Brian Carter

Brian Carter

SC, US
Former stand-up comedian and current business owner delivers PROVEN INSIGHTS and ORIGINAL HUMOR to produce high-impact, motivational experiences w/ TOOLS and takeaways that produce RESULTS.

In brief, Brian speaks about...

  • Modern Sales
  • Digital Marketing & Social Media
  • Leadership
  • Teamwork
  • Innovation
  • Managing Change
  • Generational Differences

Brian Carter is the #1 bestselling author of The Like Economy, LinkedIn for Business, Facebook Marketing, and The Cowbell Principle. He is respected as an international authority on how organizations can generate bigger business results. His 18 years of business success guide The Carter Group, a boutique agency with world-class expertise using digital/social marketing and advertising to boost profits for growth-minded businesses.

  • Brian has been interviewed by Bloomberg TV, Mashable, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, ABC News, Information Week, U.S. News & World Report, Inc. Magazine, and Entrepreneur Magazine.
  • Brian has keynoted and developed marketing programs and strategies for companies of all sizes, including top 50 companies in the Fortune 500.
  • Devoted to marketing and sales results, no thought leader has done more than Brian Carter to advance which strategies and tactics succeed and fail at creating social media profits. In 2011, he and his FanReach students were the first in the world to publish case studies proving Facebook marketing profits were possible, at a time when many doubted they were.
  • Brian has written for many top marketing blogs including Social Media Examiner, Mashable, Convince & Convert, Search Engine Journal and AllFacebook. He has an overall reach of more than 150,000 fans through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and his other marketing channels. He has taught more than 10,000 students.
  • Brian has spoken at top marketing conferences including Social Media Marketing World, Moz, SMX, Pubcon, The AllFacebook Expo and Socialize and the American Marketing Association.
  • The Carter Group delivers not just social engagement but also bottom-line results like leads and sales. Brian's talks focus on how real companies use proven strategies and tactics to get profits and ROI online.

Brian's hands-on business experience, cutting edge insights, background in improv and stand up comedy culminate in a keynote speaker and trainer who leaves every audience not only entertained and motivated, but armed with powerful strategies and tactics to get much bigger results online immediately.

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST:

Microsoft
JP Morgan
Salesforce
Universal Studios
NBC
Union Bank
Humana
Hardees & Carl's Jr.
Citrix, Moz, Marketo
RetroFitness
Thermo Fisher
Life Technologies
DirectBuy
Cartrawler
Hand And Stone Massage
Keystone Automotive
Pridestaff, Rx Relief, Insurance Relief
Leprino Foods
Cleary University
Content Marketing World
Tiger Rock Martial Arts
NBMBAA
Social Media Marketing World
The U.S. Army
MD Revolution
Consumer Choice Awards
The Floor Trader
CCA Global
Colliers Commercial Real Estate
Miami University (Ohio)
Professional Engineers Of N.C.
Vero Beach C.V.B.
S.C. Association Of C.P.A.'s
Florida Yacht Broker's Association
Flooring America Flooring Canada
Volios Group Life Insurance

In brief, Brian speaks about...

  • Modern Sales
  • Digital Marketing & Social Media
  • Leadership
  • Teamwork
  • Innovation
  • Managing Change
  • Generational Differences

Brian Carter is the #1 bestselling author of The Like Economy, LinkedIn for Business, Facebook Marketing, and The Cowbell Principle. He is respected as an international authority on how organizations can generate bigger business results. His 18 years of business success guide The Carter Group, a boutique agency with world-class expertise using digital/social marketing and advertising to boost profits for growth-minded businesses.

  • Brian has been interviewed by Bloomberg TV, Mashable, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, ABC News, Information Week, U.S. News & World Report, Inc. Magazine, and Entrepreneur Magazine.
  • Brian has keynoted and developed marketing programs and strategies for companies of all sizes, including top 50 companies in the Fortune 500.
  • Devoted to marketing and sales results, no thought leader has done more than Brian Carter to advance which strategies and tactics succeed and fail at creating social media profits. In 2011, he and his FanReach students were the first in the world to publish case studies proving Facebook marketing profits were possible, at a time when many doubted they were.
  • Brian has written for many top marketing blogs including Social Media Examiner, Mashable, Convince & Convert, Search Engine Journal and AllFacebook. He has an overall reach of more than 150,000 fans through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and his other marketing channels. He has taught more than 10,000 students.
  • Brian has spoken at top marketing conferences including Social Media Marketing World, Moz, SMX, Pubcon, The AllFacebook Expo and Socialize and the American Marketing Association.
  • The Carter Group delivers not just social engagement but also bottom-line results like leads and sales. Brian's talks focus on how real companies use proven strategies and tactics to get profits and ROI online.

Brian's hands-on business experience, cutting edge insights, background in improv and stand up comedy culminate in a keynote speaker and trainer who leaves every audience not only entertained and motivated, but armed with powerful strategies and tactics to get much bigger results online immediately.

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST:

Microsoft
JP Morgan
Salesforce
Universal Studios
NBC
Union Bank
Humana
Hardees & Carl's Jr.
Citrix, Moz, Marketo
RetroFitness
Thermo Fisher
Life Technologies
DirectBuy
Cartrawler
Hand And Stone Massage
Keystone Automotive
Pridestaff, Rx Relief, Insurance Relief
Leprino Foods
Cleary University
Content Marketing World
Tiger Rock Martial Arts
NBMBAA
Social Media Marketing World
The U.S. Army
MD Revolution
Consumer Choice Awards
The Floor Trader
CCA Global
Colliers Commercial Real Estate
Miami University (Ohio)
Professional Engineers Of N.C.
Vero Beach C.V.B.
S.C. Association Of C.P.A.'s
Florida Yacht Broker's Association
Flooring America Flooring Canada
Volios Group Life Insurance

eLeadership: Digital Communication for Today's Leaders

No matter how effective a leader you are, ineffectiveness with email, social media and other digital formats can undermine leadership success. One key to employee engagement is to make sure that your people know that distance and location have no bearing on how connected you are to their value. No matter how you're communicating, you need to convey authority, immediacy and impact.

How much are you leading in person, compared to your email communication? Are you managing remote...

Educational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

LIKABLE LEADERSHIP: Modern Leadership Skills to Attract People to Your Way of Thinking

The Harvard Business Review conducted a study of 51,000 leaders in terms of likability. They noticed that almost none of the unliked leaders in their study were able to be effective leaders. The upshot is that if we want to lead an organization, department or team successfully, we not only need people to trust us, but also to like us. And yet, only a few people are born naturally likable. For many of us, it's a lifelong lesson in how to get along with people. How do you combine confidence...
Educational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

The Like Economy: Mastering Modern Sales & Marketing

For a mixed audience of Sales, Marketers and/or Executives.
  • People are sleeping with their smartphones. We spend more time talking to each other on Facebook than face-to-face. Is your company benefitting from this?
  • We're marketing and selling in person, online and via mobile. How do you influence people with your smartphone? On Facebook and LinkedIn?
  • Is Snapchat or Twitter worth it or a waste of time? Instagram? Skype? The answers will surprise...
Educational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

The Secrets of Modern Sales: How to Prospect, Qualify and Close Sales in the Digital Age

This high-energy, entertaining, motivational sales program is based on an in-depth, ongoing 8-year study of 1000's of top performing salespeople in 18 industries who successfully drive revenue, new business and profits, regardless of their size, budget or training. Via candid interviews and direct work with these companies, plus Brian's own up-to-the-minute sales experience, Brian has discovered the many successful strategies they use to prospect and sell more. This session looks at those...
SalesEntertainment-basedAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

BOOST YOUR PIPELINE NOW: How Salespeople Boost Leads and Sell More

You've probably seen it... Lead gen has become a mega industry, and
the way that salespeople are getting and dealing with leads has
changed.

  • What technology works best?
  • What works and doesn't work with email, LinkedIn and the phone?
  • Should salespeople prospect and if so, how?
  • What's really working and what's just "sounds good" fluff?
This high energy, entertaining, motivational sales keynote contains tons of practical advice...
SalesAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificHumorous / Funny

LIKEABLE TEAMWORK: How Team Members Improve Their Skills For Building Culture & Teams

Accepting everyone regardless of their culture, ethnicity, age and background is the secret to bigger and stronger teams.

  • What makes it easier for people to get along and be more productive?
  • Are you confident your people are doing the best they can to team up with people of different backgrounds and preferences?
  • Have you put the latest insights into practice to take your organization to the next level?
This high-energy, entertaining, motivational...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Generation "Why Not?" Attracting & Uniting Your Big 3 Generations

For a mixed audience of Sales, Marketers and/or Executives.

Millennials are here and they're definitely different... and uniquely valuable. Do you know how they like to be marketed to, why they buy and what they want in customer service?

  • How to market, sell and serve each generation to boost the bottom line.
  • Each generation's special strengths and skills.
  • How to come together to form Voltron, creating unbeatably strong and productive intergenerational...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

The Biggest Bang for Your Buck: How to Maximize Your Marketing Profits

For a Marketing, Entrepreneurial or SMB audience.

  • There are eight major social platforms, plus Google, Bing, email marketing, and funnels... Can you do it all? What's worth doing? How do you prioritize?
  • Succeeding at viral is hard. What kind of content gets shared? What happens to those who don't advertise?
  • Which ad platforms are best, how many should you use and how do you budget for them?
  • Which marketing channels are the top companies and marketers...
Educational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Eruption! Easy Ways to Innovate & Bulletproof Your Brand

For a mixed audience of Sales, Marketing, Customer Service and Executives.

  • Disruption is coming: Amazon killed off Borders. Netflix murdered Blockbuster. Uber is bludgeoning taxis and airports.
  • If your customers aren't thrilled and you're not innovating, you may be next.
  • Discover how top companies are capitalizing on change to prepare for the future and prevent disruption.
  • Learn how to make the customers of today and tomorrow happy.
  • Brian...
Educational / InformativeHumorous / Funny