Robert started business at 19 with no capital. In 3 years achieved 40% penetration of initial market potential compared to 17% nationally for all other brands combined. Achieved much press coverage in Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, Guardian, Observer, many regional newspapers & industry publications.
At 23 started franchising. Ran successful marketing campaigns which took business to No.3 in UK within 3 years, with other franchisees worldwide.
Invented the glass sunroof for cars, creating from scratch a market in the UK for more than 250,000 units a year within 3 years, when it became third largest sunroof manufacturer in Europe.
Eventually sold both businesses to one of the largest companies in Europe and was instrumental in taking that business to No.1 in its field in the world within four years.
Set up an unusual decade-long marketing experiment helping hundreds of entrepreneurs to transform their marketing strategies and business fortunes using low-risk/high-return marketing strategies.
Successes include helping a number of business start-ups to achieve market leadership in their field, or in the UK or in Europe or in the world. One was national Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award winner 2002, who a year later appeared in the Sunday Times Rich List and sold out in Dec 07 for £75M. Another was the “Entrepreneur of the Year” runner up the same year. Another award winning client went from start-up to £100M revenues in 7 years.
Since 1996 have developed a unique and priceless 1.8 million+ page knowledgebase detailing the best marketing practices worldwide in every conceivable industry. This is now being systematically developed into a series of modules exclusively available to participants in the Marketing Wizdom Eureka program.
Writes books and columns for magazines, newspapers and online. Highly regarded keynote speaker, meeting or exceeding 99.7% of audience expectations. Runs invitation-only program for aspiring market leaders.
13 solid years of work have been invested in the background building the 'innards' of this program, launched Sep 2009, which allows virtually any aspiring market leader to create breakthrough marketing results.
Participation in the Eureka program is by invitation-only. Qualified participants receive world-class marketing know-how, systems, processes, tools and the peer group support you need to turn your business into the ultimate sales machine; attain and maintain high net margins for your sector; grow loyal clients; and turn those clients into zealous advocates who talk about you continuously and spontaneously whether you're there or not.
Participants meet with Robert in groups every 90 days. Each phase of the program is delivered over 3 years and provides the in-depth knowledge, focus, perspectives, strategies, tools and a track to run on that you can't find elsewhere.
Currently available in the UK the program will also be launched in Switzerland, USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore and South Africa.