John Lloyd is a marketer, business growth strategist, speaker, seminar leader and columnist. He is a sought after speaker on a wide range of subjects, including, marketing, sales, media, negotiation, personal effectiveness, motivation, leadership and advanced thinking. John is regarded as a speaker and consultant who is not full of theoretical rhetoric: he offers practical solutions – tangible business results.

He is a successful businessman and internationally known media marketer and served on the board of the International Newspaper Marketing Association between 2001 and 2004. Under his marketing leadership, Independent Newspapers Cape won 28 International Newspaper Marketing Awards between 1999 and 2003 in the USA, the most won by one publisher. This included The Best of Show award in San Francisco in 2001.

He has served as MC or as a speaker at numerous international and national events:

• 2001 - Speaker at World Congress of Newspaper Marketing in San Francisco
• 2002 - Served as day chair for the World Congress of Newspaper Marketing in Toronto
• 2003 - Chaired the World Forum of Newspaper Marketing in Cape Town
• 2005 - MC of the CIETT World Recruitment Conference
• 2007 - Speaker at the National Credit Indaba in Johannesburg
• 2007 and 2008 – MC and speaker at the APSO (Association of Personnel Services Organisations) National Recruiters Conference in Johannesburg
• 2007 - MC of the Irish Township Volunteer Builders Blitz Banquet at Nederburg Estate
• 2009 - MC of the APSO Western Cape Recruiters Indaba
• 2009 - MC of TICE (Travel Industry Charity Events) in Cape Town

Alongside his speaking and training engagements he also does consulting work for a select range of local and international clients.
With 25 years of leadership and marketing experience, he has a driving passion for personal effectiveness and the development of human potential. His articles frequently appear in various trade publications and he is a columnist for many online publications worldwide on the subjects of motivation, business growth, marketing, sales, personal effectiveness and real estate. He also publishes his own fortnightly e-newsletter, Smart Thinking for Crazy Times.

He is a dynamic speaker with a wonderful ability to inform, inspire and entertain. He is known for his ability to make difficult subjects easy to understand, and for demonstrating the practical application of these subjects to real life. He is a regular speaker and MC at local and international conferences. He has been invited to speak all over South Africa, Toronto, Vancouver, San Francisco, Dublin and Kilkenny. He has been recognised as The Institute of Marketing Management (IMM) Western Cape Communicator of the Year.

Need a speaker, seminar leader or MC for your next event or association conference? Do you need an effective strategy facilitator for your company or team? Bring John to your sales meeting to improve the quality and effectiveness of your sales team? Need to double your sales? Do you need ideas to grow your business? Need to improve your marketing? Do you want to improve the effectiveness of your advertising? Need creative and innovative media and advertising packages for less money than you currently pay? Do your sales people need to develop their influence, communication, persuasion and negotiation skills? Contact – john@brandstorm.co.za or call 083 638 8788.