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Gary Vaynerchuk at Big Omaha 2010
Your Klout Score Is Meaningless
Some social media people have an obsession with the numbers – Klout scores, rankings, number of followers, etc. While I have major respect for those services and your scores on them, what are you gaining from your high marks? If it is just the high marks and nothing more, I’m not sure you’re accomplishing anything. And number of followers is not nearly as relevant as your standing in the community, the effectiveness of your charitable efforts, the depth of the friendships you’re creating, and your ability to use your newly-created personal brand to get real stuff done in your personal and work life. How did I get so many followers? Step 1: not caring so much about that.
Interviews, Videos, And Appearances
Here’s a compendium of recent interviews, videos, and appearances I’ve done. Thanks to everyone that requested these interviews. I greatly enjoyed speaking with each of you.
1. Torrey McGraw interviewed me for his new entrepreneur website Grind and Thrive. As he readily admitted to me, yes his head was a bit off-center in the video. It doesn’t matter! We still had a great conversation, and we’ll probably have to do a part two.
2. Owen McGab Enaohwo of Hire Your Virtual Assistant interviewed me a few months ago. He asked some very specific questions about how I was able to build a personal brand and a t-shirt business while working a full-time job. And I reveal something in this interview that I’ve never publicly revealed before. (The audio on this one sounds like I’m in a cave (or in a Peter Frampton song), and the sound track doesn’t match the movement of my mouth. Nevertheless, it’s still a good interview!)
3. Russ Henneberry of Tiny Business Mighty Profits did a podcast interview with me. We discussed business use of social media, and why the numbers sometimes don’t matter.
4. As part of our #SavePratzels campaign, I appeared on the Mason and Remy show on 93.7 The Bull. As I’ve been saying, all we need now is a buyer!
5. Jon Falk and I discuss me joining Falk Harrison. We talk about how it happened, what each of us were thinking in the year leading up to my hiring, and what we plan on doing for our clients.
6. This is from a few months back, but I had a blast being on David Siteman Garland’s show The Rise To The Top.
7. Back in December, I did a tiny little podcast about how my body is changing (hint: it’s my iPhone’s fault)
8. As part of Webster University’s Walker Speaker Series, I participated in a social media panel discussion. Thanks to Patrick Powers for inviting me to speak, Charla Lord for facilitating my appearance, and to Dean Akande for deftly handling the emcee duties.
Please contact me at rizzotees [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com if you’d like to interview me, too.
Gary Vaynerchuk At LeWeb 2010
Gary’s latest appearance at LeWeb Paris. I love listening to his inspiring talks; I have learned so much from him. Have a watch. (Note: This video has cursing. Don’t watch it if you’re easily offended)
The Chicken Fight Of The Century
Find me a better one, people.
Use Video As Part Of Your Communication Plan
Author David Meerman Scott talks (in a video, ironically) about using video to enhance your communication plan. See video below.
The eternal cons to video are “Well, I don’t know how to edit video, and I’m not very good looking, and I don’t have the right clothes to wear, and I can’t afford a camera, and no one will want to hear what I have to say, and who will operate the camera, and….. ” Stop it. That is all wrong!
- Gary Vaynerchuk has proved with Wine Library TV that you don’t need to edit. Just shoot start to finish. Silly mistakes or impromptu interruptions actually make the video better.
- Yes, Gary uses a nice camera, but my $160 Flip HD shoots incredible video. This or a Kodak zi8 are all you need.
- Get a cheap tripod – you will operate the camera.
- None of us are that good looking, so who cares.
- And if you have a well-thought-out position on a topic, we want to hear from you.
A Crapload of Advice From Chris Brogan
This video is so full of advice, I didn’t even know what title to adorn this blogpost with. So I called it “A Crapload of Advice From Chris Brogan.” Enjoy!