Million Dollar Relationships - John Blake

Welcome back to Million Dollar Relationship with Kevin Thompson! Today we are joined by John Blake. For the past 27 years, John has been a highly successful salesperson, sales manager, business owner, author, and sales and marketing, consultant. At age 23, whilst national sales manager of Arnette sunglasses Australiasia, in just three years John grew sales from a modest 750 thousand dollars per year to a whopping six million per year in turnover.

John is obsessed with helping business people explode sales results using a unique process that empowers both them and their clients to be 100% sincere and avoids tired, clichéd sales approaches.

Over the last 10 years, John’s proven formula for cracking open the vault to unlock huge sales growth has been applied in hundreds of businesses in over 34 industries. Let’s hear his story as he honors Barry Young that helped him understand how to run his business.  

[00:00 - 09:33] John Blake: The Consultant That Can Help You Increase Sales

• John Blake is a consultant and business owner who has been running his own business for 18 years.
• One of the biggest problems that most of John’s clients encounter is not converting leads into paying clients.
• John's proudest moment as a business owner is helping a small town in Australia increase its sales by 15 million dollars over three years.

[09:33 - 17:49] Surfing, Broken Car Battery, and the person that changed Blake’s Life.

• John shares a story about how he became obsessed with surfing and changed his course of life after being introduced to a person who changed the course of his business.
• He talks about how his teacher didn't like the fact that he was obsessed with surfing and told him that he would never make any money out of it.
• John eventually left school and started a graphic design course
• On his way to the university, John’s Car battery broke and Barry Young pulls in
• Barry Young is an agent in Western Australia for Rip Curl, Quick Silver, Ocean, and Earth 

[17:49 - 25:51] John Blake Shares His Secrets for Success

• Barry and Judy taught John how to run a business, customer service, and create meaningful relationships
• John has since used this knowledge to start his own businesses and inspire others to do the same
• John encourages listeners to be themselves and share their ideas with others in order to build valuable relationships

[25:52 - 27:06] Closing Segment

• Final Words
• Follow John Blake on Facebook or LinkedIn
• You may also visit his website at www.john-blake.com.au

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"What Barry and Judy taught me over those four years has pretty much become the compass, Not just in, terms of sales But I've, learned so much more since then. The foundation of how to run a business, customer service, the whole bit.” - John Blake