Gerry did a phenomenal job for us this year. He was engaging and intriguing. He really brought our audience to their feet, and connected with them well.
Gerry O'Brion
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Gerry O'Brion
Biography
Gerry O'Brion is a marketing keynote speaker and author who translates big brand strategies into knowledge that any business can use to win in the marketplace. Gerry's presentations drive growth with companies of all sizes from small businesses to billion dollar brands. Gerry built his career growing big brands and distills that experience into creating strategies and real ideas that are actionable immediately. After earning his MBA at the University of Michigan, he worked with Procter & Gamble on brands such as Crisco, Tide, Mr. Clean, and Spic & Span. Next, at Coors Brewing Company he managed Coors Light, a $2 billion business. He was then VP of Marketing for the $1.5 billion Quiznos restaurant chain. Gerry was most recently VP of Marketing for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, a $1 billon brand. Gerry works to first understand his client's unique goals and challenges, and then to deliver a presentation that delivers maximum impact for every dollar invested.
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Big Marketing for Small Budgets
Have you ever seen a TV commercial and immediately wanted to buy the product? How does that happen? Billion dollar brands have a tried-and-true process they use to get you to desire their products. Gerry O’Brion has worked on several billion dollar brands, and has distilled that experience into techniques you can use in any business, regardless of your budget.
Gerry will have you look at your customers with a fresh perspective. The fun, thought-provoking dialogue will generate real ideas you can use immediately. The presentation is packed with information, strategies and case studies about companies that are doing it right.
Ignite Your Goals
Simple steps to accomplish more and accelerate your success. What do you want for your business? For your life? The most successful people don’t leave accomplishment to chance. Learn simple steps you can use today to transition from wanting to achieving. Gerry O’Brion is a nationally recognized speaker, author, and marketing expert who helps companies thrive in good times and bad.
Learn and discuss the basic things that get in the way of reaching our objectives. This fun, engaging, interactive session will have you learning, thinking and participating. You’ll be up out of your chairs in a fully participative experience. No more just sitting and listening. This session gets you fully immersed in your goals and moves you down the path of accomplishment right here, right now.
Conference organizers love this session because the participants don’t talk about what the speaker said; they talk about what they did during the session. Each participant goes home with a goal t-shirt that they create, showing what they will accomplish before next year’s conference and reminding them of the value they got from attending this year.
The Restaurant Formula
Simple strategies for building a powerful restaurant brand Learn five simple steps the big guys use to grow their restaurants. Gerry O’Brion is a nationally recognized speaker, author, and restaurant marketing expert who helps restaurants thrive regardless of their marketing budget.
Gerry was an executive for billion dollar restaurant brands like Quiznos and Red Robin. He distills that experience into strategies any restaurant can use. His presentation will help you develop an action plan to make your business stronger now and over the long term.
Gerry will have you look at your restaurant with a fresh perspective. You will reexamine how you are different from your competitors, and why that matters to your customers. The fun, thought-provoking dialogue will generate real ideas you can use immediately. The presentation is packed with information, strategies and case studies about restaurants that are doing it right.
What Big Brands Know
Navigating Change
To win in business today, it’s no longer sufficient to be faster or better at what you’re already doing. The most successful companies have become adept at navigating change. Effective leaders create companies where every employee has clarity about where they are going and why.
There are four simple, but powerful, questions that every leader should be asking to drive clarity and create an effective strategic navigation plan.
Employees don’t like change. Bold leaders are willing to disrupt their companies, even when it’s unpopular. They do it not for the sake of disruption, but because they see what is possible when others do not. Gerry’s framework is powerful enough to create game-changing strategies, but simple enough that every employee will understand the vision and be excited for what’s next.
Gerry O’Brion is a nationally recognized marketing and branding expert who has worked on several billion dollar brands and distilled that experience into growth strategies you can implement immediately, regardless of your budget.
Whether you’re B to B, B to C, a big company or small you can use the same strategies as the big guys to attract customers and turn them into powerful advocates of your business. This presentation is perfect for CEOs, executive teams, business owners, and marketers.
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