Today’s guest has guided hundreds of people toward making deeper connections, lasting impressions, and developing friendlier, more lucrative products and services.

For over a decade, she has harnessed her Hulk-like disdain for hard sales, tacky self-promotion, and overly competitive sleazeballs as inspiration to help people find better ways to grow their small businesses. 

She is the Founder of The Non-Sleazy Sales Academy & Quirk Works Consulting, the author of “The Coach Who Would Not Sell,” and the host of the podcast Too Legitimate to Quit: Instantly Actionable Small Business Strategies with a Pop Culture Spin.

Please join me in welcoming Annie P. Ruggles.

In this week’s On the Schmooze episode, Annie P. Ruggles shares her inspiring journey of embracing authenticity, overcoming resistance to sales, and helping others find better ways to grow their small businesses, emphasizing the importance of leadership, personal growth, and building meaningful connections.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎭 Her perspective on leadership as the willingness to go first and recognizing that one is not alone in the journey.

🎭 The influence of theater in shaping Annie’s understanding of leadership and the realization that people can lead from behind.

🎭 The impact of growing up with a motivational speaker mother and the lessons Annie learned as a short, shy child.

🎭 Her journey from being a Marketing Assistant at a theater in Chicago to becoming a coach and helping others market themselves, highlighting the importance of networking, diversification, overcoming resistance to sales, and nurturing her network.

Listen to this episode to “sales into success” with Annie P. Ruggles’ expert guidance on authentic marketing strategies, overcoming sales resistance, and building lucrative connections, all while leaving behind tacky self-promotion and sleazy sales techniques.

Links

• Annie P. Ruggles on LinkedIn and Twitter.
• www.toolegitimate.com 
• Too Legitimate to Quit podcast

Other Resources

• Learn more about Kathleen Pasnisi.
• Learn more about Lois Creamer.
• Learn more about National Speaker Association.
• Learn more about Jodi Kringle.
• Learn about Vinnie Potestivo.

On the Schmooze is a podcast that features interviews with talented professionals who have overcome challenges to achieve success. I ask probing questions, and guests share untold stories about their leadership journey and how they built and sustained their professional network.

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