Jon Schallert on LinkedIn: Here's our first 2023 Destination BootCamp class in Golden, Colorado: In… (2024)

I have sad news: My wife, Peg Schallert, passed away from a two and a half year battle with ovarian cancer last Thursday, Dec. 7. Peg (Peggy, sometimes Pegger), was also the foundation of our company, The Schallert Group, Inc. Peg oversaw our in-person Destination BootCamp class, worked with our clients when I spoke for an association or community, and oversaw our 100+ Facilitators of the Destination Creation Course. With her business and art majors, when we started the company 26 years ago, she was the person who answered the phones, typed the contract, issued the billing, and designed our marketing. I had the easy part to just teach, talk, and tell stories. Most of you know that Peggy was the reason our company is here today; when I was speaking in front of empty rooms, she had a booming real estate practice that kept us afloat for 2 years while I floundered on stage. She was also the reason our company thrived, grew, and stayed steady. We were married for over 40 years, a couple who loved being together all the times, loved working in business together almost all the time, and somehow peaceably co-existed in both roles. But with all that, she was also my best friend and that's the hardest thing.Peg was a private person in her battle. Many of you talked and worked with her the last couple of years, and though the cancer was morphing, moving through her body, and devastating her, she still ran the company and fought like a warrior to beat it, going through 3 different rounds of chemo and dramatically altering her diet. When she died, luckily I had stayed in the hospital with her that night, so I was with her at the end to say goodbye.Our son, Jason Golden, our daughter, Jenna Schallert, and I will be having a memorial/get together/celebration of Peg's life in 2024 and if you shoot me a note at jon@jonschallert.com, I'll send the date in the new year when we confirm it and we'd love to see you and celebrate together. Thanks, everyone.

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I'm speaking in Buckeye, Arizona on Monday, November 13, sponsored by the Buckeye Mainstreet Coalition. My "Build a Destination Business" workshop is open to the public and lunch is included in the registration price.This will be my first time speaking in an Arizona community in almost 15 years. To learn more and to register, go to: https://lnkd.in/eYhGAYEA

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I'm headed to Illinois for a 3-city tour this October, sponsored by the Illinois Main Street Program. Dates are Crystal Lake, Tuesday, 10/24; Springfield, Wednesday, 10/25; and Alton, Thursday, 10/26. The full story is below. Main Street America Illinois Main Street Alton Main Street

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Here's an article about my upcoming Destination workshop in Perryville, Missouri. With their location, I expect we'll pull attendees from a five-State region. If you're in the area, come by and learn how any business or community can reinvent itself into a Consumer Destination.

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I’ve just finished my semi-inspirational, very educational Destination Blog for July, 2023. In it, I have: First, a 45-second survey and if you complete it, you could win something that no one in your city or state owns.Second, I share how to pull customers to a business from hundreds of miles away. Third, if you're a community leader, I'm going to tell you how your local businesses could be attracting more high-spending customers to your area.Fourth, I’ll tell you why McDonald’s and all of their 40,000 franchises will never be Destination Businesses.Fifth, I’ll share with you why Uniqueness is the start of creating a Destination Business, the foundation of creating customer insistence, and why if you're an independent business, Uniqueness gives you 24 tools that chains and franchises cannot use.Sixth: One of the most tortuous testimonials I've ever received.Want to learn more? Jump over to my blog for this month at https://lnkd.in/eMr3pBkx

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“Like shooting fish in a barrel”, one owner told me after he learned the power of Uniqueness

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First time in Alberta, Canada: My Destination Creation Course will be taught over 4 Mondays in May. If you know business owners who could use increased customer traffic, sales, and profits, send them Pierre Cormier's way!

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