Stu Atkins Travels from VIC
Fee Range: .Up to $5000
Stu Atkins's Biography
Having presented to well over 35,000 professionals across Australia, NZ, China & the USA, Stu Atkins is one of the countries most exciting and experienced speaking talents. His style is relaxed, informal, engaging, entertaining and always completely relevant to the industry at hand – many speak about general trends, Stu speaks about what will happen to YOUR industry and how to be well armed for whatever is approaching.
The pace of change we experience, today, will be the slowest it will be for the rest of our lives.
The need to focus on the present often leaves businesses exposed to the short and medium-term future. Stu is expert at uncovering new tools to enhance productivity and profitability, predicting the disruptive forces which may impact future business, how to effectively harness the power of social media and most importantly, how to capture and communicate with today’s rapidly evolving digital consumer.
Stu has also been a sales professional for over 20 years and is expert at unpacking the science of sales, coupling this with the latest tools and tips to help drive better outcomes using real world experience.
Stu has appeared on Sunrise, Channel 7 and 9, multiple radio networks and major metropolitan newspapers. His experience in founding on-line retail, recruitment & social media firms means he completely immerses himself in the very latest the digital revolution has to offer. He has held senior positions at News Digital Media, REA Group and an internet startup firm and has a team of world class researchers to ensure his knowledge and message is specific to your needs.
Stu’s style is relaxed and inclusive, warm yet humerous. Stu will leave your audience educated, challenged and ready for what tomorrow might bring.
Speaking Topics Include
Disruption: Using specific and tailored content to your industry, the audience will be empowered by strategies to compete with the disruptors and traditional competitors to stay ahead of the curve.
Tech Innovation: understanding the future means your audience is well armed to continually evolve to meet the ever changing needs of your customers
Social & Professional networking: the platform and audience is ripe for the picking. Utilising various channels to maximise cut-through and develop new business / consumer relationships by becoming ‘more local than the locals’.
Digital Footprint: by focussing on your business and employee’s online presence and the ‘testimonial economy’, your broader audience will perceive your business as a provider of choice.
Sales Strategy: using a simple 9 step process, your sales outcomes will radically improve by analysing ratios, ‘story telling selling’, tailoring meetings to always have the end in mind and most importantly removing any reluctance or fear of the imperative process of developing new relationships.