Chris Brogan Interview: Trust Agents!

Chris Brogan Interview: “Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust” (10th Anniversary Edition).

My special guest is Chris Brogan, co-author of one of my favorite books, “Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust” (10th Anniversary Edition). Chris always brings massive value, but don’t just take my word for it…

“Wow! Every once in a while you find a book that is a sit up in your chair, take notes, tell your friends, change your life breakthrough. This is that book. No kidding, you can trust me.” ―Seth Godin

“The foundation of all great marketing―online or offline―is trust. This book explains how to gain people’s trust and turn it into a powerful force. Brogan and Smith are hardworking guys who know how to use the Web’s tools to build business.” ―Guy Kawasaki

This was fun. Watch the conversation right here!

#hackingsocial

Criminal Defense Attorney F. Lee Bailey on TheShow.live!

 

It was fun having famed criminal defense attorney, F. Lee Bailey, on TheShow.live

Lee’s many clients and cases have included (1) Sam Sheppard (inspiration for the television series The Fugitive and the 1993 movie staring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones; (2) Boston Strangler; (3) Patty Hearst- armed bank robberies after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA); and of course, (4) the OJ Simpson Case-his famous cross examination of Detective Mark Fuhrman was considered by many to be the key to Simpson’s acquittal. Bailey got the detective to claim, “marine to marine”, he never used the “N” word.

The original episode, viewed by thousands, with comments is here. You can also catch past and upcoming episodes of TheShow.live on Facebook by clicking here!

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My Take-A-Ways From Gary Vaynerchuk on TheShow.live

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” -Winston Churchill

Gary Vaynerchuk was on our weekly live video talk show, TheShow.live, and we chatted about how our life experiences helped build our foundations for success. We shared examples about how what we learned, watched and experienced (good and bad), all helped shape who we are and what we’re doing today.

This is such an important concept that I want to dive into it in just a bit more detail. By the way, this was a popular episode with Jennifer Hoverstad, Gary Vaynerchuk and yours truly talking social media, VR, the NFL, Samsung phone battery fires, the presidential election and much more. If you missed it, here you go!

The Early Years

My early use of dial up modems, coding websites and eventually creating websites for my law firm in the late 1980s and early 1990s gave me the foundation and skills to incorporate tech into my business and relationship developing efforts today. I was and still am a full time trial lawyer, but my interest and passion for the tech side of life, especially social media, has allowed me to build the global brand I have today.

Now here’s the kicker. Even though almost all of the code, tools, and platforms I spent hours learning how to use no longer exist, the lessons and skills I developed help me stay relevant to this very day. From our discussion, I know Gary and Jennifer feel the same way.

For me, the “success” I’ve achieved (I define my success as being in a position to help my clients and comfortably balancing my professional and personal life) isn’t simply because of tech, social media or even the law. We need to go back even further in time and well before the Internet or law school for the initial and extremely important foundational building blocks. Here’s what I’m talking about.

Over the years I’ve been fortunate to obtain some very good jury trial verdicts for my clients. The skills, techniques, and approaches I used during each trial to help jurors see things my client’s way had more to do with the people skills I learned over the years as a waiter and bartender in college than what I was taught in law school. My results in court and online are from the “people skills” I picked up by watching, listening to, and talking to all of the amazing guest from around the world who stayed at our Arizona ranch during my high school and college years.

When it comes to jury selection, I believe picking the right twelve people to serve as jurors in all of my 66+ trials had more to do with the skills I developed chatting with and checking people in at the front desk of Caesars Tahoe than what I learned in my evidence class. The techniques I use to help cope with emergency issues during a trial came from my experiences as a manager at Caesars and other resort properties and not what I learned in my Civil Procedure class.

I didn’t realize back then that my experiences would help me today as a lawyer and entrepreneur, but they did and in a big way. The lessons I’ve learned from the highs and lows of my early life experiences are all now valuable assets I use each week in court and online.

Now let’s fast forward to today’s tech including social media and live streaming. I can comfortably report that my ability to quickly engage on these platforms comes from what I learned decades ago and because of the experiences I mentioned above. In court, I’ve also changed how I interact with witnesses and my jury.

Understanding the issues of time and attention, today I talk in 140 character soundbites (sort of) and do all that I can to deliver the type of message most of my young jurors hear 24/7 on social media. It’s about keeping things familiar and sharing concepts via metaphors that they understand, appreciate and respect. It’s also about giving an 18 minute dynamic TED Talk type of opening statement instead of delivering a two hour mind numbing “watch the paint dry on the wall” experience.

The World Is Your Classroom

We can all learn important lessons from everything we do. Our experiences are a foundation for progress and future success. Nothing you’ve done, good or bad, is wasted time. Everything you do is a building block for your long-term success.

As we chatted about on TheShow.live, it simply takes the right mindset to appreciate this approach to life’s journey. Once you figure this out, anyone can flip the switch and create positive change.

Things don’t always work out, and opportunities and experiences come and go. The important thing to remember is that the experiences you have during the process are unique and powerful assets for future growth and skill. Embrace everything that happens to you, learn from your wins and losses, and always keep moving forward.

Without exception, every single successful person I’ve met in my 30+ years of business has a clear understanding of the power of what we talked about in this episode and what I’ve highlighted in this post. Now, you do too.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” -Winston Churchill


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US Paralympic Athlete, Samatha Tucker, on TheShow.live

I’m excited!

This Wednesday on TheShow.live (Facebook Live video show) we have the amazing Samantha “Sammi” Tucker as our special guest. In addition to representing our country in the 2016 Rio Olympics as a Paralympic Archer, she’s also a gifted public speaker and soon-to-be author (she’ll be sharing her story and core message about transformation and resiliency).

Join us Wednesday, May 31st at 4 pm ET, on the next episode of TheShow.live and between now and then, make sure to connect with Samantha Tucker on Facebook.

RSVP by clicking here!

Talking VR, AR, MR and AI with Robert Scoble and Shel Israel

This past Tuesday on TheShow.Live we chatted about #VR #AR #MR and artificial intelligence (#AI) with industry and thought leaders Robert Scoble and Shel Israel. To date we’ve had more than 5,000 views and you can watch the recorded interview here on Facebook Live or below on Youtube.

Learn more about what’s on the horizon and how this technology is going to change your life. Find out why Robert and Shel wrote their new book, “The Fourth Transformation- How augmented reality and artificial intelligence change everything.” I also invite you to watch more past and upcoming interviews of people disrupting industries and creating change on our weekly livestreaming show, TheShow.live.

THE FYRE FESTIVAL: This Wednesday on TheShow.live

 

This past Wednesday on TheShow.live we shared social, legal, and influencer perspectives on the disastrous Fyre Festival. One of our guests was there and shared his on the ground first hand experience. Click here to watch the recorded show.

Not familiar with what happened at the Fyre Festival event? Here’s a short video from Mashable that tells part of the story. I think the music makes the video 😉 (click here or on the image to watch).

So what really happened? Was this an honest case of overreaching by the promoters of the event or simply another very public example of social media and Internet fraud at its finest?

Digital analyst, speaker, and author, Brian Solis, had this to say on Facebook (also see the spirited conversation in the comments below Brian’s post).

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Honored to Be Mentioned in Chris Strub’s New Post About Livestreaming!

6 Live-Streaming Rock Stars to Electrify Your Video Strategy (click here to read the post)

Here’s why I’m a fan of Chris Strub: He’s the first person to live-stream and Snapchat in all 50 U.S. states, having taken a 100-day solo journey in the summer of 2015 to work with youth-related organizations nationwide. Chris is the author of “50 States, 100 Days: The Book,” a former social media consultant with Humana and a speaker at The Social Shake-Up 2017 in Atlanta. For more about Chris, visit TeamStrub.com.

You can catch my weekly show, with co-host Jen Hoverstad, Wednesdays at 4 pm ET at TheShow.live