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#QOTD: Would you pay $10 a month for Ello?

#LINKS
Why My Advice Might Not Work For You - https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/business-advice-might-not-work-657352060.html

Look the bottom line is that Ello raised venture capital. The investors are looking for a return on their investment, so they're going to have to figure out a business model. So the question becomes, if they're not going to sell your info to advertisers, are they going to charge a fee to use the service? Now look they may come up with something totally new and innovative, and God bless Ello if they do. I'm rooting for everybody all the time.

My big thing is that **people don't care if you're selling their data**. We actually want targeted ads. When I'm in the market for another pair of Nikes, I WANT to see ads for them. Now there are those of you who disagree, but the data shows it. We'll take them when they go from ads to content. 

So here's the thing:

1. I think the way Ello is financially structured has vulnerabilities.
2. This has happened before with things like Diaspora. It didn't work.
3. I'm not in love with the actual product, but I'm glad they're moving and innovating.

I'm not Nostradamus. I like to make my call when I actually see something happening, and so I think it's too early to say that, but my intuition says they're going to eventually charge, which is going to turn a lot of users off. 


#AskGaryVee Episode 27: What's the Deal With Ello?

#QOTD: Where Are You Consuming The AskGaryVee Show? iPhone? IPad? Tv? or Computer? Where? 

If you're looking to try and sell ads on your Instagram account, first up you need the followers - the scale - to support bringing in real money. You need to spend the next 6-12 months actively acquiring new users. Then the answer is YES. It's totally fine to be making an ad once every 7 Instagram videos (remember, Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook). But you need to make the stuff entertaining. Think like 1950's advertorial-style commercial starring you using the product. Like when they used to bring dogs onto Jonny Carson to eat Alpo dog food. All of that is clearly coming back into vogue. 

Now here is what I would do if it were me: You need to basically google all of the news and media relating to your specific niche, and you need to reach out to every single person in the first 80 pages of results to let them know what you're doing and see if they can get you exposure. You need to absolutely be pounding all 879 influencers who matter in your niche to make sure they know who you are. You need to be the one to reach out and say "yo". 

Guys. Most of you aren't TAKING it. You have to understand that with Wine Library TV, I reached out and TOOK it. I emailed EVERYBODY who had a wine blog in 2006, and said "hey, I'm doing this!"

And I get that not everybody is comfortable with self promoting. I love when my european friends are like "oh that's such an American thing." But I'm telling you that if you're smart and you position it the right way, which is not to be straight up like "YOU SHOULD WRITE ABOUT ME!" (Right Hook), but instead saying "Hey I love our community, if there is anything I can ever do you for, let me know." (Jab), you're going to see results. You just are.

So get out there and take it. 

#AskGaryVee Episode 66: Top Line Revenue and Niche Advertising on Instagram!

#QOTD: I need your fantasy baseball sleeper. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, give me your technology app sleeper. Don't use Meerkat.

#TIMESTAMPS
2:16 - What do most people want to get out of social media?
4:46 - How do you maintain a pleasant mood with family after a long day of hustle?
7:07 - A lot of people on Instagram ask me for a "like for like." How would you respond to that situation?
9:38 - How do you motivate teams of remote workers without a payment incentive?
11:08 - How can I take my website to the next level? Make it go viral? Increase sales?

#LINKS
SUBMIT A QUESTION https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/what-youll-need-to-get-garyvee-945936926.html
PODCAST: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-askgaryvee-show/id928159684?mt=2

I have always had the ability to come home after a long day and leave it all behind for my family. My dad did not have that ability, and maybe that's why it affected me. I am so grateful and so thankful to my family members, especially my wife, who allow me the freedom to hustle the way I do. I feel like it's totally inappropriate to disrespect that love, to then carry over my headaches home.

There have been a good amount of people who have said to me how much they admire that I never take my headaches out on them. At the end of the day, there are really two people: people that need somebody else to dump their headaches on, and people that collect the headaches of others. I admire my mom tremendously for that. She collects everybody's headaches. I'm very thankful that I took that DNA from her. 

I'm thrilled to hear your headaches, but I have no interest in giving you mine. And so that foundation, that DNA trait, allows me to walk right into home and forget the problems. Lost a client. Can't ship to a state anymore on Wine Library.com. Didn't get that deal. Somebody's sick. All these things that are life and intense, the second I walk in that door I need to repay that amazing family that has given me the opportunity to do my thing by shutting that all off and turning on a different gear. 

The truth is, it's just easy for me. I have different parts of myself, different gears, and I can switch between them. I gear it up.


#AskGaryVee Episode 77: Like For Like, Working Remotely, & Matthew Berry Asks A Question

#QOTD: What is your immediate dream right now? The one right in front of you at this very moment. In six days or six months it will change but I want to know what it is right now.

#TIMESTAMPS
1:45 - Do you have any tips on delegation?
2:45 - Isn't working long hours an old school mindset? Why not focus on building wealth via passive income?
5:30 - What athlete, past or present, embodies hustle for you? 
6:25 - Could you say couple of words in Russian at your show? What value do you find in knowing a foreign language?

#LINKS
Clouds & Dirt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4bAV...
How to ask a question: https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/what-y...

The best piece of advice i can give on delegating is very much up in the clouds, but you know me: I'm a clouds and dirt guy. ;) I'm pretty great at delegating, and I'll tell you the middle one rule to delegating well: recognize that 99.9% of things don't mean shit. If you actually think it's not that important, it becomes a hell of a lot easier to let someone else do it. If you recognize that someone else's 7.7 point skills are completely acceptable for a task in place of your 10 point skills, do it. It's all about humility. Ego is the issue with delegation. Even though I have a ton of ego, I have a boatload more of humility than you think.


#AskGaryVee Episode 86: Passive Income, Foreign Languages & How to Delegate

#QOTD, from Suzy Welch: In our book we make the case that the place you should be working is something we call your "area of destiny." It's the intersection of what you're uniquely good at and what you love to do. How many of you feel that you are currently working in your area of destiny?

#TIMESTAMPS
2:29 - How important is failure. You hear a bunch of people saying how important it is to fail. But is it really?
5:08 - Is terminating the bottom 10% still a good idea? Even on a team of all-stars, someone has to be last.
8:19 - As a business grows, what is best solution for documenting policy, procedure and process so all are on same page?
11:05 - What is the best way to scale a business with an inherently low profit margin?
13:58 - How can efficiency and creativity better work together?
17:33 - Jack and Suzy talk about their new book, "The Real-Life MBA".

#LINKS
Jack and Suzy Welch's "The Real-Life MBA" (all proceeds go to charity): http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Life-M...
Jack Welch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jack_welch
Suzy Welch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuzyWelch

How important is failure? The failure has to be quantified. If you fail and then can never get up from it again, that's not a good kind of failure. Failure and adversity are the two things I think about. For me, as an entrepreneur, all my failures along the way have been a lesson. I'm even thinking back to when I attended my first baseball card trade show. I bought a table at 13 for $400 and nobody showed up. That was a lesson. Those micro failures were super super important. But it also depends on your stomach. If you really go out of business, people can go one of two ways. Either they're just finished and they're never able to get off the mat, or they go in a different direction. So to me, quantifying the failure is important.


#AskGaryVee Episode 89: Jack & Suzy Welch Talk About Efficiency, Creativity, & Failure

#QOTD: I need YOUR eBay story. Go in depth. I'm reading all the comments this weekend.

#LINKS
Submit a question: https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/what-y...
Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/garyvee

People will pay for anything...if they perceive it has value. If there was an #AskGaryVee Show in 1967 and I got a question like this, I'd say something like "Hey groovy cats, it's the AskGaryVee Show. Dawn, your question is like asking if people will pay for water. No way!" That would be the WRONG answer. What happened was that Poland Springs, and probably a lot of brands before Poland Springs, came along and convinced people that bottled water had value. Here's a fun weekend activity: go ask your grandparents what they thought about the idea of people paying for water. 

In fact, think about how you feel. A $4 bottle of water in an airport? We've all done it. It's an absolute brain twist.

So yes, people will pay for answers from experts on live streaming apps. Even though you can watch now for free, people will stay end up paying down the road.

Now the question is: are you good enough to charge people? Have you built up equity? Have you put in the WORK?

And more importantly, how many people have built up that presence and have the charisma and ability to charge per answer. 

The people that have pulled it off have had to be in an interesting part of their career, or they really enjoyed it. I love Q&As so much that I do this show for me. Do you have the chops to make it happen for you?

#AskGaryVee Episode 90: Facebook Video Views, Leaving the Family Business, & eBay

#QOTD: What is your favorite football team and who do you want your team to pick in this year's draft? 
Want to win a jersey from me? Make the right pick in the comments section and I just might send you one :) 

#TIMESTAMPS

2:40 - Everyone visiting my site will be there for custom music. Should I delay them with content? 

5:01 - How would you price sponsorship for your show? By number of views? Sales?

7:25 - If you were selling merchandise, like t-shirts, how would you go about it? 

9:59 - Currently, what's the biggest way that you're critical of your own advice?

12:48 - In terms of distribution and promotion, how do you think TV shows will be launched two years from now?

#LINKS

https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season...

#AskGaryVee Episode 91: Pricing Sponsorship, Selling Merchandise, & Tim Ferriss Asks a Question

#QOTD: Finish the sentence: "Cash is _________ ."

#TIMESTAMPS
2:03 - I have an app idea, with my target market willing to test it, but I need to create the app and I'm not a programmer. Any advice?
3:27 - What are bad habits you had and overcame, and how did overcoming them aid your growth as an entrepreneur?
5:07 - How can I prevent angel investors interested in investing in my enterprise, from potentially stealing our IP?
6:58 - Which marketing vehicles are working best to grow the businesses of the startups you've invested in?
9:37 - What would you prioritize as a one person business?

#LINKS
RSVP TO EPISODE 100: https://www.facebook.com/events/1432361237066830/
OPTIMIZE YOUR FB PRESENCE: https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/facebook-tips-for-businesses-984995079.html

When people start their pitches to me by saying "But first, please sign this NDA so our ideas don't get stolen", I immediately check out. Why? Because if you actually think in 2015 that your idea is so profound and nobody has ever thought of it, then you are lost in the reality of the marketplace. If that is your mindset, I don't see that as a winning mindset. Starting now, 2015 and beyond, the days of patenting ideas, IP being stolen, are gone. Every idea has been thought of. All of them. I mean it.

Now, people actually executing on those ideas? That is the big one now. You need to have the right resources, be in the right place in your career, have energy, skills, opportunities: those are the variables. Not the ideas.


#AskGaryVee Episode 96: You're Out of Business

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#QOTD: What are you feelings that the show ends today? 

#TIMESTAMPS
3:43 - How do I keep my old employees from hazing my new employees?
6:48 - How did you overcome your family relationship with AJ in order to work through a business problem?
10:48 - Are you the person behind the #TomShady billboard?
11:35 - How do you decide what and when to automate?
14:03 - How do I overcome the perception of being "too young" when I'm pitching potential clients?
19:20 - Do you have any advice on how to give my first on-stage presentation?
22:03 - Where do you see the sharing economy going over the next few years?
24:55 - What should I focus on with the companies that I invest in?
26:44 - Would you like to try my product?
28:54 - How much of your staff's time is spent on you as opposed to other projects?
31:25 - How do you decide what to work on, and what's the opportunity cost to doing it?
35:15 - How would you apply your methods and teachings to the financial industry?
39:32 - What's your definition of productivity, and how do you manage to be so productive day after day?
43:45 - How should I go about making content for my packaged food company? Which platforms should I use?
47:27 - Where do you see the biggest opportunities in the wine&spirits sector (specifically vodka)?
50:09 - What is a fundamental skill that you see a lot of entry-level marketers lacking?
52:40 - I'm having a hard time professionally training my son, how do you balance the family aspect with the need to be hard on someone?

#AskGaryVee Episode 100: The Live Show [UNCENSORED]

#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

#QOTD: What are you doing this weekend? 

#TIMESTAMPS
2:40 - You advocate creating deep not wide content. But what are your thoughts on using curated content?
5:39 - Should I be writing unique content on LinkedIn & Medium, or is it ok to repurpose the content I've already published on my blog?
8:00 - I have a blog where I publish content in both English and German. How would you manage multilingual content on social media?
11:16 - What are your two cents about Donald Trump running for President?
14:37 - Where is the line when it comes to strengths and weaknesses? Should we never try for our weaknesses?

#LINKS
MY NEWEST MEDIUM https://medium.com/@garyvee/this-is-the-biggest-mistake-a-young-entrepreneur-can-make-448ba2df43ef
MY NEWEST ARTICLE ON GV.COM  https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/the-importance-of-employee-motivation-1207276002.html
FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/garyvee/
FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/gary


#AskGaryVee Episode 111: Donald Trump, User Generated Content, & Ted Rubin Asks a Question

#QOTD - What is your prediction for your favorite teams' record for the entire season? 

#LINKS
Brandon Marshall - https://twitter.com/bmarshall
Eric Decker - https://twitter.com/EricDecker87
Damario Davis - https://twitter.com/demario__davis
Nick Folk - https://twitter.com/nickfolk2

#TIMESTAMPS
1:45- Ryan Fitzpatrick: What are the pros and cons of getting involved with franchised restaurants? How much money does Chick Fil-A lose being closed on Sundays?
4:46- Brandon Marshall: What can I do now to set myself up for business when I'm done playing football? 
6:44- Eric Decker: How can athletes use social media to expand upon their brand?
9:46- Damario Davis: When it comes to startups, is it better to raise money, use your own money, or take out a loan?
12:11- Nick Folk: What can I do now to prepare for business when I'm done playing football? 

#AskGaryVee Episode 137: The New York Jets Ask Questions About Social Media

#SOTD
What is your prediction of week 2 in the NFL?
Please give feedback of today's show!

#LINKS
Amazing value wine: https://winelibrary.com/wines/grenach...

#TIMESTAMPS
1:30- What would you do if you were the new CEO of Twitter? How would you turn that ship around?
4:15- How would you raise money for a college business club?
6:49- How do you decide which video content goes on which social media platform? If the New York Jets were a sandwich, which sandwich would they be?
8:31- When was the last time you were wrong and how did you handle it?
10:34- How do you define value wine and what are a couple of your favorites?

#AskGaryVee Episode 141: How to Raise Money for Your College Club

On Episode 158, things got a little crazy, and I give my prediction for the Jets vs. Raiders game.

#PREDICTION
Jets 25, Raiders 24.

#TIMESTAMPS
3:00 - Is it wise to form a startup around an app/website which will solve a problem without yet knowing how to monetize it? 
7:19 - I noticed that you endorse certain books and allow yourself to be quoted on the cover. I thought you didn't read books? 
9:48 - How would you market an HR staffing agency?
14:38 - Can you build a strong social media following solely by engaging with your audience or is content an absolute must?
17:11 - Is there a question you wished people would stop asking you?

#BONUS QUESTIONS
19:50 - India's question 
21:15 - Steve's question

#LINKS
NEWEST MEDIUM https://medium.com/@garyvee/how-i-fin...
6 FOR 6 JETS PREDICTIONS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXl8N...
GARYVEE TEES https://www.teepublic.com/user/GaryVee


#AskGaryVee Episode 158: Things Get Really Crazy

#QOTD: What wine are you drinking at Thanksgiving?

#TIMESTAMPS
3:47 - Why am I seeing an influx of tech companies using billboards to advertise? (Slack, Snapchat, Yahoo!)
7:07 - You recommend free work but how do know when someone is just after free work, yet wants to call it exposure?
10:11 - How would you manage higher demand than production capacity? How to manage expectations when you have 2/3 months latency ?
11:30 - if you could change one part of Facebook's API for marketers and business pages, what would it be?
13:47 - How clearly do you have to see the end goal (and the path to get there) before you begin? Clarity before hustle?

#BONUSRANT
16:10 - Bonus Rant

#LINKS
JOIN MY EMAIL LIST eepurl.com/LY3M5
WHAT I'M GRATEFUL FOR https://medium.com/@garyvee/one-thing...
MY NEWEST MEDIUM https://medium.com/@garyvee/why-every...


#AskGaryVee Episode 165: Billboards, Production Capacity, & Gary Gets Salty

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Read AJ's Medium article here: https://medium.com/@ajv/doing-something-i-never-thought-i-would-a159ad3a2e3a

#QOTD: What is your current fascination?

#TIMESTAMPS
3:50 - As a huge fan and student teacher, I'd like to know what you feel makes a great teacher?
6:48 - Would you consider adopting children?
9:46 - If you owned a small newspaper, what would you do with it? How would you change how it delivers news/earns revenue?
12:41 - With so many employees, how do you ensure the rest of the team is speaking the same language and saying the same things to clients that you would say?
16:11 - What's one question nobody has ever asked you that you really wish they would?

#LINKS
FOLLOW MY SNAPS: http://snapchat.com/add/garyvee
MY BOOKS: https://garyvaynerchuk.com/books


How to Sell Newspapers, Adopting Children & What Makes a Great Teacher: #AskGaryVee Episode 194

#QOTD: What have you been up to?

#TIMESTAMPS:
2:44 - I want to snap & vlog my work, but I'm mostly sitting at a desk on my phone & email. How can I add variety in content? 
5:51 - What are some of your best tips for getting the deal done and making sure what it is mutually beneficial for both parties?
8:30 - How do design changes to apps that cause a negative stir affect brand image or usage? Or does it even?
11:48 - You challenge old every day, how do you feel when challenged from younger - professionally?
14:54 - If you were to build a company today from scratch, at the beginning stages of your company, what would your top three first moves be? Keep in mind you only have $3000. 

#LINKS:
Montage video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdvbs1X5-CA
Facebook: https://facebook.com/gary
Follow My Snaps: http://snapchat.com/add/garyvee
My Books: https://garyvaynerchuk.com/books

Negotiation Strategies, Logo Changes & the Apparel Business | #AskGaryVee Episode 205

#QOTD: The whole "live" experience (Periscope, Facebook)- what's your early take on it? What do you like? What do you not like? Are you watching anything? I want your 2 sentence thesis on the live revolution.

#TIMESTAMPS:
2:38 - What is the most important lesson you learned from Mike?
4:13 - How would you scale a wedding photography business with basically no recurring $$$?
6:48 - What is the best advice you can give to someone who wants to start a small business but is still working full time?
10:30 - You're a huge sports fan. Which athlete do you relate the most to? Or compare yourself to? as in... You're the (blank) of digital marketing
14:55 - How would you advertise a little house in southern Spain near the ocean? I rent it, have a website, an advertising agency, and airbnb but I still need more customers.
16:27 - You haven't talked much about mobile first websites. Advice for doing it well? How do you structure them for success?
18:04 - What returns have you seem with influencer marketing? Is it just for massive brands like Samsung? Can a startup turn revenue from influencer marketing?
19:14 - What are the best ways to vanquish my enemies?
22:14 - How long until the older generation gets Snapchat?
22:29 - What's the number one way of getting over the fear of starting due to potential haters and also what's your tip on handling haters?
22:46 - I've worked in the building supply industry for 10 years. What's the best way to start a referral and lead generating business?

#LINKS:
Search Engine: http://ask.garyvaynerchuk.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/gary
Follow My Snaps: http://snapchat.com/add/garyvee
My Books: https://garyvaynerchuk.com/books

Handling Business Competition & Influencer Marketing Tips | #AskGaryVee Episode 208

Loved having my man Mike Rashid stop by and&nbsp;chat. We spent some time on ideas behind building an audience - why you shouldn't only focus on avenues that have the highest reach, but will have the highest impact. One HUGE point we made here toward the fitness industry was having the self-awarness to not just pedal products for a quick buck. Do you really want to be selling things that you don't believe in to your friends and family? Leaving a legacy is what the goal is here. In everything I do, I want to leave behind a MASSIVE legacy of myself and what I created. Focus on the number of people that will come to your funeral, not on the number in the bank. Give this a listen - let me know what you thought :)

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