- [Other Tyler] Intro?
- No.
Nope.
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- [Gary] You ask questions,
and I answer them
this is The #AskGaryVee Show.
- Hey everybody, this is Gary Vay-ner-chuk
and this is episode 230 of The #AskGaryVee Show.
I'm ready. Dunk.
- [Dunk] First question from Seth.
- Yep.
- What's up GaryVee? My name is Seth Silvers.
I live in Denver, huge Broncos fan
which means we have one thing in common:
we hate the Patriots and I hate Bill Belichick.
So in 1999 when Bill Belichick
was the head coach of the New York Jets for--
- Two days.
- a very brief time he famously said for various reasons I'm
choosing to resign as the head coach of the New York Jets.
Were you happy when that happened you hate him yet or
were you sad and the real question is how many Super Bowls
do you think the Jets would've one if--
- Yeah, I have no interest in this question.
Let's move on.
- Thanks, look forward to your answer.
- [Dunk] Next question is from Alex.
- Uh-huh.
- Self-awareness is very important--
- This guy's wearing a Chiefs fuckin' hat.
- but self-discipline can be even as important.
How do you continue to be
self disciplined each day
especially how did you stay self disciplined
in the early stages
of your entrepreneurship journey
when the results might not be there?
Chiefs 20, Jets 17. Thanks.
- There's just no options Alex.
I stayed self disciplined because I wanted to win.
People talk about wanting to win but they don't actually want to
win and they're not willing sacrifice to win and so I did it
'cause there was no, there was never a moment in my time
whether it's hardwiring or understanding of the situation.
There was never situation where I thought that not being
disciplined or wavering was in my best interest and so I think
when you're fundamentally patient, as I am,
it makes everything quite easy.
Everybody's just antsy.
Antsy for shit to happen so soon so it came very easy.
- [Dunk] Next question is from Daniel.
- Hi Gary, my name's Daniel Knowlton.
DRock or whoever is editing this please hook me up with
my Twitter handle, I appreciate that.
My question to you Gary is I've just headhunted for position at
Facebook but I'm currently running a small but growing
digital marketing agency in the UK called KPS Digital Marketing
do I stop what I'm doing with my agency and get some one else to
manage it and then go and work at Facebook to get the
experience or do I ignore the position at Facebook and carry
on hustling and doing what I'm doing with my growing
digital marketing agency?
- [Gary] Daniel, that's a personal question.
- I appreciate your answer.
- That's a personal question.
I can't answer that for you.
You need to know who you are and what you're about.
My intuition is anybody that even questions to leave their
own business to go work at a company
should go work at that company.
- Yo, yo, what's up Gary?
Cory Gregory here just pulled up to the gym,
wake your ass up 4 AM.
That's what you get when you add right here Cory G Fitness on
Snapchat so here's my question.
I'm a serial fitness entrepreneur.
I've been to businesses since I was 20 years old so it's going
on 18 years now and I love it.
I'm known for on Snapchat showing that daily
accountability, that wake your ass up and it's nonstop.
I'm also known for content in my space but I've never had like a
personal video guy that just followed me around like DRock.
Tell me the difference it means
to your business to have a guy like that.
I think I already know that the answer but I'm thinking about
taking that next step in truly having somebody capture what
it's taken me to do what I've done in my career.
And I'll end with this we will be friends so I'll see you soon.
Thanks.
- Corey, I think it comes down to if you've got something
interesting to say or if the content's interesting it has an
impact 'cause the storytelling is good.
You know, as great as DRock is at cinematography or editing or
Tyler or Dunk or Staphon or fucking Steven Spielberg if the
subject matter isn't good, it won't have upside.
Even us and I think nobody's living a more fast-paced,
serendipitous for creative content opportunity than I am
but look you know it's a repetitive grind.
It's a challenge for these
guys to edit and make a creative storytelling.
We're starting to interview people within the organization
we have to mix it up because the fact of the matter is a lot of
our lives take on a similar cadence and so doing something
daily you know people like Casey
and other people that do it extremely well.
They look for the story, they create the story,
I'm not doing that.
I'm documenting over creating and so I want to show that grind
but dude there's only so many times you can yell at us at 4 AM
and saying let's go.
You know, and so I think, I think the impact on your
business and your career and your brand will be that if
you've got chops, if you're actually interesting enough,
if there's things going on especially if they're not
fabricated or created for that scenario and they're authentic
more people will be interested in what you've got.
You create a wider net,
you get an opportunity then to speak to them.
I mean some of the vlog, the vlogging we're doing allows more
people to get into my ecosystem and allows me to drill home
the four or five things that I feel passionate about telling
the world because I want them to win.
I think if, you know, if you're there to sell products or
supplements or magazine covers if I was here for selling you
know VaynerMedia or selling wine or my book I think that they
would have less upside.
So I also think not only is the storytelling matter but what is
the, what is the, thing you are trying to accomplish really
matters in the scenario vlogging.
I think Casey for example and I have a lot of love for him
generally just is a filmmaker and wants to tell stories.
That's why it does well.
Gonna be a lot of people that vlog that aren't gonna do well
'cause they suck.
- [Dunk] Next question from Joshua.
- What's up GaryVee?
Coach Kozak here and I just like to get your thoughts on
friendships of a fellow hustler, grinder out here in the shed
24/7 working. - I like the shed.
- And I want to know at this point in time in your life and
your career do even make time--
- I want a shed.
- just to have those couple of friends that are always nagging
me throughout the day.
Asking me if I've seen this TV show or that TV show.
I'm mean at what point are just being rude or do you have to
just tell these guys to,
"Hey I don't have time for friends today."
- Look I love my friends and I actually wish I spent more
time with my friends.
I mean the fact of the matter is during the day outside of Jets
friends during Jets season I don't communicate with anybody
about anything until that day's wrapped up and I'll catch up.
You know, I think way too many people are trying to be cool.
What the name?
Jonathan? - [Dunk] Joshua.
- Joshua, I think too many people are trying to be cool and
being like, "Yo, I don't got time for fucking 'House of
Cards'," or like following the life.
I don't think there's any,
ever a time to like rag on your friends.
I think in my mind I rag on my friends because but to actually
I want to be polite and I want to give them love.
I think it's super important to be empathetic to a million
different lifestyles and if anything I'm trying to work hard
as a matter of fact I think I emailed Tyler the other day
and I think I'm seeing a bunch of my high school friends in the
city next Thursday or this Thursday.
You know, I don't know.
I mean like they're your friends for a reason, right?
I think a lot of people are struggling with the definition
between friends and acquaintances.
I think acquaintances that want you to watch "Game of Thrones"
and play fucking Madden I think if you really want something bad
are probably an interesting
thing to cut out or navigate around.
I think friends you need to be there for all the time and try
to fight for those relationships because that brings as much
value as building the biggest business in the world.
- [Dunk] Next question is from Zach.
- Thank you, Dunk.
Who's strategy was it to start
with Belichick and the Chiefs hat?
Did you guys think you were gonna get some good razz?
- [Dunk] Razz to get it out.
- Okay, just curious.
- GaryVee, my name is Zach Smith.
I'm currently a physical therapy
student at the University of New Mexico.
I am a huge fan of your work and
I am so grateful for all of the
value that you bring all of us
and I appreciate you taking my question.
As a future business owner, I'll be deploying a lot of your
strategies to advertise for my business.
My question for you is which platform do you spend most of
your time on these days?
Thanks for answering.
- Which platform?
I mean I think, what's his name?
- [Dunk] Zach.
- Zach, first of all, thanks for the love.
Zach, I think the plot, you know,
I think it's running the gamut.
Instagram, Snapchat I still continue use Twitter.
I don't think people understand like Twitter is still the one
place to have unbelievable engagement and I truly believe
so much of my world is predicated on engagement.
That being said, Snapchat's the place where when I actually
reply, I just get so many god damn, you know, people go crazy.
It's funny, I love the way the UI and UX of Twitter, I can just
get to so many more people than all like the pressing waiting.
The speed in which Snapchat engagement works doesn't allow
me to do as many as I'd like to which is disappointing because
the upside of engaging on
somebody's Snapchat is holy shit.
Whereas on Twitter it's like thanks and
that's a very big different reaction.
I would say Twitter, Facebook,
Snapchat, Instagram.
That's where I'm spending most my time and I think this is a
great opportunity for me to answer a question so many have
been asking which is Instagram Stories or Snapchat Stories?
The answer is both.
All four of those platforms have enormous attention for me and so
I continue to focus on them and engage
and create and pound and
work with my team on our strategies and so all four
platforms are extremely important to me as the pillar
and foundations and so there's
not one that is you know is dominating.
I'm sure if I looked at my time of usage, one is greater than
the other depending on how I use them but in my mind from a
strategy standpoint all four are extremely important and I think
for most of you all four of those and including the
LinkedIn's of the world and
Periscope and the Facebook Lives scenario.
I mean there's just so much
opportunity for us to story tell and grind.
I just think people need to put in the work and I think they all
bring different value for different reasons and that's why
I use them.
Facebook has ungodly reach potential.
Nothing is remotely close to Facebook's capability to
replicate a television like platform.
Instagram is just depth of
attention especially with stories now.
It's done extremely well just a month ago or eight weeks ago
I was talking about being
concerned of where Instagram plays.
I think the Stories feature was a monstrous move.
Snapchat for the 16 to 25 to
28-year-old demo is the game and
super important for so many of us out there.
And Twitter is the only place where you can listen at scale
and engage and create that conversation.
I mean I don't know where everybody was last night during
the debate but I have a funny feeling it wasn't Instagram,
Facebook and Snapchat and so that is the water cooler of our
society and there's a lot of opportunity there.
May be for not as much talking but is the one place I would
listen over any other platform.
That's it?
Question of the day what are
the social networks that you're using most?
Sorry for the saltiness.
I'm surprised it carried over.
I was actually a fairly good mood yesterday but looks like
some characters in my team decided to put me in the salt so
went in the salt and I'm gonna
stay in the salt until I get out of the salt.
Keep asking questions, I'll keep answering them.
That wasn't even right.
Finished.
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- [Gary] You ask questions,
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