Ep. 050 – Vladimer Botsvadze: We need to climb mountains, not so the world can see us, but so we can see the world. The best view always comes after the hardest climb, so we have to put in the work.
Vladimer Botsvadze Show Notes Vladimer Botsvadze is a serial entrepreneur, leading authority on digital marketing, top influencer, professor, Fortune 500 consultant, coach, trainer, and the CEO of Botsvadze Marketing Solutions, a full service digital agency servicing Fortune 500 clients that generates the best ROI from social media. He has risen to prominence since becoming a top influencer across multiple social media platforms including Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more. Approximately 100,000 follow him. He is an author of 9 bestselling books. He has inspired top brands including, Aston Martin, HP, KLM, and FedEx. Vladimer’s research and innovation are recognized by London Business School, Columbia Business School, and Imperial Business School. He has been featured in Forbes, The Economist, MIT Sloan Management Review, and more. Vladimer enjoys helping others succeed online and he is on a mission to make a difference and impact as many business owners as possible. With his team, he is helping turn their fantastic ideas into exceptional brands. He manages nearly 500 million dollars spent on behalf of customers. He has won over 36 awards in digital marketing. Ranked among Top 100 Digital Transformation, Virtual Reality, and B2B Marketing influencers by Onalytica, London, UK. Among Top 10 Instech Influencers, Salesforce Power Top 3 Social Influencers, among the world’s top 7 digital strategists, among world’s top 50 online influencers by Rise. Global, among top 100 most retweeted marketers in the world, world’s top 1% tech, social media, marketing and advertising influencer by Kred, among top 100 branding and marketing experts by Evan Carmichael. Vladimer has been listed over 4000 times as a social media influencer on Twitter, receiving a Klout score of 80, Kred scores of 950 for influencer, and 9 for outreach. He helps corporations with strategies that drive growth and profits. Vladimer has been recommended 32 times on LinkedIn. He is also a highly sought after speaker and is trusted by Social Media Week, Web Summit, Startup Grind, and more. He also trains corporate sales teams on how to effectively use social media platforms for lead generation, and creates programs to teach entrepreneurs and small business owners how to leverage Twitter, LinkedIn, and other channels to generate more leads and clients. He has helped global brands go from $2 million to $400 million in revenue. He has shared his expertise through motivational speaking as well as his tweets, blog posts, and more. Most passionate about Today I’m most excited about helping my clients succeed in the fields of Social Media and Digital Marketing. I’m also passionate about my books, providing speaking sessions, courses, and more. Who are Vladimer’s customers? Mostly big brands and among them fortune 500 brands, Like HP, Aston Martin, KLM, FedEx, and more. I’m pretty excited to work with such a successful brands and take them to the next level. Mostly in Europe, the Emirates and Asia Pacific. It’s exciting to see so many enthusiastic, hungry, and determined people who want to succeed and become practitioners. In order to succeed today, we need to live and breathe social media. In the last years of fast changing marketing technologies, the major brands had left a bit behind, so we need to have cutting edge knowledge in order to move forward. As a leading professor in digital marketing, I’m always excited to educate people about what will work best for them in 2018. Vladimer’s best advice about approaching customers Businesses in all sizes need more customers. I visit my potential customers and ask them to spend more on the product I’m offering. I prepare my plan extensively and how to execute it professionally. There are a few steps I focus on: I assembled the latest information of the product I’m selling, I sit with my team to prepare questions that are important to my target market, I look for features my...