Accelerated Intelligence AI

Deliver cutting-edge consulting and Artificial Intelligence advisory to businesses who need to expand their company's innovation capabilities and turn their human resources into superhuman resources by expertly leveraging technology ethically and efficiently. We are business-focused and tech-enabled.

Founder & CEO

Costanzo Marketing Group

Business owners and executives sometimes get stuck trying to grow their profits, get more customers in the door and expand their business.  That's when they work with me.

I create new profit centers for them using overlooked opportunities, hidden assets, underutilized relationships and  revenue sources.

Costanzo Capital

Private Equity, Angel, A-round and Acquisitions. Investments include holdings in media, publishing, e-commerce and real estate, cannabis and satellite launch technology.

Most investments involve indepth growth advisory.  Currently looking to invest in or acquire companies that have plateaued or are struggling financially and would like a quick turn around. 

What we do: 
1. Financial & Operational Triage: Quickly assessing how to stabilize the business.
2. Growth Lever Activation: Finding appropriate growth levers from sales & marketing to improve topline performance.
3. Financial Engineering to get the most from the bottomline.
4. Increase Shareholder Value which may involve systemization or bolt-on acquisitions of competitive or complementary businesses.

If you would like a second opinion on whether your company might be a good fit for us, please reach out

Principal

Bacon Wrapped Business Podcast

"Sizzling hot business advice guaranteed to make you fat... Profits!" 

This is my weekly talk show for business owners, marketing execs and entrepreneurs to listen in as I give my best advice and invite guest experts to reveal their best "bacon wrapped business-strategies" with listeners.

Free on iTunes at http://baconwrappedbusiness.com/itunes

Or visit the blog at http://baconwrappedbusiness.com

Podcast Host

Brandetize

Brandetize is a world renown marketing and brand development agency focused on elevating brands and driving monetization. 

My work centers on finding innovative solutions to their client's performance and driving revenue using proven yet unique methods.   Currently working with the Brian Tracy International account to spur growth and impact.

Chief AI Officer & Head of Strategy

RealEstateInvestor.com

I guided the marketing team and company to grow and acquire new clients for the service and SaaS business by deploying marketing campaigns and improving the effectiveness of lead generation and sales.

Strategic Advisor

Otomo

Otomo is revolutionizing the way people budget and save money with AI: Automated Intelligence.

Advisor

Frank Shamrock, Inc.

Advise and facilitate on Frank "The Legend" Shamrock's (5x UFC Champion) personal brand platform and business development with multiple portfolio companies

Strategic Marketing Partner

Jesse Itzler

Advised and directed marketing initiatives and platform growth for NYT Bestselling author and serial entrepreneur Jesse Itzler. Generated tens of thousands of new leads and helped facilitate multiple live events.

Strategic Marketing Consultant

Real Estate Worldwide

I worked with the company to facilitate growth using all channels including social, content, PR, biz dev, as well as more strategic future moves for the company such as potential funding that will accelerate growth.

Helping companies embrace AI in their business to accelerate revenue, productivity, creativity and employee retention resulting in Super-Human Resources. AI Keynote Speaker | Automation Consulting | Growth Advisory

"Brad is one of the foremost authorities in the US on ChatGPT and AI for business" - Brian Tracy 

"If you're stuck and you feel like you got to make the next leap with AI in your business you should call Brad.  I'm going back and radically shifting what I do because of Brad" - Jack Canfield

"Brad Costanzo has a unique superpower to collect and recall profitable strategies that apply across industries and to connect and build the right relationships for his clients." -Brian Horn, Forbes...

"Brad is a constant source of relevant, thought-provoking ideas with a ton of knowledge on all things marketing, business development, and entrepreneurship. Just a couple of his connections and strategies helped us bring in an extra $50,000+ this year. I highly recommend Brad as a consultant to anyone that's looking to grow their business"
-Andrew Pawlak, CEO Leadpops. 

In my career I have started, run, acquired and exited multiple businesses and served many amazing clients as an advisor, consultant, coach and mentor.  

My clients refer to me as a “catalyst" who can "see around corners" and spot the non-obvious but simple business opportunities that create leverage and most importantly results.

I’m proud to help business leaders make bold strategic moves that improve profits and raise valuations through innovation, marketing and lateral thinking strategies.

I started adopting Artificial Intelligence in my business before ChatGPT was all the rage and have now helped to revolutionize the workflow of my clients by showing them how to use AI to unlock unprecedented innovation and productivity. 

As a keynote speaker on AI and Innovation, I'm proud to help businesses and Human Resources create Superhuman Resources by using Artificial Intelligence & strategic business practices

Do you or your team need a crash course on AI or an AI-powered innovation sprint, DM me. 

I invite you to learn more at ►► https://acceleratedintelligence.ai

And if you'd like to get ahold of me for any reason (including a second opinion on your marketing strategy or to book me to speak at your next event, simply shoot me a message).

Learn more at 
►► https://www.bradcostanzo.com

Brad Costanzo

Stop spinning your wheels and start seeing real results from your AI investments. 

They say "AI is transforming everything. AI will 10X your productivity. AI is the future."

But 92% of companies trying to use AI are failing to see meaningful returns according to data from Nvidia.

Let me say that differently: for every dollar businesses are spending on AI tools, software, and consultants, most are getting pennies back in actual business value.

But the 8% who ARE winning with AI aren't doing it because they're smarter or have bigger budgets. They're following a different playbook, one that actually works for businesses like yours.

I'm going to break down the four things successful companies do differently, stripped of all the technical jargon and corporate-speak.

AI-Powered Growth Advisor for founders, creators and innovative organizations. Entertaining Educator and International AI Keynote Speaker. BradCostanzo.com

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Stop spinning your wheels and start seeing real results from your AI investments They say "AI is transforming everything. AI will 10X your productivit

Open article: The Small Business Owner's Guide to Actually Succeeding with AI by Brad Costanzo • 9 min read

The Small Business Owner's Guide to Actually Succeeding with AI

It's no secret that AI touches every aspect of your business (and that can be a bit overwhelming... but it doesn't have to be). 

The key is to find the current bottlenecks in your workflow and seek to improve one at a time.

Here's a more interactive view of this image if you want to play with it. 

https://lnkd.in/g3P6uTpD

The Productivity Paradox when getting your employees to use AI can be dangerous.  Here's what it is and how to avoid it.

Watch the youtube video here (less than 3 minutes long) https://lnkd.in/gwhVFSd5 

Moral:  If you're trying to create a culture of innovation and AI usage at your company make sure you understand this aspect of employee psychology first. 

And if you're looking to have someone train your team, my DM's are open

Mark Firth

Mark Firth Online

Had a dream, found a mission.  Wanted to give my kids more than I had growing up and at the same time to help B2B Businesses to find consistent sustainable growth.  It all began in 2016 

Started out not knowing what the hell I was doing and then after making a lot of mistakes we grew the business and made it into Florida

Consultant

Mastermind.com

Coach 

B2B Growth Team

B2B Growth Team is not an agency or coaching program. We are a B2B growth company with a unique hybrid model that provides education, advisory and coaching together with our own technology platform. 

On a mission to help 5k B2B Consultants and Professional Services Businesses to stop chasing clients on social media

Chief Executive Officer

British Council

Teaching English to support my goal of getting a business going.  It wasn't always easy and I learned some unexpected skills that have helped me grow the business to where it is today

English Teacher

Azzurri Communications

I was commercially responsible for new business acquisition and numerous Azzurri clients, carrying a multi £m quota. Responsibilities included but were not limited to account planning, new projects, service escalation, contract management and bid generation. Clients include Harrods, BMW, Pepsi, Dow Corning, Aga and more.

I repeatedly exceeded my Sales targets and was awarded with a place on the Incentive to New York in 2010, various awards of salesperson of the month

A world class LinkedIn lead generation strategy  was the reason I was able to sell millions and consistently beat quota

Account Manager

Siemens Enterprise Communications

I worked with medium to large sized Enterprises in the city of London to agree Managed Service contracts. This ranges from break / fix telecommunications to full managed service, DR and on/off premise management. I significantly overachieved my targets

GlaxoSmithKline

I worked with Universities, Gyms and Large Businesses across the UK to improve their sales of the brands Lucozade and Ribena.  I was targeted to design, implement and manage targeted campaigns

Business Development Executive

Intern / Placement year from my Business degree at Aston University.  Supporting IBM Global Services EMEA Marketing team with market insight, knowledge and predictions.

Included the management of primary research, working with analysts like Gartner and IDC to size markets, understand trends and produce marketing plans

Marketing and Strategy Analyst - Intern

Founder → $3.2m Revenue | Millions more driven for B2B Consultants & CEOs - Helping Them STOP Chasing Clients | 100's of Client Results on markfirthonline.com | WE'RE HIRING |

Quickly found out I wasn't cut out for a life in a 9-5 after a stint at IBM, Siemens & then GlaxoSmithKline.  Quit my job in London 2010 and after 10 years in Colombia made it into Florida through the business 

On a mission to change the lives and businesses of 100k B2B consultants and professional service providers 

We are not an agency or coaching program

You told us that you had enough of 'one size fits all' agency services and that you don't have time to do another group coaching program

So we combined the 2 and added in our proprietory tech pl; platform so you don't need to do any of that either 

Anyway, enough of me talking - we prefer to let results do the speaking and you can check them out here 

www.markfirthonline.com

Why do coaches keep posting that the algorithm is dead?

If it's REALLY dead, why are they STILL posting?

Simple:  They figured out the best way to get reach… is to complain that reach is dead.

They’re using the algorithm to tell you the algorithm doesn’t work.

To me, that isn't strategy, it's bordering on manipulation 

So if you are over 40 and feeling uncertain, please know 

There's just been a redistribution away from 'marketing gurus and creators'

To real humans talking about life

It's a welcome change

Mark  Firth

Video Growth Systems For Experts 40+ | 29k YouTube subs + 1m Views | 12 Yr Entrepreneur - former IBM, Siemens, (& Fast Food Server)

Yesterday I posted about the algorithm & every desperate "guru" appeared out of nowhere... 

To shamelessly soft pitch their services in the comments, 90+ comments so far 

It was like a bad episode of 'Beetlejuice'.

When you say 'algorithm' three times, they 'appear'

I started looking at the profiles of the people commenting because I'd never seen them before

From Houston to Delhi, they all looked identical, same formulaic banner, headline & fake AI headshot

I felt nothing

It was like they all just hatched from the same bot farm

After you check out that post, please scroll down, and look at the comments when I made a post about 'life'

I spoke about the bittersweet experience of being a father, being forced to leave the USA at 44, and start from zero again 

Look at the tone, length, emotions, and interactions

Look at the individuality of the opinions and the realness in the profiles

See the difference in quality

Which do you think generated more leads?

You're playing the wrong game

Thought Leadership Growth Systems For Experts 40+ | 29k YouTube subs + 1m Views | 12 Yr Entrepreneur - former IBM, Siemens, (& Fast Food Server)

I can't compete with the 20-somethings...

I'm not comfortable with making silly, unrealistic revenue claims 

But I had a problem on YouTube, where I have 1m+ organic views & 29k subs

Loads of kids watched my videos and wasted my time

Because, At 44, I must have seemed like an old man to them and they never bought

So the last few weeks I made a hard pivot

And my last youtube video started out REAL slow

It was struggling. It was awful and then on day 5,  it took off like crazy 

Fastest growing video I ever did and and you can see the image the change in viewers compared to my older videos 

The difference: I simply mentioned my age and family in the intro 

That was enough 

Are over 40's marginalized online ?

I think so, and the demand for content built for them shows it

‘’ I changed my profile gender to female and my reach exploded…’’

I’ve seen a lot of women doing the reverse and changing their profile gender to male 

And getting a huge explosion in reach 

And they blame the platform/algorothm for it 

I don’t agree 

it’s not the fault of the platform or algorithm 

Unfortunately it’s worse than that 

It’s not the algorithmsfault because the algorithm is just a reflection of society

Or put another way if you Replace the word ‘algorithm’ with ‘human’ 

and the sad truth is you get closer to what’s going on 

We have a long way to go as people don’t we?

and I’m here to support you when I see you in the feed

The $30 minimum wage is going to destroy a lot of small businesses in NYC..

It means independent fast food servers will make 60k a year, maybe even 70k 

Do you know how hard it is for small businesses to make a profit as things are?

And who will pick up the extra cash once the local businesses fail?  

Big corporate!

What do you think?

Just remember if you are losing your job or your business is struggling...

Once we lose EVERYTHING, then we become free to do ANYTHING

Losing the baggage, BS, and opinions of people that don't matter anyway 

In my experience is exactly the thing we need to move forwards

Have you gone to rock bottom only to realize a few years later

It was EXACTLY what you needed?

P.S.A Being an expert doesn't matter anymore..

Everybody's an expert and so it's no longer standing out

Every teenager barely out of school has already exited 73.5 businesses and built an AI app

Every 40 something got promoted 17 times and made billions for their company

It's old

When it comes to getting attention and the first step in the sales process

What matters more is right now is being 'interesting' 

Social media 1.0:  Authority Sells

Social media 2.0 Authority + Interesting Sells

How do you do it?

Become interesting and post about it

What do you think?  Any truth in this...

The real results of a $30/hour min wage in NYC..

 1. Feel good speeches 

2. Initial bump in pay for workers 

3. Investment in Ai and robotics becomes even more of a priority for big business

They won’t want to absorb payroll increases of 2x or 3x 

4. Many small businesses go under because they can’t afford to pay staff 

5. Big corporate gets a bump because people now go to them instead of mom and pop stores 

6. Mass unemployment due to the perfect storm of closing businesses and  big corporate replaces staff with AI and robotics 

It’s a bit like increasing your hourly rates to manually plough fields  

While your competitor builds tractors ?

How do you see this playing out?

Are you over 40 and know you ''should'' do more video BUT

- you don't want to overshare
- Being ''vulnerable' won't work for you
- You aren't going to post in sweaty tight gym clothes to get leads
- You aren't sure what to say and how to say it
- You don't want your videos to be overedited and look like a computer game

Then what I say in this video solves ALL these problems

Is your video presence destroying your business?

‘’NONE of my leads are a good fit

It’s the same every time 

I get on a call and within seconds I can tell theres a mismatch ’’

This above ⬆️ 

I’m hearing from a lot of accomplished business owners 

Who’ve been sold the idea that ‘ai video avatars’ can get them leads 

By silly ai gurus 

But here’s the thing, how can you possibly ever expect to get good leads 
 
When you are LITERALLY attracting somebody to something that is NOT you 

No wonder there’s a energetic mismtach in the fist few seconds of the call 

And look I know you see a lot of ai gurus making money with avatars

 and they get so much engagement 

And here’s the thing

I’ll bet my house one of these things are true

1. They sell a course on ai avatars 😂 

(Come on you gotta be smarter than this)

2. They sell to male internet marketers 40+ who are obsessed with ai 

(Most of these will do literally ANYTHING to avoid actually getting good at a craft)

3.  They already built their audience and authority 

You didn’t

What works for them won’t work for you

Fast food 'giant' Wendy's to close 300 stores..

Is this the economy crashing ?

Or are people genuinely sick and tired of paying so much for processed junk ?

It's always sad when people lose jobs, but in this case, 

Is it for the greater good?

p.s last time i went was 4 years ago, when i had no idea what it actually was

It was my first week in the states

You’re posting so many fake ai photos…

Will people actually know who you are if they met you?

I can tell you it will 100% feel a bit uneasy because it happened to me last night 

And I felt embarrassed because I didn’t recognize the person in front of me 

Even though they told me we’d been talking on here in the DMs  

They had to show me their profile on their phone for me to ‘get it’

Uncomfortable for all involved - is that the right emotion from which to build a relationship?

Are you team ‘lose 20 years with ai’

Or team ‘I am unashamedly me’?

RIP thanksgiving, google just released gemini 6.83 v2.45…

And if you celebrate thanksgiving with friends and family 

Then you have NO idea what it takes to build a business 

Why would you waste time on loved ones who might not be around in a few years 

When you can spend all day with a large language model BRO 

And Why the hell would you relax for a day? 

When you could be swimming alone in pool of gold like Scrooge mcduck

With just 7 years of 120 hour working weeks 

At least according to the average hustle bro 

And I LOVE them because they allow me to endulge my British sarcasm 

Happy thanksgiving.

The 2 simple steps that will transform your business (and life) in 3 minutes

Now Hewlett packard to replace 4k+ staff with AI and I have a question 

if companies continue to replace people with automation, 

who will buy their products and services and with what money?

If the economy is strong, why is it so hard to get a job?

And why are businesses not spending like they used to

As ever, the devil is in the detail..

Yes, the economy is growing because the S&P is growing, right?

And from 2005 through 2023 the S&P and demand for labor rose together 

As job openings increased, the S&P 500 increased

But in late 2022, this stopped, the lines decoupled

Is it a coincidence that this is when ChatGPT was launched?

Or is it causation?

Source: Megatrends, Peter H Diamandis

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