Speaking & Storytelling Advisor to Business Leaders

“Multiple attendees came running up to me and said:

“that was the best keynote I’ve ever seen.”

—Mary Jo Preston, Events Director, Experience Inbound Marketing Summit

(hired Jay multiple times as opening keynote, including for their prestigious 10-year anniversary event)

Jay Acunzo is the world’s most inspiring business Speaker on Differentiation and Storytelling

For years, Jay has wow’ed audiences from stages across the US and around the world, both virtually and in-person. From expo audiences of 4,000 marketers to closed-door summits of 40 powerful people, and everyone in between, attendees walk away inspired, empowered, and ready to compete on the impact of their thinking and their communication, rather than rely on the volume of their marketing or size of their budgets.

 
 
 
 
 

“I was literally saying to our event manager:

“we hit it out of the ballpark with this guy!”

—Veronica Martinez, Events & Partner Marketing Specialist

 

See Jay in Action

Watch Jay’s Speaker Reel

Enjoy Jay’s Storytelling from the stage

 

“Our entire company needs to hear this”

Through timely thinking, customized speeches, and irresistible stage presence, Jay gets Rave Reviews from event organizers and attendees

 

“Jay was every meeting planner’s dream come true.”

“Attendees and my leadership team kept commenting over and over on how meaningful and memorable his session was. I very much appreciated how customized his session was to our very diverse audience. We loved him so much, we’re already booking him for another event!”

— Haley Sevalstad, on behalf of her global brand client

 
 
 
 
 
 

 Each Year, Jay customizes His 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

 

“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

 
 
 
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“An original thinker and dynamic presenter, Jay is becoming one of the "must-see" speakers at any marketing and communication event.”

—Joe Pulizzi, bestselling author and creator of two industry-leading events (Content Marketing World and Content Entrepreneur Expo)

 
 
 
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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

 
 
 
 

Popular Programs on offer

Make Me Care

Stop Chasing Attention and Become Highly Sought

We’re told attention is the key to growth. It’s not. The key is choice. Why would anyone choose to pay attention to you? What makes them pick you, stick with you, and refer you, against the odds? Awareness means nothing without affinity, and while we exhaust ourselves to grow our reach, it’s actually resonance which drives revenue. The 3 tiniest words with the biggest impact on our success:

“Make me care.”

In this transformative speech, Jay Acunzo helps attendees differentiate easier and resonate deeper with their words and their marketing. They’ll learn a repeatable process for turning their expertise into passionate fans and walk away ready to compete on the influence of their ideas, not the volume of their marketing. Rather than yet-another option, attendees will become their audience’s favorite pick.

Don’t market more. Matter more. When you matter more, you need to hustle for results less. Stop chasing attention. Become highly sought.

In this session, Attendees learn:

  1. A diagnostic framework to clarify and differentiate their message

  2. How to develop, distribute, own an influential idea in the market

  3. Communication techniques to instantly go from “meh” to memorable



The Best Talk of the Day

How to Give Life-Changing Speeches to Bigger Crowds

The bar is SO low to give a great speech meant to share your expertise and secure follow-on business. In this session, learn to leap over it.

“That was by far the best talk of the day.” That’s the reaction we all crave every time, so what does it take? It turns out the world’s strongest speakers and storytellers focus on different things in their speaking, which most of us overlook. Most talks are like blog posts with a runtime, but the best know how to reliably and powerfully fill hearts and engage minds.

In this practical, powerful session, professional speaker and speaker-coach Jay Acunzo will show you how to design, deliver, and drive results from your public speaking. Whether you give webinars or keynotes, breakouts or workshops, or merely want to command the next room you’re in, you’ll walk away ready to package and communicate your expertise for maximum impact, everywhere you show up.

Get ready to give the best talk of the day. Every day you speak.

In this session, You Will learn:

  1. The 2 most important elements of high-impact speeches which most overlook

  2. A process for crafting and delivering stronger speeches, online and in-person

  3. The hidden nuances of securing larger stages and bigger opportunities

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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, B2B community leader + agency CEO

 

 

 
 
 
 

Meet JaY

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For a bio meant to be read out loud to announce Jay to the stage, see these resources for event organizers.

Jay Acunzo helps business leaders become stronger speakers and storytellers, so they can differentiate and resonate.

After working in media and marketing roles at brands like Google and HubSpot, Jay wrote the book Break the Wheel and began touring globally as a keynote speaker. Brands like Mailchimp, Salesforce, Wistia, and GoDaddy, plus dozens of individual authors, founders, execs, and creators trust Jay to develop their stories, speeches, and thought leadership.

Jay lives in the Boston area with his family as a proud Yankees and Knicks fan (yes, enemy territory). In the 60 seconds per week he’s not creating stuff for work or making his kids laugh, he likes to shoot hoops, sip nice bourbons, cook with his wife, and daydream about telling stories like his storytelling hero, Anthony Bourdain.

🏅 “A marketing newsletter you need to subscribe to.” (Forbes)

🏅 One of Boston’s “50 On Fire” (American City Business Journals)

🏅 “One of 15 must-hear marketing podcasters” (LinkedIn Editors)

🏅 “One of the 50 most influential B2B voices.” (TopRank Influencer Marketing)

Watch an interview with Jay on differentiation, Modern Marketing, storytelling, and how to resonate in a noisy world