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The $2,000.00 call! Interview with Brad Gosse, Founder of Vectortoons.com

Today we had the true pleasure and privilege of speaking with Brad Gosse founder of VectorToons.com.

This is the kind of interview that doesn’t come around too often, jam packed with all kinds of game changing information. Our advice for anyone about to listen is grab a notepad first so you won’t miss out on anything.

Brad is a best selling author, internet entrepreneur, speaker and business adviser. Among his specialties, is helping entrepreneurs find ways to ‘scale’ their businesses.

While admittedly not an artist himself, he does have an appreciation for illustration and cartoons and values the medium highly in their effectiveness to tell stories and market product and services, leading him to create Vectortoons.com.

Things we discuss:
  • How to get your images found by search engines
  • Ways to scale your art business
  • Different business models for artists
  • Price positioning
  • Niche market selection for artists

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Brad is a self-taught marketer with more than 15 years of online marketing experience. In 1997 he launched a successful adult entertainment website shortly after dropping out of high school. He worked in the online adult entertainment industry for over 10 years and was on the cutting edge of many of the technologies that we now take for granted such as streaming video and online chat.

In 2007, he made the switch to more mainstream marketing and now sells over 300 intangible marketing products which are all run by employees and automated systems, leaving him time to pursue new business ventures and develop new products.

In 2012 Brad published his first book: Chronic Marketer which became a bestseller internationally.

Where you can find Brad:
Twitter: @bradgosse

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About the Author Carlos Castellanos

Carlos Castellanos is the co-creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip 'Baldo', an award winning illustrator and founder of DrawnBySuccess.com. His passion to create art on his own terms is rivaled only by his passion to help other creative freelancers overcome the roadblocks keeping them from achieving their full potential and earning the income they deserve.

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5 comments
Paul Weiner says October 23, 2014

Hi Carlos & Bob,
Really enjoyed your episode with Brad Gosse.
His shear energy and information was insightful.
Half the time not familiar with Brad’s marketing strategies but worth hearing and thinking about.
I enjoyed the part about meta tags and it conjured my experience with McGraw Hill where part of completing my project with them, I had to input the meta tags with information. I thought it was laborious but once again Brad’s input hit home and why this procedure is being done.
Great episode,

Paul

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Carlos Castellanos says October 23, 2014

Paul,
Thanks for tuning in and listening to the interview. Glad you enjoyed the interview and found the information useful.

So having done the meta tagging at McGraw Hill, have you carried those procedures into your own workflow when creating illustrations?

Thank again for sharing your story.

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Joseph DR says November 23, 2014

WOW! That was a fantastic video call, guys! I got tons of great info about marketing, meta-data and business ideas. Brad is amazing!

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Victoria Olson O'Donnell says December 13, 2014

Hi Carlos and Bob.
Thanks for posting the interview with Brad Gosse.
The meta-tagging is something I had never heard of, but thanks to your show and interview with Brad, I found the location of meta-tagging in my web-site configuration. I tried it and I must have done something wrong, but I haven’t given up. I’ll try again with someone who knows more than I do. I’ve listened to this interview a few times now. Thanks again for sharing this valuable information!
Victoria

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Jerry Fuchs (Fooksie) says February 7, 2015

What an amazing interview! Let me preface everything by saying that I am THAT guy. The guy who was successful working at a studio, but once that went under, has been floundering ever since. My wife has been on me to run my own business as a business, and not a hobby. (She just became a real estate agent last year, and is a dynamo at marketing). I have already contacted Brad about working with him, and am writing down ideas about who to market to, etc. The meta-tagging reference alone was priceless, and I am going to catalog my work moving forward, and am also going to apply it to my archive.
To put it simply, you guys have really lit a fire under my @ss, but I won’t mention you to my wife. I want her to think that I am FINALLY taking her advice.

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