{"id":36712,"date":"2017-09-12T10:28:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T14:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/blog\/new-speech-from-harley-davidsons-ken-schmidt"},"modified":"2017-09-12T10:28:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T14:28:12","slug":"new-speech-from-harley-davidsons-ken-schmidt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/blog\/new-speech-from-harley-davidsons-ken-schmidt","title":{"rendered":"New Speech from Harley-Davidson&#039;s Ken Schmidt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We wanted to let you know that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/ken-schmidt\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Schmidt<\/a>, one of our most popular speakers, has just finished work on a brand new speech. It\u2019s timely and topical and perfectly suited for audiences facing greater competition in today\u2019s changing environment.<\/p>\n<p>The talk is all about creating loyalty in the age of Amazon\u2014how to compete in a marketplace where customers care more about price than relationship, and can use new technology to find cheaper competition instantaneously. Throughout the talk, Ken hits on:<\/p>\n<ul><li>Why the \u201cpassing lane\u201d is wide open for smaller players now if industry leaders don\u2019t lock in their position<\/li>\n<li>How to make your brand \u201cmemorably different\u201d<\/li>\n<li>How to strengthen your reputation and make higher prices \u201cworth it\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>If your group has not had Ken, he is the former Director of Communications Strategy at Harley-Davidson, and widely known for helping craft one of businesses biggest turnaround success stories of the last few decades. He is consistently one of our top selling speakers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/video\/creating-demand-through-customer-experience\" target=\"_blank\">You can watch video of Ken here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If this sounds like a good topic for your group now, let us know by filling out the form below.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We wanted to let you know that Ken Schmidt, one of our most popular speakers, has just finished work on a brand new speech. 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