Gary Vaynerchuk delivered this passionate and powerful speech at FOWA London 09 and it rocked the house. If you need a bit of inspiration (and a slight kick in the ass) don’t miss this one. Warning: Strong language
Gary Vaynerchuk has captured attention with his pioneering, multi-faceted approach to personal branding and business. After primarily utilizing traditional advertising techniques to build his family’s local wine business into a national industry leader, Gary rapidly leveraged social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to promote Wine Library TV, his video blog about wine. As his viewership swelled to over 80,000 a day, doors opened to a book deal, several national TV appearances, and a flurry of speaking engagements around the world. Gary’s dual identity as both business guru and wine guy has made him the “Social Media Sommelier.” His impact on the wine world has been commemorated via his inclusion in the 2009 Decanter Power List, an index of the 50 most influential figures in the industry.
Recently, Gary was named #18 on Askmen.com’s Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2009.
In addition to the Web 2.0 keynote above, Gary’s remarks on personal branding, social media, and business at FOWA, Strategic Profits, and South By Southwest occasioned praise from established web denizens including Kathy Sierra and earned the admiration of countless bloggers and aspiring entrepreneurs. Check out the Keynotes tab above for more video and check out Gary’s national TV appearances on the left!!
Gary’s landmark seven-figure book deal with Harper Studio was featured in The Wall Street Journal and he was recently profiled by The New York Times and Market Watch. Watch his interview with Business Week for Gary’s advice to entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Not only caring, but proving you care by doing the hard work to promote your product/service it and connect with your customers is key. Gary makes some F’n great points I just wish he could of done it with a few less F’ns. Still, thanks for the sharing.
too useful, thanks Gary for sharing this, you know business marketing is not that much difficult when master like you are among with us, the tips and tricks you share are awesome, anyone can apply them to their business and earn couple of bucks.
The McDonald’s/Cable analogy is classic. I told a client that newspaper’s will be gone within 5-10 years and he stared out me like I just told him next year everyone will be driving flying cars. He looked up some news on his phone a few minutes later and said “Are you going to wait until tomorrow to get that thrown on your yard?”
PS: Gary your language on these is getting worse. You need to work harder. :)
Fuck
Shit
Full of Shit
Douchebags
Fuckin’ Stupid
Sucks shit
Dick face
Horse Shit
Give-A-Fuck
Shit Product
Shit My Pants
Sucks Shit
Robert Fucking Parish
Did I miss anything?
I’ll give him a pass on ‘how fucked cable television is’ – but Gary needs to learn that passion does not equal swearing. Take a lesson from the guys at 37signals. They swear once in a while, but rarely, and when they do, it only accentuates their point.
I agree he swears a little too much for my liking but that’s just Garys nature. His commitment and passion for what he does is admirable and has swayed me to buy his book.
A great talk.
‘This is not the great depression!! You just don’t have a 52″ screen, you have a 44″ screen’ – This must be an American thing because every day is a f*cking hustle for me and all the other twenty-something’s I know.
Long live Gary – he f*cking knows his shit in 2009 and it’s how IT SHOULD BE.
Just sold my TV, converted by MythTV box into an Ubuntu JJ w/Boxee. THEN I watched his comments at around 4 mins. Cable IS screwed…very interesting talk.
Yeah, agree about the four letter words. It’s not because I’m female and old enough to be your granny either Gary! It’s because I feel somewhat patronised. Is this the only language you feel we’ll understand?
You’re inspirational and there’s a truly powerful message buried in your address – but I’d love to see a transcript of it and how much is actually left once the F word and other related expletives are removed, lol! Must buy the book!
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Henrique
# October 12, 2009 - 12:53 pm
Fantastic!! For me, one of the best speech of FOWA London. :)
Brent Mitchell
# October 12, 2009 - 1:07 pm
Not only caring, but proving you care by doing the hard work to promote your product/service it and connect with your customers is key. Gary makes some F’n great points I just wish he could of done it with a few less F’ns. Still, thanks for the sharing.
James Murdoch
# October 12, 2009 - 1:23 pm
too useful, thanks Gary for sharing this, you know business marketing is not that much difficult when master like you are among with us, the tips and tricks you share are awesome, anyone can apply them to their business and earn couple of bucks.
Pete
# October 12, 2009 - 2:22 pm
Makes some good points, but the quasi religious fervour turns me off.
Brad
# October 12, 2009 - 7:36 pm
Gotta agree with you. Great stuff but I can’t help but think half of those “fucks” were for dramatic effect.
James NomadRip
# October 12, 2009 - 7:51 pm
You have never been to New York, have you? :-D
Shaun
# October 13, 2009 - 9:46 am
With 80,000 viewers a day at Wine Library TV, I guess he doesn’t need to worry about stepping on anyone’s toes.
Chris Bartow
# October 12, 2009 - 2:37 pm
The McDonald’s/Cable analogy is classic. I told a client that newspaper’s will be gone within 5-10 years and he stared out me like I just told him next year everyone will be driving flying cars. He looked up some news on his phone a few minutes later and said “Are you going to wait until tomorrow to get that thrown on your yard?”
PS: Gary your language on these is getting worse. You need to work harder. :)
Chris
# October 12, 2009 - 2:50 pm
It seems like Gary has taken over the world right now, everywhere I look he is there.
http://www.blisteringsuccess.com/gary-vaynerchuk-shocking-interview/ I just saw this one as well.
His passion is something xtra ordinary.
Chris
J.
# October 12, 2009 - 2:52 pm
Really great talk! Lots of truth to the point he made.
Saying f*** every other word is just plain lazy though.
Harald
# October 12, 2009 - 7:52 pm
Refreshing thoughts, but we really have to reconsider if using the F-word is the only way to demonstrate our passion towards something.
Any ideas for alternative words to demonstrate our passion?
Phil
# October 13, 2009 - 3:38 am
Fuck
Shit
Full of Shit
Douchebags
Fuckin’ Stupid
Sucks shit
Dick face
Horse Shit
Give-A-Fuck
Shit Product
Shit My Pants
Sucks Shit
Robert Fucking Parish
Did I miss anything?
I’ll give him a pass on ‘how fucked cable television is’ – but Gary needs to learn that passion does not equal swearing. Take a lesson from the guys at 37signals. They swear once in a while, but rarely, and when they do, it only accentuates their point.
Julian
# October 13, 2009 - 9:31 am
Bad language does not equal passion, passion equals passion
Chris Rowe
# October 13, 2009 - 11:26 am
I agree he swears a little too much for my liking but that’s just Garys nature. His commitment and passion for what he does is admirable and has swayed me to buy his book.
A great talk.
Gareth Poole
# October 13, 2009 - 11:48 am
Was a brilliant talk.
Lewis Dexter Litanzios
# October 13, 2009 - 1:45 pm
‘This is not the great depression!! You just don’t have a 52″ screen, you have a 44″ screen’ – This must be an American thing because every day is a f*cking hustle for me and all the other twenty-something’s I know.
Long live Gary – he f*cking knows his shit in 2009 and it’s how IT SHOULD BE.
codie
# October 13, 2009 - 6:53 pm
I loved this video, thanks for sharing.
Mike Tee
# October 13, 2009 - 7:41 pm
Awesome f**king shit!
richard couch
# October 16, 2009 - 4:01 am
America, FUCK YEAH! Reminds me of the Cluetrain Manifesto Cult from the later 1990’s…
Good obversations Gary.
ndtreviv
# October 16, 2009 - 10:56 am
Just sold my TV, converted by MythTV box into an Ubuntu JJ w/Boxee. THEN I watched his comments at around 4 mins. Cable IS screwed…very interesting talk.
webkinz.com
# November 4, 2009 - 5:02 pm
Wooh. That is a kick in the a** right where it hurts the most. Awesome!!
Jane Bennett
# January 16, 2010 - 7:08 pm
Yeah, agree about the four letter words. It’s not because I’m female and old enough to be your granny either Gary! It’s because I feel somewhat patronised. Is this the only language you feel we’ll understand?
You’re inspirational and there’s a truly powerful message buried in your address – but I’d love to see a transcript of it and how much is actually left once the F word and other related expletives are removed, lol! Must buy the book!