Every #1 Bestselling Author Earns the Same Badge. Most fail to leverage that accomplishment.
Above the Median is the show where leverage is built, out loud, one conversation at a time. Always live Above the Median, never below.
About the Show
What Above the Median Is All About
Above the Median is about moving your annual income to the top of your industry and keeping it there. Whatever your industry, it’s easy to find the median and immediately determine whether you are above or below that median.
For example, business owners and professionals, we’ve worked with and turned into #1 Best Selling Authors have a median increase in annual income of $106,000.00 per year, every single year, after that achievement.
Most experts are invisible. They don’t lack skill. Their results are not weak. They are simply not viewed as authorities. The market rewards perceived authority, when they see it. Perception is earned through engineering, not by waiting.
Above the Median is a weekly conversation between Robert J. Smith and the business owners, physicians, attorneys, executives, and financial professionals who have stopped waiting. Guests bring their story. Smitty brings five decades of Fortune 500 Success and consulting prowess to turn those stories into market position.
Every episode covers one essential question: How did you advance from simply being good at what you do, to becoming the obvious choice in your market?
The Host
Robert J. Smith
Smitty, has held the #1 production and set records at multiple Fortune 500 Companies and others. It takes more than hard work to outperform the competition. It takes hard work and efficient systems.
He was the fastest Financial Advisor in John Hancock history to earn both the CLU and ChFC designations, completing 48-months of study in only 13-months. That four-decades-long record still holds up today.
Smitty shatter all standing production records at BankAtlantic. He reached #1 worldwide production rankings with Manufacturers Life, Mutual of New York (MONY), AXA Financial, and The Equitable. His name is on display in the lobby of the New York Life Building on Madison Avenue.
He held a Top 1% ranking among all Financial Advisors worldwide for decades and continues to hold a Top 1% ranking as a producer, director, actor, and writer in the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Smitty set multiple world records with Mobil Oil and was a top-producer with Coca-Cola. A founding member of the Cialdini Institute, he blends decades of education and top-ranked production to elevate clients to optimal performance.
He’s spent the last four decades volunteering in schools and elevating student achievement. Smitty’s helped students who couldn't hold eye contact with their teachers and peers, become public speakers and leaders. He’s also turned middle school, high school, college, graduate and medical school students into entrepreneur pitch champions who have earned cash awards and scholarships through their leverage of his mentorship.
"Authority and visibility create your best one-two punch to rise Above the MedianTM and stay above it for your entire career.”
The 1-2 Punch
Every Episode Move You Forward
Authority is not a personality trait. It is not charm. It is not virality. Authority is a system that you build for fast results and refine for decades of success.
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Credibility
Your track record, your results, your #1 Best Seller are your proof. Most professionals who excel at their work are credible and have authority. The problem: Authority without visibility is of little value
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Visibility
Television interviews. Press features. Podcast appearances. Media positioning stacks over time. People don't trust what they see once. They trust what they repeatedly see.
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Trust Compression
We all buy from people we trust. When authority is built correctly, sales cycles shrink, price resistance drops, and the right opportunities come for you instead of you having to chase them.
Your 1-2 punch knocks out the competition. Customers and clients come to you, pre-sold.
Social Proof
"Don't let this opportunity pass you by. It's a game changer."
Kevin Harrington
Original Shark, ABC's Shark Tank
"Robert J. Smith marketed my book to a #1 international Best Seller. I highly recommend him."
Ron Wallace
Retired President, UPS International
"There is a vast difference between opinion-driven concepts and proven concepts. This is an unparalleled business resource."
Roy Tucker
CEO, Adesso Marketing Group
Apply to Be a Guest
Ready to Be on the Show?
Above the Median features business owners, executives, physicians, and professionals who have built something real. They are ready to make the market see it. If that's you, apply now.
Robert J. Smith reviews every application personally. If you qualify, you'll hear back from us within 3-business days.
Speaking Engagements
Signature Speech
Authority and Visibility: Your 1-2 Punch to Knockout Your Competition
Own your market. Be the go-to business from your first day, to your last. It’s not enough to rise Above the Median. We need to stay Above the Median.
Robert J. Smith breaks down his proven system that every top professional can use to become the obvious choice in his or her market.
Authority and Visibility create Trust Compression to Knockout Your Competition.
Smitty shows you exactly how to build it. When you build authority and create visibility you are able to stop chasing business. Instead, business comes to you.
Book Robert J. Smith for Your Next Event
Robert J. Smith has spent five decades from Fortune 500 sales floors to CEO summits to national conferences. His signature talk, Authority and Visibility: Your 1-2 Punch, delivers a truth that audiences don't forget: talent doesn’t create the gap between the expert nobody knows and the expert with a packed calendar. Authority and Visibility does.
Attendees leave your event with access to a proven system, not just good feelings.
Best fit for: Business conferences, CEO summits, financial services associations, author events, corporate leadership meetings.
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