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Vaynerchuk is neither an anomaly nor is he wildly successful. He's a guy who talks about himself that way, a lot, but in the end knows very little about many th

Vaynerchuk is neither an anomaly nor is he wildly successful. He's a guy who talks about himself that way, a lot, but in the end knows very little about many things.

slouch 16y ago
i consider him wildly successful, and every time i have reached out to him with a question or comment he has responded. i can't say those things about many others.
- garyvee 16y ago
  Thnx Slouch that means so much to me
  - anthonycerra 16y ago
    Gary, You blew off a phone call we were supposed to have in 2009. Matt and I had it all set up, but you never followed through. I'm not mad about it, but I never forgot.
    - ekanes 16y ago
      Don't confuse overwhelmed/busy with someone disrespecting you - some people's calendars/inboxes scroll like crazy, and they can miss things without any ill-intent.
    - garyvee 16y ago
      Is that true man? I am sure it can happen, I promise I didnt blow it off, life is hectic at time, I would love to resched and I a, sorry ( gary@vaynermedia .com )
      - anthonycerra 16y ago
        I appreciate the gesture man. If we can chat for a few minutes (under 10) this week, that would be really cool. CrushIt was great btw :)
        garyvee 16y ago
        pls pls pls email me and put hacker news in the title
- garyvee 16y ago
  Thnx Slouch that means so much to me
muhfuhkuh 16y ago
He grew a company from 4 million in sales to 60 million and has a NY Times Bestselling book. How is that not "wildly successful"? Because he literally isn't Mark Zuckerberg? I can only hope to get to that point so early in life. He may not have the legendarily technical chops of a Fabrice Bellard or the leadership prowess of Peter Drucker, but he _surely_ knows how to sell things pretty well. I'd say he's the online equivalent of Joe Ades the Gentleman Peeler[1], which is absolutely nothing to sneeze at. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGOjFhKeLiU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGOjFhKeLiU
garyvee 16y ago
@jsavimbi I am super sorry you feel that way about me, it's funny I do talk a lot but what I am proud of is what i do when I am not talking. I hope we can meet one day and talk, I am not really looking to change your mind but I am hoping you may look at me in a different light, I wish you well and hope to prove you wrong ;) ( In a good way )
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- ekanes 16y ago
  Hey gary, any quick tips for us on how you manage notification about you/your brand? Ie how do you find threads about you and reply so quickly? Google alerts seems ok but not as real-time as I'd like.
  - garyvee 16y ago
    Alerts and search.twitter are huge for me, not much else I see
    - ekanes 16y ago
      Thanks Gary!
- vaksel 16y ago
  can you tell your guys at wine library to stop carding me every time I shop there...I'm 27...but there hasn't been a single time where I wasn't asked to show my ID. It's not that big of a deal(my wallet is already out to pay)...but it's annoying when the people in front of you who don't look that much older than you get to avoid it.
  - spitfire 16y ago
    It might be a standard practice. It takes the heat off staff with 20somethings getting miffed about being carded or not. So everyone gets carded. Or maybe no, no clue. But I'd card everyone.
bennesvig 16y ago
I don't have a dog in this fight whether people think of him as successful or not, but by most rational peoples definition of successful, he is. I never thought I'd be a massive fan of a wine blogger, but here I am defending him. I've been following him online for a few years and he (in my opinion) is the most genuine author/blogger/tech commentator out there. If you say something good or bad about him, he goes out of his way to respond to you. He doesn't have to, but he does. And the message you get is that he genuinely cares what people have to say. I wish some of my other favorite authors would give at least half the effort with engagement that Gary does.
- garyvee 16y ago
  this is really nice of u man! thnx! -gv

Vaynerchuk is neither an anomaly nor is he wildly successful. He's a guy who talks about himself that way, a lot, but in the end knows very little about many things.

slouch 16y ago

i consider him wildly successful, and every time i have reached out to him with a question or comment he has responded. i can't say those things about many others.

garyvee 16y ago
Thnx Slouch that means so much to me
- anthonycerra 16y ago
  Gary, You blew off a phone call we were supposed to have in 2009. Matt and I had it all set up, but you never followed through. I'm not mad about it, but I never forgot.
  - ekanes 16y ago
    Don't confuse overwhelmed/busy with someone disrespecting you - some people's calendars/inboxes scroll like crazy, and they can miss things without any ill-intent.
  - garyvee 16y ago
    Is that true man? I am sure it can happen, I promise I didnt blow it off, life is hectic at time, I would love to resched and I a, sorry ( gary@vaynermedia .com )
    - anthonycerra 16y ago
      I appreciate the gesture man. If we can chat for a few minutes (under 10) this week, that would be really cool. CrushIt was great btw :)
      - garyvee 16y ago
        pls pls pls email me and put hacker news in the title
garyvee 16y ago
Thnx Slouch that means so much to me

muhfuhkuh 16y ago

He grew a company from 4 million in sales to 60 million and has a NY Times Bestselling book. How is that not "wildly successful"? Because he literally isn't Mark Zuckerberg? I can only hope to get to that point so early in life. He may not have the legendarily technical chops of a Fabrice Bellard or the leadership prowess of Peter Drucker, but he _surely_ knows how to sell things pretty well. I'd say he's the online equivalent of Joe Ades the Gentleman Peeler[1], which is absolutely nothing to sneeze at. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGOjFhKeLiU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGOjFhKeLiU

garyvee 16y ago

@jsavimbi I am super sorry you feel that way about me, it's funny I do talk a lot but what I am proud of is what i do when I am not talking. I hope we can meet one day and talk, I am not really looking to change your mind but I am hoping you may look at me in a different light, I wish you well and hope to prove you wrong ;) ( In a good way )

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ekanes 16y ago
Hey gary, any quick tips for us on how you manage notification about you/your brand? Ie how do you find threads about you and reply so quickly? Google alerts seems ok but not as real-time as I'd like.
- garyvee 16y ago
  Alerts and search.twitter are huge for me, not much else I see
  - ekanes 16y ago
    Thanks Gary!
vaksel 16y ago
can you tell your guys at wine library to stop carding me every time I shop there...I'm 27...but there hasn't been a single time where I wasn't asked to show my ID. It's not that big of a deal(my wallet is already out to pay)...but it's annoying when the people in front of you who don't look that much older than you get to avoid it.
- spitfire 16y ago
  It might be a standard practice. It takes the heat off staff with 20somethings getting miffed about being carded or not. So everyone gets carded. Or maybe no, no clue. But I'd card everyone.

bennesvig 16y ago

I don't have a dog in this fight whether people think of him as successful or not, but by most rational peoples definition of successful, he is. I never thought I'd be a massive fan of a wine blogger, but here I am defending him. I've been following him online for a few years and he (in my opinion) is the most genuine author/blogger/tech commentator out there. If you say something good or bad about him, he goes out of his way to respond to you. He doesn't have to, but he does. And the message you get is that he genuinely cares what people have to say. I wish some of my other favorite authors would give at least half the effort with engagement that Gary does.

garyvee 16y ago
this is really nice of u man! thnx! -gv