Chad Barr is an Internet marketing strategist with over 25 years of experience transforming businesses through technology innovation. Born and raised in Israel, Chad arrived in the United States at age 22, determined to capture the American dream. He founded his own technology company, CB Software Systems, in 1987, and quickly became a globally sought-after software developer, mentor, and strategist. Today, Chad’s work as president of the Chad Barr Group spans multiple continents, with clients in the UK, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and across the United States. Chad helps his clients leverage the web to dramatically transform their businesses and establish a powerful web presence. His firm, the Chad Barr Group, is recognized as one of the leading strategic Internet development organizations in the world. Chad devotes his time to writing, coaching, consulting, speaking, and leading the Chad Barr Group. A prolific writer about web, marketing, and business strategy, he has published hundreds of articles and several books, which teach how to leverage the web to build your brand and transform your business. When he is not working with his clients, Chad revels in his latest role as grandfather to three wonderful (and, of course, brilliant) grandchildren. A former professional guitarist, Chad especially enjoys playing guitar for his grandchildren, who think he is the coolest guitarist in the world.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I always had a desire to have a business of my own, to be an entrepreneur. I just had an opportunity one day to just start the business but I did not realise, or quickly after starting the business I have come to realise I have to do so many roles and so many tasks that probably I was not completely prepared to do… so I was very good as a software developer but I was not at all good at marketing my company, the accounting part of the business. So the things I had to learn quickly are the things that I was not good at”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done Book by Peter F. Drucker
- The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results Book by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
- This Is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See Book by Seth Godin
- The 5am Club: Change Your Morning Book by Robin Sharma
Favourite Quote:
“the impossible only takes a few minutes longer”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Evernote is the app that keeps your notes organized. Memos are synced so they’re accessible anywhere, and searchable so you always find what you need.
- Trello – Infinitely flexible Incredibly easy to use Great mobile apps. It’s free Trello keeps track of everything, from the big picture to the minute details
- SmugMug Whether you want a photo website that sells prints, secure client galleries or just need unlimited storage, let us be your all in one solution
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“number one have complete confidence in your ability to bring something of value to your target audience. Whether it’s a product or it’s a service, whether it’s a combination of both. But number one advice would be got to be confident and you have got to have something to market. So it has to be something valuable. Number two, and I cannot rehash it enough become a great marketeer. And if not make sure that that you bring a great marketing company or a great marketing individual that can help you effectively market yourself. And then don’t just be silent. And the best way not to be silent is to publish your work, to write articles, to create pass like the one you are creating right now”…[Listen for More]
More About Chad Barr:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.” Seth Godin, author, entrepreneur, and blogger
Other Quotes From the Chat with Chad Barr:
- “the key distinguishing factor between some of the top thought leaders, the top entrepreneurs out there today to the ones that one to strengthen their success is the fact that the most successful ones are prolific publishers of remarkable content and they don’t stop creating”
- “start to create prolific powerful provocative content”
- “I call it surrounding are self with genius. So some of the geniuses we can surround ourselves are here live with us and some unfortunately have passed away. So my library is occupied with some of those geniuses from history”
- “doing the things that we plan to do in our entrepreneurial career before we take it full-time if we have the opportunity to do so successfully on the side I would absolutely advise that entrepreneur thinking of becoming a full-time entrepreneur”
- “come up with amazing value, remarkable value”
- “make sure that there is a tremendous need out there for that value”
- “if you want to strengthen your thought leadership start quoting yourself rather than quoting others. The more quotes you can develop that are absolutely attributed to you the more it will strengthen your thought leadership you are in relation to”
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