AI can do the work.It can't be you.
Alan Stern teaches salespeople and business owners how to become known, liked and trusted in a world full of machines. Interactive, funny, and built so your audience leaves with something they'll use on Monday.
Book Alan for Your EventSpoken at Real Producers, Chicago Build Expo, Bell Works, Wash & Learn Midwest and more.
Watch Alan work a room ↓Knowing things got cheap. Being remembered didn't.
When anyone can sound smart in seconds, information stops setting you apart. What's left is The Personality Edge: the one thing a machine can't copy. You.
People buy from a person before they buy from a brand.
Your audience is great at what they do. Nobody knows it.
Alan calls them Qualified Ghosts: skilled, honest professionals the market forgets the moment someone needs what they do.
In a trust recession, buyers are busy, bombarded and burned. They don't go searching. They call the name they already know.
Alan's job is to make your people that name.
Drop Some H.E.A.T. Become known before you're needed.
Humor, Education, Add-Value, Trust. Four simple ways to stand out, stay top of mind and turn attention into relationships, without faking a personality or shouting louder.
Your audience walks away knowing:
- How to show up so the right people think, "This applies to me."
- How to use AI for speed without losing their own voice.
- How to connect before they convince.
Professionally respected. Personally liked.
See all four workshops ↓Watch Alan work a room.
Laptops open. Real work done in the room.
Every session is hands-on. Attendees bring a laptop, follow along, and leave with a workbook full of work they did in the room.
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Drop Some H.E.A.T.
Four ways to market yourself so people remember you.
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The Best Employee That's Not on Payroll
Put AI to work on your bio, market research and content ideas.
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Humor That Sells
Why humor opens doors, and how to use it in your marketing and still look professional.
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What Do I Do With My Headshots?
Turn the photos you already paid for into authority-building content with ready-made Canva templates.
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Book one session, or run all four as a series.
The rooms are full. So are the reviews.
“I've been blown away hearing his presentation at multiple keynote speaking engagements. He owns the stage with presence and charm.”
“I've been in real estate for 18 years, and this year has been my busiest yet... I strongly believe much of that momentum is thanks to the improved online presence I developed using Alan's strategies.”
“Alan is such a great speaker, I attended three of his presentations, his classes are always packed with valuable information, and my team really enjoyed them.”
“He's so entertaining and knowledgeable about how to make our business stand out on social media. He offered easy to follow, actionable steps to take, nothing too complicated or overwhelming.”
“His delivery of the presentation was so great it took out the overwhelm I had around marketing.”
See the talk before you book it.
Watch Drop Some H.E.A.T., filmed live at Wash & Learn Midwest in 2025. Free, and yours in a minute.
Send Me the Free RecordingFull recording plus the workbook.
From the sales floor to the stage.
Alan spent 13+ years selling at Lexus and Toyota, where customers walk in skeptical. He learned that people buy from the person they trust, not the logo on the building.
He started a DJ business in 2008 and learned the second lesson the hard way: being good at something doesn't make you known for it.
Since 2022 he's run 100+ workshops helping salespeople and business owners turn what they're great at into what they're known for.
Your audience learns from someone who's been the skeptical buyer's salesperson, the business owner nobody had heard of, and the guy who figured it out.
Fill the room. Look good doing it.
Lenders, title reps and brokerages book Alan to give their Realtor partners a workshop they'll actually thank them for. Associations and chambers book him to fill seats and get people talking.
- Tell Alan about your event.
- Alan replies within 24 hours to match the right session to your audience.
- You open the room. Alan makes you look like a genius for booking him.
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