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Gerry did an amazing job tailoring his message to fit our needs perfectly. As our customers are changing, we need to change and adapt. It was a great, great hour and a half.

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Why you should book Gerry O'Brion for your next event

Actionable Insights: Gerry distills his vast experience into real, actionable ideas. You'll leave with concrete strategies to implement immediately, ensuring your investment in his keynote pays off.
Brand Transformation: Gerry's expertise can transform your brand, helping you stand out in a crowded marketplace. His insights unlock the potential for enhanced brand recognition and growth.
Sales Mastery: With a strong focus on sales, Phil Jones equips your team with invaluable sales techniques and strategies.

Discover Gerry O'Brion, a marketing virtuoso who can skyrocket your business. With his proven strategies, Gerry can ignite your brand's success, turning challenges into triumphs. Let Gerry be the driving force behind your growth – book him now and unlock your organization's full potential.

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Keynote by speaker Gerry O'Brion: BECOMING THE #1 CHOICE IN A CROWDED MARKET

This thought provoking keynote delivers a powerful framework that shows attendees how to produce more referrals, align their organizations and close more sales. Gerry engages the audience with fun, engaging case studies that demonstrate the framework.

The presentation combines ideas from marketing, brain science, and economics to demonstrate how people make decisions and how to influence those decisions. The framework is powerful enough to create game-changing strategies but simple enough that every attendee can use it to accelerate results.

This keynote is ideal for CEOs, business owners, franchisees, and sales teams who want to generate more referrals, close more sales, and become the #1 choice in crowded, competitive, commoditized markets.

Audience Takeaways:

The Because Framework of Influence

Four steps to becoming the #1 choice in their marketplace

Strategies for navigating disruptive change

A proven game plan for creating passionate and vocal fans

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Keynote by speaker Gerry O'Brion: HIRING AND RETAINING EMPLOYEES IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET

In the past couple of years hiring has skyrocketed to the #1 challenge for business owners. The unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been in 15 years, and the next generation of employees views the workplace differently than their parents did.

Success in hiring takes a different approach today than it did 10 or 15 years ago. Some businesses have no problem attracting talent, while others are chronically understaffed. There are a few strategies that make the difference.

This presentation includes strategies to find talent, hire the best, train them and keep them engaged. You’ll learn 10 ideas you can implement now. The presentation will show how to attract new employees, and strategies for motivating and retaining A-players.

Great businesses are not built by chance – it’s a formula. Gerry O'Brion spent years learning why some businesses thrive, while others fail. Gerry was an executive for billion dollar brands at P&G, Coors Light, Quiznos and Red Robin.

Audience Takeaways:

Simple strategies to find, hire, train and retain top talent

10 hiring and retention ideas you can implement right now

Strategies for motivating and engaging your best staff

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Keynote by speaker Gerry O'Brion: BUILDING A POWERFUL FRANCHISE BRAND

Great franchise brands are built on the front lines with every customer interaction. The lowest paid employees can have the biggest impact on your brand – and on your sales. They should be your best marketing tool. Are they?

On The Front Lines will give your franchisees the knowledge and tools to grow their franchise business while building a powerful brand. They’ll learn the formula used by the most successful franchise concepts to increase guest frequency and retention. They’ll gain insights about hiring and motivating Millennial employees – turning them into your best brand-builders.

Inspire your franchisees to be the best they can be. Get them excited about their critical role in building a powerhouse brand. Whether you need increased compliance, improved execution, more engaged local marketing, or better customer service, this presentation will motivate your franchisees to take their game to the next level.

Gerry O'Brion is a nationally recognized speaker, author, and marketing expert who helps restaurants thrive. Having worked on several billion dollar brands, he translates that experience into strategies that build great restaurant brands.

Audience Takeaways:

Six steps to sales growth

The critical elements of a powerhouse brand

Hiring and motivating Millennials

Creating a Spiral of Success

Maximizing the front lines

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Keynote by speaker Gerry O'Brion: IGNITE YOUR GOALS

What do you want for your business? For your life? The most successful people don’t leave accomplishment to chance. Learn simple steps to achieve more in your business and your life. Gerry O'Brion is a nationally recognized speaker, author, and marketing expert who helps companies thrive in good times and bad.

This fun, engaging, interactive session has you immediately implementing the ideas you learn. 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 and generating action and commitment 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.

Audience Takeaways:

An easy, free technique that 96% of us don’t use

Simple and effective practices to achieve more today and every day

How to accelerate your success by 77%

A fully interactive, participatory experience

Leave the session with clear goals and a new commitment to accomplishing them

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Keynote by speaker Gerry O'Brion: THE RESTAURANT FORMULA

Great restaurant brands are not built by chance – it’s a formula. Gerry O'Brion spent years learning why some restaurants thrive, while others fail. The Restaurant Formula ™ reveals the secrets of the most successful restaurant brands.

Learn the four pillars of a powerful concept, and the six Critical Execution Factors that unlock revenue growth. He shows how to create raving fans that become your best marketing – for free.

Gerry was an executive for billion dollar restaurant brands like Quiznos and Red Robin. He will have you look at your restaurant with a fresh perspective. You will reexamine every element of your restaurant.

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.

Audience Takeaways:

Four pillars of a great restaurant concept

Six Critical Execution Factors

Ideas to immediately increase guest frequency and check average

Techniques to create raving fans that share your restaurant with friends and on social media

A simple framework for building a great restaurant brand

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Customer Reviews

Gerry did an amazing job tailoring his message to fit our needs perfectly. As our customers are changing, we need to change and adapt. It was a great, great hour and a half.

Jane Barr RVP, Rockwell Automation Sales

You can’t afford not to work with Gerry. He will open up your mind and focus you on why people buy from you and what you can do to influence them.

Mark Birk CEO, Quality Blacktopping

Gerry O'Brion

Marketing Innovation Expert

Gerry O'Brion is a distinguished marketing strategist and accomplished keynote speaker, celebrated for his extensive professional background and the invaluable insights he offers organizations. With a robust educational foundation, including an MBA from the University of Michigan, Gerry's career has been characterized by successful stints with renowned brands.

His journey began at Procter & Gamble, where he honed his marketing expertise on iconic brands such as Crisco, Tide, Mr. Clean, and Spic & Span. Later, he managed the $2 billion Coors Light business at Coors Brewing Company and assumed the role of VP of Marketing for the $1.5 billion Quiznos restaurant chain. Most recently, Gerry served as VP of Marketing for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, a $1 billion brand.

Gerry's key strength lies in his ability to distill his vast experience into strategies that can be immediately applied by organizations of all sizes. His presentations are not just informative but highly actionable, making him an ideal choice for businesses seeking to drive growth, improve their brand strategies, and overcome challenges.

When organizations engage Gerry O'Brion as a keynote speaker, they gain access to a treasure trove of knowledge and practical insights, all designed to foster success, fuel growth, and navigate the complex landscape of modern marketing and branding. Gerry's expertise is an invaluable asset, providing organizations with the tools and strategies needed to excel in their respective markets.