Hunting and Farming

Never ever ever let someone else define you. The only thing you should stick to is what makes you happy.

Execute On YOU

#QOTD - What are the first three sites you look at in the morning?

I always find that the best way to attack your own industry and innovate is to spend *zero* time in it. I spent an extreme lack of time in the wine industry, and I spend almost no time dealing with the "agency world" right now. I think I've been to like six other agencies because we had meetings there, but that is literally it. I don't read AdAge, I don't ask my senior people what they did at other agencies. 

For me, my lack of industry knowledge, and my lack of education have actually allowed me to innovate even more. I go with what I think works, not with what everybody else in the industry is doing. 

So pay attention to the food industry, or the rock-climbing business. The best way to not innovate is to pay attention to everybody else in the business, because they're just doing the same crap, too.

#AskGaryVee Episode 25: How to Stop Your Industry from Getting Stale

This audio track is from my latest video "The Most Important Word Ever" Watch the original here: http://youtu.be/PIJElPStJpg?list=UUctXZhXmG-kf3tlIXgVZUlw

The Most Important Word - Audio Podcast

#QOTD: What do you think about the bucket?

#TIMESTAMPS
1:54 - I've become comfortable with my income from my business. As a result I've become lazy. How do you stay motivated to keep growing?
4:06 - You mentioned Twitter video in #AskGaryVee, but what about brands that don't have a "face"?
5:53 - I have a ton of strengths. What's the best way to drill down on the best to move forward at a faster pace?
7:39 - What's the best thing that's happened to you this week?
9:21 - When dealing with clients, would you rather find new clients, or hustle to get more from current clients?
10:14 - What will the next big social network have to do to make it rival FB, Twitter or Instagram?

#LINKS
MY NEWEST ARTICLE ON MEDIUM https://medium.com/@garyvee/why-listening-to-gurus-won-t-change-your-lifestyle-cea34330ae76

#AskGaryVee Episode 104: Growing Lazy, Twitter Video for Brands, & We Have A Bucket!

#QOTD: What are your parents' names? 

#TIMESTAMPS
1:24 - It's all about being one step ahead of the game. What are your social media plans for 2016?
5:21 - People who write essays as their Instagram captions...what the hell are they thinking? We're there to look at pics, not read endless shit.
7:12 - What happens to museums when their main point of contact with their audience is online platforms? Is Instagram the museum of tomorrow? 
8:44 - I think I've come to realize I am a 2 or 3. What do I do with that? How do I deal with it? Do I have to get a college degree?
11:40 - If you had a business or a blog or a personal brand or a book, how would you get more people to know about you? To buy your stuff? How would you get results?

#LINKS
MY NEWEST MEDIUM https://medium.com/@garyvee/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-really-a-fan-of-a-football-team-f5e2dd5093cd
SELF-AWARENESS VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6tKf1IR5j8


#AskGaryVee Episode 107: Long Instagram Captions, Museums, & Gary Asks Himself A Question

Dig South 2015 Keynote

#QOTD: How many copies of the #AskGaryVee Book are you going to buy?

#TIMESTAMPS
2:00 - If you had the opportunity to speak in front of an auditorium full of elementary schoolers, what would be your topic of choice and why?
5:26 - Is it possible to have TWO burning passions and pursue them at the same time without half-assing them? Or is it ideal to pick one at a time?
11:25 - Can you rate my Instagram on a 1-10 scale & tell me how I could improve it?
14:35 - If you have a business that is growing fast, is it more important to perfect the system/process or focus on adding more people to the team?
16:51 - Instagram ads look like they will be opening up soon. If you were launching a book and you could only spend money on one place in ads, would you pick Instagram or Facebook? Also, how would you hit 10k pre-orders through bulk orders, where would you focus your energy?

#LINKS
GARY ON JIMMY FALLON http://www.viddler.com/v/13aaa7
THE MONDAY VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6M-XUW4xYY
WUZZLES ON EBAY http://www.ebay.com/bhp/wuzzles
INSTAGRAM FROM THIS EP'S AUDIT https://instagram.com/whadafunk/

#AskGaryVee Episode 113: Do You Have To Choose Between Two Passions?

#QOTD:
What video game are you playing right now? - Courtesy of Stunwin

#TIMESTAMPS
1:49 - Why doesn't GaryVee read books? Doesn't he see the value while he write books himself?
4:08 - What daily rituals do you practice to keep focused?
11:30 - You're big on authentic marketing, but when does it go from building trust with audience to, "Shit man, that's TMI."
14:44 - I tried Twitter video and it worked better than good. But now I'm overwhelmed! How do I handle it?
18:57 - Your Facebook numbers don't reflect how influential you are. How to do you explain that to clients?

#LINKS
LEAVE A REVIEW ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
MAKING OF ASKGARYVEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0NtT...
GARY TOILET VINE https://vine.co/v/bVz9aFgDaFq

#AskGaryVee Episode 117: When Does Authentic Marketing Become TMI?

#QOTD: Who is more charismatic: Gary, or Sasha? Question courtesy of Sasha. 

#TIMESTAMPS
2:36 - You've led Wine Library & Vayner through insane growth. What's your best advice to those leading growing teams?
7:49 - I started daily vlog series. Should I focus on Youtube or Facebook video? Or both?
9:49 - What's one question you get asked all the time that you can't stand answering? 
16:01 - Successful leaders say you're the sum of the five people you spend most time with. How do you level up your five?
21:31 - How bad do you wish Tom Brady was your QB?

#LINKS
https://twitter.com/krainak
USC ENTREPRENEUR TALK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5tug...
WINE LIBRARY http://www.winelibrary.com/

#AskGaryVee Episode 118: Gary's Dad Joins The Show

#QOTD, PART 1: What are your weekend plans?
#QOTD, PART 2: What has been your favorite website or app over the last sixty to seventy days?

#TIMESTAMPS
21:31 - What is your favorite swear word of all time?
3:22 - As a guy who loves hustle AND people... what is the "unforgivable sin" one of your employees could make?
6:18 - What has been your biggest failure that turned out to be a success?
10:22 - If you are in a wholesale business, where volume is more important than content, how would you take advantage of social media? 
14:13 - Do companies that use social media in their marketing have a responsibility to help us find a balance between being offline and online? Should they help us unplug more or is it entirely the responsibility of the user? 

#WINNERS
21:07 - Winners of the contest announced!

#LINKS
SIMON SINEK ON TWITTER https://twitter.com/simonsinek
MY ARTICLE ON PUBLIC SPEAKING https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/how-to...


#AskGaryVee Episode 121: The Biggest Mistake My Employees Can Make

#QOTD: What is your favorite email list that you're on right now? Not of all time, right now.

#TIMESTAMPS
2:29 - If you were a college graduate today and didn't have your family business, how would you handle the job market? 
10:26 - We are planning a summit in September. Without having a big following or brand equity, how do we approach companies to participate?
13:02 - When are you going to make an app? And what would it be like? Why not have a jab jab jab app?
15:47 - How should small businesses be using Snapchat?
17:42 - In your first book, you talked about letting your audience decide if they want to get to you know more rather than persuading them. But when it comes to email marketing, how do you make connections without be too persuasive? 

#LINKS
ADVICE I GIVE TO MYSELF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oc_w...

#AskGaryVee Episode 122: What I Would Do If I Was Graduating College Today

#QOTD: Who in your family is a lawyer? Tag them if you can. I wanna say hi.

#TIMESTAMPS
2:34 - We both share an affinity for pick-up hoops & social media. What, if any, similarities do you see in these two passion points? 
5:02 - Louis CK doesn't take selfies with fans. Instead he shakes their hands and talks to them. Would 2015 Miss Manners approve? 
8:30 - I just won a contest to go meet Gary Vaynerchuk. How do I prepare for that? What would you do if you were going to meet you? 
12:54 - What's your top tip for a creative mind to start thinking like an entrepreneur?
15:29 - Which do you care about more: interacting with people who are your fans and love you, or interacting with people who don't like you, who are haters?

#LINKS
LET'S GET INTO THE SHOOOOW SHIRT https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/248...
6AM PICKUP HOOPS WITH GARY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70D_F...
MONDAY MOTIVATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6M-X...
USC TALK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5tug...


#AskGaryVee Episode 123: How Creatives Can Start Thinking Like an Entrepreneur

#QOTD: 
What are your weekend plans (lurkers)? 

#TIMESTAMPS
03:35 - When your business is successfully growing, when do you start working on another? How much time do you devote to it? 
07:26 - How do I succinctly explain who you are/ what you do to people who do not know you and are not new media savvy? 
08:56 - How important is it to love the product (ex. App) that your company sells? Would you hire someone that had never used the product? And can being too much in love with your own product work against you? 
14:04 - How do you juggle two difference audiences? How do you differ your audiences between #AskGaryVee vs. Vaynermedia? 
17:05 - Instead od doing a forum have you considered doing a private Facebook group for the #AskGaryVee Show? 

#AskGaryVee Episode 129: The Share Monster

#LINKS: 
http://instagram.com/winedeals
 http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/57476
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/55355
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/55235
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/55499

#TIMESTAMPS
05:04 - How would you manage free/pro-bono work vs getting paid as a startup or how do you draw a line between the two? 
08:53 - I noticed at New Jersey Tech that your staff was so young. I didn’t see anyone over 40 surrounding you, why? 
11:27 - What’s the next big move for Youtube to keep it’s content creators from switching over if Facebook starts sharing revenue too? 
13:35 - If you believe that sports teams will begin to use the rich data from the influencer market, and use that data to do marketing money ball with their teams? 
15:07 - Can you explain to my 13 year old son that Meerkat and Periscope are dominating streaming while Twitch is being left in the dust? 

#AskGaryVee Episode 131: Twitch, Mike Tyson's Punch Out & Zelda

Hard Work & Patience

THE BUCKET IS BACK, BABY!

#QOTD's
1. Have you watched a piece of my content more than once?
2. Did you think I was a bullshit marketer & have I won you over since then?
3. Vaynermedia lurkers comment on the show!!

#Timestamps
3:16- Why would you spend money on a Facebook dark post on me, when I follow you and have notifications on? Isn't it a waste of money?
5:31- What's your business model behind the #AskGaryVee Show?
8:05- Any tips to reach only local residents on social?
9:50- What are the differences in the way you deal with small versus big accounts/clients?
11:31- Do you think people's attention is reaching a max?

#AskGaryVee Episode 136: The Business Model Behind #AskGaryVee

#TIMESTAMPS
3:01- What are some small steps I could take, on a limited budget, to help grow my brand?
6:16-You talk about in your early years you didn't say anything and just built your brand. How do you know when to switch to the next level?
8:38- What are some of the biggest changes you've noticed since writing JJJRH?
12:06- If Lizzie had a successful business, what would you do to support and encourage her?
17:15- What role does creativity play in business?


#AskGaryVee Episode 138: The Importance of Creativity with Chase Jarvis

A Keynote: Chattanooga, TN 2015

#QOTD: Tell me something that happens in your world and how it's explained, but what's really going on?  

#TIMESTAMPS
1:20 - How do you grow and audience on Snapchat? Do you have to go to Facebook and Twitter to tell followers there?
3:17 - When you are hustling, how do you spot the difference between "busy work" and "valuable work?"
5:58 - If we wanted to start a subscription box service, should we buy an email list?
7:42 - What's your opinion on new domain extensions and emojis in URLs? If you could have an emoji, what would it be?
10:00 - What are your thoughts on today's Twitter executive "exodus" news?

Hunting and Farming

Gary Hartell