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For decades, Advisories and Wealth Management Firms have been shuttered from marketing online properly. Shackled by regulation and blinded to the true essence of a great online presence:

Activities and assets that leverage the fundamentals and align with your principles.

Your industry has been tirelessly digging for gold - sweat-riddled and panic stricken - when it was never buried to begin with.

This has birthed a strange, twisted obsession with weird silver bullets; wacky, unsustainable shiny objects; online RIA directories that only represent a competitive parity; and digital marketing fads that only burn your goodwill alive.

Ironic, given that your principles are to: 
✅ ensure comprehensive fundamentals are in place
✅ respond to market activity with equanimity
✅ leverage the magic of compounding
✅ plan over long-term horizons

Yet when it comes to digital marketing and trying to grow AUM online?

Raise your hand if you've been on a roller coaster of crackpot, digital marketing tom-foolery for two decades🎢😱

Your firm deserves to market online using a diverse array of rock-solid tools and tactics, built upon a foundation of ABSOLUTELY NAILED FUNDAMENTALS.

Without the fundamentals nailed (warning: they are actually quite boring and mundane), you're running a race against Olympians with lead in your sneakers.

I'm here to pull back the wool, and show you the "secrets" that have been hiding in plain sight all along. They are no less principled than your approach to advising your clients. 

For too long, the SEC's tight grip on marketing rules was unfair, restricting you from using the most powerful, effective, and persuasive tools in the marketing toolbelt.

In 2022, the SEC officially rolled out the new marketing rule...

...but the industry is still hypnotized by shiny objects and silver bullets, having never truly understood the fundamentals of a great online presence.

So if you're ready to finally take those marketing training wheels off... 

If you're ready to stop posting links to vanilla Broadridge articles on LinkedIn that only get punished by the algorithm and drive zero engagement...

If you're ready to quit the weird silver bullets, lackluster directories, and 3rd party lead gen and appointment setters...

If you're sick of your website's "book a free consultation" button that never gets clicked...

And if you're ready to FINALLY take your own advice and build something comprehensive and diversified, to build a better future, just like you inspire and assist so many others in doing...

DM me "fundamentals".

John Swystun

We out here. #FIS26 #FearlessInvestingSummit

Growth Systems for RIAs & WealthTech | Fully-managed digital marketing/lead gen | Turnkey talent/software/design/ad spend/web dev/content​ = dead simple | Compliance focused |🗓️Secure Your Free Exec Workshop Below ⬇️

We've heard a lot of the lore around Nitrogen's Fearless Investing Summit.

How this is a conference where the mega fans come out of the woodwork to ooze satisfaction and collaborate with leadership in real time.

How the culture this organization has built stands squarely on two feet, with a twinkle in its eye, while raising a hearty toast.

How an industry-leading, scratch that, business-leading NPS score pales in comparison to the energy and enthusiasm that fills these halls.

But now, we believe it.

We know it to be true.

We've seen, felt, and heard it in the flesh.

And we too, are beyond satisfied. 

And supremely appreciative.

Thank you so very much to everyone at Nitrogen who made this happen. The sponsors and the partners. And anyone who has spent time with us, our lenses, and our microphones this week.

Special shout outs to Callie Devaney, Rachel Cameron, Regan Murray, Bridgette Olek, Dan Zitting, Nicholas Harding, MBA, Aaron Klein and so many others.

And we ain't done yet! 

Day 3 LET'S GO!

#FIS26 #FearlessInvestingSummit

PAGING ALL SNOWBOARDERS (Alright, alright, two-plankers welcome also).

Who wants to spin some laps!?

Yes, we'll be out there at Nitrogen Fearless Investing Summit, cameras in hand.

Chasing you down with a microphone. Bustin' our butts to put your hot takes in the can.

Just be ready though, because after we get the shot? I'ma be asking you:

Wanna go? Wanna go?

Duck out quick to spin some night laps at Echo? Or Keystone?

So if you're lookin' for a boardin' buddy. Or Skiier-tolerant activity compatriot.

I'm your guy. 

Let's do this 👊

Autobots assemble!

(Decepticons get nervous when Wasif Haseeb and I hit the scene!)

Fearless Investing Summit starts today.

And I keep coming back to the name Nitrogen chose for the conference.

What the heck does it mean to be fearless?

What are the tools you need?
Who are the folks you should surround yourself with?
And what should your philosophical bedrock be?

I love it. The name calls to me.

Not that I'm sure how to be fearless.

But I know what you need to arm yourself with in order to try.

And it's the trying that really matters.

Now, the agenda this week reflects the theme perfectly - talk about the people and ideas you want to be around!

Michael Kitces on what actually drives adviser productivity, not in theory, in practice.

Aaron Klein asking a simple question with uncomfortable implications: we’ve got to start meeting like this.

Joshua Brown Brown making the case that after all the noise, the human advisor is still the point of the spear.

And an AI panel moderated by Craig Iskowitz with Eric Clarke, Dan Zitting, Parker Ence, and Mark Gilbert, digging into the real issue: where automation helps, and where the human signal cannot be outsourced.

Fearless, in other words, is just competence under pressure.

We’ll be around all week.

And after the indoor experiments… we’re going to go test gravity for real.

HMU if you wanna do some snow slidin' after the big show!

I’m 5’4 on a good day.
Small man syndrome? Never heard of it.

When you’re the smallest guy in the room, you learn early:
you can disappear,
or grow teeth.

I chose the latter. Let's just say the elementary school bullies did not enjoy me.

Twelve years ago I spent a summer in Estevan, Saskatchewan working overhaul at a coal power plant.

12 hour days.
12 on, 2 off, repeat.

Most of the BC snowboard crowd got "observation".
Easy summer cash to fund the season.
Sit, read, count boilermakers in and out.

Someone saw my construction and concrete resume.
They put me on "heavy maintenance" instead.

Turbine casing top half removed.
Half joint gets descaled by hand. No machines.
That was me, honing steel for 12 hours a day.

I slept in my RV.
In the trailer park.
Posted up in front of my friends trailer.

The days off land on Canada Day.

Big dance at the community center.
Then a trailer park after party.
Across the street from my RV.

Around 2 AM, a posse of local boilermakers rolls in.
Big guys. Home turf.

Well known they weren't thrilled about the BC crew making summer cash in their town.

As they arrive, the hosts start a wet towel fight in their underwear.

Hilarious.

The ringleader doesn’t think so.

So he starts:
“Homos.”
“Some kind of gay thing?”
“Faggots.”

That’s when the teeth show up.
5'4" or 6'3", doesn't matter.
The wiring trips.

Like a breaker.

So I let it carry.
All the way to the back of the trailer.

I diagnose the motive for the tease…
...likely repressed sexual tendencies.

In an instant,
the towels didn’t matter.
Crosshairs on me.

We chirped a while.
Kitchen to deck. Deck to railing.
Him puffing up. Me barely looking up,
while sliding razors under his nails.

Finally:
“Cut it out, you’re going to get punched.”

I guess I didn’t cut it out.

Haymaker to the dome.

I stumble back. Deck goes quiet.
Rub my jaw, look up at him and say,
“Did you just throw a muffin at me?”

Like a match to a jerry can.

Tackles me into the railing.
Knees on my shoulders. 
Fist like a hammer on my forehead.
Expecting blood. Tears...

...Instead, I start laughing. Hysterically.

Not because it didn’t hurt.
Because the outcome he sought was simply not available.

He jumps off and storms to the kitchen.
Drawers flying. Metal clanking.
We all knew what he was looking for.

That was my cue. Outtie 9000.

I disappear into the trailer park and let the night cool off.

Next morning, proper shiner.

I ask around who he is.
Everyone thinks I’m hunting.

I’m not. I want to apologize.

Later that day, smoke break.
He walks out. We lock eyes.

“Yo.”

He comes over.
“Yeah, I heard you were looking for me.”

We sit.

I apologize for egging him on.
He apologizes for being so aggressive.
Turns out he’s from Brandon. My home province.

We chat. Finish the smokes.

“Alright. Back to work."

Teeth matter.

So does knowing when to sit on the bench the next day.

Paractic Technologies

We are an artificial intelligence research and development center helping stakeholders transform the outdated infrastructure industry with scalable and innovative computer vision technologies.
 
Some of our partners include Amazon, Microsoft, etc. 

Sometimes the projects require us to tackle other machine learning, language model, generative AI, and data analytics challenges as well besides computer vision.

We use multiple hardware such as drones, robots, vehicles, cameras, and smartphones to deploy some of the solutions or collect data. 

To learn more about Paractic, visit www.paractic.com, or contact us directly!

Founder & CEO

Bloxa Studio

We take the old-fashioned web and gaming experiences to the next level with innovative approaches, and enable brands to build a deeper connection with their communities, like: 
- metaverse 
- web3
- XR/AR/VR
- blockchain and NFT based game assets
- cryptocurrencies and digital collections
- blockchain-based ownership 
- tokenization
- generative AI for assets and design
- game design and development (AAA, AA, indie)

To learn more about Bloxa Studio, visit www.bloxa.studio, or contact us directly!

Microsoft

Taught the basics of programming through a computer game, called Kodu, to 60+ elementary school students. Participated in several technology events and conferences organized by Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals.

Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador

Microsoft Student Partner

Auxesys

During my exchange studies abroad, I joined a small local IT and digital marketing consulting firm, where I finished my compulsory internship required by my home university.

Working with the leadership team to create a state of the art corporate tech event with really exciting tech demos. The theme focuses on "The future of small office tech".

Event Coordinator

Impact Events & Meetups

Later on, we rebranded the community to "Impact Events & Meetups".
We organized self-development events, workshops and training in the local ecosystem.

Co-Founder

Originally started as a networking event series called "Business Talks Szeged". We focused on bringing together local people interested in business and tech to help them make new connections, or start businesses.

Founded my e-commerce retail company making sales on online platforms like Amazon and eBay. The business model was FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon), and also used services like UPS and Hermes for delivering products outside of the scope of FBA.

Upkey

I was honored to be part of two programs organized by Upkey. 
The first one was a six-week-long internship where we were involved in numerous different programs. For example, presentations by entrepreneurs, professionals, MBA students, professors from well-known universities like Stanford, IE Business School, mentoring sessions, presentations by us, etc. We have put the cherry on top with a special capstone project where I was part of a team focused on industry research to help a search fund in its early phase. 

The second one was a two-week-long entrepreneurial summit and ideathon/competition. In the beginning, we created a team of five and started working on a startup idea. We have generated our ideas first by analyzing the problems and demands on the market, then created a concept of solution. Later on, we have conducted a primary research and based on the feedback we adjusted our solution, created a website, and pitched it to a professional jury team. In the meanwhile, we got a lot of valuable lectures on business development and mentoring sessions from professionals.

Intern

GYEEK Club Association

Organized and hosted meetups, workshops and hackathons in the field of IT, marketing and startups, to share knowledge and make people connect with each other. There were lots of topics like Machine Learning, IoT, Web Development, Mobile Development, DevOps, Digital Marketing, startup related events, etc.

Chief Operating Officer

OVB Vermögensberatung AG

Consulted about 30 individuals and families to create a smart financial plan for their future as a junior independent financial advisor. In the beginning, I worked alongside a senior mentor to help me get into the depths of financial planning and advising. Later on, I started servicing clients on my own. 
Attended plenty of education, conference and mentoring sessions where we learned about communication, negotiation, personality types, leadership, sales, and many more. 

Successfully finished two exams controlled by the Hungarian National Bank: 
- Independent Insurance Agent license
- Financial Services Agent license

Independent Financial Advisor

Hubeet

Noticed that the Meetup.com company was going through a lot of hurdles and negative feedback recently, therefore we identified an opportunity to build a competitive platform with features truly focusing on the users. 

Our core initial target audience was people attending Microsoft-related meetups and conferences. Eventually even applied to the Imagine Cup student startup competition organized by Microsoft every year. Attended multiple local startup programs that helped us to work on the startup from the business side.

At age 19, after being part of the startup ecosystem for about half a year, I decided that it was time to throw myself into the deep water and started my first tech startup with two other university friends as co-founders. 

We also onboarded a UX/UI designer, a senior frontend developer, a senior backend developer, a startup mentor, and 2 senior tech advisors (top Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals in Hungary).

Co-Founder & CEO

Over 9 years in entrepreneurship, and part of the startup and tech ecosystem for 7+ years. Built various communities, started several ventures, and participated in or advised multiple startup projects. Always open to chat about opportunities with high growth potential. 

🤖 On the journey of partnering up with the most ambitious INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY stakeholders around the globe to redesign together the whole outdated industry with the help of ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (computer vision). @Paractic Technologies

🎮 Besides that, we are taking BRAND EXPERIENCES to a whole new level of entertainment and connectivity with our specialized WEB3 and GAMING solutions. @Bloxa Studio

We are constantly looking for new collaborations (clients and partners), so feel free to reach out for a quick chat! 
✉️ Email: 
         - hello at paractic.com 
         - hello at bloxa.studio
📞 Book an online intro meeting: 
         - https://cal.com/paractic/30-min
         - https://cal.com/bloxastudio/30-min

💰 Additionally, we invest in a smaller number of the most promising projects in the field of our expertise through an equity based technology development, so let's chat about the details if you have something exciting to share!

(Please leave a note when sending a connection request if you can, this helps me to get back to you sooner, thanks a lot! 🙌)

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