Author, Speaker, Showrunner
 
 

Do your words drive revenue?

Jay Acunzo shows you how to stand out easier + grow revenue faster by evolving from smart expert to influential voice.

Jay’s given keynotes in 25 states and 4 countries, to audiences ranging from 4,000 marketers at an industry event to 40 CEOs working behind closed doors.

Learn to resonate deeper to spark action in others.

"Smart, funny, and entertaining. Jay is the speaker you hope you'll get when you settle into your seat." — Doug Kessler, Co-founder, Velocity Partners (2019 B2B Agency of the Year, via The Drum)

 

See me in action:

virtual events

“I mean, if we’re all crying in the first keynote, I am going to say B2BSMX is a success.”

- Annette Falvo, National Account Director, Demand Gen Report

 

in-person events

“I was literally saying to our event manager, we hit it out of the ball park with this guy!”

- Veronica Martinez, Sales Coordinator, G3 Communications

 
 
 

 Each Year, I customize my Talks for Groups & Orgs Like These:

 
 

  • Marketing/Sales Professionals

  • Customer Support & Experience (CX)

  • Entrepreneurs & Freelancers

  • Career and Industry Edu Groups

  • Real Estate Professionals

  • Executive Leaders

  • People Ops & HR

  • Higher Ed

 

Grateful to work with Great Clients

 
 
 
 

Ranked #1 of 200 speakers at Content Marketing World

Earning Jay the opening keynote the next year to 4,000 attendees

(Source: attendee speaker evaluations)

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“Jay is among the top speakers at Content Marketing World every year...each time we ask him back, the scores come back better and better. An original thinker and dynamic presenter, Jay is becoming one of the "must-see" speakers at any marketing and communication event.”

Joe Pulizzi, Founder, Content Marketing Institute

 
 
 
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The first thing I heard at the conclusion of Jay’s presentation was that attendees were looking at things from a different perspective. I can’t say enough about Jay’s presentation! He really knocked it out of the park. He connects to the audience in a real way, making it a conversation, not a speech. You feel involved and drawn into his stories.

Jacquie Francisco, Managing Partner, The Brand Establishment

 
 
 
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Jay’s was the best session I’ve ever attended in my 25 years of conferences! (I grew up watching my parents do keynotes.) I had so much energy and aspiration walking out of there!

Christina Kay, Event Attendee, Marketo Marketing Nation Summit

 
 
 

Current Program On Offer

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How to Drive Bigger Results through the influence of your ideas, not the Volume of Your Marketing

The hardest truth to embrace today is that we compete with everyone creating content today — not just our industry peers. In that world, it’s tempting to strap ourselves onto the marketing hamster wheel and try to shout louder, hype harder, and produce endless content.

This is an exhausting race to the bottom. You don’t need broader reach or bigger budgets than everyone. To stand out and drive business, you need to resonate deeper. Whether you’re the biggest or best is irrelevant. You need to be their favorite.

In this empowering yet practical talk, author and brand consultant Jay Acunzo will take you inside the techniques used by the world’s most effective storytellers and thought leaders to inspire action in others. You’ll walk away ready to compete on the power of your ideas, not the volume of your marketing or size of your budget.

When your audience makes choices, they play favorites. The question is: are you one of them?

You will learn:

  1. The most important question to ask to differentiate your brand and your content.

  2. A visual framework to assess where you are, where you want to be – and what’s in the way.

  3. Techniques to apply today to make it immediately clear why others should care about your message.

Audience Responses to This Speech:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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“Jay Acunzo is relevant, thought-provoking, and entertaining. While Jay is a sought after speaker with a big resume of experience, he is also approachable and eager to tailor his presentations to the audience’s needs. He provides realistic and actionable takeaways that all levels of professionals want to implement.”

Julie Huval, Head of Marketing, Beck Technology

 
 
 
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“As a speaker, Jay has an incredible ability to relate to the audience and perform with impeccable polish. He is a seasoned speaker, and it shows. As a host, I was particularly gratified with the reaction from the attendees, who stayed well past the end of the event to speak to him and have been contacting me personally to thank me.”

Devin Bramhall, CEO, Animalz

 
 
 
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“Jay was an engaging keynote speaker for our event. He is a master when it comes to using technology to connect with people on social media. His insights were eye-opening and actionable.”

Dale Bertrand, CEO, Fire&Spark + Mentor, Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs

 

 

 
 
 
 

Meet JaY

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Jay Acunzo is one of the world’s most sought-after business storytellers and showrunners.

He’s worked in marketing roles at Google, ESPN, HubSpot, and the VC firm NextView, and both billion-dollar brands and brand new startups have turned to him to develop original podcasts and documentaries to shape their markets. As a consultant, he’s helped teams at Salesforce, the performance coach for Kobe Bryant, and authors of global bestsellers to help them develop stronger, more differentiated IP.

Jay is the author of the book Break the Wheel and host of the award-winning podcast Unthinkable, as well the cofounder of the Creator Kitchen, a mastermind for content creators. His grandest aspiration (though he’ll call it his biggest delusion) is to be the Anthony Bourdain of business storytelling.