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About Mike Barron

Mike Barron, CEO of Limelight Media, LLC, and Founder of Closer Academy, is a San Diego entrepreneur and internet marketer who has coached thousands of sales agents on the art of sales and closing. His online learning program, Mike Barron’s Closer Academy, trains and drills students on a particular set of skills designed and proven by Mike to help sales professionals close high-ticket deals.

Barron’s journey from Section 8 to 8 Figures has inspired a movement focused on becoming a top sales closer and, for many, achieving multi-millionaire status while doing it. Mike, a child of Vietnamese and Mexican parents, grew up in a low-income community and lived in Section-8 government housing because of the family’s low income. His youth was marked by instances of bad choices in friends and behavior. Meeting his future wife, Diana, and embracing fatherhood at the age of 26 began Mike’s turning point in life.

Through hard work and determination, Mike graduated from National University and began working in various roles at private educational institutions. During his time as the President of InterCoast College, he had a vision and discovered a method to becoming a better person and financially independent. By the time Barron reached his late 30s, he had masterminded multiple businesses that raked in a yearly seven and 8-figure income.

An Expert in Closing the Deal

Barron’s sales knowledge grew exponentially when he joined Grant Cardone’s Sales Force as a sales and marketing manager. After learning from one of the top producers in the sales industry, Mike decided to launch his own company, Limelight Media, which has become one of the best professional training outlets in the sales and marketing industry.

Today, Mike Barron is a recognized name in the sales coaching industry. Since discovering his unique sales methods and closing tactics, which he used repeatedly to close high-ticket deals successfully, he has shared his knowledge and expertise with others by launching Mike Barron’s Closer Academy. This online sales training curriculum includes a series of learning modules, webinars, quizzes, and real-time support to transform an average salesperson into a sales expert.

Mike’s goal for every Closer Academy student is to reach their personal wealth target. His belief that every person with the desire to succeed in sales can do so with the proper tools and training is a testament to Mike’s passion for helping others enter the distinguished Millionaire Closer Club.

As a professional sales mentor, Barron has trained over 5,000 people nationwide, in Canada and Europe. His sales closing methods are so popular because they are proven to work. Barron is skilled at teaching others how to develop their sales careers using a set of high-demand skill modules that focus on the nuts and bolts of closing a sales deal.

Mike Barron’s Closer Academy

Barron is a problem solver, teaching students how to overcome almost every pain point in the sales funnel, including gaining the client’s trust, overcoming the fear of failure, and showing up prepared to close the deal. Mike Barron’s Closer Academy doesn’t just provide sales knowledge; he shares his specific methods that work in the field, especially for entrepreneurs who are not constrained by corporate best practices, which rarely deliver more than average sales commissions and will never take the hard-working sales rep to a 7-figure income.

Mike’s program is for those entrepreneurs who want to make a full-time career by closing high-ticket deals. He has leveraged the power of his digital marketing skills and sales consulting expertise to create Mike Barrons Closer Academy, which teaches high-demand sales skills and builds a fortitude of communications confidence, a requirement when closing high-ticket deals.

Mike Barron’s Closer Academy consists of different methods to offer a personalized approach to closing sales. For example, the student can experience online coursework, pre-recorded live sales calls, real human supervisors to train with, accountability coaches, live masterminds in person and online and so much more.

To acknowledge student success, Barron created the Millionaire Closer 500K Plaque, representing a student closing $500,000, and the Millionaire Closer Club Plaque, representing closing a million dollars.

Sales Industry Accolades

Barron’s marketing agency, Limelight Media, is an award-winning business with big-name clients in sports, entertainment, and business. These include Fortune 500 corporations, NFL All-Pros, and UFC Champions. ClickFunnels has crowned him one of the world’s top online sales coaches, and he has received multiple 2-Comma Club Awards representing $1 Million Dollars each and multiple 2-Comma Club X Awards representing $10 Million Dollars each.

Mike’s journey from struggle to triumphant sales coach has been showcased on multiple mainstream media outlets, including Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Inc 5000 (ranked #332 fastest growing CEOs in America). Mike Barron lives his motto, “See You At The Top!” and is always reaching down to train the next Millionaire Closer professional to join in his success. 

Barron enjoys a good life, nurturing his love for high-end automobiles while spending plenty of quality time with his family. He is an active member of his community, volunteering with San Diego State University to donate his time to help clean up the homes and supply food, blankets, and toiletries to residents affected by the flood. In 2022, Barron was given The Drive Appreciation Award for being the number one donor to the San Diego County Foster Youth Program during Christmas, donating the most toys to children during the holiday season.