Shama Hyder

The Future of Business:Understanding Trends Today That Will Help You Win Tomorrow

The modern buyer has drastically changed. Add to this the avalanche of technology, customer expectations, and dark social, and you have a brand-new business ecosystem. How do you become a market leader when you don't control the outcome or the process? This is your chance to understand how the future of business is evolving, and how it will impact how you communicate, sell, engage, and grow. Armed with this new understanding, your organization will be well-poised to embrace this brave new world.

Key points in this program:

• Discover the trifecta that has changed business forever
• Understand how evolving customer expectations have changed the playing field
• Learn how technology (automation, AI, social networks, etc.) will change the landscape of business and communications
• Uncover how your competitive landscape is dramatically different than you thought
• Discover innovative tools you had no idea existed, and case studies of brands utilizing them successfully

Momentum: How to 10X Your Business and Brand in the Digital Age

Key Takeaways:

• How to 10X your ROI by making small tweaks
• What exactly to stop doing that’s wasting your resources and where to focus instead
• How to reach a greater audience than ever before with half the effort

Whether you’re a small business owner or part of a big brand, today’s digital landscape is constantly changing, and news travels at the speed of a tweet. There is a cacophony of platforms, messages and choices, making it difficult to integrate your marketing efforts and produce results. How can you create the momentum necessary to stand out and compete in today’s noisy marketplace? After this keynote, you will know exactly how to 10x your brand and business.

Close THEN Convince: How to Sell in the Digital Age.

Key Takeaways:

• Recognize how digital signals allow you to attract the right new customers
• Understand the key mistakes businesses make in marketing in today’s world – and how to avoid them
• Learn 5 specific strategies to help you grow your brand’s digital footprint
• Uncover the secret for retaining clients in today’s noisy environment

Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur or small business owner just getting started, it’s no secret that finding and keeping customers is more challenging than ever. After all, 92% of consumers look online before making purchasing decisions and 74% of B2B buyers say they do more than half of their research online before ever engaging with a vendor.  Close first, and convince later. This is how you lower cost per acquisition and cut your sales cycle in half. After this keynote, you will never sell the same way again!

The Digital You: Leadership & Personal Branding in the Digital Age

Key Takeaways:

• Learn the five principles behind building a compelling personal brand
• Establish yourself as a thought leader across audiences – with customers, employees and stakeholders alike
• Increase your influence by understanding how to create and distribute intellectual property
• Generate better results from you leadership efforts as a result of growing your platform

From entrepreneurs to executives, today’s leaders are being called to a new standard: the digital one. In order to reach customers, engage employees and influence stakeholders, leaders at all levels must learn how to swim the currents of the digital landscape and assert their influence through new channels. This is easier said than done. After all, how do business owners and leaders know which technologies to use to connect more deeply with their audience, grow their brand and create a greater impact? Rather than running from technology, leaders can embrace this brave new world and learn to leverage technology to engage, influence, sell and lead. After this keynote, you will know exactly how to build your platform to reach and influence those that matter most.

Demystifying Artificial Intelligence: Here’s What The Next Decade Looks Like

Key Takeaways:

• Get a sneak peek into what the future of technology means for you on a day to day basis
• Understand how automation and AI will change the landscape of business and communications
• Innovative tools you had no idea existed and case studies of brands utilizing them successfully

Imagine if you’d understood the true implications of the internet when AOL had just launched or if you had foreseen how social media would change the trajectory of communications forever. This is your chance to understand the role AI and automation will play in the (very) near future. Armed with this understanding, you will be well poised to embrace this brave new world and learn to leverage automation to further your goals.

The Youth Boom Economy: A Playbook for Winning Millennials & Gen Z

Key Takeaways:

• Discover why old sales and marketing strategies and tactics just don’t work for this generation – and what to do instead
• Master the mindset – including how they think and what they expect from companies, including yours
• You’ll finally know how to successfully reach, manage, and sell to these digital trendsetters

The youth boom is here. By 2030, the majority of the workplace - and potential customer base - will be made up of Millennials and Gen Z. Companies are fiercely competing for the youth boom market share – and it’s only the beginning. They make up 46% of the entire population, with over a TRILLION in annual buying power. No previous generations have been as publicly reviled, praised, misunderstood, and analyzed as the Millennials & Gen Z’ers – with good reason. Whether you are managing them, trying to sell to them, or being led by them, chances are good that you may be wondering how this younger generation really works and how they will impact your current marketing, sales, and growth strategy. In this keynote, you will master the strategies, approach, and mindset you need to successfully reach the youth market.