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What his 'competitors' don't want you to know about Bob 'Idea Man' Hooey

...and what his fans and successful clients do!

Bob outlines real-life, results-based ideas personally mined from over 29 years of rich leadership experience in sales, retail, successful association and commercial leadership and management.

His humorous, conversational, and sometimes provocative style continues to inspire and challenge his audiences across North America to stretch and successfully grow to the next level.Bob has earned the respect of both his clients and his peers.

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Bob 'Idea Man' Hooey, 48th person, world wide to earn Toastmasters International covetted professional level Accredited Speaker designation. Inducted into the Toastmasters Hall of Fame in August, 1998 for his professionalism in public speaking.

Bob 'Idea Man' Hooey
48th Accredited Speaker in the world.

Email: bob@SalesSuccessSpeaker.com


"As the International President of the Global Speakers Federation I have seen many speakers present in the last 12 months around the world. Bob "Idea man" Hooey is one of the most outstanding speakers I have seen and worked with. He truly walks his talk and is a fountain of ideas and innovation in his presentation on stage and in his dealings off stage. I recommend Bob to anyone who is seeking a dynamic speaker who will bring something interesting, thought provoking, and fun every time he gets up to speak."
Lindsay Adams CSP
President, Global Speakers Federation 2009-2010

Prior to successfully launching Secret Selling Tips, Bob Hooey shared his innovative Ideas at Work!, via sales and business productivity keynotes and interactive training programs, with North American and European audiences. He still does.

For more than a dozen years, he has demonstrated his expertise and performance in the delivery of motivational keynotes, general sessions, break-out sessions, innovative, results-based training, and workshop facilitation. In 1998, he was inducted into Toastmasters Hall of Fame "for his professionalism and outstanding achievements in public speaking" in Palm Desert, CA.

Bob continues to hone his leadership and platform skills by working alongside and learning from highly recognized speaking professionals, business leaders and authorities. He is constantly striving to bring his best to his work, and to move his audiences from Ideas to Inspiration – Strategies to Success! To date, Bob's innovative, motivational sessions have taken him to 4continents and inspired audiences in seven countries around the world. During the last year he has been in Iran, Britain, India, France, Mexico, Cuba as well as North America. 2010 will find him traveling to Australia, The Netherlands, and Russia, as booked, so far.

Bob Hooey is a charismatic, confident leader, engaging sales trainer and inspirational speaker who has worked successfully with a wide range of audiences and clients. Using personal stories based on rich experience, he challenges his audiences to engage his Ideas At Work! - To act on what they hear!

Bob gives them clear, easily used building blocks for increased success in productively enhancing their sales, leadership, career, or business. He equips them to lead and motivate their employees and sales teams to succeed. He gives them proven, innovative success techniques to increase their effectiveness and to hone specific skills critical to succeed personally and professionally.

He helps sales professionals successfully hone those presentation and strategic skills needed to win in the selling game.

Bob is a frequent contributor and columnist to North American consumer, association, corporate intranet, online and trade publications on employee motivation and training, creative problem solving, sales, time management, customer service and other business related areas.

He is the innovative and prolific author of ten sales, business, leadership, and career development success books; a mini-book series; a new pocket wisdom series; an e-book series; several success systems; special resource guides and reports, and Business Enhancement Success Tools to reinforce his various sales and business success programs.


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Bob's creative, challenging, inspirational, and motivational keynotes help lead you and your sales teams to new paths for success in the selling game.


Secret Selling Tips: Equip and motivate your sales teams to make more money and win in the selling game!
  • How would a 10 to 50% increase in sales impact your top and bottom lines?
  • Would it impact your sales performance?
  • Would it make your company more competitive and profitable?

Learning and applying these simple, strategic secrets gleaned from generations of leading selling professionals will energize and motivate your sales managers and their sales teams to profitably grow and to succeed in the selling game. Equip your sales teams to become sale leaders. Bob has been named as one of Software Sales Journal's best read contributing writers for 2007-2009.

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In the Company of Leaders!: How to lead and create a culture of personal leadership and responsibility with your sales teams.

Successful leaders in all industries have come to realize their primary role is to recruit, prepare, and power up other leaders. Lead your sales organization to a more productive and profitable level. Engage these proven ideas and techniques to equip and motivate your sales 'leaders' to take personal leadership responsibility and succeed in the selling game.

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The Power of One! Yes, YOU do make a difference.

When you dare to follow your beliefs and take personal responsibility for your own life – you impact everyone around you. That kind of positive personal leadership has a ripple effect that changes the world. That’s how communities, companies, and entire countries are transformed. Entire industries have been created by one person who dared to take personal leadership. This is why the greatest men and women throughout time are remembered in history books. The fact is, you can, do and will make a difference. All that remains to be answered is, ‘What difference do you want to make?’ That’s the Power of ONE! That’s the Power of You!

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Building Bridges - Not Walls!: Leadership, sales, career, and business success are each built on mutually productive relationships.

The power of applied leadership, teamwork and vision, coupled with the inspiration of cheerleaders, coaches and champions, can create miracles. This inspiring keynote challenges your leadership and your teams to reach out and reach up in setting and surpassing their goals and dreams. Long term success is built on long term mutually beneficial relationships.

Big Dreams - Small Steps!: You can achieve and live your dream! You can be a million dollar sales person, and more.

Every million dollar sales professional starts with a dream. Every successful sales team builds on the strength and dreams of its leaders. Every successful enterprise began as a dream, an idea if you will, in the mind of its founder. Building a successful sales career,organization, or company is laid on the twin foundations of vision and strategic application.

We must first dream big dreams which inspire us to action. We then follow those dreams with strategic action steps to see the dream become a reality. Leaders in a multitude of industries and professions have successfully used these skills to recruit, build and inspire winning teams.

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"I still get comments from people about your presentation. Only a few speakers have left an impression that lasts that long. You hit a spot with the tourism people." Janet Bell, Yukon Economic Forums

Bob's audiences continue to be inspired and challenged by his humorous, conversational and 'sometimes' provocative speaking style with business, sales leaders, and career enhancement success training programs and motivational keynotes.

Engage Bob for a successful 'sales success' event or conference to equip and motivate your sales team to grow and succeed in the selling game!


Bob’s "Sales Leaders' Success"
Innovative, Results-based Training Program Ideas

In addition to his inspirational and challenging motivational keynotes, Bob provides these results-based sales training programs. Click on the "program title" to get additional information. Call now to book Bob for your next sales or training event!

Bob works with leading edge business owners, independent professionals and sales people who want to profitably enhance their sales careers, and organizations that want to remain competitive, empower their sales staff, improve client acquisition, increase sales and become more profitable.

Thousands of sales leaders and sales professionals across North America have been successfully applying Bob’s creative, practical and ‘profitable’ Ideas At Work! over the past decade.

We offer a number of sales courses accredited by the Alberta Insurance Council. Check for yourself how you can easily earn the credit hours you need.

Engage Bob for a successful 'sales success' event or conference to equip and motivate your sales team to grow and succeed in the selling game!

Programs can be delivered as conference breakouts, sales workshops, retreats, management training, as well as general session formats to serve you better.

"You are a dynamic speaker and you provided us with many ideas for making our business's more successful with your presentation of "Unlock Your Business Potential." The comments we received from the meeting were very positive. Many especially found it useful to record some key points on the postcard and will look forward to receiving it prior to your next session." Barb Nicholl, Woman's AM

Call today, to discuss how we can customize a "sales leaders' success" focused training program especially for your team.

Call 1-888-848-8407 Client Toll Free (USA & Canada).

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Secrets of personal leadership: The Courage to Lead! (Change) Lead by example and bring out the best in your sales team!

Whether your sales field is industry, hospitality, marketing, association management or agriculture, we all need to deal with the changes and challenges that rise up, such a business reversal, a sales drought, unexpected storm or the after-effects of 9-11. Being on the leading edge in any sales field or endeavor requires continuous and directed growth. This focused sales team development session, led by a respected and proven sales leader, will rekindle your fires of ambition and achievement and provide the strategic ideas and fuel needed to achieve them.

Outline specific techniques, ideas, and innovative sales tools to equip and prepare yourself to inspire and to lead your organization to thrive and change to successfully meet the unique challenges of the 21st century. Enhanced performance is built on a commitment to personal leadership.

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Secret Selling Tips: Secrets Top Selling Professionals Use to Work Smarter, Make More Money, and Have More Fun.
Equip and motivate your leaders and their sales teams to make more money and win in the selling game!

How would a 10 to 50% increase in sales impact your top and bottom line? Would it impact your sales performance? Would it make your company more competitive and profitable? Learning and applying these simple, strategic secrets gleaned from generations of selling professionals will energize and motivate your sales managers and their sales teams to profitably grow and to succeed in the selling game.

Visit the Secret Selling Tips website for more information on Bob's innovative internet based motivational training program to support this presentation.

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Secrets of Time Mastery: I'm Already Running As Fast As I Can!
Get what you want and still have a life. How to sell and live well.

Today's sales people, executives, entrepreneurs and business owners, employees, as well as their families are over-committed and over-whelmed. Increase your personal and professional sales productivity, build in flexibility to balance your time more effectively. Explore practical ideas and innovative, use-immediately techniques that free up time for the important people and activities in your life, as well as increase your sales time too. Recognize and minimize your time wasters - the ones that are costing you sales and money. Recapture your idle time for productive sales use. Schedule your priorities to regain your balance and increase your sales achievements.

This session will energize, educate and empower your sales team to profitably grow, sell more, and succeed!

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Secrets of Creativity and Innovation: Why Didn't I 'THINK' Of That? Applied creativity, strategic planning, innovative problem solving secrets, and sales techniques

Your ability to remain competitive in sales draws from your ability to solve your client’s problems. Apply specific ideas, creative tips, techniques, and innovative problem-solving models for sales, business, career, and personal success. Begin tapping into your creative genius. Discover new styles of applied idea generation to drive your sales and better serve your customers. Explore new sales management and creativity tools as well as innovative sales ideas for your career, business or organization. View problems as opportunities to grow and change the way you live or do business. View problems as selling opportunities. Set and apply 'workable' ideas and strategies for success for your sales career or organization. Observation combined with application provide an innovative foundation for growth in any field.

Become the creative catalyst needed for change in your sales career and organization’s success. Inventing the future – Ideas At Work!

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Secrets of Creating ‘TIME’ to Sell, Lead or Manage
Successfully create more face-to-face time for the sales and marketing process for mutually profitable, long-term relationships.

  • How much would a 25-50% increase in potential sales bring to your bottom line?
  • Would it pay to invest time learning how to systematically increase your productivity?
  • Would it pay to invest time building customer loyalty and productive partnerships?
  • How would you or your sales force invest an additional 1-2 hours per day?

This interactive, idea-rich, sales driven program, challenges you to systemize and prioritize your selling activities and implement streamlined processes to free-up productive time for the face-to-face sales and marketing process. Focus on results-oriented ideas, which allow you to redefine and accomplish your priorities, increase your productivity, and dramatically increase your sales results by building repeat business. It’s about working less, not just smarter! Make more money in less time – with a better sales and management system to enhance and sustain your sales growth and performance over the long term!

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Secrets of EFFECTIVE Customer Service
Millennium Management Tips to move your sales career to the next level.

This is a sales secret of the superstars and great for building for long-term, profitable relationships. Business, sales, success and survival in the 21st century increasingly depends on your ability to define, anticipate and exceed changing customer needs. A novel idea! Your ability to recruit, service and retain (sell) your customers will determine your sustainable success. Transform customer complaints into new business and long-term sales growth opportunities. Easily convert customers into loyal fans, evangelists, champions, and repeat buyers! Explore exciting new sales ideas to build customer loyalty and provide for continued profitable growth.

Apply field-proven, innovative sales focused ideas on customer service, product development, sales staff training and effective promotion to grow your sales career or company to the next level.

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Secrets to Unleash Your 'Sales' (Business) Potential
How to Out-think, Out-perform and Out-market your competition! Out-sell them too!

If you want your sales team to be energized and challenged with new ideas and success techniques, this sales focused program will help re-awaken their desires and goals. Learn and apply the three C's of success - everyday! Recruit the Champions, Coaches and Cheerleaders needed for your personal and professional sales success. Apply specific innovative techniques to hone your competitive sales advantage. Leverage the secret of intelligent networking in building strategic alliances. Use new ‘Cross Promotion’ and partnering techniques to facilitate more effective sales and marketing. Create promotional tools and sales systems to enhance your success in the marketplace. Harness the brainpower of your own Sales Success Team... and more!

This is an engaging session that will help profitably explode your business or sales career.

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Secrets of Speaking For Success
A primer for interpersonal communications and powerful presentation skills. Stories sell, facts tell - and you can sell it better!

Your ability to succeed in life, sales, or business is leveraged on your ability to effectively communicate your ideas orally or in writing. Your ability to climb the sales or corporate ladder is directly dependent on honing these communication skills. This pro-active sales focused program, led by an award-winning, internationally accredited speaker and Canadian Sales expert, can give you solid skills and the understanding of what it takes to be an effective and successful communicator. Enhance your communication abilities and increase sales by applying proven ideas and success tools.

Uncover innovative ideas and secrets from North America's finest communicators, sales, and speaking professionals. Overcome your fear of speaking, presenting, or selling; and tap into your real power to connect and persuade an audience, team, or customer to follow your lead and trust you with the order. Discover how to accurately organize and powerfully convey your thoughts to help your customer buy from you! Explore how to dramatically increase your chances of being promoted, increase sales, and enhance your career. Successfully apply your enhanced communication skills as leadership, sales and negotiation tools.

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Secrets of Thinking Beyond the FIRST Sale
The secret to profitable sustainable sales growth is in thinking 'beyond' the first sale to creating and nurturing the long-term mutually profitable relationships.

Success in a sales based environment has changed over the past two decades. Those who succeed do so by understanding and working toward the life time value and leverage of their customers. Set specific goals to create momentum and sales growth. Leverage your time for increased face-to-face customer interaction and increased sales. Learn how to create engaging and emotional reasons for people to buy from you and attract more customers through cross promotion. Learn 25 tactical pre-call questions and those questions that help mutually close the deal. Engage the customer in creating the solution they need and will buy. Apply proactive sales focused steps to avoid price objections.

Generate increased sales by asking the right questions to the right (ideal) customers. Specific sales and strategic tips to enhance your sales and increase your profits. Get great product reviews and generate repeat sales and business by turning customers into fans and champions.

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Engage Bob for a successful 'sales success' event or conference to equip and motivate your sales team to grow and succeed in the selling game!

Check into Bob's Conference & Meeting Gift Program to reinforce and enhance your team or audience's take home experience.

For your information:

  • In addition to the above innovative sales training programs, Bob offers leadership training and executive coaching. Call for more information.
  • He offers additional programs (not listed above) as in-house or on-going training on a local or contract basis. Call for more information.
  • He also has professional development sales courses accredited by the Alberta Insurance Council for that industry.

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Meeting Planners and Sales Managers:
To ensure your success and achieve the results you want, please note.

  • Sales Success Training Keynotes and Programs will be tailored to meet your team needs and time requirements.
  • Companion workbooks, success systems, and resource materials are available for all programs.
  • Secret Selling Tips, an online, email delivered sales leaders' success program is available to follow up and reinforce Bob's programs. Ask us about a special team discount.
  • Idea filled sales articles and newsletters are available to reinforce program materials.
  • Bob is available on a limited basis for on-site and on-line coaching.

Bob has created a special meeting planner website to help you host and plan a successful event. (Click on link to get your own pdf guide.)

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"Dear Mr. Hooey:

Thank you for elevating my Sales Team's knowledge during your sales management seminar in Tehran (Iran). I look forward to meeting you in person during your future seminars. Warm regards."

Mendi Ghaemi, Managing Director, Bidar Group, Tehran, Iran


“Bob’s inspiring dialogue and insight provides for an entertaining session of fun and education”.

Daryl Meyer, B.Sc. C.A.I.B. Meyer's Insurance Ltd.
Sherwood Park, AB


"What a great conference.

It was a great pleasure meeting with you at the Ritz Carlton, Cancun and I shall look forward to hopefully welcoming you and your family in Dublin, Ireland someday."

A. Paul Ryan, Petronva Corporation, Dublin, Ireland


"I know, as do all of those that I work with at Chapters, just how indebted we are to you.

You have made it possible for me to provide a program that is of real benefit to the public - and you have made the task of organizing and implementing this program pure pleasure.”

Suzy Okun,
Event Coordinator
Chapters/Indigo Bookstores


“Bob, just a short note to thank you again for your efforts on behalf of BCAA, and our contractors. Your presentation at our Penticton conference was very entertaining, and has sparked some very thoughtful reactions among our contractors - exactly the type of response we were looking for.” Thanks again.

Paul Nash, Manager, BCAA ERS Contract Services, BC Automobile Association


"Bob is an absolutely fabulous speaker that delivers heart touching messages with humor and passion."

Janice Weir
N' Riched Programs


"We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your significant contribution toward the 3rd Annual Liberty Health Small Business Summit in Edmonton.

Your participation was critical to the success of the event."

Wally Thompson,
Assistant VP Marketing and Communications


"Thank you Bob, it is always a pleasure to see a true professional at work.

You have made the name "Speaker" stand out as a truism - someone who encourages people to examine their lives and make adjustments.

The personal stories you shared with your audience made such a great impression on everyone. The comments indicated you hit people right where it is important - in their hearts. Each of those in your audience took away a new feeling of personal success and encouragement."

Sherry Knight, Dimension Eleven Human Resources and Communications


"...thank you for your significant contribution to our Annual Life Long Learning for a Changing World conference. It was one of our most successful both in terms of response and to the session offerings.

Comments from Conference participants indicated they were very pleased."

Madeleine Butschler, Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC


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