- On this episode we talk about podcasting,
Stunwin's absence and a couple other things.
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You ask questions, and I answer them.
This is the #AskGaryVee Show.
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Hey everybody, this is Gary Vay-ner-chuk,
and this is episode 55 if the #AskGaryVee Show.
Double nickels in the house, I feel good about 55.
Before we get into the show a couple of things
I want to talk about.
Yes, I am disappointed the Jets won.
I am for the draft picks.
I am actually pissed.
Drew, you're pissed too?
- [Voiceover] Yeah.
- I'm pissed man.
I'm real angry.
I've been as down,
I was as down yesterday after that win
as I've been all season.
I'm angry.
Number two, VaynerNation
I am going to start doing some really interesting
things in 2015 on the gram
so follow me up on Instagram, do some stuff
Staphon, DRock, not just one graphic.
I want stuff.
I want stuff, boys.
There's a link right down below
and YouTube podcasters, if you're listening it's
Instagram/garyvee,
just like my Twitter handle.
Let's get into the show.
- [Voiceover] Jarek asks, "Would you be able to lead
any type of company?
Do you think that the leaders can switch industries easily?"
- Jarek, this is a great question.
You know, I'm speaking for myself
that I fundamentally 100,000% believe that
I can run any company.
I just do.
I myself, as you know, are a reverse engineer.
Show the t-shirt.
And so what I would be able to do is
look, I don't know,
I don't know dick about 99% of the businesses
out there, but it would only take me about six months
with my sponge like skills to figure out
whats going on, look at the data,
look at the numbers, look at the culture.
Reverse engineer, understand the marketplace
and the consumer that's selling,
whether in a B to B or B to C place.
There is no business that me as an operator feel
intimidated by.
I can't speak for everybody, but I do think
there's clearly, I don't think I'm that special.
I think that there's other people
that also have that skill set where they can
take a look back, really assess the situation
and then operate, and I think that
balance comes with sales and HR.
For me, I think that's why I'm able to do
so much, for me my strengths are within
the HR universe and the sales universe
which are really the two things that you need
to know in an organization.
You need to be able to sell stuff,
and you need to be able to build
teams around you.
If you're lucky enough to have that deuce
in your life like I do, then you can do it.
- [Voiceover] Ella asks, "What do you think about Serial?
MailChimp as a sponsor, and its impact
on podcast advertising?"
- Ella, great question, very timely.
By the way what a gaff by Best Buy,
trying to play up.
Oh by the way, brands that are jumping in,
there's so many things you need to stay away from.
The upside of being clever about something
that's trending versus the downside
when you don't have the tact or the skills
or the copywriting skills to play.
That's another story for another day.
Maybe we'll get into that in episode 58,
but this question specifically is
I think MailChimp's marketing team
did a tremendous job.
Serials exploding, the podcast universe
is exploding.
Hence, look I'm playing in that space
even though this is a video first series
I think it's a real smart job by MailChimp
for a bunch of reasons.
One, I think it's underpriced, because people
don't understand how valuable these
podcasts are right now.
The attention is very high,
and more importantly, when you do things that are smart
you get the attention,
AKA here we are talking about it
and MailChimp has now been mentioned four times
to the VaynerNation, and maybe somebodys sitting
there and saying yeah, constant contact
is pissing me off.
Maybe I'll try MailChimp.
When you do things that are smart,
you get so much more residual impact
that just the blanket ROI.
One could look at how many MailChimp subscribers they got
just from the direct serial code
or whatever they're doing there.
I'm not listening, but
are they doing a code?
Do you know? Whose listening to serial?
Just an ad.
They could probably see what kind
of impact is coming from that universe, but
they don't know the impact of four people
now from the VaynerNation switching to MailChimp
because of this question,
and that's what you get.
When you do it right, right stuff happens.
- [Voiceover] Sam asks, "What differences do you see
between fundraising and sales?
Any?
Do all for-profit rules apply in a non-profit setting?"
- Sam, I love this question, because
the ironic thing is I think
the answer is they do map.
I do think that
if I ever get into, you know, I sit on
some NGO boards, but if I ever get into
a chapter of my life where that becomes
the driving force, I promise you
my execution in that world will look exactly
the same as everything I'm doing here.
I do think the rules apply.
I actually think there's a nuance that
I want to address which is that the rules do
apply, which means an absolute respect to the customer.
I believe that many people that operate
in the NGO world have the audacity
to think there's an obligation from the wealthy
or people they know to actually support,
and that they come across arrogant
I would say when they're going in for the ask,
and they're less tactful.
It's all right hook city in NGO world, non-profit world,
and then when somebody doesn't do something
they look down on them, even though the way
they approach them was completely
unacceptable in my opinion.
I do think the rules apply.
I think you have to bring a value prop.
I think way too many NGOs, non-profits
mail it in.
They're not thinking about that other person's
life, that person that's donating life as a whole.
They're just looking for,
you know, their tax return,
and trying to extract dollars,
and life is about value exchange.
Even when you're doing good things,
and that is a huge miss for so many in this space.
- [Voiceover] Ross asks, "Hey Gary,
has India replaced Steve on the show?
Where's he at?"
- Ross, this is a perfectly timed question,
because India is right here.
- I'm sorry Steve.
- And there's Zak.
And Andrew,
and then go over here to Staphon
and Alex behind him,
and DRock get your hand in there somehow.
Good.
You may notice, no Steve.
Steve, this is a message to you.
Like I said on email this morning,
there is no sickness on our team.
When you miss the day, this is what happens.
- Hey Gary.
Quick question for you.
Greg Isenberg, founder of Five Eye here.
When does a young entrepreneur cease being
a young entrepreneur?
Curious of your thoughts.
Also, thank you again for putting
some of your best #AskGaryVee videos on Five Eye
and launching them today.
- Awesome man.
Thanks for the question.
Thrilled to be on Five Eye.
Let's link that below, an app I'm excited about,
that's what he's referring to.
You guys can do your own homework.
When does a young entrepreneur stop being young?
You know, it's funny.
I still think that I'm young,
and I'm not young.
I'm 39 in a world of unlimited 29,
23, 17 year old entrepreneurs.
I think young is a mindset.
I'm not sure where you're going with
the kind of question.
Is it appropriate to act young?
I don't think I ever acted young even
when I was young, but I'm young at heart.
There's a lot of places where we can
really go with this answer.
To me I think at some level, to be honest with you brother,
I think it doesn't matter.
I think it's a kind of weirdly,
and almost a non-impactful question.
I know that sounds harsh, but
what I mean by that is there is no variable
that the outside world might say,
hey you're not young anymore.
Start acting your age,
or they may expect you to act a certain way
because you are young, but at the end of the day
all of it is irrelevant.
Whatevers happening within yourself
is the variable of your success, your life, your upside,
and so that's how I think about it.
It's scary to me how young I actually.
I think I'm, I mean very honestly
I feel dramatically younger than every,
I mean I actually think all these
characters around me are older than me.
I still watch sports and think all those players are older
than me, still.
These are like 23 year olds.
I'm like, like I still am in that mindset,
and at some level I'm pretty convinced that a lot
of the narrative that's gonna be talked
about me, I can see the headlines in my,
I can see it right there.
I can see the headlines when I'm 63, 67
74, 83, which is like old man acts young.
It's just who I am,
and so the cliche age is but a number
it's really true.
The mentality and more importantly,
the execution is the variable.
Question of the day, how old are you?
Serious, trying to get some data.
You keep asking questions.
I'll keep answering them.
The deuce.
Double nickels.
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Sounds great, this guy sounds great.
Love his voice.
Alex, that was very styling.
Good job India!
India is gonna replace everyone.
- [India] Alex, get out of my seat.
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- Sorry Alex.
It was just good stuff.
- [DRock] If I got it.
- If you got it
even if you don't, just
did you record it or no?
- [DRock] I think so.
- I think so too.
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