Zivko D.

Zivko Dodovski is the CEO of DoneMaker with over 17 years of experience in Sales, Lead Generation and LinkedIn Organic Outreach. He has a strong background in B2B Sales, and he believes that B2B sales occur through relationship building, which should be done manually in the age of AI. Zivko developed the LinkedIn Organic Outreach, which helps business owners get clients through manual outreach on LinkedIn. Zivko is passionate about sales through relationship building and enjoys helping readers learn how to acquire clients through LinkedIn outreach. He is also the host of The DoneMaker Podcast, where he talks to business owners about sales, marketing, mindset, and entrepreneurship.

Why MOST Innovations FAIL: and How You Can Make Innovations Stick

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In my conversation on the DoneMaker Podcast with DoneMaker’s host, we dug into the messy truth behind Innovations: why most of them fail, what the real failure modes are, and what you can do differently starting today. You’ll get practical tactics, emotional-first strategies, and examples that range from stand-up comedy to Fortune 500 labs — because innovations are as human as they are technical.

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10 Ways Canadian Business Owners Miss Millions in Free Government Money: How AI Fixes It

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If you run a Canadian Business and you think government funding is too confusing or unavailable, you’re not alone. In this post I walk you through the exact problems most Canadian Business owners face when hunting for grants, tax credits, wage subsidies, and loans, and how modern AI tools can cut what used to take 20–30 hours down to a couple of hours or less. I’m sharing what I learned building Grant Fund Pro, how the legacy process fails you, and step-by-step tactics you can use right now to increase your chances of getting funding.

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SEO That Actually Grows Your Business (and Why 90% of Companies Get It Wrong)

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If you want to stop throwing money at paid channels and start building durable, profitable marketing, this guide is for you. In a recent conversation with DoneMaker, Maggie Swift, CEO and co‑founder of Unframed Digital, walked through the practical, data‑first approach that turned our agency into a team managing over $3 million in SEO value for niche brands. This article distills those insights into a step‑by‑step list you can use to rethink how SEO fits into your growth stack.

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LinkedIn For Entrepreneurs: Stop Chasing Tactics and Start Getting Paid

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On the DoneMaker podcast I sat down with Priscilla McKinney to dig into what most people are getting wrong about LinkedIn For Entrepreneurs. If you want a real way to turn your presence into revenue, without feeding the ad machines, you need to change how you think about the platform, pick the right home base, and structure your marketing like a business, not a hobby. In this article I lay out ten practical rules you can apply right now, pulled from that conversation and expanded so you can take action today.

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7 Steps to Make B2B Sales Repeatable as a Founder

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If you watched the DoneMaker interview with Brendan McAdams, you already know the conversation is full of clear, no-nonsense advice about how founders should approach B2B Sales. In this article I break down Brendan’s most actionable ideas and translate them into a step-by-step playbook you can apply right away. You’ll learn how to turn early conversations into paying customers, how to price based on value, how to coach reps to run discovery calls like trusted advisors, and how to build a sales pipeline that actually scales.

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5 Reasons Your Initiatives Become a To-Do List (And How to Turn Them into Business Impact)

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“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” You may have heard that line from Henry Ford — it rings true when initiatives actually succeed. I’m Cesar Flores, founder and CEO of Coach What Matters, and I want to walk you through why most new initiatives collapse into a To-Do List circus and how you can flip the model so your work actually delivers measurable business value.

This article distills decades of experience running organizational transformations and coaching teams to move from checklists to outcomes. You’ll learn why starting with techniques or frameworks (agile, OKRs, SAFe) without aligning to your company’s core value is a trap, how to design pivot points that save money and time, and how to set meaningful OKRs and SMART goals that don’t degrade into a To-Do List.

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7 Ways the Right CTO Becomes Your Competitive Advantage: Practical Lessons for Founders

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You just watched a sharp conversation hosted by DoneMaker with Ram Prasad, and now you want the actionable takeaways in a format you can actually use. In the video, Ram—CEO of Delens and an experienced fractional CTO—breaks down why a CTO is more than a hire: they are a strategic lever that can move product-market fit, fix short-term chaos, and lay the foundation for scale. In this article you’ll get seven clear, numbered ways to treat a CTO as a competitive advantage, practical signs to watch for, and a playbook for navigating product, people, process and the new AI-driven landscape.

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How the Success Mindset Changes Everything — Lessons from Ford Saeks

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You watched a powerful conversation on the DoneMaker podcast with Ford Saeks, and now you’re here to turn that energy into action. In this article you’ll get a clear, pragmatic breakdown of the ideas Ford shared — the mental shifts, repeatable formulas, and AI strategies that actually move the needle. I’ll walk you through how to calibrate your Success Mindset, test what works, craft the message that converts, and use AI the smart way so you don’t waste time or money.

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4 Essential Steps for Content creation That Actually Work

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You watched a conversation with Bobby Dimovski on the DoneMaker channel, and now you want to turn that energy into action. In that interview Bobby laid out how content creation has shifted, from early social networks that felt like message boards to today’s feed-driven, video-first culture—and what you should do if you run a professional practice or a small business. This article condenses those lessons into four practical steps you can use right away to make content creation predictable, useful, and aligned with real business outcomes.

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