209: From $0 to $4M in 2 years: How To Accelerate Business Performance With Kody Thompson & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert

220: How To Use AI To Create a Lead Generation Powerhouse With Kate Gray & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert

Kate's journey from overcoming meth addiction in her early 20s to becoming one of Australia's leading voices in Business and Personal Mastery is a testament to her resilience and determination. Her transformative path saw her establish a successful 6-figure fitness empire and a 7-figure retreat and coaching business. In 2021, her achievements were recognized globally when Yahoo Finance named her one of the "Top 10 CEOs to Watch," alongside renowned figures like Grant Cardone and Tai Lopez.

In 2023, Kate founded an outbound outreach agency, leveraging the power of Chat GPT and AI to revolutionize its operations. This innovation transformed her agency into an AI-enhanced outbound lead generation powerhouse.The Growth Impact Group, partners with businesses generating 1 million a year in revenue to become the plug and play outbound lead generation department.

Kate's influence extends globally as a speaker, sharing stages with icons like Forbes Riley, Eric Thomas, Robin Sharma, Deepak Chopra, and Tony Robbins. Her 15-year journey, enriched by learning from mentors like Jocko Willinick, Gary Vaynerchuk, Frank Kern, and an ex-Israeli Special Forces member, has shaped her into an emblem of inspiration and success.

Kate Gray shared in this episode:

• How she came through an abusive relationship with her father, and dealt with her negative feelings through drugs.

• How she took that addictive behaviour trait and funnelled it into entrepreneurship

• The importance of building diverse leadership teams when scaling businesses, and why it will cost you more in the long run to have overseas team members.

• How her entrepreneurial journey started with an irritation around the gym rules and regulations.

• How she managed to get a $15 cost of acquisition on her new clients which delivered an initial purchase of $79, with half signing up for a year commitment after that.

• Why outbound marketing is now is a better way to grow leads - it gives more control than running ads.

• How she integrates AI into their process by using personalized cold emails and SMS sdrs (sales development representatives) to book sales calls for clients' teams

• Her Life-Changing Questions:

• ‘What can I do to learn from them rather than hate on them?’

• ‘What are they doing that I have always refused to do?’

• and much more...

Resources Mentioned In The Show:

• Jocko Willinick. Leadership book:Leadership Strategy & Tactics https://jocko.com/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamkatecgray/

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219: How To Maximise Profit By Hiring AI Skilled Team Members With Christina Chen & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert

Christina Chen is a distinguished figure in the AI and technology sphere, renowned for her groundbreaking work in developing AI talent and her unwavering commitment to diversity. As the Founder and CEO of AI First Talent, the UK's first Generative AI graduate program, Christina has pioneered a unique approach to fostering skilled AI professionals. Christina's visionary leadership and dedication to cultivating a new generation of AI specialists has firmly established her as a key expert in shaping the future of AI, AI Talent, and AI for optimised Business operations.

Christina Chen shared in this episode:

• Her experience in computer science as a software engineer from Cambridge

• Her experience in private equity where she learnt the lifecycle of a tech company, and how to scale a team

• Her skill for recruiting and developing highly technical people and how that lead to AI First Talent

• Details about her business AI First Talent and how she addresses the shortage of AI talent

• Why businesses need AI to stay relevant these days

• Why there is a shortage of skills in AI, and how to grow that essential skill of AI

• How Christina is training graduates into AI Specialists and helping them learn the necessary skills

• How AI will accelerate your business growth, and most importantly help you stay relevant - you don’t want to be peddling a bike when the industry is driving in a car.

• An example of how a company transformed their business by implementing AI sales process

• How intelligent demand forecasting can help organize what stock is needed in the right place at the right time and time

• How to use the More-or-less framework to identify what we can outsource to AI tools/ AI team members

• How to access a library of AI solutions, so you are not having to invent the wheel yourself

• Her life-changing question, when challenged or fall down ask: “Does this matter in 5 years time? If not, don’t worry about it, move on.”

• and much more...

Resources Mentioned In The Show:

• aifirsttalent.com - arrange a consultation with Christina and team

If you would like more insights on profit maximization for your business, visit www.ProfitHive.com.au

218: How To Unlock Transformative Power Of Mindset And Perspective With Peter Sage & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert

Peter Sage is expert on human behavior and widely recognised as a leading authority on effective personal transformation. His book ‘Inside Track’ has sold over 150k copies.

He's shared the stage with people like Sir Richard Brandon, Kopfi Anan, Bill Clinton and many more global gurus top 30 motivational speakers, and he has spoken for UN, NASA, Google, Royalty and many blue chip companies

Peter Sage shared in this episode:

• His perspective on asking better questions to steer one's mind in the right direction

• He emphasizes the importance of identity and accepting circumstances rather than resisting them

• His experience of being unexpectedly sentenced to prison and how he shifted his mindset to become a secret agent of change during that time

• He emphasizes that one should focus on who they are becoming rather than what is happening around them.

• A discussion about meditation as a tool for achieving desired outcomes and accessing the quantum field or universal consciousness

• The concept of living a "through me" life where individuals play a different game and feel great in the present moment.

• He shares his personal journey of going from debt to success by changing his perspective and embracing challenges as opportunities for growth.

• How his book that was initially written as private letters to his students but went on to win multiple awards and generate over $20 million in business

• and much more...

Resources Mentioned In The Show:

• FREE BOOK: https://go.petersage.com/kevin-bees-podcast

• https://petersage.com/

If you would like more insights on profit maximization for your business, visit www.ProfitHive.com.au

217: How To Exit Your Business For Maximum Value With Brett Story & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert

Brett Story has 20 years specializing in arming business owners, management teams and boards with the information they need to decide when to sell a business or raise capital, and then his team skillfully executes those transformative and often life-changing transactions.

Brett Story shared in this episode:

• How M&A can help us realise a life changing sum when we exit our business

• How to find the right strategic buyer for your business

• How to value your business, and achieve the valuation in the sale process

• Definitions of key terms such as contingent purchase price, earn-out and, role-to-equity

• How to set up earn-out arrangements successfully

• The importance of being realistic with expectations

• The importance of carefully selecting the buyer who you will be partnering with going forward and how to do so.

• The mistakes that people make doing deals, and how to avoid them

• How to maintain some control post sale

• His life-changing question: “What is the life I want to build?” And how visualizing the answer to that question helped Brett manifest it.

• Why you should be discerning with who you spend time with.

• And much more….

Resources Mentioned In The Show:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettstory/

• [email protected]

If you would like more insights on profit maximization for your business, visit www.ProfitHive.com.au

216: The Power of Storytelling For Business Owners With Natalia Nutting & Kevin Bees, Profit Maximisation Expert

Todays guest is Natalia Nutting and shes spent the last 30 years studying the art of storytelling while performing on stages, anchoring TV news, and training experts around the world to tell stories that captivate.

Natalia used to dread speaking in public; she was timid, quiet, introverted, and plagued by self-doubt. But all of that changed when she discovered the art of storytelling...

Natalia Nutting shared in this episode:

• Why an altercation with a teacher at 9 years old led her on a path to become a story teller

• Why story telling helps us ‘get it’ and helps people understand the message we are delivering

• Why business owners are leaders and teachers and why story telling is an important asset

• How to be comfortable & authentic in front of the camera

• Why it is so important to focus on who you are speaking for (and not how you look or sound) to humanize what you are saying

• How to create meaningful personal stories to share

• Various tips on story telling

• What the hero story bank is and why you need to have one

• Her Life Changing Question: What is there to lose?

• And much more…

Resources Mentioned In The Show:

• Social Media: Facebook Natalia Nutting

• NataliaNutting.com

• Book: Peter guber - Tell to win

• https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Win-Connect-Persuade-Triumph/dp/0307587959

If you would like more insights on profit maximization for your business, visit www.ProfitHive.com.au