Brian Basilico is an internationally recognized speaker, author, trainer, and adjunct professor. He brings over 35 years of marketing experience to his award-winning internet marketing company, B2b Interactive Marketing, Inc. Brian is a syndicated podcaster and blogger, who has been featured as a guest expert in Entrepreneur and Inc. magazines, as well as various news articles, radio shows, and podcasts.
Something happened that has not happened in over 10 years. My wife came upstairs and she had this look on her face like she’s about to cry. She said, “I broke my phone.” Okay, literally it fell out of her pocket and it hit the corner and it cracked the screen. Now, I’ve never done…
Today, I want to ask you a question. That question is, what is more fascinating, interesting, and important on social media? Is it engagement, or is it education? I saw this post from one of my friends, Ally, on LinkedIn, and it was about quotes from content experts. One of the people quoted in there…
Every week, I get out and go to networking meetings. I like to get out and mingle with the peeps — maybe even some of you! One of the meetings I go to is BNI. Now, almost every single networking meeting has an opportunity to give an elevator speech. BNI usually gives you 30 seconds,…
In my last Bacon Podcast Interview, episode 469, I had the pleasure to interview Jane Atkinson. Now, Jane is a speaking coach, and a very successful one at that. If you haven’t listened to it, I strongly suggest you do so, whether you plan to speak or not. In the middle of the interview, we…
I have a question for you today. And that question is: Why are you selling dog food to cat people? Now, I know you are probably not selling dog food, and you probably don’t sell to cat people. But chances are, your business may be doing just that. Let me explain. Advertising Mindset So I…
For The Birds I want this post to go to the birds. No, seriously! We have a dog, a hundred pound dog. His name is Buddy Guy. He’s an old dude, but he likes to eat. My wife also happens to be a fanatic about feeding birds. Now, the dog likes to eat and we…
In business, in order for me to teach in my blogs, podcasts, masterminds, and all the things I do, I have to continue to learn, which means I have to invest time in learning how to do new things, and look at things from different perspectives. One of the ways I do this is by…
Let me ask you a question. Have you ever had a client that, no matter what you did for them, just could not find the value in what you offered? They would complain, they wouldn’t be happy, they just did not see the big picture of what you were providing. We often associate this with…
There was this movie that I remember from the year I graduated high school. I mean, there were a lot of movies that year, but this one kind of stuck out. Now, I’m not going to tell you the year (but you can go look it upon Wikipedia). The name of the movie is “10“.…