Episode 26 - Owning Your Own Path with Chris Brogan

Chris Brogan is the CEO of Owner Media Group, a highly sought after professional speaker, coach, consultant, and author. He provides education and tools to help make people’s lives and businesses thrive by teaching them how to own the game they most want to win. He offers events and courses to help get them to that next level of ownership. He is also a New York Times bestselling author of eight books, Forbes has listed Chris as one of the must follow marketing minds of 2014, and his website has been listed as one of the 100 best websites for entrepreneurs. In addition to all that, he is also a husband and father who lives in Massachusetts. Chris joins Charlie on the show today to talk about his impressive body of work as well as much more. Key Takeaways:02:39 – How Chris got started.03:58 – Chris started blogging in the days of dialup Internet 17 years ago.04:48 – Monetizing blogging.05:30 – Chris starting out in the area of social media.06:29 – Chris being labeled as an Internet marketer.08:26 – A lot of things in marketing and sales are broken, and there are really easy, simplistic ways to fix them.11:06 – Good and useful content on the Internet.11:55 – Chris’ books and publishing projects.15:05 – The hardest lesson Chris learned in his first three years.18:45 – Chris is the most confident and grounded that he’s ever been in his career right now.21:00 – The shift from social media expert and blogging to owning/ownership.29:00 – What Chris is afraid of right now in his career.29:36 – Chris’ most unanticipated challenge he’s currently facing. Mentioned In This Episode:Owner Media GroupDisneyCokeGoogleGMMicrosoftCaldwell BankerTitleist, ScottsHumana HealthCiscoSony USARichard BransonSUCCESS MagazinePaulo CoelhoHarvey MackaySteven PressfieldTony Robbins, Internet Money MastersForbesGene Simmons, KISSAOLMeerkatPeriscopeTwitterFrank KernPlatoJay Baer, YoutilityTrust AgentsMatt Holt and Shannon Vargo, WileyStephen KingMinecraftJames and Claudia AltucherNew Marketing LabsBrian Clark, Copyblogger MediaNew York TimesDonald TrumpThe Beach Boys, Brian WilsonMacaulay Culkin, Home AloneJoel CommWorld Domination SummitChris GuillebeauPioneer NationOnline Course MakerJeff Walker, Product Launch FormulaGoDaddyDavid Siteman GarlandThinkific, Greg SmithGoogle+ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.productiveflourishing.com/subscribe