TECH-X Testimonials
Amazing Results
What TECH-X Participants Are Saying . . .
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“Hi, my name is Michael Jenkins, President of Cleantelligent Software. We are the leaders in software innovations for building service contractors and other in the cleaning industry. We help companies unleash the power of revenue, retention and productivity in their businesses. We have thousands of users in 9 different countries and we contribute much of our success to the strategies and information learned through utahTECHX.com. During our time at utahTECHX, we have almost doubled our staff, doubled our revenues, and shorted our sales cycle by more than half. At Cleantelligent, we now have purpose, direction and processes that will continue to help us grow and be successful.”
Michael Jenkins, CleanTelligent |
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“I have been putting his sales training to work the past month. I made the largest single sale in my company’s history today (170k) plus closed another 78k in ongoing business the past two weeks. I have several new sales opportunities for other projects in front of me that I am still trying close. The Needs Audit and Frame and Reframe are the key principles to my recent sales success. The client chose us over other vendors because she felt that we understood what she was needing to make her project a success. Price was not her top concern. I didn’t think when we started the program that I would be a success story so soon.” P.S. “One more success story – I just signed a $301,000 training development deal this morning. I have now shifted from a company sales problem to a production/operations problem – which I prefer! I am now actively hiring 3-4 graphic designers to help fill with new production level.”
Todd Corbett, Xcelus |
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“The most beneficial aspects to TECH-X were the resources that came along with it…Ex. SnappConner PR. Drove our brand into 5 radio stations and 4 news appearances within a month span. As well as 6 newspaper and 100’s of articles. SEBO –through their PPC campaign we have closed thousands of dollars in online sales. The mentorship of TECH-X…built our confidence and sales techniques that helped us in closing millions of dollars-worth of contracts throughout the world from various retailers. We are extremely grateful for the opportunity we had to participate in this amazing program!! Thanks Mike Buonomo, Kisstixx |
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“We have been very fortunate to have worked closely with the business professionals and instructors involved in UtahTECH-X. Our story and position has been unique and challenging to say the least. The TECH-X professionals met with us and went out of their way to make us more successful. These are a few of our success during the program and the people/strategies that made it happen. *Press Release – we issued a press release written by SnappConnerPR that was picked up by thousands of sources nationwide including YahooNews, MSNBC and Associated Press. *Sales-We were able to expand our vision and take sales to a global level securing million dollar+ contracts in several countries. We used strategies learned from Griffin Hill to secure retail placement at Walmart and present to retailers such as Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, CVS, SuperValue, Winn Dixie, and several more, all of which we plan on closing. *Online-Took our site from an un-optimized non-existent PPC to a sales generating machine. We went from a meager 5-6K a year to over 50K in internet sales. Thank you Sebo Marketing. *Network: we were able to attend several Corporate Alliance events that led to meeting influential people that will help us in packaging, design, and mentoring. These are just a few of the success we have seen. I could go on and on. In conclusion TECH-X has been a great program and has taught us as young inexperience entrepreneurs how to run and grow a real business! Thanks.”
Dallas Robinson, Kisstixx |
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"Tech-X has been an extremely valuable experience for our company. The Tech-X professionals offered a wealth of knowledge to kick-start our business. We developed a robust and comprehensive SMES program working with Griffin Hill. Up until Tech-X, we didn’t have any SMES program. Paul Lowry at Press Media helped us develop a comprehensive marketing strategy by implementing a new CRM / Marketing software. InfusionSoft is now the keystone of all our company’s SMES and marketing activities. Without Tech-X, we may never have known these solutions exist and we would certainly not be where we are at today."
Steve McKeon, Rhino Super Cart |
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"Tech X has been a great experience for us. All of the instructors that we worked with really took the time to understand our business and help us develop strategies that fit our needs. We used the skills taught by Griffin Hill to dramatically increase our conversation at our conventions and events. We were also able to work with Sebo Marketing on optimistic SEO and develop more needs that have helped out sales team to close 30% more leads. Randy, at Snap Conner, really opened our eyes to the capabilities of PR and we were able to put together a PR strategy for our upcoming product launch. More than anything, the program has opened our eyes to the things we need to do to really escalate growth."
Jared Hull, BlueRoof360 |
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"Arellia has been preparing to expand our business into new channels and Utah Tech-X has opened our minds and helped us improve on many areas where we have struggled. With the insights from Sebo Marketing, we have increased our unique visitors to our website by 40% and we expect it to continue to grab as we complete our website redesign this year. Using principles from Griffin Hill, we have established direct relationships with the majority of our existing customers which we expect will increase sales to this group. We are also in the process of closing our first deal directly and have many others, both direct and through new partners. Tech-X has been a fantastic program where principles have transformed how we do business and will be the framework for our future growth." Stephen Brown,Arellia |
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"Being accepted into the Utah Tech-X program was very exciting for me as a business owner. The opportunity to learn from experienced business leaders was a huge compliment and privilege. In Tech-X we learned how to create an effectiveB2B model through principles taught by Brandt Pace and Inside Sales. We learned how to perfect this process with Chuck and the Griffin Hill system. We plan to implement this new sales channel in February 2013. We also had some awesome revenue increasing ideas from Randy at Snapp Conner. We plan to implement a new custom product line within the next couple of weeks. Between these two concepts, we anticipate increasing revenue of at least $250k. Once implemented, our business will be more diversified, have higher profit margins, and a new sales channel. AWESOME! Thank you and keep up the great work!" Brandon Young, LDSBookstore.com |
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"Tech-X has provided us an opportunity to be exposed to professionals that have opened our mind to the real possibilities we have in front of us. As accountants, sales/business development has been an uncomfortable process that often takes back seat to serving clients; however, Tech-X has shown us that the sales process doesn’t have to be difficult, but is as easy as getting to know and better understand people and their needs. A couple of things stood out as we went through the program. Snapp Conner PR helped us to create a united message and helped us understand how we should position ourselves to our different audiences. The Griffin Hill sales process has been helpful as we disseminate the sales process throughout the organization. Although we currently generate good traffic to our website, Sebo Marketing has helped us hone in on changes we can make to our website to count visitors to leads. I think the biggest value has come from meeting and interacting with professionals who are genuinely interested in our success. I am sure I will maintain and value those relationships well into the future." Brad Jones, CFOWise |
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"We have been blessed to attend Utah Tech-X and learn from their amazing mentors. Before Tech-X, our website produced little to no leads. With the help of Sebo, we will soon have a new website optimized for placement and designed to improve traffic and closing ratios. What we have learned from Snapp Conner has helped us design a social media and PR marketing strategy that was previously confused and sporadic. With the help of Launch Leads and Inside Sales, we have resurrected our inside sales department and now we are generating 3 times the number of on-site appointments that we were getting from our outsourced service, while doing it at half the cost. With what we have learned from Chuck, from Griffin Hill, we are improving our closing ratios, we are increasing sales, we are expanding our sales, and marketing efforts. We understand not only what we do, but why we do it, and we are able to effectively troubleshoot problems we face." Joseph Jenkins, BearCom Building Services |
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“TECH-X helped us work through some serious technical issues and we were able to successfully launch at Tech Crunch Disrupt and be featured on the biggest tech blog in the U.S. (“Mashable”) and be written about 58,000 times across the internet. TECH-X is an invaluable experience worth every minute I spent under its guidance. It has been like having the most active awesome advisory board and team of peers backing you up. Success is an inevitable reaction to the . . . TECH-X program.” Zach Oates, Imply Labs |
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“TECH-X has been fabulous. The training has been very professional and has helped our company really refine our sales pitch. Since participating in TECH-X, we have increased our sales by over 200%. We are in 4 new markets and we were just featured in TechCrunch which greatly increased our exposure. We couldn’t be happier with the help and training that we were provided with both the marketing and sales side of the business. We also have been thrilled with the new relationships we have built and the quality we’ve added to our network. Thanks again to all the TECH-X mentors!” Ken Frei, XoomPark |
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“I applied for TECH-X because I wanted to transform the sales and marketing part of my business from offering services to offering products. This program has exponentially accelerated my company in this direction, and we now are reaping the benefits. We shorten our sales cycle from 20 hours down to 2 hours. We now have more leads and a bigger pipeline than in our entire 5 year history.” Ken Kaufman, CFOWise |
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“This is an awesome program! Our sales last month were nearly 3x than our highest month before TechX started.” Matt Sederberg,T-Splines |
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“I have participated in incubator programs in the past, but when it comes down to it TECH-X focuses on what is really important, sales and marketing. Each week I left with value added deliverables that ultimately helped increase our sales. [During the program] we pivoted to a model where we can now sell our product for 10% of our customers’ revenues.”
Brigham Arce, OnlineTherapy.com |
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“TECH-X has been a very valuable program for BestShred. Coming into the program I hoped to be able to improve our web presence, hone our pay-per-click campaigns and develop a customer referral program. I have made excellent progress on the first two goals and feel that I have the foundation in place to execute on the last goal. The quality of the instructors has been outstanding! They are truly leaders in their respective fields and are genuinely interested in the success of each of the participants. I offer my sincere thanks for having accepted BestShred into the program and for having spent so much time and effort in our behalf. Brett Bailey, BestShred |
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"Griffin Hill helped us more clearly communicate the benefits our firm provides and defines and shortens our online process. Sebo Marketing has been an incredible resource to focus our online marketing efforts in the right areas. This has resulted in a clear strategy to convert more of our leads into customers. Paul Lowry has helped us identify some tools that can significantly improve our lead nurturing with limited staff. The focus on systems and automation will keep people in our funnel much longer than previously possible and ultimately lead to more clients. Randy at Snapp Conner helped us identify the most relevant messaging for our target customers. Thank you so much for the opportunity to participate!" Jeff Hall, CFOWise |
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“I have learned things in the program that cannot be learned in school or anywhere else. The program has provided the necessary training to help us communicate with our customers better. Not only do we know what our customers need but we are more efficient at gathering that information and delivering what our customers need in a well thought out presentation.”
Bruce Hymas, Zachary Douglass
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“TECH-X has taught me so much about all aspects of business. Every time I attended, I felt like I was drinking from a fire hose. The mentors advice was extremely helpful and valuable. I would recommend TECH-X to any business owner.” Dan Blake, EcoScraps. |
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"Tech-X has opened my eyes in several areas of our business. We know we had some very significant differences in the sales process, but I felt they had more to do with personnel than process. I realize now the business had more to do with the process itself, which we were doing a few things well. Chuck, from Griffin Hill, helped me to understand there is indeed a system or process. I am excited about our future and implementing a successful approach to build our clientele. I believe the future will be significantly impacted as the skills we have learned filter down to all of our team members. Chuck was an outstanding guide in the process and patiently allowed us to discover for ourselves what we needed to implement. He spent many extra hours outside of Tech X helping us one-on-one. Randy Scott of Snapp Conner PR taught us some very important principles and has been an important advisor on some key issues within the company. Finally, Bruce, of Sebo Marketing, helped us all to see a different perspective regarding our website and our goals and objectives. Roger Andrus, Utah Tech-X, has put together an outstanding program and team. Thank you Roger for your efforts to help the businesses of Utah County grow and prosper. You are making a real difference."
Tim Weeks, CFOWise |
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“TECH-X is a fantastic program. Our company is on a so much better place and direction then we would have been without them. Our approach to and understanding of sales and marketing is clearer, more directed. It’s really been eye-opening and empowering.” Jason Izatt, TaleSpring. |
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"Sales and marketing are one of the most important aspects in any business. TECH-X offered a very structured and practical approach to how to improve productivity. As a result, we are generating more revenue per day than we have achieved in the past.” Hari Miyagi, F-Matic |
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"…in regards to the impact that TECH-X has had on our company if ten is the highest then we would definitel give it a 10! We have already started implementing parts of it in our company that are seeing results and excited to move forward with the other things we've learned. We have even had an incredible trade show so far and credit part of that success to things we have learned at TECH-X."
Suzanne King, CleanTelligent |
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“ProvoTech X has been a great opportunity and exercise for our company. We have learned many new things and have learned more about ourselves in the process. Implementing the tools has helped us have 2 consecutive record-breaking months. I would recommend TECH-X for any company looking to improve and grow.” Brandon Rodman, Weave |
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The Tech X program gave me both a broad overview of how to build my business and the detail that allowed me to follow through. It was an excellent experience. Part of the value came from the other participants as well. The most obvious example was how Tech-Xpert – Chuck Staib helped me with the direct selling process. He coached me directly and personally on how to win a project with Tyson Foods. That project is worth about $250k."
Greg Davidson, The Nature of Strategic Thinking |
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“TECH-X is not only a mentoring program that will propel you business forward, its also an opportunity to network your business with local business leaders. The principles taught, when applied will enable your business to achieve the growth you anticipate.” David Przybyla, Parlant Technology |
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“I came into TechX skeptical about the program, the process and motivations. Within one hour of Boot Camp, my mind had been changed. Our company is stronger, more effective, and will be more profitable as a result of our TechX experience. We have already closed sales as a result of TechX and seen improvements in our marketing results.” David Bernstein, F-Matic |
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"We participated in TECH-X while preparing for our biggest trade show of the year. We have been participating in trade shows 5+ years and our largest amount of on the floor sign ups was only 3. This year with the help of the mentors we had 11 sign ups. I contribute the success of us nearly quadrupling our lead conversions on the show floor largely to the help of the mentors and the entire TECH-X program.” Marlyse Chase, CleanTelligent |
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“TECH-X is three-month “boot camp” designed to hone and improve sales and marketing capabilities. As CEO of a new startup, the program was of huge value in helping me zero in on the highest value launch activities so that we hit the ground running.” Ken Meyers, Speakworks |
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“TECH-X was just what we needed – a shot in the sales arm and the training to help us take our presentations and sales interactions to the next level. It has already had an enormous impact on the way we prepare for and deliver sales presentations. We also are looking forward to developing relationships with some of the other mentors that will help our business grow.” David Oldham, O-Codes |
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"The TECH-X program gave us access to the brightest minds in our ecosystem. With their help we were able to identify and address weak point in our business and focus our work on specific revenue generating activities. I would love to participate again."
Michael Zaro, MealDrop |
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"I strongly recommend utilizing all the professional help offered by TECH-X." Kasey Beck, MultiLing Corporation |
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"I'm grateful to TECH-X for the opportunity to have such tremendous training, whose timeliness couldn't have been better for us as we complete our initial product creation and are ready to take it to market. In the past year, in preparation for our launch we tried a few things, but nothing seemed to work. Now we know why, and what we really should have been doing." Jon Richey, eXprescient Inc |
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"TECH-X exposed our company to some great concepts that we are already putting to good use. The relationships built with presenters and fellow classmates alone make the time worthwhile, but the content is gold for our company. I highly recommend to anyone." Alan Larsen, AboutFace (iAct) |
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"Things are going very fast-paced. We're hopping on several of the XO projects and have completed several. We're working closely with Bruce Rowe / Sebo Marketing and have redone our website for the third (and hopefully last) time this year!! We're incredibly grateful to hae been chosen for this opportunity and have gained much wisdom and insight into accelerating our business model."
Wendy Bird, Pearls with Purpose |
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"The Sales Traction Xelerator training given by Griffin Hill has given me a clear outline to conduct my sales efforts in a strategic way. The tools given during the sessions have already made a huge difference in my success such that I screen out potential clients quickly, give much better presentations and have added several new clients. This is an honest sales approach that works." Heide Ruplinger, MultiLing Corporation |
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"Our experience with TECH-X has been fantastic! We have learned many valuable principals which will become keys to our success as we move forward in our new business. The value of Griffin Hill's Integrity Sales System is incalculable and has become the bedrock of our Sales process and philosophy. " Clyde L. Wixom, ProtectLight Mfg. |
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"With our first commercially-viable software release coming out of Beta, the timing of the TECH-X training could not have been better. Using the principles taught to us in the Griffin Hill sales training enabled a couple of engineers (my partner and I) with limited selling skills to close our first deal. Just following the Griffin Hill steps made it easy! We are now on our way to closing a second, larger deal. The structured sales approach we were taught has been a huge boost to our confidence and potential for success. Furthermore, when we are able to fully implement what we learned in the the SEO and relationship training, we anticipate that those principles are going to be just as valuable to our ongoing success as the sales training has been." Ron Richey, eXprescient Inc. |
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"The sessions with the trainers were really good. We have implemented the system into our sales organization, and CRM. Thank you for putting this together." Kevin Santiago, MobyQ, Inc. |
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"Excellent systems and process approach–not only does it focus on achieving a high degree of quality in sales, but makes this scalable." Justin Strong, Pixelture, Inc. |
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"The mentors were demonstrably interested in our success…far beyond what was expected or required of them."
Bryan Bennett, MealDrop |
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“Utah TECH-X – it’s a world class endeavor and should get a standing ovation…"
David Whittle, CoolHotNot |
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“While incorporating these techniques into our sales process we have been able to increase our sales and create over 10% new business in the past month.”
Michael Petersen, Critical Laser |
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"This course was excellent." Garin Hess, Rapid Intake, Inc. |
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"The more hands-on workshops the better. The first day (boot camp) was incredible, and VERY valuable." Jason Petersen, XOLogic |
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"Great Course" Vaughn Cook, Rockwell, Inc. |
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“In Utah TECH-X we were taught how to take our business from incubator and development down the path of future growth and success. As an experienced sales director, I have gained more knowledge in the sales process, creating more confidence in my abilities. As a marketer, I have enlarged my skill set, creating a greater value in strategizing and messaging. Through this education I can confidently say I will create success now and in the future.” Glen Thaxton, Speakworks |
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"…Amazing!" Ben Harrison, Big Brainz, Inc. | |
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“I liked the individual and customized attention from the instructor/trainers during and outside of classes. We have added and restructured employees and changed lead protocol to prepare for growth and efficiency. We have hired a SEO and social marketing management team and are focusing on so many of the tools that we received at Tech-X.”
Diane Bitaraf, Mandalyn Academy |
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“Tech-X has been an awesome experience for us. We have been fortunate to go through the program twice. There is so much valuable information available in the program and the mentors are one of a kind. Every mentor has been more than willing to set aside time to meet with us and apply their expertise. Griffin Hill helped us map out a clear sales process and taught us principles that have helped us increase our closing ratios. With their help, we have taken our software, a complex sale, and turned it into an understandable and exciting sale. Sebo Marketing took us from having no web presence to generating 10-15 warm leads a week. Snapp Connor helped us identify our company voice and has helped us prepare for our biggest trade show in January. There are many other success stories that could be mentioned. It has been fantastic working with the Tech-X professionals and we consider our experience invaluable. Thank you Tech-X!” Evan Teshima, ForeUP |
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"It is a team project participation. I can't run and manage everything and I like that they invite your whole team to attend and go through the program.”
Joel Ragar, ForeUP |
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"For us at Baby Bling, the last 12 weeks have been invaluable. We have learned many things necessary to move forward toward our goals, many things we didn’t even know we needed to know and many ideas for the future. We feel fortunate to have been able to learn from so many business professionals and also fellow Tech-X participants. Thank you to Griffin Hill for helping us to communicate more clearly and better understand the needs of our sales representative.Thank you Sebo Marketing for so much insight into the most important functions of our website. Thank you Snap Conner for helping us recognize the impact of social media and creating a positive image of our company. Than you Press media for reminding us of the importance of maintaining a constant relationship with our clients."
Summer Harris and Cyndi Lowry, Baby Bling, LLC |
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"You're killing me with new sales…this stuff works!" “We have been very fortunate to participate in this Tech-X program. We have learned from each of the mentors and appreciate the time and effort they dedicated to help improve our business. We learned different marketing options that are available (some of which we didn’t know existed), and were able to assess the effectiveness of their application to our business. The Griffin-Hill process had an astounding effect on our company. Applying the principles taught have already affected how we do business and will continue to improve it as we learn more about how to effectively apply them. The potential for change and improvement is limited only by the action we take. Again, we are extremely grateful for the mentors’ time and effort to help our business grow and succeed. Thank you all.” Chuck Little, Regency Mint |
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"UtahTechX has been a fantastic experience. We needed to get our sales out of the quicksand and UtahTechX has helped us accomplish that. We learned how to generate more leads online for a lower cost as well as receiving the skills to close more leads." Jon Bradshaw, Pantheon Motion LLC |
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“Tech-X has accelerated our growth significantly and has been an amazing experience. When applying for Tech-X initially, we were somewhat skeptical whether this “free offering” would be worth our time, since we are a start-up, young company, when time is so scarce. This was the best few hours we spent each week by far and guided, and directed the rest of the week. The professional depth and breadth of each mentor was impressive. My feeling is that if there were more Tech-X’s in the nation, we could help small businesses drive us out of our recession and improve organizations and people. Our recommendation is to do this if you get the opportunity. Our sales have increased significantly and will continue to increase based on what we have learned and applied from Tech-X.” Val Gregory, Cambeo Group |
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“The Tech-X experience has been great. Thanks so much to all of the presenters. Thanks for the time and effort spent helping me and my company. The Griffin Hill process has helped our company tremendously. We have done about 1.6 million in sales so far this year and are on track to reach our goal of 10 million in gross sales this year. As of April 10th, we have doubled what we have ever done in a calendar year. Press Media and Infusion Soft has helped us with our capture and nurturing of clients. We are going to purchase the Infusion Soft software so we can do a better job taking care of our potential customers. Snapp Conner has really helped us with our message. Thanks. Sebo Marketing was great. I learned so much about our website. I had hired a company to help us with our website and presence. I have been able to keep them on track with what should be happening with our website because of what I learned in class. Inside Sales; we have been working with Bubba and really appreciate his help with setting up a phone campaign. I am looking forward to becoming an active member. In our meeting, I found that I had several people that are members that I know. I would like to stay in touch and I would be glad to talk about my experience in Tech-X to an upcoming class. Thank you again for everyone and all the great help and information." Norman Harrison, Progressive Power Solutions, Inc. |
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"The Tech-X Mentors immediately began transforming VOLTI. Mentors genuinely cared about us and our success. Their skill and professionalism was exceptional. Each presentation gave us suggestions that generated ideas which we were able to implement immediately. We learned how to expand our vision, increase our possibilities, develop new habits and innovate. Within eight weeks we were able to generate a 2.444 leads to contracts ratio. Sales in the second quarter will exceed sales of 2011 and 2012. Charles Acklin, VOLTI |
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"Being able to sit and listen to all the local industry leaders and learn from them was awesome. Having their help really cuts down the learning curve associated with all the different aspects of running a business. Have real world knowledge shared and taught in that type of environment was great. There was so much real world application that could take place after each class." Dan Probst, CruxCase |
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"Really liked the course! Thank you for the opportunity to be involved! It was time well spent and we look forward to applying the knowledge received!" Duane Newman, Decisions |
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"Tech-X was a great way for scott james jewelry to realize the potential of our business and to see different opportunities for growth that we were not taking advantage of. Through the Tech-X program we were able to look at what areas we needed to focus on as a company and from there implement a targeted plan to move forward and achieve our desired goals." Scott Whitaker, Scott James Jewerly |
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"There is no way to pick one thing I liked best about Tech-X. Here are just a few things that I absolutely loved that have lead to results: SnappConner PR – Randy helped us develop a messaging document that has changed the way we speak, write, and present ourselves. He also helped us develop a PR release (going out in a week or so) to capitalize on our product review. Sebo Marketing – Bruce helped us completely revamp our website for lead generation conversion. We added 21 new pages with incredible content and a call to action on each page. Now the website flows in a way that helps us capture our potential customers highest level of commitment. GriffinHill – Chuck taught us principles that have helped my personal close rates go from just below 50% to over 75%. In the first 4 months of 2013, we have sold 2/3 of what we sold for the year 2012. Digital Press Media – Paul is setting us up with a CRM. Need I say more. We desperately need this. Fruits to follow. Rich Hoopes, TanquilMed |
