Sam Richter
Sales Training and Relationship Building Expert
The Internet has radically changed the way that people buy and sell. Buyers have more information than ever, and they don’t have time to waste in data gathering meetings. Yet while buying behavior has changed, people still sell pretty much the same way they have for the past 50 years.
Sam Richter is a distinguished Hall of Fame speaker renowned for his expertise in digital information. Sam is the only professional speaker who not only helps you discover the power of online intelligence, he also builds the AI and ChatGPT intel resources to ensure you experience immediate success. Throughout his career, he has crafted innovative programs and technology for both start-up companies and some of the world's most recognized brands.
Sam is the founder and CEO of SBR Worldwide/Know More. Through his in-person keynote presentations and online programs, Sam trains leading organizations and entertains tens of thousands of people around the world. Sam’s programs promise to be the highest-content, most take-home-value presentations attendees have ever experienced.
The National Speakers Association inducted Sam into the Professional Speaker Hall of Fame, where fewer than 300 professional speakers worldwide have been honored, and Sam also received the Association's CSP Designation, reserved for the top 10 percent of the world's professional speakers.
He was named one of the Top 15 Highest Rated Speakers for Virtual Events, one of the Top 50 Sales Keynote Speakers in the world, one of the world's Top 100 Motivational Speakers, a Top Sales Coach by the Coach Foundation, and he is also a member of the Minnesota Speaker Hall of Fame.
Sam is the author of the bestselling book, Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling, considered the preeminent publication on finding information online and using it for sales success. Take the Cold was named "Sales Book of the Year" by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals, and it was also named a "USA Book News Winner" and a "Sales Book Awards Silver Medalist."
In addition to speaking and writing, Sam created numerous AI-powered technologies, including a family of custom enterprise business, sales, and competitive intelligence search applications., the Business / Sales Intel Engines, a library of online intel tools at YouGotIntel, the financial advisor Find5500.ai program, the AI-powered marketing and sales platform, Relevate.ai. and the Diamond Speaker program for higher-end professional speakers. Sam also creates custom AI and Generative-AI powered resources used by top companies worldwide.
Multiple times Sam was named by InsideView as one of the Top 25 Most Influential People in Sales, and he was also named as one of the Top Chief Marketing Officers on Twitter and has been recognized by LinkedIn as having one of the world's most viewed profiles. Sam has been featured in thousands of television and radio programs and national and online publications.
For more than six years, Sam was president of the James J. Hill Center, a not-for-profit business library, where he led the transformation of an eighty-five-year-old private, non-profit business research organization into a nationally renowned institution serving entrepreneurs and small businesses via cutting-edge online resources. Sam also spent more than eighteen years in the advertising, public relations, and e-commerce/e-marketing industry owning his own firm and working for internationally recognized organizations as a creative director, group director, and marketing director. Sam has led product launches and strategic marketing programs for companies including Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Major League Baseball, Polaris Industries, and National Geographic.
He has won regional, national, and international awards, including Best of Show and Gold Awards at numerous sales and marketing competitions, Webby Awards, and a Gold Award at the International Film Festival. He's also won a Retail Vision Award and a Codie Award - "the "Oscars" of the software industry" - for Best E-commerce Software. He is a member of the Business Journal's "Forty Under 40" and a past finalist for Inc. Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year.
Sam serves on the Boards of Directors for Brandpoint, one of the world's leading content management platforms, and Argos Risk, a business financial health and credit monitoring software platform. He is also an advisor and partner at numerous technology, big data, and sales organizations.
Sam received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication and was twice named Scholastic All-American while also a four-year player and a letter winner on the University of Minnesota varsity football team. His postgraduate education includes certificate degrees in Executive Leadership from the University of St. Thomas and in Corporate Boards of Director Ethical Leadership from Saint Mary's University.
Sam lives in Minnetonka, Minnesota, with his wife and two children. He enjoys mentoring individuals in his community and volunteering his time working with non-profit organizations, including Mental Health Navigators, a national non-profit online community support and resource group helping parents of children experiencing mental health issues, where Sam built the nationally renowned Mental Health Resource Search Engine.
KNOW MORE! SELLING: KNOW MORE THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT YOU COULD (OR SHOULD) ABOUT YOUR PROSPECTS, CLIENTS, AND COMPETITION
Business and sales is all about personal relationships. When you know more about your prospects and clients, you’re better able to relate on a personal level, build more meaningful connections, identify triggering events, tailor offerings, and ensure relevancy. Most important, studies show that when you practices Sales Intelligence, you’ll win two times more business!
KNOW MORE! REPUTATIONS: YOUR PERSONAL BRAND CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOUR BUSINESS BRAND
In today’s instant communication and social networking world, it’s easy to share opinions and others can share the same about you. Unfortunately, what you and others post online, text, and even email is not limited to private networks and friend groups. Rather, there’s a good chance that what you say online and what is said about you and your company is searchable, and archived, FOREVER!
THINK/THANK: AND OTHER RULES FOR A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
Does it ever seem like work is all-consuming and that your priorities are out of whack? Are you sometimes on edge with how you deal with others, or feel disappointed when family, colleagues, and friends don’t meet your expectations? In these challenging times, it’s easy to get frustrated and worry over things where you have no control. It doesn’t have to be that way.
CREATIVITY UNLEASHED: GENERATIVE AI AND YOUR FUTURE
Transform Your Business, Your Communications, Your Job, and Your Life
Generative AI is transforming our world at a speed never before seen in history. With the introduction of programs like ChatGPT, CoPilot, Gemini, and other large language models, for the first time, everyone has equal access to discover and manipulate data in ways that will transform business, communications, jobs, and everyday lives, forever. In this dynamic presentation, you will discover…
- In an easy-to-understand way, what is the difference between AI and Generative AI, how they work, and how embracing them can give you a competitive edge.
- What are the tactical applications to improve operations, marketing, and sales to create massive efficiency, allowing you to spend more time executing strategy and providing value.
- A demonstration of AI-powered tools and the current best resources that you can immediately implement to improve performance. Whatever you dream can now become a reality.
- A look into our Generative AI future, the ethical considerations, personal moral challenges, and decisions business leaders will face in this rapidly changing world.
Attendees receive access to Sam's custom AI and Generative AI/ChatGPT resources (he has spent years creating cutting-edge AI tools). Featuring examples customized to the audience - whether you're an expert or someone who lacks confidence regarding new technologies - this motivating, humorous, high-content, and high-learning program will leave you excited about your new AI-powered future.