Bill Zipp is a small business specialist who helps independent business owners master the business-side of their business: planning, people, sales, marketing, and money. The kind of stuff that keeps most business owners up at night! An award-winning author, speaker, and business leader, Bill has helped many of his clients achieve dramatic results, some even doubling and tripling their annual revenue.
Why Work with Bill?
In a world where anyone can put “consultant” on their business card (and do!), what makes working with Bill different? Great question. Here are four reasons to work with Bill:
1. Bill has real-world small business experience.
As an account executive for a small group of radio stations, Bill was the fastest in his company to reach $250,000 in sales and $1 million in sales. As sales manager, the stations nearly doubled their direct sales revenue under his leadership.
Eventually Bill became President and General Manager of the station group and led it to repeated annual growth while local competitors were purchased by large media giants. During this time Bill received national recognition from the Radio Advertising Bureau for his contribution to the field of Non-Traditional Revenue development.
2. Bill is a seasoned business consultant.
Bill has spent thousands of hours working with hundreds of business leaders in the United States and Canada, from Fortune 500® companies like Automatic Data Processing, Cisco Systems, and Agrium, Inc. to smaller firms like WebEx Communications, Extra Mile Media, and Tunnel Radio of America. Bill has earned professional certifications from Gazelles International, The Worldwide Association of Business Coaches, The Ken Blanchard Companies, and FranklinCovey Coaching.
In other words, as a small business owner running his own company or helping other business leaders, Bill as been at this work for decades.
3. Bill brings thought leadership to the small business marketplace.
As you can tell from reading his blog, Bill is committed to delivering high-quality content. He explains critical business concepts in a clear, understandable way and creates resources that deliver real, measurable results. In 2007 Bill wrote The Business Coaching Toolkit published by Wiley and Sons to help other consultants implement the tools he uses with his clients.
In a constantly changing economy, thought leadership is essential for staying on the cutting-edge. Sadly, most material available today is written for large corporations; Bill’s resources are designed specifically for the small business context. This—perhaps more than any one thing—is his biggest contribution to marketplace.
4. Bill believes there’s more to life than business.
It’s great to succeed in business, but there’s more to life than that. We want to be with family and friends and enjoy satisfaction in our personal lives as well. In other words, what’s the point of climbing to the summit if, when you reach the top, the ones you love and care about aren’t there with you?
One of the tremendous freedoms of owning your own business is the ability to pursue professional success and personal satisfaction AT THE SAME TIME. Most small business owners never experience this freedom. It’s time you did! As a husband and father of three, Bill would never claim to have figured this all out—family is a laboratory in which you’re always learning and always growing—but he does have some helpful insights to share.
