More from Gary Vaynerchuk
Social media is not a fad because it’s human.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk Company culture is the backbone of any successful organization.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk The chef that grew up with the grandma who cooks tends to always beat the chef that went to the culinary institute. It’s in the blood.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk Company culture is a religion, not a sermon.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk Content is king, but marketing is queen, and runs the household.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk On Facebook, the definition of great content is not the content that makes the most sales, but the content that people most want to share with others.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk Good salespeople sell value and social media is the best place to find this value because of its transparency.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk It’s still so rare for anyone to be personally acknowledged by a brand that the impact of such a simple, polite gesture on a customer’s buying habits could be huge.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk Word of mouth works now, much more than ever. @-reply every single person.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk Storytelling is the game. It’s what we all do. It’s why Nike is Nike, it’s why Apple is Apple, it’s why Walt Disney built Disney World and it’s why Vince McMahon makes a billion dollars.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk Your story isn’t powerful enough if all it does is lead the horse to water; it has to inspire the horse to drink, too. On social media, the only story that can achieve that goal is one told with native content.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk If people say you shouldn’t pursue business around your passion they are haters. Don’t believe them.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you’re going to lose. You’re just going to. Even if you get the money, you’re not going to be happy.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk No matter who you are or what kind of company or organization you work for, your number-one job is to tell your story to the consumer wherever they are, and preferably at the moment they are deciding to make a purchase.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk You need to spend all of your time and energy on creating something that actually brings value to the people you’re asking for money!
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk The person who can dominate during rough times is the person who can dominate, period.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk
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They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on family
OF COURSE I’d like to be the ideal mother. But I’m too busy raising children.
Bil KeaneBil Keane I’m done with the whole idea of having my own children. It doesn’t seem like any fun.
Katherine HeiglKatherine Heigl I wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez Mommy would never divorce Daddy. He’s just like one of the family.
Bil KeaneBil Keane I do want children. I study dads more. I watch what they go through. I admire my father more than I ever did and my brother and my sister.
Adam SandlerAdam Sandler If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs – my first was at 15, at Burger King.
Queen LatifahQueen Latifah Allah created the bonds of family, so Who are you to cut bonds that Allah has created.
Nouman Ali KhanNouman Ali Khan I grew up in a house that liked to be funny. Everybody liked to be funny. My family’s been…we’ve been enjoying each other’s comedy for years.
Adam SandlerAdam Sandler