by Motivation & Sales Expert Jim Cathcart, author of Relationship Selling

(Special Offer Below)

My friend Gerhard Gschwandtner is the publisher of Selling Power Magazine.

This prestigious publication is hosting a Sales 2.0 conference on Social & Mobile Marketing in Santa Monica, CA on November 15, 2011 at the Fairmont Hotel. There will be multiple speakers from the corporate world on the highest and best uses of current media to reach prospects and build customer connections.

Here is the link to the impressive line-up of speakers: Speakers 

I’m participating in the conference and will be bringing my own contingent of 101 Leaders as well. It’s a power packed all day event that you won’t want to miss. See their website for the line up of speakers and on site experts. Also plan to be there so that you can access the sponsors and vendors and their special offers.

As a long time contributing author to Selling Power Magazine I’ve come to respect them as a power-resource and my go to source for sales insights. This month’s issue of the magazine is the Sales 500 (the nation’s top 500 sales forces). Let me know if you’d like to receive a copy.

Special Offer: Since I’m participating in the conference I have the ability to offer some very special values to my colleagues, clients and friends from here in the “101 Corridor.” Let me know if you are interested in being my guest at this event. I have a limited number of hosted enrollments available and I’m happy to help you and your leadership team to get this vital information. Email me at jim@101leaders.com or call me at 805-777-3477 right away.

And, just for fun, here’s a video link for an interview Gerhard did with me about my “Most Memorable Sale.” I think you’ll enjoy it.

Harley-Davidson Story with special feature at the end

Since we were formed in 2002, 101 Leaders has operated under an assortment of names: “The 101 Leaders Summit, The 101 Leaders Institute, and The 101 Leaders Alliance.”

This past week we were contacted by the folks who own the trademark for “The Leaders Institute®” Their legal team felt that our use of the phrase “Leaders Institute” infringed on their trademark and they asked us to drop it. After, as you’d expect, much discussion we decided to do so. Despite the fact that we have been using that name for 8 years it just made better sense to shift our name that challenge the trademark.

In the future, our official name will be “The 101 Leaders Alliance” which is a name we currently use as part of our overall corporation Cathcart Institute, Inc. So, if you see any of our materials with Institute instead of Alliance, please don’t be confused, it is still us. We are just in process with the changeover. Our logos and printed materials will be changed in the next cycle of printing, so there will still be some
“Institute” overlap.

The plans for The 101 Leaders in the coming year include: Seminars, Coaching, Webinars, Radio Shows, Podcasts, Articles, Speeches, Special Appearances, Discussion Groups and Parlor “Salon” discussions. If you need our help in developing the “Get Things Done” skills of your team, please contact us and let’s “git ‘er done” as Larry The Cable Guy® says.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and may your 2011 be a Prosperous and Meaningful Year!

In the Spirit of Growth,

Jim Cathcart

MotivationTV

MotivationTV is a channel I set up last year with some of my colleagues: Brian Tracy, Tony Alessandra & Sheila Murray Bethel in order to offer video training in a direct streaming format at a very low price. We uploaded some excellent training to this site and there are many links and freebies there as well.

Please take some time to explore this site. It is a special added-value item for 101 Leaders Alliance and I think you’ll enjoy it. Here is one of the videos to give you a sample of what’s there:

Another site you should know about is www.DailySuccessStream.com. This one used to be named iLearningGlobal.tv and it is amazing!

There are over one thousand video lessons in there. That’s right “One Thousand.” Each is a high-definition video of less than ten minutes (most are between 4 & 8 minutes long) and they are direct personal messages from the top motivational speakers and authors in the world. Now…pause for a second and let that last paragraph sink in.

It really is the most substantial video library of success how-to ever assembled. And it’s delivered in high-def and in bite sized pieces. It’s like being able to go into a huge Barnes & Noble bookstore and having the entire sections on Psychology, Business, Success and Self-Improvement all open up to you on video in a chapter by chapter access format! Think of that, you just find the book or author you like, flip to the title of the chapter or page and then the author actually talks to you about the topic in high-definition video! This is a $49.95 monthly subscription site but, as a follower of the 101 Leaders Institute you may get $10 a month off, just by entering the promo code: Cathcart. You can start or stop the subscription anytime you wish, no long term obligations.

So give it a test run. Subscribe for a month and explore all the top success experts in the site. You will be amazed and inspired.

Use it as a training tool to show your coworkers the lessons they will benefit from the most. Use it to open your next staff meeting or coaching session. It’s the real deal from the best of the best multi-million seller authors and leading motivational speakers. Then drop me a note and let me know how it’s working for you. Let’s keep the 101 Corridor growing!

Here’s an ad that ran recently in the Memphis Business Journal along with a feature article about Don Hutson. Don is the next speaker for the 101 Leaders Alliance’s Prosperity Series.

He’ll be speaking from 9am to Noon on Thursday, Feb. 25 at the beautiful Westlake Village Inn. Enrollment in this seminar is just $199 and subscription to the entire series of seven seminars is only $795.

Bring your prospects, coworkers and best clients to this one. Don is the coauthor of the NY Times Bestseller The One Minute Entrepreneur and one of the best Hall of Fame speakers you’ll ever hear. Come and meet him.

Don is a long time colleague and close friend of mine who has also served as president of the National Speakers Association and received many of the top awards in this industry. He’s an inspiring guy who has traveled the world. He is a well known leader in Memphis, TN as well as in the global community.

Come and learn from Don at the 101 Leaders Prosperity Seminar on Thursday, Feb. 25th from 9am to noon. To register just drop us an email or give us a call at 805 777 3477. Email is jim@101Leaders.com. Individual enrollment is just $199 for this highly interactive live seminar and if you want to attend all seven seminars in the series, it is only $795 total.

Sign up today and bring your best clients, hottest prospects and most promising coworkers to join you. Group pricing is available for ten people or more.

Call us today! Preregistration is needed, call or email us today and plan to be there at the Inn on the 25th.

To assist in your planning (and ours) we have identified the target dates for seminars in 2010. (Replaces all earlier versions.)

Due to the special agreement we have with our faculty the exact date and faculty member will occasionally change within a month of the event. We allow them to trade dates with our other faculty members whenever a travel or fee conflict arises. I have the same agreement with them when I’m speaking in their cities.

Here are the targeted seminar dates for your planning:

(Note: Locations will vary yet all will be in an easily accessed local area venue.*)

January 23rd, Saturday, morning event 9am to noon, Featuring Patricia Fripp, the foremost presentation skills coach in the country, perhaps the world! Past president of the National Speakers Association, Cavett Award winner, Speaker Hall of Famer, and Certified Speaking Professional. Don’t miss this one! Call TODAY to reserve your spot. 805 777 3477. Enroll Now!

February 25th, Thursday, morning 9am to 11:30am featuring Don Hutson, coauthor of The One Minute Entrepreneur. At the beautiful Westlake Village Inn.

Enroll Now!

March 30th, Tuesday, 8:30am to noon, Featuring Robert Tucker on Innovation.

April – none

May 6th, Thursday, tentatively: Dr. Terry Paulson on The Optimism Advantage.

June 15th, Tuesday

July – none

August – special event – date tbd

September 9, Thursday (tentative)

October 21, Thursday

November 18, Thursday

December – none

As you can see there will be seven seminars per year plus any special events we put together for you. Please let us know your preferences as to time of day, day of the week, etc. and we will do our best to accomodate the majority of members. As always we will either provide learning materials and recordings from the speakers for those who didn’t attend or who want additional information. And we will be looking for ways to Up-Serve you by adding value for you in ways you hadn’t expected.

Please let us know if you’d like to host one of these events and if you have any gifts, promotional items or other values you’d like to provide to our attendees. Our list of bonus gifts grows daily. Help us reach the point where we need to produce a catalog of gifts and discounts that all members receive.

* Organizations who have stepped forward to express their desire to host some of these events include:

• Westlake Village Inn
• Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village
• California Lutheran University

Current Sponsors who are providing goods or services for the series include:

• Sherwood Country Club
• CSQ Magazine
• Cupid’s Coach
• “Coach” Ron Tunick on KKZZ radio 1400AM
• Ventura County Business Bank
• US Learning, Don Hutson, Memphis Prosperity Series

It is our goal at 101 Leaders Institute to truly serve you and to raise the optimism, creativity, and levels of initiative throughout this region. Please pencil in the dates above (replace all earlier notes about dates) and know that future date or time changes may occur. Let us know what you like and what you need.