Episode 119
How to Get Attention Online: What a Magician Knows That Marketers Don't - w/ Jimi
I asked Jimi Gibson how attention actually works. Ten minutes later he'd named a card I picked inside my own head — live, on camera.
Who this is for
- You want a public signal that actually helps your work, not empty internet vanity.
- You would rather hear Jimi's version while the mess is still fresh than get another polished hindsight sermon.
Key takeaways
- Get Attention Online: What a Magician Knows That Marketers Don't - w/ Jimi
- Ten minutes later he'd named a card I picked inside my own head — live, on camera.
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What if I told you that what you've actually done is you've actually selected a card. You said the king of spades. Stop it. A marketer just pulled a card out of my head live on camera. I was not expecting
head live on camera. I was not expecting that. This is not something we had planned to do. Except he runs the same exact trick on your customers. You just never catch it. The first stage of any
never catch it. The first stage of any kind of communication, it's called the connection. During that connection, your body is actually releasing neurotransmitters called oxytocin.
neurotransmitters called oxytocin. Connection, curiosity, and then the close. He calls it the magic script. Then he gave me one framework, a whole year of content, all yours, and none of it that AI can ever fake. And
none of it that AI can ever fake. And the whole thing fits in one hand, pun intended. Please join me in welcoming Jimmy Gibson, a magician turned marketer turn magician turn marketer on the show.
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I asked Jimi Gibson how attention actually works. Ten minutes later he'd named a card I picked inside my own head — live, on camera. Still can't explain it.) Here's the part that pays rent: that trick and a LinkedIn post that blows up run on the identical script. Jimi spent 16 years as a working magician before becoming the voice of Thrive Internet Marketing Agency, a 20-year-old shop whose work has landed in Forbes and Entrepreneur.
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