UPDATE: Leandro and me are working to figure out a time to do the interview. So it will be happening once we can nail down a date and time! I'll post a new update once that's locked in! ORIGINAL POST: Last night I watched Sidekicks with Chuck Norris. Not his best film, but with his recent passing last Thursday, I'm watching some of his older movies. Anyhow, the basic plot is about this kid named Barry who spent his whole life daydreaming about fighting alongside his hero Chuck Norris. Eventually though various circumstances, he gets the chance to make it happen. And it got me thinking about something I've been watching play out in real time. There's a fellow PiggyBANKER @Leandro Langeani. He showed up in Travis Sago's world like most people do... Consuming content. Learning strategies. Dreaming about doing a deal with his mentor and hero. But most people stop there. They keep dreaming but never making it a reality. Leandro did something different. Something diabolically simple that cut through months of "figuring it out". He just changed the channel on one of Travis's IPs. Here's what happened... Travis is the author of Make Em' Beg To Buy From You. One of the best marketing books I've ever read. Proven top-seller in the English-speaking market. But completely untapped in Brazil. So Leandro teamed up with Travis and another guy named Kevin. They translated the book into Portuguese. Started selling it to the Brazilian market. August 2025, they published it. By now? 1,001 copies sold at $29.99 BRL. That's over $5,000 USD. From one book. One market. One simple channel change. Here's one of the easiest strategies any PiggyBANKER can do TODAY. Look at what's already working in one channel... And move it to another. Language is just one channel. It's one of the fastest ways PiggyBANKERS who don't speak English natively can get started. But, it could be another marketplace or social media network no one has tapped into.

Big shout out to PiggyBANKER @Carlos Rosario for creating this awesome image of me! If only my beard looked as good and non-gray as this version! I had to make it my new Skool avatar. Thanks again Carlos! Let's get piggy wit it, PB Chad

Happy Thursday my fellow PiggyBANKERS! One of my favorite movies is The Matrix. I won't bore you with the synopsis, but like Neo from the movie... My eyes have been opened. I'm seeing past what most people take for granted. I don't walk down the toy isle at Target and only see awesome action figures anymore. I don't browse through video games and just see games I want to play any longer. Even on YouTube, I see it. PiggyBANKING... It's all around us like the code of the Matrix that no one but Neo could see. The little wrestling toy company that is cashing in by licensing Macho Man Randy Savage or Andre The Giant and giving fans a touch of nostalgia... The small game company that revives a beloved franchise and like Castlevania... Giving it fresh life so fans can wield the Vampire Killer whip once again and put Dracula back into his grave. The tiny YouTube channel with 293 subscribers that collaborates with a larger YouTuber with 20,000 subscribers... So when people see 20k YouTuber's videos, they can also subscribe to the little channel... These are just some examples. I gave another example yesterday talking about MAR10 Day. Here's the thing... Like Neo, who sensed the Matrix but couldn't put his finger on it... People sense PiggyBANKING but they can't really explain it... They just know it WORKS! My goal with this community is to help you all see the PiggyBANKING opportunites all around you. I don't want you to just consume or use things like the masses... I want you to see the PiggyBANKING happening underneath it. So... My plan is to go deeper into all the PiggyBANKING that I'm seeing in my day to day life. I'll be sticking in my lane of toys, games and other forms of entertainment. But, whatever your lane is... I want to hear about the PiggyBANKING that you're starting to see. Drop your favorite GIF in the comments if you're with me.

It's a me, CHADIO! Yesterday was MAR10 Day. You probably didn't know that was a thing. I didn't either until a couple of years ago. Turns out... Fans of Super Mario started celebrating March 10th back in 2009 because MAR10 looks like MARIO. Cute, right? Here's where it gets good... In 2015, Nintendo noticed what the fans were doing. And they did something smart. They turned a fan-made holiday into a PiggyBANKING opportunity. Nintendo RARELY discounts their games... But for Mario Day this year? They dropped prices on Mario titles down to $30-$60. GameStop jumped in too... They offered $5 store credit to anyone who showed up dressed as Mario. Now... Here's what I don't want my fellow PiggyBANKERS to miss. Nintendo didn't CREATE Mario Day. The fans did. Nintendo just showed up and PiggyBANKED off the excitement that was already there. See... The hype exists. The crowds are gathering. As PiggyBANKERS we've just gotta know where to look. Maybe it's a yearly conference in our niche. Maybe it's something local in our area. Maybe it's a day fans made up that nobody's capitalizing on yet. The thing is... Big companies with massive budgets miss these opportunities ALL THE TIME. Which means we can swoop in and own them. So here's what I want you to do... Take some time to research events and celebrations around YOUR niche or area of expertise. Where are people already gathering? What excitement already exists that you can tap into? Then... Find a licensed offer that capitalizes on that. That's what I'm working on doing for the toy collecting industry. If this it gave you even a small PiggyBANKING breakthrough? Comment below. I wanna hear about it. Lets get piggy wit it, PB Chad PS The best part about this approach? You're not trying to CREATE the crowd. You're just showing up where they're already celebrating. Way easier. Way more profitable.

Notorious P.I.G. here, On Thursday last week my buddy Marion text me out of the blue. We worked together for years, first as custodians, then at a web design firm. He's the best PHP programmer I've ever known. When I got fired from the company in 09' we slowly drifted apart. Eventually the entire company dissolved and my friend was forced to start freelancing. He did pretty good for himself. We stayed connected but it was usually by bumping into each other at church or in public. Hadn't heard from him in over a year. So when he text me this morning: "Do you have any experience with Hubspot? I have a client that's looking for help for about 1-2 months." I was immediately reminded of just how far apart we are now. He had no idea I don't do service provider work anymore. How did I reply? I thanked him for thinking of me but that I'm out of the service provider game. He asked what I was up to these days. I told him about deal making and licensing. Maybe some of those clients could use a deal maker in their business? Whether we work something out or not... Hopefully we can catch up in person soon. When we do... I need to tell him this story here: https://www.skool.com/piggybanking-brand-creators-8574/when-the-bacon-stops-sizzlin-with-that-80kmonth-client?p=bea4c714 If you're a freelancer like my friend... Or still bring home the bacon with any kind of service provider work... This may help. Let's get piggy wit it, PB Chad