Gary Vaynerchuk
garyvaynerchuk.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2008
Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur and social media marketer who posts videos and essays on personal branding and business.
What HN saysHN commenters point to his videos as advice on building a personal brand and on finding advertisers for a blog or vlog.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Homepage6 people · first shared 2008
- 2Gary Vaynerchuk demonstrates how to get advertisers by cold calling4 people · 117 points · first shared 2009 · 32 comments on HN
- 3Execute on Being You1 people · 20 points · first shared 2008 · 6 comments on HN
- 4Stop crying and start hustling1 people · 5 points · first shared 2009 · 1 comments on HN
- 5Gary V: Better than Zero1 people · 3 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 6Build a Business, Not a Financial Machine (2016)1 people · 3 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 7The Return of Pay1 people · 3 points · first shared 2010 · 2 comments on HN
- 8Garry Vee Keynote at Web 2.0 NYC1 people · 3 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 9Why Millions of Tweens Are Using Musical.ly… and Why It Matters1 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · 2 comments on HN
- 10Gary Vaynerchuk expands on his "social media experts are clowns" comment1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · 2 comments on HN
- 116 Time Management Techniques from a Guy who has no time1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 12How to get advertisers on your site1 people · 2 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 13Gary Vee on how to have a successful website: content and community1 people · 2 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 14Why I Tell Fortune 500 Companies to Stay Away from QR Codes1 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · 2 comments on HN
- 15Gary Vaynerchuk at Rails Conference 20101 people · 1 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
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petercooper · 2008-10-22
Work on building up your personal brand equity. In less buzzwordy terms, build up your social network, become known for your opinions, and develop an audience of some sort. Gary Vaynerchuk's videos are worth watching on this topic - http://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/
I follow a lot of people on Twitter who aren't working on a specific idea right now, but when they do, you can bet I'll be checking it out and cheerleading for them! The same applies for those following me. Become known, get us to follow you and enjoy what you have to say, and then when you DO get "that big idea" you'll actually have some users and publicity out of the gate :)
With that said, if you /do/ have a Twitter account or whatever, link us up! But your blog only seems to have one post..
27182818284 · 2013-10-27
You should lawyer up as others advise, but I must be missing something because the problems you listed are definitely not the client's problems. For example, it isn't their problem you didn't filter candidates well enough, etc.
I would lawyer up, but also work on killing them with kindness. Make it right. Gary-Vaynerchuk the heck out of them. (http://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/)
revorad · 2011-03-24
You could do a number of things depending on your subscriber demographics.
If you want to go the advertising route, it's best to go directly to relevant businesses. See this - http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/78967452/want-to-get-advertisers-on-you…
The other way is to just sell something directly to your readers. First test a few different products (some rare history book, photobook etc) by adding a link to the bottom of your email and seeing which one gets the most clicks. Once you know what's popular, buy it in bulk and sell.
vaksel · 2009-03-29
just go to one of "social media" experts video blogs and watch a bunch of their videos:
i.e. someone like http://garyvaynerchuk.com/
sidsavara · 2009-01-30
Seth Godin's Blog - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
Mark Cuban - http://BlogMaverick.com
Paul Graham - http://PaulGraham.com
Gary Vee - http://garyvaynerchuk.com/
538 - http://FiveThirtyEight.com fascinating
Freakonomics - http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/ as above
ZenHabits - http://zenhabits.net I met him in person and Leo is as genuine as they come
My Life In A Cube - http://www.mylifeinacube.com/ Great comic
And like, hundreds more ;)
Also the best place to find stuff I like is my StumbleUpon RSS feed at http://tr.im/sidsu
I think it is all pretty spiffy stuff myself. And of course, my blog is at http://sidsavara.com
GoodRobot · 2017-03-22
acangiano · 2009-01-24
AshWills · 2017-03-22
Document your journey and be yourself rather than trying to create story lines and a "persona".
Gary Vee Quote: "In very simple terms, “documenting” versus “creating” is what The Real World and the Kardashians is to Star Wars and Friends. And don’t get confused—just because you’re “documenting” doesn’t mean you’re not creating content. It’s just a version of creating that is predicated more on practicality instead of having to think of stories or fantasy—something that’s very hard for most people (including myself)." - https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/creating-content-that-builds-your-perso…
thefifthprint · 2016-12-31
Since my article is about Gary Vaynerchuk, this is the definition I used: https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/depth-look-emotional-intelligence/
VirgilShelton · 2016-10-17
If you want to ask companies about problems they're facing you'll need to learn sales. I've been a freelancer for 12 years and these books changed my life...
* How to Become a Rainmaker: The Rules for Getting and Keeping Customers and Clients by Jeffrey J. Fox
* The Dollarization Discipline: How Smart Companies Create Customer Value...and Profit from It by Jeffrey J. Fox
* The Brain Audit: Why Customers Buy (And Why They Don't) by Sean D'Souza
* The Ultimate Sales Letter: Attract New Customers. Boost your Sales by Dan S. Kennedy
* The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation by Mathew Dixon and Brent Adamson
Also watch a few Gary Vaynerchuck Keynotes and you'll get ideas on how to add value first, specifically read this blog post https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/working-for-free-the-debate/
Udo · 2011-03-25
What a childish, pompous headline. Turns out the guy was in a meeting at the time and has since called everybody back:
> Update: Gary was in a meeting, he finally called me back and he’s been answering a lot of calls since this post. He was a very good sport about the whole thing.
http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/4091744015/tech-crunch-adstruc-article
It's a non-story, it does nothing except maybe illustrate what a dick Erick Schonfeld is.
joshklein · 2010-12-29
Re: how to do this - watch this video of Gary Vaynerchuk picking up the phone and selling an ad: http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/78967452/want-to-get-advertisers-on-you… (it isn't rocket surgery!)
Re: fair prices - Totally depends on your content, your market, and how targeted you are to the advertiser's audience. There are plenty of sub-$1 CPM display ads, and I've been a part of buying $170 CPM ads. But you should only worry about this only after you have sold out your ad inventory. Anything is better than nothing.
rykov · 2010-04-24
This "when no one is watching you" insight made me think of GaryVee vs. Tom Crush 5am phone call:
http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/455059045/i-was-pranked-at-5-am
extantproject · 2009-10-04
"You can do both." - Gary Vaynerchuk
http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/78962355/you-can-have-bothjobs