The VERY Visible Business Podcast with David Avrin

As the Chief Influence Officer at Influence PEOPLE, Brian Ahearn brings a lifetime of experience and study to the science and art of Influence. In this fascinating program, David and Brian discuss the differences between persuasion and influence and why it’s important to anyone in business. They discuss why getting someone to do what you want them to should never be the goal and why influential people have a leg up on others in work and in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no one more synonymous with sales than the incomparable Jeffrey Gitomer. Author of the Little Red Book of Selling and the Little (insert color) of everything else, Larry has lived and breathed selling strategies for decades. The author of ongoing best-sellers and a humorous, tell-in-like-it-in style, Jeffrey is the sage under who’s feet millions have studied.  In this episode, we talk about what’s changed, what’s the same and where things will be next year.  Listen or watch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Larry Winget is known as the pit-bull of personal motivation. A six-time best-selling author and hall-of-fame speaker, Larry has built a career and world-class brand having pointed, and often uncomfortable conversation with audiences, leaders and readers about what it really takes to succeed. His no-holds-barred approach and unabashed style has made him one of the most sought-after speakers and coaches on the planet. If you are particularly sensitive, get over it and tune in to the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this program, David Avrin has the privilege to speak with business icon Joe Calloway. The author of such books as “Becoming a Category of One,” and “Never by Chance” Joe shares deep learning from his decades of consulting, writing and speaking on what it takes to to stand out and be successful in a crowded marketplace. His focus today is on the leadership mindset and how successful leaders guide their organizations through these tumultuous times. It is a fascinating conversation about entrepreneurism with a good friend and colleague. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this program, David Avrin chats with longtime colleague and customer service master, Shep Hyken. Working with some of the most iconic businesses and organizations in the world, Shep helps them create an amazement culture where they deliver amazing experiences every day. A remarkable engaging man himself, Shep is phenomenal conversationalist and storyteller helping to demonstrate and model what he teaches.  The author of such groundbreaking books as: The Cult of the Customer and the Amazement Revolution, Shep Hyken is a hall-of-fame speaker and a really good guy.  Listen in!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this program, David chats with leadership and brain researcher AmyK Hutchins. AmyK is a disarmingly brilliant and engaging thought leaders and confidant to CEOs around the world. The author of the groundbreaking book: “The Secrets Leaders Keep,” AmyK has some remarkable insights into how people behave in the workplace and why. Listen in and you’ll walk away with some great nuggets of wisdom and a shift in your mindset for what effective business behavior looks like in todays world.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this program, David Avrin speaks with a pioneer in the customer experience category, Jeanne Bliss.  An early crusader advocating for the position of “Chief Customer Officer,” Jeanne has helped corporations define the CX leadership position and the behaviors that build a service culture. In this conversation, David finds a kindred spirit and no shortage of opinions on this burgeoning category. The author of such books as: “The Chief Customer Officer 2.0” and “Would you Do That To Your Mother,”  Jeanne is wicked smart and wonderfully engaging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this program, David Avrin has a privilege of engaging with a fellow customer experience colleague and a real pioneer of providing and consulting on a profound level of service. As a business owner, speaker, author and trainer, John has profound insights on winning through service, differentiating through service and how businesses can build service reputation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this program, David Avrin sits down with an icon name in the speaking business, Jane Atkinson. What is remarkable about Jane, is not her stage experience, but her profound wisdom behind the scenes. Jane Atkinson is known as the speaker launcher. Working for decades with both experienced and aspiring professional speakers, Jane is a master of what works, what doesn’t, and what has changed over the years. If you’ve ever wanted to present on your subject or just keep pace with the ever changing speaking business, listen in to this podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this program, David Avrin talks with Frank Furness, speaker and author on sales and marketing technology. Frank has had tremendous success using video and teaching others to use video to build an audience and engage with their clients, customers and constituents. Frank talks about some notable shifts in social media and where the business is shifting. With his charming South African accent and accessible style, This is a conversation worth dropping in on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this program, David Avrin sits down with global business celebrity and marketing master Jefrey Hayzlett. A popular business author and hall-of-fame speaker, Jeffrey is best known as a maverick business man who business in way that is big, bold and often contrary to conventional wisdom. In this informal conversation, David and Jeffrey talk about the growth of the C-Suite media juggernaut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this podcast, David Avrin has a raucous conversation with Employee Engagement and Workplace Culture Expert and Hall-of-Fame Speaker Eric Chester. And Eric has a lot to say! For over three decades, millions of people have turned to Eric for eye-opening insights and strategies to understand an enigmatic emerging (and soon to be dominating) generation. David and Eric talk about how the best organizations are using strong  branding strategies and tactics to attracted the best prospective employees. (And here’s a hint: They aren’t sitting home gaming, snap-chatting and perusing Craig’s List.) The best prospective employees already have a job! So, how do you position your organization as not only the best choice for prospective customers, but also for the best staffers. Listen-in for a fascinating, no-holds-barred conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this show, David Avrin has a fascinating and lively conversation with South African genius, (David’s description) Graeme Codrington, the leader of the international firm: Tomorrow Today. Consulting and speaking for some of the biggest companies in the world, Graeme and his team help organizations prepare for, and invest in what it will take to compete and win. David and Graeme debate the impact on technology, social media and  prognosticate on the dangers that are impacting how we communicate and conduct business today and in the very near future. Listen in for an eye-opening, thought-provoking and candid conversation.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, David Avrin has a pointed conversation with business strategist and humorist Damian Mason. From his early training at the famed Second City in Chicago, to his career speaking to the agriculture industry and even his years as a political humorist, Damian Mason has a reputation for telling it like it is.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this podcast, David Avrin talks with Doug Jackson, PhD, JD, the President and CEO of Project Cure — the world’s largest provider of excess medical equipment and supplies to impoverished nations. Each week, Project C.U.R.E. delivers approximately four semi-truck loads of donated medical supplies and equipment to desperately needy people around the world.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices