There’s a lot of name-calling in social media right now, including Gary Vaynerchuk asserting that “99.5% of social media experts are clowns.” True, there are people out there (including many “name brand” social media consultants) that don’t have a lot of business expertise. This often results in companies getting too enthusiastic about social media per
March 15, 2011 6 Comments
13 Nuggets of Greatness from The Thank You Economy
Gary Vaynerchuk went corporate. The wine impressario turned social media superstar hit a home run with his first book Crush It!, which encouraged young, hungry entrepreneurs and small businesses to follow their passion. Now, with his new book The Thank You Economy, the fan club is going to be wearing ties instead of T-shirts. The
June 17, 2010 231 Comments
Is Your Twitter Addiction Paying Off
Twitter can suck you in to a vortex of counter-productivity like one bite of that KFC Double Down sandwich. I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter. It also continues to be a reliable conduit for new visitors here at Convince & Convert. Maybe you found
October 12, 2009 19 Comments
Make Dough From What You Know – A Review of Crush It!
Are you living, or just earning a living? So asks wine critic, social media star and business consultant Gary Vaynerchuk in his new book, Crush It! (for more ideas from Gary, see this live interview on Twitter I conducted with him last week). The premise of Crush It! is that technology has disrupted the historical
October 8, 2009 39 Comments
Gary Vaynerchuk – The Twitter 20 Interview About Wine, Social Media, and Crushing It
Gary Vaynerchuk wants to take over the world, one person at a time. From a youth spent watching professional wrestling and selling baseball cards, he’s converted his enthusiasm and savvy into a phenomenon. Using a daily Web video show (Wine Library TV) to communicate directly to consumers, Gary geometrically increased the size of his family’s wine
September 30, 2009 129 Comments
Win Gary Vaynerchuk’s Crush It!
I’m giving away 15 copies of Crush It! the forthcoming new book from Gary Vaynerchuk. Will one of them go to you? I’m interviewing Gary live on Twitter on Thursday, October 8 at 11am eastern. It’s part of my Twitter 20 series of interviews of social media luminaries. Previous interviews of Jason Falls, Scott Monty,
