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Steve Savage's accomplishments
Zero to Sixty Million in
Six Years
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Steve and two partners took a company from
zero to sixty million in six years --- and sold it to Colgate
Palmolive
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Learn from Steve the techniques for
starting, building and selling a business
Professional Speaker
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Steve is an energetic and dynamic speaker
who motivates people in his keynotes, workshops and seminars
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His
presentations are not based on abstract theory; they flow from a life
of work as an entrepreneur
Business Visionary
- Delivers motivational keynote addresses
for conventions and conferences
- Designs sales strategy for businesses
throughout the Western Hemisphere
- Conducts business seminars in United
States, Canada and Latin America
Education
- BA Philosophy, Wheaton College, Wheaton,
Illinois 1962, Magna cum laude
- MBA Marketing, Michigan State University
1963, Summa cum laude
Dramatic Sales Growth
- Co-founded Institutional Financing
Services (IFS) in 1979
- Developed marketing program
combining direct mail, telemarketing and field sales
- Recruited, trained and managed the field
sales force
- Led sales growth to 250 salespeople
nationwide
- Reached $60 million by 1985
- Sold company to Colgate-Palmolive
in 1985.
Original Market Research
- Tested 31 different ways to market
products
- Developed 7 new products
Fast-paced International
Development
- Started, developed and built dynamic
subsidiaries in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela,
Brazil and Argentina
- Assembled operations in each subsidiary
- Recruited, trained and managed sales
forces in each country
- Hired a General Manager for each
subsidiary
- Trained people to take over the business
- Built Mexico subsidiary and grew
sales to $10 million in four years
Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese
- Grew up in Ecuador
- Speaks and writes perfect Spanish
- Lived in Brazil and learned Portuguese
Guerrilla Marketing
Seminars
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Steve Savage is one of the original "guerrilla
marketers" of whom Jay Levinson spoke in his famous book Guerrilla
Marketing
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Over
one million copies have been sold.
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Jay Levinson said, "Steve
Savage is the most brilliant and gutsy guerrilla experimenter I know."
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His
presentations are full of strategies and techniques that are
original and unconventional.
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His
vigorous form of speaking and his solid marketing ideas prepare his
clients and seminar participants to practice their own marketing with
aggressiveness and success.
Thirty dramatic years in
business
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Steve has had many successes
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He has also
had many failures
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He learned a great deal from his failures
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Failure has helped him become a better consultant to other
businesses
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He teaches you to succeed
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He
also teaches you to avoid errors
Steve continues to build
new businesses. He is a partner in three companies:
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Xiadani is a Mexican company that helps schools raise money
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Caffino is a chain of drive-thru gourmet coffee bars
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1-800-Radiator is an automotive parts distribution company
Call us and let's
talk about how we can promote your business with creativity and intelligence.
E-Mail
savage@stevesavage.com
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