Having been in business for over 20 years and round the block a bit, I’m very hard to impress.
So, for me to say Mike's business advice has been superior to anything I’ve ever seen before is a significant compliment.
Last year I had a career change and became a real estate agent. And, just last month I achieved my biggest milestone yet – I became the New Zealand National no 1 listing agent for Professionals NZ with over $20 million in sales.
Ask anyone in the industry and they'll tell you this is an outrageous result for a rookie agent who's only been in the business for just over 2 years. And, I couldn't have done it without Mike's help. Even though I had a lot of sales experience from years of hard yakka – Mike's input has been priceless, he's been my competitive edge (and secret weapon) against my competition.
You see, Mike helped me build a complete marketing strategy instead of just focusing on sales.
Mike's shown me how the traditional sales bash strategy can't sustain itself. Instead, I've got a complete marketing and sales system and now we're working on mixing in technology – the next few months are going to be big.
In fact, things are pumping so much already that I've got a team of agents working with me – Mike likes to refer to them as my 'apprentices'. He puts in the extra effort to work with them so they understand the marketing and sales process, too. It’s really helped us to become a cohesive team.
One of my guys likes to call Mike 'The Don' of consulting, as he just doesn't fit the mould of a regular business or marketing consultant – and when he's got something to say you know to pay attention because it'll be important and useful.
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