Growth Engines

The Growth Engine describes the main challenge professional services firms face as they grow and shows how to develop a scalable business development effort, covering everything from CRM systems and metrics around utilization, to service development and expansion, to account planning and cross-selling, to winning new clients, to team structure and roles, and to performance management.

Need to grow revenue faster? In this audiobook you will quickly see which parts of your company’s growth engine are not performing. You will discover the law of exponential growth and how to accelerate growth with ideal clients. You will find a big picture model for aligning marketing and sales to drive growth. Then, Darrell walks you step by step through how to improve each component of your growth engine.

The missing manual for startup founders wanting to crack their GTM strategy, scale to $1M+, and find product–market fit If you're building a startup and struggling with early traction, you're not alone. Most early-stage startups fail not because they lack a great idea, but because they never find their growth levers—or they find them too late. As a VC, I’ve seen the same traps play out again and again. That’s why I wrote The Growth Equation. It’s the book I wish every founder had from day one. Inside, you’ll learn how to: Launch with a go-to-market strategy that drives traction ...

In most B2B companies, 70-80% of revenue comes from existing customers. Nearly all profit is earned after the first deal. Yet post-sale teams receive a fraction of the investment, attention, and strategic focus that goes into acquiring new logos. Sales gets systems. Marketing gets budgets. Post-sale gets told to "keep customers happy."That model made sense when growth meant adding new customers. It doesn't anymore. The Growth Department offers a different way to think about Account Management and Customer Success.

Read by the author. A step-by-step system for creating customers and clients for life. In a world that’s difficult for business professionals to cut through noise to create relationships with their customers, organizations that focus on converting their customers to members and helping them...

What if your newsletter could become the heartbeat of your business—and you could write it in under 30 minutes? In The Newsletter Engine, author and digital coach Jonathan Milligan reveals a proven, step-by-step system for turning one weekly email into a powerful engine that grows your audience, builds trust, and leads to sales—without the stress or guesswork.

Chief Customer Officer 2.0 will give you a proven framework that has launched and advanced the customer experience transformation in businesses around the world. And it will take years off your learning curve. Written by Jeanne Bliss, worldwide authority on customer experience, and preeminent thought leader on the role of the customer leadership executive, this book follows the five-competency model she uses to coach the C-Suite and chief customer officers.

“A category-creating bridge between Revenue Architecture, RevOps, and Agentic AI leadership.” Agentic Revenue Systems is a strategic playbook for revenue leaders entering the next era of growth. For years, B2B revenue organizations have relied on human coordination to keep the machine running: top reps rescuing deals, managers patching forecasts, and teams working around fragmented systems. That model is reaching its limit. In this book, Tim Cortinovis argues that the real shift is not from sales to AI tools. It is from manual coordination to governed autonomous execution. This is not a...

The AI Mastery 3-in-1 Collection is your roadmap to go from experimenting with AI to building a cash-generating machine powered by automation, precision, and creativity. Whether you’re brand new or already using ChatGPT, this collection bridges the gap between potential and profit.

You did everything right. You wrote the books. You published consistently. You built your catalog. And yet… you still feel invisible. This is where most authors get stuck—not because they lack talent, but because they never build authority. Self-Publishing Authority Engine is the breakthrough guide for authors ready to move beyond publishing and step into true market dominance. This is not another beginner book about writing or uploading to KDP. This is about becoming the author readers recognize, trust, and return to. If you’ve already published books but struggle with visibility, ...

End the cycle of starting strong and stalling out—build engines that never stop. Most people treat motivation like weather—great when it shows up, impossible to control when it doesn’t. You get fired up by a podcast, sermon, or seminar, then by Tuesday you are back to snoozing the alarm, skipping the workout, avoiding the hard conversation, and drifting from the life you know you were meant to live. You start new plans, buy new planners, download new apps, and promise yourself that this time will be different—only to watch your old patterns return the moment life gets busy, ...

Do you want to learn how to be a SEO wizard?Have you heard the saying "The best place to hide a dead body is page two of Google"? It's true! If your website isn't on page one, you may as well be on the digital struggle bus. Page one however can help your website achieve greater visibility for people who may actually convert to clients. SEO stands for search engine optimization, which is the process of optimizing your website to rank higher in the search results. For instance, when you query Google for a particular set of keywords, does your website rank on page one? Page two? Further back?...

You must know what happens with each keyword, which appears, why and if it is possible to gain your place, it may be worthwhile to focus on long-tail terms that allow you to reach a niche of Searches with possibly less competition, but a lower volume of searches but of higher quality. It is very important to make an assessment of your current positioning, the situation in which you are and what your competition is. Analyze how your competitors position in an organic way, which pages of your website are generating traffic or what keywords position. Knowing how your competition acts allow you...

HR 2.0: Rebooting the People & Profit Engine of Tomorrow – Redefining Talent Strategy and Performance Culture for Sustainable Growth: Unlock the Future of HR. Transform People into Performance. HR 2.0 is not just a book—it's a blueprint for reimagining Human Resources as a strategic powerhouse in the age of digital disruption, ESG mandates, and rapid workforce evolution. Packed with real-world Case Studies, Futuristic insights, and Field-tested Frameworks, this book equips CHROs, HR leaders, and CEOs with the tools to: Build high-impact competency-based hiring systems Create agile ...

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is Very Effective - Even in 2017! Optimizing your website for the search engines might seem complicated at first, but there is a world of opportunities to attract targeted web traffic with SEO, now more than ever before! You thought that SEO was dead since Google got more strict? Tink again, because this book will give you a complete guide on all the steps you need to get web traffic from SEO, without much prior knowledge required. SEO Step By Step This book will introduce you to what SEO is, how it can help you, but will also show you step by step what the ...

The United States Hispanic segment represents the most prominent demographic growth in the country, and a huge and untapped business opportunity for companies willing to move away from preconceived notions and market effectively to Hispanic customers. This book shows you how.

An illustrated history of American innovators—some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating—by the author of the bestselling The American Century. The real inventor of the steam engine. The creator of the bra. The man who invented modern banking. The creator of the computer operating...

Most websites fail for one simple reason: no one can find them. If you are tired of publishing content that disappears into the internet void, struggling to get traffic, or relying on expensive ads just to stay visible, this practical SEO guide was built for you. The SEO Blueprint breaks down search engine optimization into clear, repeatable steps that business owners, creators, and marketers can actually use. No confusing jargon. No outdated tricks. Just proven methods that help websites rank higher, attract targeted traffic, and convert visitors into customers. This book walks readers ...

If you find yourself here, you're likely seeking something to help you navigate life more effectively. I was in the same position. In 2013, my life fell apart, and I knew there had to be a way to fix it, though I had no idea what it was. So, I began my search. The solution didn't come overnight, nor from where I expected. That unexpected source is a key part of how I arrived here today. I had a need and was working tirelessly to fulfill it, making plans and setting goals, but nothing was working. I read countless self-help books—if it was out there, I read it. Still, nothing clicked. Now,...

Gary E. Haffer's latest book, "Invisible Influences: Discover The Silent Power of SEO," delves into the intricate world of SEO, unveiling strategies and insights to maximize online visibility and traffic. With a focus on uncovering lesser-known techniques and tactics, the book caters to both novice marketers seeking to grasp the fundamentals and experienced professionals aiming to refine their SEO expertise. From understanding search engine algorithms to leveraging keyword research effectively, Haffer provides actionable advice tailored to businesses of all sizes. Whether you're a small ...