157: Perfection is a Fairytale – An Interview with Brian Fanzo

An Interview with Brian Fanzo - Perfection is a Fairytale Today, I have a great conversation to play for you. It’s a conversation that we recorded at the ProBlogger Event with our opening keynote speaker, Brian Fanzo from iSocialFanz. Brian is someone that I’ve admired for the last couple of years. I happened to stumble upon Brian on Periscope, where he was discussing using live video and high level methods of using newer social platforms. Brian knew what he was talking about at a technical level, but he also really had heart. I think that is what attracted me to subscribing and following Brian around the Internet. He not only knows video and social media like Snapchat, he also lives it in a meaningful way. That is why I wanted to interview Brian and get him on the podcast. I was busy being a host at the ProBlogger Event, so I asked Karly Nimmo of Radcasters to conduct the interview. Over the next few weeks you will hear a number of interviews by Karly that were taken at the ProBlogger Event. Today Brian and Karly cover a lot of ground, and Brian shares a lot of tips about perfectionism, fear, productivity, and more. Enjoy! Further Resources on Perfection is a Fairytale - An Interview with Brian Fanzo Brian Fanzo at iSocialFanz Karly Nimmo at Radcasters Podcasting School Virtual Ticket Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Darren: Hey there friends, it’s Darren from ProBlogger here, welcome to Episode 157 where today I’ve got a great conversation to play for you. It’s a conversation that we recorded at the ProBlogger Event with our opening keynoter, Brian Fanzo from iSocialFanz. Brian is someone that I’ve admired for the last year or two years. I first came across him on Periscope where I just happened to stumble onto this channel where this guy wearing a baseball cap was talking at a really high level about using live video and some of the newer social platforms that were coming out at the time. Brian was a fast talker and he knew what he was talking about on a technical level but also had real heart. I think that’s what really attracted me to Brian and to subscribing to him and then following him around the internet wherever he went for a while afterwards. That’s the reason we wanted to get him out at the event today because he’s someone who not only knows a lot about live video and some of the newer forms of social media like Snapchat but he’s someone who lives it and he’s someone who uses it in a good way, in a heartfelt way. We wanted to get Brian into the podcast like a number of the other speakers that we had at the event this year, we decided that maybe we could get them in front of a couple of microphones at the event itself. I wasn’t the best person to visit the event because I was being a good host so we asked Karly Nimmo from Radcasters if she wouldn’t mind doing a few of these interviews. Over the next few weeks, you’ll hear a number of these. Today, we feature Brian who was the opening keynote, he’s probably the best one to do as an opening interview. They cover a lot of ground in the next 17 minutes. They start off talking a little bit about the event itself on what Brian talked about but then they get into some tips. Brian shares a number of these key messages of his presentations, he talks particularly about perfectionism which I found really useful. It was interesting during his opening keynote when he talked about perfectionism, people started taking notes and tweeting like crazy. He’s got some good stuff to say on that. They talk about fear, they talk about productivity, they talk about many different aspects of trying to be in lots of different places online. This is something that Brian does have some expertise on. I encourage you to sit back, grab a cup of your favorite beverage, and have a listen to Karly and Brian. At the end,