Gary Vaynerchuk Quotes And Sayings

Many People Who I Respected Were Disappointed When I Started 'Wine Library Tv.' They Thought I Was Dumbing Down Wine, But I Always Knew I Was One Of The Biggest Producers Of New Wine Drinkers In The World, And People Are Realizing It Now.

I Know If I Stopped Hosting 'Wine Library Tv,' We'd Probably Lose 75 Percent Of Our Audience, But The Remaining 25 Percent Is Still A Big Number.

I'm Not Afraid To Call A Wine That Tastes Like Skittles Or Green Peppers Mixed With Orange Marmalade. I'll Say, 'It Tastes Like Chicken.' I Mean, That's Not What People Think Of When They Think Of Wine, But That's What It Tastes Like To Me And It Hits Home.

The World Has Changed - Through Technology, Through Wine-making Techniques, The Quality Of Wine Is Greater Than It's Ever Been. Whereas Ten, Fifteen Years Ago It Was Very Easy To Find Lots Of Bad Wine, It's Kind Of Hard Now. The Technology, The Science - It's Like, Are You Kidding? We're In The Golden Years Of Wine!

Be Reactionary. React To What The Market Wants. And The Market Wants One-on-one Real Time Engagement. Now That We Have The Tools To Engage, I'm Going To Continue Fighting For The End User.

You Have To Understand Your Own Personal Dna. Don't Do Things Because I Do Them Or Steve Jobs Or Mark Cuban Tried It. You Need To Know Your Personal Brand And Stay True To It.

Anyone Working For A Big Company Might Be Skeptical That A Large Business, Or Even A Strictly Online Business, Can Form The Same Kind Of Friendly, Loyal Relationship With Customers As A Local Retailer. I'm Saying It's Already Been Done Because I Lived It.

I Am Surprised By How Not-adopted The Video Reply Has Been. What Keeps Other People From Doing It, I Think, Is That They Think A Video Comes Across As 'I'm Cool, Look At How Many E-mails I Get.' That Perception Doesn't Scare Me, Because I Know Who I Am.

Nobody Walks This Earth Thinking He's Better Than I Think I Am - I Think I'm Great. At The Same Time, It's So Obvious To Me That I'm Nobody.

Too Many Companies Think They Want To Do A Video Blog To Sell Merchandise, But If You Turn Your Site Into Qvc, You Lose. I Have An Audience That Trusts Me. It's About Building A Global Brand - Not Selling Four More Bottles Of Pinot Grigio.

I Have No Interest In Going To Egypt And Seeing The Pyramids. I'm Just Not That Kind Of Dude.

Vince Mcmahon Is One Of The Greatest Storytellers Of All Time, But Wwe's Not Striving For The Kind Of Innovation It's Capable Of.

I Went Online With Winelibrary.com In July Of 1997; That Was My First Professional Online Play.

Winelibrary.tv Was About Building Personal Brand Equity. It Was A Business Move. Now, It Was Totally Surrounded By A Passion For Wine, But I Very Much Gave A Lot Of Thought To Doing A Sports-video Blog Instead.

When I Was 17 Or 18 I Wanted To Become A Wine Expert, And My Parents Wouldn't Let Me Drink. So I Was Devastated. All I Could Do Was Read, And I Read And I Read. And I'd Read Something Like, You Know, 'Subtle Hints Of Cassis.'

When The Tech Geeks Talk, I Pay Close Attention.

Do You Know How Many Companies Have Wanted Me To Do An Energy Drink For Them Because I Named My Book 'Crush It!'? It Might Be Fun One Day, But Right Now I Think It Would Undermine The Personal Brand I've Built.

The Reason We Love Our Parents Is Because They Loved Us First. Every Single Company Should Take This Advice.

It's Insane To Me To Ask Anybody To Be What They're Not. Know What You Know The Best, Love The Most. That's Always Going To Be The Answer To The Thing That You Have The Best Shot At Winning At.

I Know I Could Be The Host Of 'Sportscenter' In Two Years If I Changed My Show Today To Sports.

A Broad Trend I'm Completely Obsessed With Is Mobile Commerce. Like Completely. I'm Completely Convinced That Everybody's Going To Be Buying From Their Mobile Devices. Whoever Can Claim That Space Or Be In That Space, I'm Very Interested In.

I Definitely Think There's Some Way To Understand How People Emotionally Feel About Somebody, But I Don't Think Data Collects It. They're Not Going To Click Your Bit.ly Link Or Click Your Tweetmeme Retweet Every Time.

The Thing That I'm Most Passionate About, I'm Writing A Book Called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' And It Really Focuses On How To Story-tell In A Noisy, Add World.

Bordeaux Would Be Naive Not To Recognize That Robert Parker Was Driving The Brand Equity. If The Next Generation Doesn't Care About Chateau Pichon-lalande, Then You Have A Problem.

I Don't Know How You Can Justify Leaving Any Engagement Behind In The Social Web Of 2011.

From Age 16, I Lived And Breathed Wine. I Read Every Magazine And Book About Wine.

Word Of Mouth Works Now, Much More Than Ever. @-Reply Every Single Person.

I'm A Big Fan Of Mashable And Techcrunch And Other Outlets Like That, But Techmeme Obviously Does An Amazing Job Of Aggregating.

I Hate Recording All The Shows For The Week In One Day, Because I Want To Be Able To Mention Current Events And Pop Culture. If Madonna Punches Britney In The Face Today, I Want To Reference That On 'Wine Library Tv' Tomorrow. Monday's Episode Is Always The Best, Because It's Hot Off The Press.

I'm A Storyteller. I Love To Tell Stories About Brands. I Love To Tell Stories, Period. I Like Painting Pictures Through The Words, And That's What I Do.

2006, I Started 'Winelibrary Tv.' To Build 'Winelibrary Tv,' I Started Using Facebook, Tumblr, And Twitter In 2008.

The First Thing I Ever Invested In Was Twitter. Blaine Cook, Former Cto, Was Leaving The Company And Asked Me If I Wanted To Buy His Stock.

My Natural Inclination To Be Improv Rather Than An Educated Character Serves Me Well.

I Have Internet Fame. Real Fame Is More Intense.

If You Talk About Cabernet And Merlot-based Value Between $10 And $25, I Will Tell You That Bordeaux Is The Best Value In The World.

The Loire Valley Is Grossly Underestimated. The Prices Are Fair, And The Wines Are Real.

I Love People, And The Hustle.

Vaynermedia Filters The World How Humans Interact. This Is How People Are Going To Make Buying Decisions.

I Want To Sit With 80- And 90-year-old People More Than Anyone. They Have Played This Game Before. Not One Of Them Has Told Me, 'I Wish I Had More Money.'

If There's A Problem, We At Wine Library Never Tell Ourselves That Once We Handle This Issue, We'll Never Have To Deal With The Person Again. We Talk To Every Single Person As Though We're Going To Wind Up Sitting Next To That Person At His Or Her Mother's House That Night For Dinner.