The Finest Thought Leaders
is the President of InspireYourBuyers.com. He has applied and honed his Go to Market Narrative development model with industry giants such as IBM, SAP, Microsoft, HP, Oracle, Google, DXC Technology, Adobe, Infosys, Citibank, Alcatel-Lucent, McKesson, Motorola, and SITA, plus with “scale-ups” such as Concur, FinancialForce, SuccessFactors, Tableau, and others across the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. He is a featured keynote speaker for industry and client events. He has worked with his clients to grow revenue and win industry recognition, including winning HP’s Marketing Circle of Excellence and the Corporate Executive Board’s Marketing Campaign of the Year awards.
Bruce’s “personal why” is to inspire others to inspire others, and he yearly inspires thousands of revenue leaders, staff, and the buyers they serve with clear and compelling go to market narratives. Bruce has been a featured keynote speaker for large corporate events, including Microsoft’s CIO Summit, and a guest speaker and educator for industry associations, leadership roundtables, in-company events, and ongoing programs across all major continents. He is on two boards of directors and is the incoming President of the National Speakers Association Northwest.
Bruce is an avid learner and a big believer in continuing education. He has attended the University of Copenhagen, Cornell University, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Oregon, where he was on the dean’s list and earned his MBA. He has hosted and attended numerous executive development programs across the Asia-Pacific region with the University of California, Berkeley. He is based on Vashon Island in the Pacific Northwest in the summers, and you can find him and his wife in beautiful natural places across the globe during the winters.
To see Bruce in action, here’s a link to a fun video featuring Bruce talking about the Big Problem, Desired Outcome, and Big Solution and in what order to sell each. Yes, Bruce had fun at the beginning of the pandemic, putting this video together. See what being stuck at home will do to you!
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to work with you and your teams to play to my passion and help you inspire your buyers!
This keynote helps business and revenue leaders and their revenue teams get more focused and concerted about the 5 key elements that inspire their buyers and accelerate revenue growth - Target, Problem, Outcome, Solution, and Next Steps.
This program is perfect for business and revenue leaders and their teams:
Wasting tons of valuable time with the wrong customers and buyers
Struggling with a product-centric, mundane, unclear message and story
Not leading the buyer's journey with concrete next steps
The audience will leave with:
New thinking targeting the right prospects and buyers
A clear and simple framework to apply to craft buyer-centric content and conversations
Fresh thinking on how to lead the buyer's journey with concrete next steps
“Bruce and his team seriously delivered the goods with our new message strategy and story. Their work was instrumental in helping us launch and grow new service lines across multiple verticals.”
~ Laura Osburnsen | VP Marketing, Unisys
“We had people both internally and externally to McKesson that really understood what we were trying to say, and it made so much sense”
~ Paula Cobb | Marketing Leader
“Our work together resulted in a simple, impactful ‘big idea’ that helped us align our sales and marketing efforts for greater impact.”
~ Lisa Giles | Business Partner Executive, Global Business Services, CSC
“We had a compelling business value proposition, and Bruce and his team helped us communicate and quantify it with a first rate demand gen tool, sales enablement tool, and adoption support that aligned sales and marketing for go to market success. They did a fantastic job.”
~ Gautam Roy | Senior Manager, Product Management & Marketing, Brocade