On this episode Gavin is joined by Dan Chan, a master magician, mentor and marketer. Dan has worked in Silicon Valley, featured in the Wall Street Journal and The Hustle and has been featured on Business Insider and CNBC in 2020.
Dan is mainly here to talk about the business of magic and marketing, but also how his work has been affected by the COVID pandemic and how he's gone from face-to-face interaction to virtual.
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
‘You need to think globally, don't just grab the low-hanging fruit'
‘I started doing magic for free to see if it was worth it, then I pitched reporters for scale'
‘Now, I can do shows for clients in the US and India at the same time for a better price'
‘I lost $8,000 in one week'
‘He who tells the best story in life wins'
‘Branding yourself effectively with rhymes and alliteration is hypnotic to people'
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GUEST RESOURCES
Dan Chan's website: https://www.danchanmagic.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/danielgchan
Book Dan Chan: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/s/experiences
Bay Area Dinner Show: https://bayareadinnershow.com/
Dan Chan on CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/03/coronavirus-hurts-silicon-valley-caterers-and-event-businesses.html
ABOUT THE HOST
Gavin Preston
Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and high-performance Coach. He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating the creative strategies to accelerate growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue chip corporates over the last 20 years.
Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.
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