#AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness

by Gary Vaynerchuk

Overview

The New York Times bestselling author draws from his popular show #AskGaryVee to offer surprising, often outrageous, and imminently useful and honest answers to everything you’ve ever wanted to know—and more—about navigating the new world.

Gary Vaynerchuk—the inspiring and unconventional entrepreneur who introduced us to the concept of crush it—knows how to get things done, have fun, and be massively successful. A marketing and business genius, Gary had the foresight to go beyond traditional methods and use social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to reach an untapped audience that continues to grow.

#AskGaryVee showcases the most useful and interesting questions Gary has addressed on his popular show. Distilling and expanding on the podcast’s most urgent and evergreen themes, Gary presents practical, timely, and timeless advice on marketing, social media, entrepreneurship, and everything else you’ve been afraid to ask but are dying to know. Gary gives you the insights and information you need on everything from effectively using Twitter to launching a small business, hiring superstars to creating a personal brand, launching products effectively to staying healthy—and even buying wine.

Whether you’re planning to start your own company, working in digital media, or have landed your first job in a traditional company, #AskGaryVee is your essential guide to making things happen in a big way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062273123
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/08/2016
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	1,084,456
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur and serves as the chairman of VaynerX, the CEO of VaynerMedia, and the creator and CEO of VeeFriends. Gary is considered one of the leading global minds on what’s next in culture, relevance, and the internet. Known as “GaryVee,” he is described as one of the most forward thinkers in business. He is a New York Times bestselling author, a sought-after public speaker, and a prolific investor in companies like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, Snapchat, Coinbase, and Uber. Gary serves on the board of Bojangles Restaurants, Global Citizen Forum, MikMak, and Pencils of Promise. He is also a longtime Well member of charity: water.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 Clouds and Dirt 1

Chapter 2 Starting Out 13

Chapter 3 Education 43

Chapter 4 Family Business 57

Chapter 5 Parenting 67

Chapter 6 Hustle 75

Chapter 7 Content and Context 97

Chapter 8 Jabs and Right Hooks 131

Chapter 9 The Platforms 149

Chapter 10 Facebook Ads 179

Chapter 11 Influencer Marketing 185

Chapter 12 Stop With The Excuses! 199

Chapter 13 Gratitude 205

Chapter 14 Leadership 211

Chapter 15 Management 231

Chapter 16 Investing 265

Chapter 17 Self-Awareness 279

Chapter 18 Garyvee's Guide to Public Speaking Without Shitting Your Pants 293

Chapter 19 Music 299

Chapter 28 Sports 307

Chapter 21 Wine 311

Chapter 22 The Personal, the Random, and the Weird 317

Questions of the Day 337

A Few Words from the Rest of the Cast 339

The #Askgary Vee Show Prop-word Puzzle! 345

Index 349

Editorial Reviews

#AskGaryVee reads like transcripts from the show, and that’s OK when the information being dispensed is this persuasive and accessible. Vaynerchuk answers questions large and small... Vaynerchuk’s enthusiasm is infectious. — Success

Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book kicks ass like Muhammad Ali…Gary delivers. When you reach the end you feel your mind has expanded with a wealth of information and some new curiosities. You can and should go buy a copy right now (are book reviewers supposed to say that?) — Huffington Post

The pages will turn your creative juices and light a fire under you. #AskGaryVee will make you uncomfortable and get you excited about your discomfort — Forbes.com

Accessible and empowering chapters addressing self-awareness, public speaking, embracing a long-term vision, and the hallmarks of a good leader show Vaynerchuk to be a shrewd, learned businessman who effectively dispenses “real-world advice that can be adapted and reshaped as the winds of commerce and culture shift.” — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book kicks ass like Muhammad Ali…Gary delivers. When you reach the end you feel your mind has expanded with a wealth of information and some new curiosities. You can and should go buy a copy right now (are book reviewers supposed to say that?)

Huffington Post

The pages will turn your creative juices and light a fire under you. #AskGaryVee will make you uncomfortable and get you excited about your discomfort

Forbes.com

#AskGaryVee reads like transcripts from the show, and that’s OK when the information being dispensed is this persuasive and accessible. Vaynerchuk answers questions large and small... Vaynerchuk’s enthusiasm is infectious.

Success

Accessible and empowering chapters addressing self-awareness, public speaking, embracing a long-term vision, and the hallmarks of a good leader show Vaynerchuk to be a shrewd, learned businessman who effectively dispenses “real-world advice that can be adapted and reshaped as the winds of commerce and culture shift.

Stephanie Garber

03/15/2016
Vaynerchuk (Crush It!) is an entrepreneur, investor, and social media pioneer, among other things. Since 2006, he has been active online, building a booming business and fanbase, with extraordinary results. This book is a collection of questions the author's answered over the past decade on a variety of subjects. It is straightforward and broken into easily digestible segments, with each query followed by Vaynerchuk's response. His advice is frank, practical, and uncompromising, though encouraging. The book is largely focused on entrepreneurship, particularly what Vaynerchuk has learned from "hustling" and adapting to changing social media platforms. Very specific to his experiences or the question posed, the narrative is highly autobiographical. The inquiries are divided into topics, including standards that could be found in any business book, such as leadership, management, starting up, and marketing. Others are Vaynerchuk's thoughts on a host of other matters—education, family life, gratitude—and any other question that came his way. VERDICT The book's strength is Vaynerchuk's strong voice, and his insights into becoming a self-made entrepreneur. Readers interested in business will find those sections absorbing and informative, and fans of the man himself will enjoy the other content.—Laurel Tacoma, Strayer Univ. Lib., Washington, DC

Library Journal

2016-01-09
An informative book-length question-and-answer session with a leading American entrepreneur. What began as a YouTube channel devoted to wine blossomed into a business and media success story for wine guru, angel investor, and Internet personality Vaynerchuk (Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How To Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World, 2013, etc.). From several initial long-running weblog serial programs, the author branched out into a public speaking career lecturing on effective business platforms and strategies and then developed his own digital consulting agency. Recognizing that the Q-and-A portion of his lectures drew the most interest, Vaynerchuk's first business blog, "#AskGaryVee," inspired by "entrepreneurs, executives, and dreamers," debuted in 2014 as a low-key marketing advice program and accompanying podcast, receiving widespread acclaim and an ever expanding audience. Assembling and condensing the most applicable and timeless responses from hundreds of business podcast queries, the author cleverly addresses such matters as prioritizing and maximizing key Internet platforms and how to effectively market a business to attract the most consumer interest and attention through Facebook ads ("the single best advertising digital product for entrepreneurs") and Twitter searches. Most useful for neophyte entrepreneurs is Vaynerchuk's list of strategic requirements that promise to fail-safe a business through unforeseen hardships. Similarly enlightening are his reasons for business owners to avoid automation. The book brims with trade secrets and clear-cut action plans and marketing strategies, but the author also frequently shifts his focus to stress the importance of gratitude, motivation, and achieving a beneficial work-life balance. Accessible and empowering chapters addressing self-awareness, public speaking, embracing a long-term vision, and the hallmarks of a good leader show Vaynerchuk to be a shrewd, learned businessman who effectively (and quite lengthily) dispenses "real-world advice that can be adapted and reshaped as the winds of commerce and culture shift." Tactical career wisdom essential for both budding and veteran entrepreneurs.

Kirkus Reviews