Top Dog Sales and Marketing

As Founder of Top Dog Sales & Marketing, I help experts and consultants turn visibility into credibility — and credibility into clients.

Through my Human-First, AI-Smart, Always-Visible framework, we design visibility systems that combine authentic storytelling, smart automation, and consistent content creation.

I collaborate with creative partners and AI tools to help clients show up, stand out, and stay top of mind across every platform.

Founder &  Visibility Strategist - Top Dog Sales & Marketing

MegaPixx Media Ltd

MegaPixx Media: Online Platform Helping Small Businesses Get Noticed

Are you struggling to stand out in today’s crowded marketplace? At MegaPixx Media, we make it simple for entrepreneurs and professionals to amplify their voice, showcase their expertise, and attract the right opportunities.

What You’ll Gain

Visibility That Matters: Reach thousands of engaged viewers who are actively looking for experts like you.

Credibility & Authority: Share your story through professional video podcasts that position you as the trusted voice in your field.

Connections That Count: Join a network of like-minded business leaders who collaborate, learn, and grow together.

Impact Beyond Business: Inspire, educate, and guide others by turning your knowledge and experience into content that makes a difference.

Why Choose MegaPixx Media?

We’ve helped thousands of business leaders transform from being digitally invisible to becoming the “go-to” experts in their industries. With video podcasting as your platform, you gain both the exposure and community support to grow faster and smarter.

👉 Your story deserves to be heard. Let’s connect and explore how MegaPixx Media can help you get noticed, build credibility, and grow your business.

Co-Founder & Vice President of Sales & Business Development

YYC Business

Support Local. Buy Local. Be Local.

Every day in Calgary, entrepreneurs and organizations bring new ideas, energy, and determination that shape our city and fuel its future. At YYC Business, we celebrate and showcase the people and businesses driving local growth. That’s why we exist.

We’re Calgary’s only online platform dedicated to getting local businesses noticed. As business owners ourselves, we don’t just talk local—we live it.

Our mission is simple: to shine a spotlight on local leaders, share their stories, and connect them with the community. By providing businesses with a platform to be seen and heard, we help them attract opportunities, build credibility, and contribute to the strengthening of Calgary’s economy.

Because knowledge is power. The more entrepreneurs and business leaders know about what’s happening in our city, the better they can make decisions that benefit all of us. Together, we create a stronger, more connected Calgary.

Co-Founder & Business Development

Eagle Nook Resort

Eagle Nook Resort is a unique luxury 4-star fishing resort. Located in a pristine location and offering unparalleled personal service and attention, we are an all-inclusive Salmon & Halibut fishing charter service. 

Eagle Nook Resort is located on the remote reaches of Vancouver Island's rugged West Coast. We are surrounded by old-growth forests, abundant wildlife, and world-class salmon and halibut fishing. We are a bit biased, but we believe that Barkley Sound, home of Eagle Nook Resort, is one of the most spectacular places in the world. Each year, we welcome guests from around the globe to join us for adventure and excitement, relaxation and rejuvenation, or a little bit of both

My partners and I founded and launched our Lucky Sport Fishing at Eagle Nook Resort on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in 2009. I provide leadership direction in our business's tactical, strategic, financial, marketing and operational management.  

A fishing adventure at EagleNook is the "Bucket List" experience you and your friends, family and clients will never forget. You can find more at www.eaglenook.com.

Co-Founder & Partner, Marketing & Business Development

PowerHouse Data Centre Group Inc.

PowerHouse Data Centre Group Inc. is a specialized organization offering data center consultation, design, building, and procurement services. They work with clients across various industries, including Enterprise, Public Sector Government, Education, and Health. PowerHouse helps its clients understand how their business drivers and goals to ensure the data center solutions, recommendations, and functionality align with their business objectives.

Other Consulting Service projects included: 
* Data Centre Assessments
* Data Centre Conceptual Designs and Technical Specifications
* Turnkey Data Centre Facilities
* Modular / Pre-Manufactured Centres
* Data Centre Capacity Planning (power/cooling/space etc.)
* Data Centre Project Management
* Construction Management
* Data Centre Site Evaluations
* Data Centre Support Services

Business Development Manager

IBM Canada Software Lab - Toronto

IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) Division liaison between Client Executives and Service Line Brand Leaders responsible to provide strategic managed services for Cloud, Mobility, Network, Resiliency, Security and IT Systems
I focused on the Alberta Enterprise market to help Alberta businesses & organizations navigate through the many information technologies and business challenges.

IT Client Services Representative

Rogers Communications

•	Generated and developed new business opportunities strategically aligned with Rogers Data Center's business goals and objectives. 

•	Secured data centre colocation business with one of Canada’s largest independent crude oil and natural gas producers, resulting in a $6.5 million contract. 

•	Negotiated and secured a multi-year contract for data centre services with one of Canada’s largest integrated energy companies, resulting in an $8.5 million contract.  

•	Established and nurtured client relationships 

•	Rogers Data Center Sales Elite Award for outstanding over-achievement of personal quota.

Business Development Executive

•	Provided data centre infrastructure to targeted accounts in Alberta & British Columbia.

•	Developed and generated new business opportunities strategically aligned to TAB's business goals and expertise through targeted sales and marketing tactics.

•	Managed the Western Canadian regional sales team while also marinating a personal quota 

•	Expanded business opportunities with existing clients through maintaining and nurturing client relationships

Sales Manager

Pitney Bowes

•	Marketed and generated business equipment sales to new and existing accounts targeting the Federal & Provincial Governments, Health, Education, Manufacturing, Distribution and Oil & Gas industries within Southern Alberta.

•	Created new and innovative marketing strategies using advanced direct mail marketing campaigns, which assisted agents in increasing their client base. 

•	Achieved consecutive President Club Status for three years for outstanding sales performance.

Account Manager

If you feel invisible online, you’re not alone. Most experts don’t have a skill problem—they have a visibility problem. I help business leaders get seen, heard, trusted, and chosen.

The truth is simple: in a world where everyone sounds the same, being great isn’t enough.
If people can’t see you…
If they can’t hear you…
If they can’t remember you…
They choose someone else.

That’s the gap I fix.

I’ve worked with more than 1,900 leaders through MegaPixx Media and the Top Dog Tips Video Podcast. After a few thousand interviews, you start to notice the patterns — what makes someone stand out… and what makes them disappear.

Here’s how I help you stay visible in all the right places:

1️⃣ GROUNDWORK

We get your message clear, tighten your positioning, and make sure your profile reflects the expert you are.

2️⃣ AUTHORITY BUILD

We turn your experience into real content — the kind that sounds like you, earns trust, and gets shared.

3️⃣ EVERYWHERE EFFECT

Your content gets distributed across platforms so you stay visible, remembered, and part of the conversation all year.

🎙️ Podcast Host-as-a-Service
Your own show. Strategy, production, editing — done for you. You just show up and talk.

What clients tell me most often:

“People finally get what I do.”
“My content feels natural now.”
“I’m showing up everywhere.”
“I feel seen.”

That’s the goal.
Your expertise shouldn’t be a secret.

If you’re ready to stand out instead of blend in, let’s talk.

📅 Book a Visibility Strategy Call:
https://outlook.office.com/book/GregBelangerYYCBusiness@megapixxmedia.com/s/tlhSkp5X60-n7ZDQtYbLDQ2

Life has a way of slowing us down just long enough to point us in the right direction.

I recently sat down for a conversation about resilience, leadership, and the shifts that continue to shape my work. I didn’t go deep into the personal details this time — that’s a story I’ll share down the road — but the heart of it is simple: growth comes from paying attention to what matters most.

For business owners navigating constant change, I hope this conversation offers a bit of clarity and encouragement.

Grateful to be highlighted as a Changemaker at Work. 

If you want to talk about any of this, I’m always open.

Greg Belanger

Helping Experts Become the Obvious Choice │ Visibility • Authority • Demand │ Host of Top Dog Tips™ │ BBB Board Member

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Bouncing Forward: Challenges that Redefine You

🤫 The Silent Killer: Your Best Wins Are Invisible.

Let’s be honest. If you are a Financial Planner or Mortgage Broker, you are sitting on a goldmine of evidence:

-  Decades of Experience guiding families.
-  Life-Changing Client Results (the kind that redefine futures).
-  Incredible Stories of Financial Victories.
-  Real-World Authority built over years of service.

...Yet, for 95% of advisors, this proof is completely invisible. It's trapped in closed-door meetings and private files.

Your wins should be working for you 24/7.

But most advisors simply don’t know the process for translating confidential, real-world results into visible, trust-building proof for a public audience. They have authority; they just can't show it.

This is the most powerful component of Phase 2: The Authority Build.

We don't create new content out of thin air. We extract the decades of proof you already have and strategically convert it into assets that eliminate prospect doubt:
-  Credibility Clips & Proof Assets: Tangible evidence of success.
-  Stories & Case Angles: Relatable narratives that make your expertise digestible.
-  Trust Signals: Subtle, ethical ways to showcase your influence and experience.

You already have the authority. Our job is simply to make sure people can see it, understand it, and choose you because of it.

Your best wins aren’t online. They should be.

Want me to help you turn your hard-earned wins into powerful, trust-building assets? DM me “Wins.”

Your Visibility Audit — Let’s See If Your Brand Is Really Showing Up

Think you’re visible?

Most experts are shocked when they see their real score.

This 5-minute audit reveals your Visibility Grade, your Missed Opportunity Map, and the quick fixes that get you seen, trusted, and chosen fast.

Take it. Own it. Boost it.

Your next level starts here. 🚀

Visibility Audit Link:  https://lnkd.in/gG6tb2_w

Ready to go from invisible to in demand?

YYC Calgary Business is now accepting a limited number of new Exclusive Industry Partners — starting at just $99/month.

If you’re a Calgary entrepreneur who wants to be seen, trusted, and chosen by the clients that matter, this program is built for you.

And remember — there’s only ONE partner per industry.

Want your spot?

👉 DM me “EXCLUSIVE” and I’ll check into reserving your category

#YYC #YYCBusiness #PartnerProgram #LocalBusiness #GrowYourBrand #EntrepreneurLife #Visibility #Credibility #BusinessGrowth

Calgary is full of incredible local businesses — but too many are still invisible online.

We’re changing that.

The Exclusive YYC Partner Program helps entrepreneurs get noticed, build trust, and grow through consistent media exposure, SEO visibility, and community support.

Starting at just $99/month, partners get:
 ✔ Dedicated YYC Business listing
 ✔ SEO-boosting backlinks
 ✔ Social media features
 ✔ Monthly visibility reports
 ✔ Access to the YYC Partner Network
 ✔ Category exclusivity (only one per industry)

If you want to increase your visibility without the big-agency price tag, this is built for you.

Want to see how it works?

Join our free Visibility to Credibility session — a 30-minute walkthrough of the system helping Calgary leaders stand out.

Comment PARTNER and I’ll send you the details.

#YYCBusiness #CalgaryBusiness #CalgaryEntrepreneurs #LocalBusinessYYC #BusinessGrowth #Visibility #Credibility #BrandBuilding #DigitalPresence #MegaPixxMedia #MarketingThatWorks #SmallBusinessSupport

Most Calgary businesses aren’t struggling with talent… They’re struggling with visibility.

If people don’t see you, they can’t trust you — and they definitely can’t hire you.

That’s why we built the Exclusive YYC Partner Program — a visibility engine designed to help Calgary entrepreneurs become the obvious expert in their industry.

We’ve opened a limited number of Exclusive Partner spots (one per industry), starting at just $99/month.

Want to see how it works?

Join our free 30-minute “Visibility to Credibility” session. Learn how local leaders are standing out and attracting better clients.

👉 Comment INFO or DM me for the link.

#YYCBusiness #CalgaryBusiness #BusinessGrowth #Credibility #LocalLeaders #MarketingThatWorks #MegaPixxMedia

💔 The Invisible Expert: Why Your Hard Work Isn't Paying Off

Let's talk about the frustration of being a great Financial Advisor or Mortgage Broker who still feels invisible.

It's heartbreaking. You know you're better than your loudest competitors, yet the clients keep going to them.

Here is the agonizing truth: Your message is getting lost.

It's not that you're bad at your job. In fact, you're likely too good. Your expertise is so deep, so nuanced, and so routine to you that you've forgotten how confusing it sounds to an outsider.

You speak in terms.
Your prospects hear noise.
Your prospects don't need complexity; they need certainty. They need a message so simple and clear that they can confidently explain who you are and why they chose you to their family and friends. If they can't explain it, they can't buy it.

We all agree visibility is the game-changer, but visible confusion is just a waste of time and energy. This is why we must start with Phase 1: The Groundwork.

Before any costly content or marketing 'strategy,' we fix the deepest wound: the lack of clarity.

We establish the foundation that removes all friction and doubt:
➡️ Your definitive Expert Identity
➡️ Your compelling Signature Message
➡️ Your differentiated Positioning
➡️ Your complete Visibility Foundation

When the market instantly understands who you are and why you matter, the pressure lifts. The sales cycle feels effortless. You finally get recognized for the expertise you already possess.

If they can't explain what you do... they can't buy from you.

Want to turn the frustration of invisibility into the relief of being the obvious choice? 

Message me "Groundwork."

Own Your Story — Lead with Video Podcasting

Stop letting others control your narrative. Today’s top business leaders use Video Podcasting to speak directly to their audience — no filters, no gatekeepers.

Why It Works

• Share your vision on your terms
• Become the trusted voice in your industry
• Build real connection and loyalty
• Turn one episode into endless content

What We Do

Top Dog Sales & Marketing builds influence engines — full-service video podcasts that position you as the leader your market listens to.

The Leaders Are Recording - While others stay quiet, the ones shaping the conversation are already behind the mic.

🚀 Ready to amplify your influence?
 
Book your call with Top Dog Sales & Marketing and launch a video podcast that drives real results.

👉 Schedule your call today.

#VideoPodcasting  #BusinessLeadership  #OwnYourStory

Hard truth: 

You aren’t losing to better experts. You’re losing to louder ones.

Most Financial Planners and Mortgage Brokers believe that if they are the best at what they do, the market will naturally follow.

But the data tells a different story.

Clients don't necessarily choose the "best" technician. They don't analyze your backend processes or your rate sheets before they call you.

They choose the person they see the most.

They choose the professional who looks confident, consistent, and present.

If your expertise is buried behind inconsistent posting or unclear messaging, you are being outrun by competitors who simply show up more often than you do.

The equation for client acquisition is simple:

Visibility creates the conversation.
Authority converts the client.

You already have the authority. But expertise doesn't win the game—visibility does.

If you want to become the visible expert in your market, DM me “Top Dog”.

📢 Content is NOT the goal. Authority is.

If you’re a Financial Advisor or Mortgage Broker posting consistently but still not seeing results, you’re stuck in the Content Trap.

Posting content isn't the goal. Building Authority is.

Anyone can post industry news, market updates, or recycled graphics. That's noise.

Few can create content that genuinely builds deep, immovable trust. That's power.

Content doesn't get clients. Authority does.

Your content has one primary job: to eliminate the risk and doubt a prospect feels when choosing an advisor.

Authority content accomplishes three critical objectives:
-  Confidence: It makes people feel absolutely confident choosing you.
-  Safety: It proves, beyond a doubt, that you are the safe, reliable choice.
-  Proof: It demonstrates expertise through insight—you don't just say you're an expert, you sound like one.

This is the entire focus of Phase 2 of my system: The Authority Build.

Once your Groundwork is solid (Clarity), we shift the content focus entirely. 

We stop filling a posting quota and start strategically building assets that generate trust:
-  Expert Clips & Trust Assets: Showing, not telling, your knowledge.
-  Proof & Social Validation: Demonstrating success and reliability.
-  Insight-Driven Content: Injecting your unique voice, stories, and perspective.

The result? You stop sounding like every other person in the industry—and you finally start sounding like The Expert.

Content doesn't get clients. Authority does.

If you want content that builds trust (not just noise), message me “Authority.”

When your expertise stays hidden in one-on-one conversations, it doesn’t just cost you visibility — it costs you the clients, credibility, and momentum you should already have.

We fix that.

In one 60-minute session, we pull out the stories, solutions, and advice you’re already sharing — then turn it into short, branded authority videos built for both people and platforms.

The result?
 -   You stop chasing leads.
 -   Your content starts attracting them.
 -   And your authority finally becomes visible.

Ready to be found, followed, and trusted?

Connect with me: greg@topdogsales.ca
https://lnkd.in/gPNnTihi

#DigitalAuthority • #ClientAttraction • #ThoughtLeadership • #VideoMarketing

Better late than never...

Feeling genuinely honoured today.
Serving on the BBB board has been one of those experiences that reminds me why our business community matters so much.

Mary O'Sullivan-Andersen and the entire BBB team—thank you for the heart you put into this work. The commitment to building trust and raising the bar for all of us doesn’t go unnoticed.

I’m grateful to be part of it, to learn from incredible leaders around the table, and to play a small role in strengthening the place we all do business.

President & CEO of BBB Serving Alberta and East Kootenay

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October is Thank a Business Month! 
Today, I am thrilled thrilled to recognize our incredible board of directors who are true pillars in our community. As accredited businesses, they lead with unwavering trust and integrity, always supporting us in our mission. Thanks to their dedication and support, our team is able to continue to deliver exceptional programming and services across our market in our communities. We appreciate everything they do and the positive impact they have made, not only with BBB, but in our community, and in our lives. 

Join us in expressing our heartfelt gratitude to these outstanding individuals who make our success possible. (And for every business leader that takes time away from their business to serve on a board, you know there is a team behind them holding things in place so that they can do so - we thank you too!)
This shout is for you: 
Riley Paterson, Lynx Brand Fence Alta. Ltd. ,Wanda Murch, Jeff Brunner, Resolve Legal Group, Nathan Edwards Virtuo Lezli Giguere, VistaVu Solutions, Clifford Francis, SPAAR, Bill Black Calgary Construction Association, Greg Garcia, Calgary Elite Roofing, Irfanali Moledina, CPA, CA, RMI LLP, Juliette Omonigho, Osuji & Smith Lawyers, Michael Taylor, HBI Office Interiors, Sol Zia, Calgary Hotel Association, Vered Levant, CPHR, SHRM-SCP, VIMY HR Consulting, Greg Belanger, Kristina Plank, Excel Homes, Better Business Bureau Alberta and East Kootenay 

#ThankaBusinessMonth  #BBB #Leaders #Integrity #smallbusiness #community

Your Visibility Audit — Your 7-11-4 Trust Readiness Score

Think you’re visible?

Most experts think they are…
 until they see their real score.

The truth is simple:
 If people can’t see you, they can’t trust you.
 And if they can’t trust you, they won’t choose you.

This 5-minute audit reveals:
 • Your Visibility Grade
 • Your Missed Opportunity Map
 • The quick fixes that make you seen, trusted, and chosen faster

No fluff. No guesswork.

Just the truth about how visible you really are — and what’s standing in the way of more conversations and better clients.

Take it. Own it. Boost it.
 
Your next level starts here. 🚀

🔗 Visibility Audit: https://lnkd.in/gG6tb2_w

🤯 The Lie of Content Burnout: Consistency Without the Grind

If you're a high-performing Financial Advisor or Mortgage Broker, the idea of "consistency" probably fills you with dread.

Why? Because most advisors think consistency means:
❌ Spending hours manually posting daily.
❌ Creating brand new, original content from scratch every week.
❌ Running on the emotional rollercoaster of effort instead of the predictable track of a system.

That's not consistency—that's a recipe for burnout, frustration, and eventual failure. Consistency beats intensity. Every time.

True, sustainable consistency is about leverage, not brute force.

It comes from putting the right foundational assets in place (Clarity and Authority, Phases 1 & 2) and then systematizing their distribution.

Real consistency relies on:
✅ A clear, reusable Signature Message (Phase 1).
✅ Evergreen Authority Clips & Proof Assets (Phase 2).
✅ A predictable Visibility Rhythm and Smart Distribution plan.
✅ A System, not random, heroic effort.

This is the power of Phase 3: The Everywhere Effect.

It's designed to keep you consistently visible in all the right places—making you the "obvious choice"—without requiring you to put in more time than you already have. 

You don't need to find more hours in the day; you need a system that maximizes the hours you already commit.

Consistency beats intensity. Every time.

Want consistent visibility without the content burnout? Message me “Everywhere.”

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