Sell With Authority
Is your team producing solid content… nurturing leads… showing up consistently in all the right ways — but your sales pipeline still feels like a big pile of question marks? If selling feels harder than it should, the problem might not be your effort — it could be your leverage. You don’t need another tool. Or another platform. Or another shiny object promising quick wins. What you need is a multiplier. Something that helps you multiply the reach of your smarts without burning out your team, attracts higher-quality leads without blowing your budget — and packages your...
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Before I introduce you to our very special guest expert today, I want to ask you a question. I encourage you to give it some real, thoughtful consideration. What if the real reason your agency’s sales pipeline feels stalled has nothing to do with lead flow, your niche, or your team? What if you’re not actually missing content? You’re not missing knocks on the door. You’re not missing invitations to the right room at the right time — or any of the other usual suspects we tend to blame. What if you’re really missing momentum? When momentum is on your side, effort feels...
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Before we dive into today’s episode of Sell With Authority, I want to make sure you know about our July Intensive. Every March, July, and November we gather our Predictive ROI clients together for a 2-day event we call the Intensive. It’s a private, client-only event — but we always hold a few guest seats open. Our July Intensive is happening Wednesday and Thursday, July 30th and 31st, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon Central — and it’s 100% virtual over Zoom. The focus? Helping you fill your sales pipeline so you can sell more of what you do. Turning our attention to this episode — my...
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For this episode of Sell With Authority, we’re doing something a little different — and I’m excited to share it with you. In a recent conversation I had with Jason Swenk on his podcast Smart Agency Masterclass we got laser-focused on some things that are critical if you want to sell more of what you do — at a premium price — to right-fit clients. We dig into why being ridiculously specific about who you serve is the not-so-secret weapon behind a scalable agency. Also, we unpack the power of developing a true methodology — something that doesn’t just sound good on a pitch deck,...
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For this episode of Sell With Authority we’re zeroing in on something every agency needs — trust at scale. Not vanity metrics. Not louder messaging in an already crowded feed. Real credibility — earned in public — where your right-fit clients are watching, judging, and deciding whether you’re the expert worth hiring. The noise isn’t going away. And if you’ve been putting in the work — creating content, showing up on the right channels, following all the authority-building advice — but your pipeline still feels sluggish or unpredictable, you might be stuck in what we call...
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Have you and your team started putting in the work to go narrow — made the commitment to niche down because that’s where the gold is? You’ve updated your positioning. Your message is feeling more dialed in than ever. And maybe you’ve even started saying “no” to wrong-fit clients. Awesome! But — your sales pipeline still feels a little unpredictable. Or, you’re doing all the right things but your content isn’t converting — and your ICP, or Ideal Client Profile, feels just out of reach. If that hits too close to home — this episode of Sell With Authority is going to be...
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Before I introduce our guest experts for today’s episode, I want to zero in on a problem that’s been coming up more and more in conversations with agency leaders. It’s a pain that sounds like this: “We used to have a strategic seat at our client’s table. They trusted our advice. They valued our expertise. Pricing wasn’t an issue. We felt like a true partner. But somewhere along the way, that shifted — and now we’re stuck reacting instead of leading.” If that feels a little too familiar, you’re not alone. But — there’s good news. That strategic seat can be earned back....
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I’m excited to welcome our guest expert to this episode of Sell With Authority, . If this is your first introduction to Mark — he founded back in 2007 and brings over 25 years of client-direct biz dev experience to the table. Mark and his team specialize in helping agencies design and implement smart, strategic growth initiatives — from new client acquisition to organic growth and diversification. When Mark and I first connected, we started talking shop. Biz dev challenges, what’s working, what’s broken, and what agency leaders are wrestling with right now. In that...
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Before we hit record on today’s episode of Sell With Authority, my team and I went deep. We poured over research, we sifted through data, and we asked ourselves a simple question: What do agency leaders need most right now? Agency leaders who’ve done the hard work to niche down, to plant your flag, to be known for something — but your content still isn’t converting the way it should — we built this episode for you. Across the agency landscape, a lot of smart, capable leaders are quietly pulling back. Frozen. Waiting for clarity. Wanting to be bold — but afraid to make the wrong...
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Welcome to the Sell With Authority podcast. I’m , co-owner and Chief Strategy Officer here at Predictive ROI. If you’ve been a longtime listener, you might be wondering, where’s Stephen’s voice? Don’t worry, there hasn’t been a coup. This isn’t a mutiny. Stephen’s daughter is graduating, and we lovingly kicked him off the mic for the next few weeks so he can fully enjoy that special time with his family. We miss him — but we’ve got you covered. We built this podcast specifically for you — the agency owner looking to sell more of what you do, in a way that builds a...
info_outlineI’m over the moon excited for today’s conversation because we have a special encore guest joining us — the absolutely brilliant Dia Bondi.
If you’re meeting Dia for the first time, here’s what you need to know — she works with senior leaders, founders, and ambitious professionals to help them find their voice and lead with it. She’s helped her clients secure hundreds of millions of dollars in decisions and resources that have shaped the future of their teams and businesses.
Back in Episode 143, I shared how my Predictive team and I first experienced Dia’s magic — watching her absolutely command the stage at the Build a Better Agency Summit in 2023. She had the entire room hanging on every word, and it was clear she had mapped a specific path for her audience. Every single piece of that keynote was intentionally framed. It was powerful, it was masterful, and in that episode, Dia and I broke down exactly how she did it.
We ran out of time though, before we could dig into something big — The Platform Map. That is the focus of this conversation.
Joining is our Director of Strategy and Mad Scientist, Hannah Roth. Hannah was in that same audience, experiencing Dia’s keynote in real time, and when I asked if she’d be game to join this encore, I barely finished my sentence before she said, “YES!!!”
If you take what Dia shares about Purpose, Providence, Point of View, and Principles — and how they all come together in The Platform Map — you’ll be able to build stronger rapport with your right-fit prospects — and make it easy for them to see why they should buy from you.
What you will learn in this episode:
- How to cultivate the courage to speak from the heart and become a masterful communicator
- Why aligning your authentic voice with your business strategy is key to leadership success
- The power of using a framework — like the Platform Map — to develop a distinctive leadership voice
- How your origin story and accomplishments serve as evidence of your unique voice
- How you can join Dia for her next virtual session to develop your Platform Map
Resources:
- Website: https://www.diabondi.com/
- LinkedIn Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dia-bondi/
- LinkedIn Business: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dia-bondi/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diabondia/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@diabondi
- The Transformational Voice Intensive: https://www.diabondi.com/intensive
- Resources for Podcast Listeners: https://www.diabondi.com/swa
- Ask Like An Auctioneer: https://www.diabondi.com/book
- How to Master the Perfect Ask, with Dia Bondi