Guest Post by Tom Morkes: The Five Pillars of Authority

This is a guest post by Tom Morkes. Tom is the CEO of Insurgent Publishing, a book publishing and marketing company that brings unconventional nonfiction to the creative outliers of the world. Insurgent Publishing has published a half dozen books, including Paid to Exist and The Money Freedom Roadmap, both by Jonathan Mead, The High-Performance Athlete by Dr. Jason Winkle, and The Growth Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Jeff Goldenberg and Mark Hayes. Now, to the post itself.. Hope you enjoy reading this post from Tom and join us (yes, I am speaking as well) at the Authority Summit slated for later […]

SIMPLE Framework – Positioning: What is Your Positioning Strategy to Move Your Deals Forward

We have earlier discussed the first 3 steps in the SIMPLE framework for selling – Surprise, Inspire & Motivate. If done well, this will bring your customer/prospect to a situation where they identify with a vision that you have painted for them and are motivated enough to take action to move towards the vision. Once the customer is motivated to do something about the challenge that you have helped surface, you need to then position yourself or your product/service, such, that the customer feels confident that you will be able to help him resolve the challenge. This is the 4th […]