Destination Business Expert and Speaker, NSA keynote speaker, marketing consulting, and business coach. Jon Schallert is an internationally-recognized speaker and business expert specializing in teaching businesses and communities how to turn themselves into Consumer Destinations. Schallert speaks to thousands annually on his proprietary 14-step "Destination Business" process, which he developed over the course of 25 years of working with independent business owners. Jon’s Destination Business strategy has been used extensively by cities, towns, downtowns, shopping centers, retail chains, franchises, and independent entrepreneurs and owners. This strategy has the advantage of pulling a greater number of consumers, from a greater geographic distance, to a business, causing increases in sales and profits, while improving the marketplace where the business resides. Business owners can learn Schallert's process to reinvent themselves into Destinations in a number of ways. They can hear Jon when he speaks at a conference, or they can come to his Destination Business BootCamps, where clients spend two and one-half days with him, learning his entire 14-step process. In 2006, in order to give more assistance to small business owners, The Schallert Group, Inc. invested in rich media training technology to bring business improvement workshops to owners, associations, and communities, via the Internet. With the launch of the company's online training program, business owners can access both live and recorded webinars in the company's online learning social network, Destination University (www.DestinationUniversity.com). With over 25 world-class authors and business experts contributing content and daily interaction and advice, Destination University is a leading-edge tool that gives independent business owners the same training advantages that are used by large corporations and major universities. Schallert's insights are frequently seen in national publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Entrepreneur Magazine. He is the only consultant in the world to receive the "Top Motivator" Marketing Award from Potentials Magazine. He is a member of the National Speakers Association, the International Downtown Association, and the National Main Street Network.
