- On this episode, I talk about CTAs,
24/7 community management
and buying the Jets.
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- Hey everybody, this is Gary Vay-ner-chuk
and you're watching episode 22 of the #AskGaryVee Show.
Fun fact about the number 22,
that's how much the Jets are gonna win tonight
over the Bears, 36-14.
- [Voiceover] Lou wants to know,
"If you bought the Jets today,
"what would be the first thing you would do?"
- Lou, I've always said that the first thing I would do
once I buy these New York Jets,
I'm pointing to the stadium, by the way,
is I would start a program that would send a jersey
to every six year old boy and girl in the New York,
New Jersey tri-state area with a handwritten note
from me saying thank you.
Or maybe just a note that I would sign some,
because that's a big number but
I wanna basically convert every single youth into the green,
not the blue, and so that would be the number one
thing I would do, start the program
that I've been imagining and dreaming about my whole life.
- [Voiceover] Mahdi wants to know, "What motivated you
"to continue any project, like Wine Library
"without seeing any significant growth prior?"
- Mahdi, you know, for me, that's a very easy answer,
which is, I just believe in my holistic purpose.
I'm blown away by how many people are crippled
by one project or the other, to me this is a net-net game.
I have a very clear vision professionally where I wanna go
but overall, I just want to be a good human being,
do business the right way, the right process,
put in the right hustle and I control that.
If I don't get results, well that means I made a wrong
strategic decision, but that doesn't cripple me either
because as a net-net, I know where I'm going.
So for every one or two times I decide
to get in the wrong business or invest in the wrong thing,
I'm going to figure out a win alongside of that
and that's all that really matters to me.
- [Voiceover] Michael wants to know, "As an entrepreneur
"how do you feel about government officials
"picking winners, like Wynn getting approval
"for casino in Boston."
- Michael, first and foremost, I agree with you 100%.
This kind of government interface behind-the-scenes stuff
happens all day long, especially non-American.
It happens in America all day long,
but you start getting into other parts of the world,
there's a lot of shenanigans going on.
But I'll be honest with you, as an entrepreneur,
and I've always felt this way, don't forget,
I come from a regulated industry business.
The Wine Library had plenty of headaches.
I just completely ignore it.
I'm disinterested and not focused on it at all.
I spend all of my time, and I mean all of it,
I spend all of my time on the things that I can control.
It's why I fear the health and wellbeing
of the people I love and care for because I'm not in control
but when it comes to business, even though
there's a lot of back-end deals, people not rooting for me,
deals that were made for me not to win,
I feel that I have the talent and the skills
to still break through.
- [Voiceover] Hayley wants to know,
"What is your response to brands
"looking for 24/7 community management?
"Is it worth the investment, is it overkill?"
- You know Hayley, I'm a big fan.
I believe that everybody that you engage with
and say hello to, I believe that everybody
I said thanks to or TY, over the weekend,
for watching all 21 episodes of this show
get affected by that.
I do think the human investment matters.
I do think that if brands committed more
to one-on-one marketing that many of them
don't think is scalable, they would get bigger depth.
We talked in the last episode about depth and width.
A lot of you responded to that.
I think that community management 24/7
can be valuable if you're big enough.
You have to be a global brand, you have to be a Pepsi.
You have to be Toyota to really get the value out of 24/7
'cause otherwise you're paying people to sit around
and not engage with anyone.
I'm not crushing it on Twitter between 2 AM Eastern
and 6AM Eastern, so I don't need anybody,
which in this case is me, engaging there
but if you're big enough, I believe in it.
- [Voiceover] "Okay, I get it, go native, go deep,
"jab, jab, jab, jab, big right hook
"but when it comes to the mechanics of making sales online
"you need identification, call to action, no?
"Both here and on your Facebook post,
"you have no links, no email signup.
"Do you just trust that with enough goodwill and trust
"people will find your website/email when it's time to buy?
"If I need my content to drive bookings,
"should I not at least have a link for more info
"when people are ready for it?
"Thanks, Big G."
- Jayce, you're lucky you're catching me on Episode 22,
because my favorite new rookie on the Jets
is Jace Amaro, our tight end, so I'm gonna give you that.
Listen, spoken like a real salesman and I'm a real salesman.
I'm a real salesman but you're not wrong,
I'm all about the CTR, right, the call to action,
I'm into that, right, but at the end of the day,
you're talking about the difference
between salesmanship and branding.
Anybody can be a good salesman,
but being a great brander, that's where it gets going.
The lift of being a brand, being a Nike, being a Puma
versus just selling a new sneaker, that's a big difference
and so, tactically you're correct
and I'm sure a lot of people who watch this
think about those things where,
"Why didn't Gary create a call to action?",
"Why doesn't he have a pop up when I land on his website
"to collect my email?",
all this growth hacking thing, as many other people do.
The reason, at times, I don't do it, 'cause at times I do,
and at times, I'm very comfortable throwing the right hook
is because I do believe in the jam,
the jab, not the jam, and the jam.
I believe that branding matters.
I believe that there's a time and a place.
I believe there's context.
In this setting, yes, I do think that in a 2015 world,
people watch this show, they see that I'm not
trying to sell them anything, I'm bringing value,
I'm sitting here during my favorite time in the world
which is Jets parking lot time
because I want to put out content
and I'm just trying to give the best
business advice that I can.
And I do believe that when somebody stumbles across this,
yes, there could be a call to action, and they can click
and they can buy, but by me asking for something
like sign up for this or buy that in this video
or in this world of YouTube, I'm also leaving a way,
the situation where that person can then look at my name,
find this interesting, control copy it, go to Google,
search my name, go down a rabbit hole
and let me build brand, because I asked,
like everybody else out there, for the quick sale
in this context, and I took away the chance
for us to kinda, you know, it's kinda like relationships.
Because I went to sleep with that person on the first night,
maybe I took away the chance for us to get married.
I, my friend, am playing the long game,
the depth game, not the width game.
So there's a time and place for a call to action, a CTA
but that isn't every single at bat, every single time,
every single channel, because then you just become
a sleazy salesman.
Thank you for watching Episode 22,
thanks for sticking with me through all these episodes.
Thanks for being with me in my favorite place on Earth
and now your question of the day.
Next week the New York Jets play the Detroit Lions.
I need your prediction, 'cause you've had
the benefit of this game playing out tomorrow.
Are you posting this tonight or tomorrow?
- [DRock] Uh, tomorrow morning.
- Tomorrow morning.
You've got the benefit of this game coming out,
so maybe my 36-14 prediction didn't work
but I need your Lions lock of the week,
Jets this, Lions that, Lions this, Jets that.
Little fun, I wanna see your skills.
If somebody wins, the exact score,
something amazing might happen.
You keep asking questions, and I'll keep answering them.
Sorry DRock.
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I need subscriptions because I can't push
this many right hooks in social.