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http://twitter.com/#!/garyvee http://twitter.com/#!/garyvee Nothing else, he has 850k followers on Twitter. Mostly organic. I think it is safe to say, 99.5% of
by charlesju 15y ago
http://twitter.com/#!/garyvee http://twitter.com/#!/garyvee
Nothing else, he has 850k followers on Twitter. Mostly organic. I think it is safe to say, 99.5% of "Social Media Experts" do not have 500k+ followers.
- moses1400 15y agoWrong. He got his 850k followers thanks to being on the twitter suggested user list. He hasn't moved at all since the list changed - have a look and see. He is also an investor in Twitter.
- garyvee 15y agoMoses its true I was on SUL and you bleed a lot of fake accounts, I am investor only by buying stock of Blaine Cook one of the early guys there. I hope u are super well
- jaysonelliot 15y agoHow do you arrive at the conclusion that his follower list is "mostly organic?" It's true that having over 500k followers puts you in the top 700 Twitter users. It's equally true that having over 500k followers does not automatically make someone a "social media expert" (Donald Trump, Lindsay Lohan, & Nicole Richie are in that list - I don't think I'd hire them for social media strategy). Is it also true that you can't be a social media expert with <500k followers? I don't know the answer to that one, probably not. It's definitely true that Gary V's follower count alone does not confer expert status, nor deny it from anyone else.
- garyvee 15y agomy follow count has no merit,the most I have is that I help build a 60 million dollar a year business ect.. again I didn't want to come at this from a bad place, I was trying to start a conversation that should be had
- jaysonelliot 15y agoWell put.
- petercooper 15y agoIs it also true that you can't be a social media expert with <500k followers? I don't know the answer to that one, probably not. It depends on the niche and market size. I know someone who runs a social media consultancy in the rural area I live who does well out of training people on this stuff and she only has about 800 followers. She's an expert to them, although she's obviously not Gary Vaynerchuk or whatever.
- bennesvig 15y agoIt seems like you're not very familiar with Gary. I've been following him online since mid 2008 back when he had maybe 13,000 followers. He relentlessly hustled online to get where is today as an "internet celebrity." By putting out videos on a regular basis, responding to an insane amount of tweets, doing live video streams, TV, and keynotes, each of those built him up to a credible social media voice. It's also not fair to compare him to celebrities like Trump or Lohan. They were already famous when they joined Twitter. Gary started at the bottom. I have no idea what he's done for clients with social media, but in terms of his own personal brand, he has crushed it (pun intended).
- getsat 15y agoHe actually replies to every single person who contacts him (via email or whatever medium). Kind of scary.
- garyvee 15y agoI try :) I care, context matters and so does intent and I want to engage!
- getsat 15y agoYup, I gathered that when I read "Crush It!". Great book!
- Luke_M 15y agoHe doesn't reply to every single person. I can tell you that as I've reached out twice from the UK. I was trying to buy 150 copies of TYE! I'm a big fan, but his star lost some of its sparkle when I didn't get a response.
- getsat 15y agoMaybe your email spamboxed? Did you try calling his mobile? http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/25/gary-vaynerchuk-thank-you/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/25/gary-vaynerchuk-thank-you/