

Business Development Manager

Deako Lighting

Home Sales Account Executive

Stateson Homes

Sales Manager

Newport Hospitality Group, Inc

Dual Property Sales Manager

Panera Bread

Catering Manager

Sales & Marketing | Partnerships Manager | Community Builder | Brands & Human Evangelist | Servant Leader | Customer Obsessed |

As Director of Development at the USF Muma College of Business, contributions focus on advancing donor development, educational fundraising, and alumni relations to support the college’s mission. By fostering meaningful relationships and securing impactful contributions, the team drives initiatives that enhance the educational experience and community engagement.  Be BOLD!

Julie Nester

SpearPoint Solutions LLC

Work with solopreneurs, businesses and nonprofits to develop innovative customer engagement strategies that dramatically increase top and bottom line revenue. Also facilitate Creative Thinking Training FUNshops that help attendees achieve more fulfillment, recognition and income.

✔Wrote the book on innovative ideas. Seriously. 101 Freaking Brilliant Business Ideas: And Ten Ways YOU Can Create Your Own features marketing and differentiation strategies for multiple industries, product ideas and more! It also lays out ten methods for stimulating your own creative imagination so you can innovate away from average.

✔	Invented Creative Thinking Game & Game Show ‘What’s The BIG Idea?’ Used with individuals and groups to create sales, marketing & differentiation strategies and more.

✔	Wrote and published Discovering Your Greatness : A Higher Level Thinking and Action Guide. Used with clients in private coaching and mentoring program. Now available on Amazon.

✔	Created and had published an inspirational poster, Impossible is an Opinion.

✔	Curated Stories for & published Living a Wealthy Life : Stories of Gaining an Abundance in All Five Forms of Wealth. Prospected for and received stories from contributing authors throughout the U. S. as well as five foreign countries. Available on Amazon.

Founder

Elite Business Success Podcast

Between us, my co-host, David Rosenberg, and I have nearly 75 years of successful business experience. Listeners will learn from our experience as well as that of guest experts.

Listen on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/4VDULztNDjONzk072jsomT?si=aM_rlFZ1T5yL4XzFI6h53A

Co-Host

WFG & World Group Securities

REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE/LICENSED INSURANCE PROFESSIONAL
Responsible for sales and servicing of financial services products. Worked with clients in evaluating their financial situation and helped implement new products/strategies. Recruited and trained new associates.

✔	Built a strong book of business that was comprised of client centric portfolio of mutual funds, managed assets, life insurance and annuities.

✔	Developed new reps from start up through self-sufficiency. To do this I helped new reps with effective goal setting, prospecting methods and mindset. Also trained on sales and service processes.

✔	Put together total turn-key prospecting and process seminar designed to be a handbook for multiple offices to use as training and reference material. Conducted multi-state training to introduce the material as well as quarterly and weekly training for new and experienced reps.

✔	Qualified for several production and leadership awards.

Registered Rep

Our platform and growing army of affiliate marketers help businesses who serve SME's generate dramatically more revenue.

In the age of Artificial Intelligence what gives your company a competitive edge? 

It may not be what you think!

Since EVERYONE now has access to the output of AI, it is human creative input that is the key to organizations and brands standing out as different, better and more valuable.

In a vanilla world, do you want to be perceived as Fudge Brownie Ice Cream with Caramel and Whipped Cream on top?

We have three ways to help you do that. Either will help you OWN your market like an 800 Pound Gorilla owns its territory.

Way # 1 

Do you want employees who are FAR more engaged and ideas that help grow your company? Then you should have our company train your team in the use of Scientific Creative Thinking Methods. 

Using these methods makes creative people better and unleashes the hidden ability to see innovative ideas in even 'non-creative' people. Combine it with out Recognition and Rewards Program and you will significantly reduce the headache and expense of employee turnover.

Way # 2 

If your customers perceive your offerings as being 'just like everyone else' you will compete mostly on PRICE. 

There is little profit or fun in that. 

Want to increase both your enjoyment and the bottom line? Hire me to apply my Knowledge, Experience and Imagination to design simple, unique and effective business strategies for you. (see examples in my Freaking Brilliant Ideas newsletter - linked here in my Featured Section)

Either of these will help immensely. 

Utilizing both will transform your business into one where sales and margins lead the industry.


Way # 3

Do you want to your sales reps to be welcomed rather than ignored? 

If yours is a company that sell to other companies, our B2B Customer Attraction Initiative provides a DRAMATICALLY better way to prospect, grow sales and retain customers.

See the information about this innovative approach to prospecting linked in my Featured Section. 


The Bottom Line

Organizations that thrive in the modern economy will be those that continuously innovate.

Those organizations who fail to do that will struggle - even if they have mastered AI.

Which will yours be?
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PM me.

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Bob Sager

Why Should I Choose You?

That is the title of my article that was just published in FDI Alliance International Magazine and it is the question everyone asks prior to making a purchase.

Here is an excerpt from that article:

"If a product or service does not distinguish itself as being different, better and more valuable than other options, there will be one basis for the buyer to decide which to purchase: 

PRICE.

Here is a good example of that. 

Say I notice that my car is getting low on fuel. 

Up ahead there are three gas stations in close proximity to one another. Two of them are offering the exact same price while the third is two cents less per gallon.

Which one am I most likely to choose?

That's right, the one with the lower price because, in the minds of most people, they are...identical."

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In that article is a strategy I developed for a headshot photographer - which is shared with permission. (l*nk in the comments)

Naturally, most of you reading this won't be headshot photographers but you may be able to adapt that strategy to fit your industry.

It is certainly worth the investment of time and thought if it helps you to NOT compete solely on price, isn't it?

Oh, and if you need help developing a simple, unique and effective strategy that helps you stand out and avoid competing on price, reach out to me.

Helping small and midsize businesses become the 800 Pound Gorilla of their market! Sell more without competing on price. | Featured in SUCCESS Magazine.

"Jennifer Gilmore with her background, attitude and Keynote Concert offering was green flags all the way."

Read this edition of my Freaking Brilliant Ideas newsletter to learn WHY I decided to take on Jennifer Gilmore as a client.

View newsletter: Freaking Brilliant Ideas

“Life is too short to do things you don't love doing.” - Bruce Dickinson *************** Note: LinkedIn only sends newsletters to approximately 35% of

Open article: The Curious Case of the Keynote Concert Part Six: Why I Agreed to Work With Jennifer by Bob Sager • 3 min read

The Curious Case of the Keynote Concert Part Six: Why I Agreed to Work With Jennifer

What do Paul Carney, Brian Butkowski and David R. have in common?

Besides being good guys, they are each joining me for a series of double-powered educational webinars.

Paul is first up this coming Monday, November 24th, at 1:00 p.m. US Eastern time.

He will be covering everything you ever wanted to know about AI but were afraid to ask.

I will be training on a Scientific Creative Thinking Method that will help you out-THINK the competition so you can improve your top and bottom lines.

On December 1st at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time Brian will be talking about the Psychology of Color and how you can leverage that.

December 8th at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time David will share information about how to utilize market research to predict success (or failure) of a product or service with accuracy.

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the fine folks at Graphy Inc. there is NO CHARGE for any of these sessions!

Click over to my profile now and ring my bell to follow me so you will be notified of future educational webinars featuring Keynote Concert presenter Jennifer Gilmore, AGT Extreme competitor & escape artist Daniel Paulin (aka Danny Zzzz) and other superstars coming in the future.

This series is the education you need to thrive in the modern economy!
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Registration l*nk for Monday's session with Paul and me is in the comments.

Would a diamond ring from Tiffany's seem as valuable if the boxes were dirt brown rather than their iconic robin egg blue?

Would the Jolly Green Giant be as jolly if he was orange instead?

How important IS color in business and how much does it affect how we feel about things?

Maybe a LOT more than you think!

Next Monday, December 1st, at 1:30 p.m. US Eastern time Brian Butkowski and I are conducting the next webinar in the Real World MBA series titled,

"Using Color and Creative Thinking to Grow Your Profits"

During that webinar, Brian will be covering the fascinating psychology of color and how particular colors could be communicating the wrong message and costing you money.

Speaking of losing money, what revolutionary product was it that threatened Hot Wheels' domination of the toy car market and how did they do it?

How can YOU utilize this same principle to distinguish yourself in an increasingly crowded marketplace?

My segment of the webinar will cover a Scientific Creative Thinking Method that helped to create the threat. It is small but powerful!

These are principles many have paid handsomely to learn. But, thanks to the generous sponsorship of the fine folks at Graphy Inc. this actionable-knowledge-packed webinar is available to you at NO CHARGE!

Register at the l*nk in the comments.

Oh, btw, even if you cannot attend live, register anyway so you will have access to the replay.

AI can be a wonderful ALLY - or a source of great FRUSTRATION.

Today's webinar, AI and the ABC's of Bad Ideas, will teach you how to THRIVE in this modern era. 

Happening today at 1:00 p.m. US Eastern time, it features TWO essential topics. 

* AI expert Paul Carney will teach you how to make AI your partner. 

* I will teach you a Scientific Creative Thinking Method that will help you see the invisible so you can do the impossible.

Registration l*nk below. 

Are you in?

Can Scientific Creative Thinking Methods help you land your dream job?

Yesterday I was interviewed for a forthcoming SUCCESS Magazine article. 

The article is about AI and how it affects our ability to think - especially creatively. 

The author and I had a discussion about the many applications of AI with one of those being the ATS numerous companies use as a screening tool.

It reminded me of an article I wrote over four years ago for FDI Alliance International Magazine titled How to Land Your Dream Job.

Though I did not reference the ATS specifically in that article, the Scientific Creative Thinking Method I shared there is a way to circumvent it and stand out in an increasingly crowded applicant pool.

The interview prompted me to re-read the article and this paragraph near the end stood out as particularly insightful:

"Some final thoughts: doing this may even land you a position that is not advertised. When a company encounters someone that can solve problems for them, they may hire them even though they are not looking - or there isn't a job opening, per se. They also may consider them for another - even better - position."

A l*nk to the full article is in the comments below.

If you know a job seeker, share it with them because it will help.

Oh, and if you/your organization want help in learning to out-THINK the competition, we got your covered. 

PM me.

The Coca Cola logo is red. 

Starbucks is green.

IBM, blue.

Have you ever wondered WHY?

Color has a HUGE impact on the perception of a brand!

Today, on the next installment in the Real World MBA webinar series, Brian Butkowski is providing education on The Psychology of Color, how to get it right and mistakes to avoid.

In addition, I am going to be discussing the genius concept of how you can actually utilize LESS to be MORE successful in business.

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the fine folks at Graphy Inc. this actionable-knowledge-packed webinar is available to you at NO CHARGE!

"Using Color and Creative Thinking to Grow Your Profits" is happening live at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time; registration l*nk below.

Be sure to register even if you cannot attend live as doing so will provide you with easy access to the replay.

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On an unrelated but quite interesting topic, my client Jennifer Gilmore has put together a different sort of Advent calendar. Beginning today, it provides 25 days worth of ways working with me has helped her.

I am truly honored by it and you can check it out at the l*nk in the comments.

What do the Juicero Juice Press, CNN+ and the Keurig KOLD have in common?

You are probably unfamiliar with any of them and, if you are, it's because they were SPECTACULAR flops!

Could those failures - and the VAST money that was spent on them - have been avoided?

Market research expert David R. would say yes - if they had done PROPER market research.

Monday, December 8th at 1:00 p.m. US Eastern time is the next installment in the Real World MBA webinar series.

In the first half of that webinar, the aforementioned David Rosenberg pulls back the curtain and shares information on HOW to do proper market research so you can go to market with a high degree of certainty of success - or avoid going to market and wasting time and money on a spectacular flop.

Following David, I will share a Scientific Creative Thinking Method you can utilize to create simple, unique and effective strategies to differentiate yourself in an increasingly crowded marketplace.

The method I am sharing is the sort of creative thinking that completely revitalized the economy of a small mid-west town, created the multi-billion dollar razor market and even transformed the rock band KISS from a novelty act into global superstars.

This is information that is normally proprietary and pricey. But, thanks to the sponsorship of the fine folks at Graphy Inc. it is being made available to you at NO CHARGE.

Register now for this event below.

Btw, even if you are unsure if you can attend live, register anyway to ensure easy access to the replay.

View event: Go To Market Strategies That Spell Success

Go To Market Strategies That Spell Success

Are you taking advantage of the education being provided via the Real World MBA webinar series?

Each session in the series offers knowledge and wisdom that will help you thrive in the modern economy. 

And, thanks to the sponsorship of the fine folks at Graphy Inc. this valuable education is available at NO CHARGE.

Here are some series highlights so far:

𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐞 
AI Educator Paul Carney provided instructions for how to actually use AI effectively and efficiently. It can be applied immediately!

I shared a Scientific Creative Thinking (SCT) Method that is so powerful it was included in a SUCCESS Magazine article that featured me and our training.

𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐰𝐨
Design and marketing master Brian Butkowski gave a talk about Color Psychology that was very illuminating - and helpful. Understanding this will make you formidable!

I shared a SCT Method that will help you create and innovate products that stand out like Micro Machines, Legal Zoom and McDonald's have.

𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 is happening this coming Monday, December 8th at 1:00 p.m. US Eastern time.

Market research expert David Rosenberg will educate you on how to do PROPER market research; how it can help you go to market with confidence or avoid going to market with a likely flop.

I will share a SCT Method that completely revitalized the economy of a small mid-west town, created the multi-billion dollar razor market and even transformed the rock band KISS from a novelty act into global superstars.

Registration l*nk for session three is in the comments.

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If you missed the first two sessions, there is good news and bad news.

The Bad News is you can't ask a question in real time as you could live.

The Good News is there is a replay now available of session one (l*nk in the comments) and a replay of session two will be available soon. 
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Don't miss out on maximizing your success. 

We have STELLAR subject matter experts lined up for future sessions. 

Navigate over to my profile and click follow so you get notified when a new one is available.

Can you imagine the Chick-Fil-A sign being blue or green instead of red?

Design and marketing master Brian Butkowski shared all three as part of his Color Psychology talk in session two of the Real World MBA webinar series.

Did you know that in recent research 77% of people say AI is 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 their workload?

AI Educator Paul Carney shared that in session one.

If you watched these sessions live, you learned - among many other things - how to use color to attract buyers and how to 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 use AI to save time and enhance results.

In addition, I shared two different Scientific Creative Thinking Methods that will help you stand out in an increasingly crowded marketplace.

You may have missed these sessions live, but...

for a LIMITED TIME, a replay of both sessions is available.

Check them out before they disappear at https://lnkd.in/gSS2XRAa

Oh, and in session three (Monday, December 8th at 1:00 p.m.) market research expert David Rosenberg will educate you on how to do PROPER market research so you can go to market confident of success or avoid going to market with a likely flop.

And, in case you are wondering, yes, I will be sharing more information that will help you out-THINK the competition as well. Register for that session at https://lnkd.in/gEM-4md6

We're just getting started with the Real World MBA webinar series!

More world-class experts are already lined up to bring you the education you need to thrive in the modern economy.

And, thanks to the sponsorship of the fine folks at Graphy Inc. this vital information is being made available at NO CHARGE.

Follow me so you never miss a session.

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