Business strategist and professional speaker Michael Roby addressed a group of leading financial institution sales managers at a management conference in St. Helena, CA on December 3, 2007. Bank Insurance Securities Association (BISA) hosted their “Sales Management Fall Workshop,” which was open to institutions in the United States and Canada. Roby conducted his “Managing Excellence” seminar, which teaches sales management strategies and skills.

BISA, based in Wayne, PA, fosters the full integration of securities and insurance businesses with depository institutions’ traditional banking businesses. BISA reaches out to and offers services to executives throughout its member firms. BISA participants include executives from the securities, insurance, investment advisory, trust, private banking, retail, capital markets, and commercial divisions of depository institutions. The BISA provides a single forum for these executives and their product and service partners to work together to find solutions to help grow their businesses.

Michael Roby is a nationally known speaker that helps his audiences get improved sales results that are quantifiable and lasting. While corporations and audiences know Michael as an authority on sales, marketing, and the distribution of financial services, he is also known as one of America’s best motivational speakers. Roby delivers thought-provoking keynotes that leave a lasting, positive impression on his audience. His website, www.michaelroby.com is also home to a leading sales and marketing blog.

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Michael Roby, a sales and marketing strategist and professional speaker based in Minnesota, is now writing a regular marketing column for Bank Advisor Magazine. The first issue was released in July, with two more issues planned for this year, with monthly publication planned for 2008. Roby has over 30 years of experience in sales, sales management, sales training, and business coaching. He also is an award winning speaker, having been named “Member of the Year” by National Speakers Association – Minnesota. In addition to being a motivational speaker and writer, Roby provides sales training and product launch facilitation for companies focused on building brand and deepening customer relationships. Roby’s website is www.michaelroby.com .

Bank Advisor magazine is a tactical sales and marketing resource that bank advisors read in order to help them reach their goals and do more business. Banks continue to sell more life insurance, annuities and security products directly to consumers which results in a huge opportunity for companies looking to provide products and solutions to the bank channel. Banks need to be quicker and more customer centric than ever before, and Bank Advisor Magazine helps create a dialogue amongst the sales reps and managers to help them achieve new levels of success. Their website is www.bankadvisormagazine.com.

Wiesner Media Financial Group is the leading, independent source for information on sales, marketing and best practice techniques for insurance, financial, banking and benefits brokers and advisors. Wiesner Media Financial Group publishes four magazines: Bank Advisor Magazine, Benefits Selling, Boomer Market Advisor and Senior Market Advisor. ProducersWEB.com, the leading industry web portal, and Advisors Data Source, a data-services division, are also included in the division. In addition, Wiesner Media Financial Group annually produces two leading industry events: Benefits Selling Expo and Senior Market Advisor Expo.

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(PRLEAP.COM) Business strategist and professional speaker Michael Roby recently addressed a group of leading financial advisors with Smith Barney at an educational conference in Kohler, Wisconsin on April 26, 2007. With speakers from fourteen financial service distributors presenting, Roby spoke on strategies and techniques to help advisors develop their business and expand their client base. Select advisors from five states were in attendence.

While businesses and audiences know Michael as an authority on sales, marketing, and the distribution of financial services, he is known as one of America’s best motivational speakers, and frequently delivers thought-provoking keynotes that leave a lasting, positive impression on his audience. In addition, he is an author and writes for national publications. His website, www.michaelroby.com is home to a leading sales and marketing blog.

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