Rob
Hartnett – Speaker, consultant, author
  
Rob
Hartnett is the managing director of Selling Strategies
International and as a speaker has ignited business owners and executives across Australia and overseas with his keynote and workshops on sales and business growth.
His firm Selling Strategies International has attracted clients such as Swinburne University, Sensis, Clayton Utz, Federal Hotels, Interlease, Madman Entertainment, Outlet Books and Ronstan International.
He holds a bachelor of business and a postgraduate in applied finance and investment and he is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, The Institute of Management Consultants and is an
Associate of the New York State National Speakers Association. Rob is also a certified Miller Heiman independant sales consultant.
Prior to forming Selling Strategies International Rob worked for BCA IT where he set the record for selling over one million dollars in Apple hardware in a single sale, Apple Computer as a southern region channel manager, Hewlett-Packard as market development manager where he won the Asia Pacific High Achiever Award for taking HP Commercial PC's to number one in marketshare in under six months. At advertising agency Mojo, Rob worked on major brands such as Australia Post, Telstra, Jetstar, Nike, Trading Post, Hertz, Jetset and Fosters.
Rob has also served on advisory boards and worked with a
number of start up’s.
He has appeared on National TV programs such as Good Morning Australia, Business Daily, Viewpoint, Bread TV and Career Success.
He is the author of the best seller “Fast Times Ahead – the internet revolution and you” published in 2000 and most recently the runaway success “Small Business, Big Opportunity – winning the right customers through smart marketing and advertising” which has over 100,000 books in print.
Rob takes his passion for performance into sport where he is a former world champion yachtsman and motorsport enthusiast.
He also played the role of Dr. Evil for three years in an Austin Powers cover band.
Here's a sample of what people have said:
“Rob, you far exceeded my expectations of a speaker in our Masters Program.The discipline of great preparation and content delivery was explicit, and it balanced perfectly with sincere enthusiasm and created some very funny moments. It was a joy watching the master at this craft and I hope you will consider speaking for our post-graduate program again.”
RMIT Masters Program (Advertising) |
"Many thanks for your entertaining and thought provoking presentation on sales and marketing in the future at our international conference. Feedback from the conference was that it was the best ever and thanks for being part of that."
Mindshop International Conference |
"Rob was extremely well received by the attendees and spoke in terms that everyone could understand."
World Presidents Organisation |
"I want to thank you for your inspiration and motivation at the business planning session. Both my husband and I really enjoyed it and we gained a lot so thanks!"
Perfectly Kept Book Keeping |
"We thought your presentation was awesome! We really liked how you set up JV’s and lead generation strategies – pure gold!"
Better Business Institute Conference |
"Rob’s natural wit, knowledge of the subject and extensive industry experience resulted in a dynamic, entertaining and challenging presentation that was rated highly by the 100 senior IT professionals in attendance."
Australian Computer Society |
“Rob delivered an inspirational and passionate session. He was also very flexible and easy to work with”
IOOF Funds Management |
"Excellent! You took the time to research the background of our conference. Very professional and entertaining."
Australian Human Resources Conference |
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