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Great info!
See you soon,
Ryan
All the information you give on these videos has helped me big time. I have turned your blog into my own personal development blog. I wish you could put some of this stuff on MP3 so I can download into the iPod and play into the car. That would be great! Keep posting videos on the blog G. They are helping us all stay focused and work hard.
Forgot to respond to the question...
My day was good ... busy ... but very, very good.
Lots of stuff planned for 2009!
Talk with you soon,
Ryan
Inspiring video. ;)
Nice one Gary.
Can we get the link to the video by the seesmic founder/ceo guy?
Got a lot of work done for my new company. But more importantly, I got a chance to wish my wonderful grandmother a happy 87th birthday!
Great day today though! Off work, hung out with my fiance (June 27th is coming soon!) and blogged all afternoon. Can't get better than that! Well, then I get a new GV video... ;-) Later man! Keep killin' it!
Front page of the Philadelphia Weekly:
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/articles/1812...
Great interview with LuckyStartups about Unstick.me
http://www.luckystartups.com/2009/01/07/all-sta...
AND two of my hero-authors commented on my new blog series, Cluetrain 2009:
http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2009/01/02/cl...
WILD DAY!!!
Keep on keepin' on!
It can be done just by asking for help. Thank you for reminding us all of that today.
I'm currently looking for a job because I want to move out on my own (I'm 23) and also keep my internet (I'm 2 months behind).
I called and emailed a company that I want to work for, but they haven't gotten back to me yet.
Keep killin' it!
Your awesome video reiterated some of the same points I made in a blog post a month ago at http://www.BigBrandOnCampus.com on how negative comments are a good thing. It shows someone cares enough about what you are doing to speak their mind. To be real and address the negative comment with immediacy shows that commenter that you care about their opinion and the issue they are raising. Don't be scared. Negative comments are an opportunity, an opportunity to learn something about you, your organization and your fans. If someone leaves a negative comment on your wall, bulletin board, etc. that means that they care enough to speak out. Answer them back and do it quickly but be careful of what you say and how you say it. Read it out loud before you post it and listen to how it sounds. This is free feedback to help you improve a problem or more properly convey a message. If that person comments publicly then you should respond publicly, just keep in mind that your audience is more than just one person.
I took my own advice (and yours) today and did just that when I received a negative comment on someone's blog. Thanks for the video Gary (I think it reached and helped more peeps than my little blog post :}
Had a busy day. I work in a family owned computer shop in South Florida and all the snow birds are back and stuff not working or needs to be upgrade/replaced. Which makes for busy couple of months.
1. I was excited to see the community rallying around to support Daniela and her family. I donated some money, retweeted and blogged about it.
2. I randomly joined in on a test run for live interaction on Adam Curry's Daily Source Code podcast (after he posted on twitter about it) and ended up having a discussion with him on the show about the mobilization started by @armano.
3. I saw your tweet about the Corkd situation and have been following that as well. Your response really is something to learn from, this is the kind of thing that works on any scale, just owning up to something negative, addressing it right away and giving a preliminary plan on next steps to address the problem. Not enough people are doing it this way.
Thanks for sharing, loved the "slides" too.
My day was less eventful than yours but quite complete: I had to supervise a railing installation (a real stairwell railing), had news that our HVAC at another site would be late because of layoffs at plant (ugh), ducting installed there too. Supervised the finishing touches on the framing of a huge recycling water tank, talked to too many people on the phone about design/construction stuff. Smiled a lot actually, helps to relieve stress. Bought raisins and malt (sweet kind), fed my dogs, and finished plans for another project. Good Day actually.
My day? HAH! Three words....corporate office cubicle. That's all you need to know.
Started a blog a couple weeks ago. Taking your advice and working my ass off. Working my ass off has paid off for me in the corporate world and you've proven it can work in your own world so I'll give it my best.
Thanks again Gary for all your inspiration!
Chris
Did you get everything sorted?
-Miller
The video was an inspiring addition to the day. Thanks for sharing your energy & ideas!
Would love to be at Inman Connect for your Keynote but couldn't make it! Hoping that someone will "link it up"...
You are first class all the way... You really do practice what you preach1
Started off with @armano's post. Had impromptu meeting in the morning at starbucks. Then a facebook app call with a client for a dev project we're doing. Wrote a blog post. Shot and cut together a video for a competition we're entering.
Then we just went live on a bookmarklet for a start up web service business I am building with 10pm - 2am hustle as you'd say.
Well done with this today. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
To answer your question, we're working on some awesome stuff over you. Waiting on your call (got delayed because of Christmas) so we can see if we could use your whuffie and our design/dev skills to built some great ideas.
Great video Gary. This video shows the true power of Twitter/Web 2.0/Social Networking. Amazing.
Not a bad day got to work on my personal projects and everything has gone fairly smoothly. Thanks for asking.
S
I also checked out your video at the 2.0 Expo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhqZ0RU95d4
Wow. Great wisdom there. Very quotable. I quote great people on my twitter account (@nhprman) all the time, and folks will be seeing about five quotes from that one event alone. Now I'm off to YouTube to seek out more of you!
You should write a book about not just wine, but focusing on your motivational talks (I hope you didn't just cringe at that word, because you ARE motivational!)
Later,
Stephen A.
TAKE THAT ECONOMIC CRISIS!
AWESOME GARY!
-Joe (JMT3 on twitter)
Sure give me motivation to keep on keepin on.
Caring goes a long ways folks. Genuinely care and provide things for free and good things will come.
Mark
First- honest and open is the best way to handle any situation. Anything else in today's world will be quickly discovered and revealed. Then you just end up looking lame, silly, unprepared or all of the above which is never good.
Second- while getting paid is good, bartering has its advantages. For anyone to jump on you for the way you went about getting some RAILs help just ends up reflecting poorly on them. And look at the great karma- seesmic noticed and you got great responses. Karma is the best reward.
Keep bringing the thunder.
Alyx
Twitter: smartalyx
My day? A lot of hours Blip.ing (great addictive tool: http://blip.fm that is). Getting lost in paper work. Stumbling over nice little projects stopping by.
That's one thing I might want to add that seems so much of your nature and flowing without hesitation: planning is good when accompanied by a high capacity for improvisation.
In Germany people tend to believe planning was everything and life was controllable: that's pure crap.
Really love your stuff although I am not into wine. Keep it up. It's not about wine anyway ;-)
Cheers
Martin
My day, well, we had a ton of rain and melting here in eastern CT so my day consisted of running in between:
- caring for my 11-month old daughter Brigid
- wetvac and towels in the basement
- talking to clients
- installing stuff on my new laptop
- setting up a sump pump in the basement
- Skype-ing with my parents in Florida (really the Skype is between my parents and my daughter)
- making three baby meals and one adult meal for my wife and I
- watching Olbermann as I continue to install my new laptop
- watching you
- next I watch today's WLTV, I see there's a guest, thanks!
Your day was busy, mine was productive. I got to prep some sites that I am launching later this week, so that is good. Got to get back to work on them now, thanks for the interruption.
Today I
-Had mastermind meeting
-posted in blog with video challenging my peeps to make a video for free month training
-2 days ago I fedex jason ellis of faction radio a copy of my training manual and DVD with typed letter because he is huge in the extreme sports industry and that is where I am trying to be the man in he should have received it today so im kinda nervous
-also trained my face off and lifed some heavy tires
All in all pretty good day
Ryan
the way you managed to turn a negative thing such as getting hacked into a MASSIVE boost for your allready off the chain personal branding is just friggin awesome dude.
Keep doin what you're doing man!
This was your best video by far. Sharing how powerful social media can be and how to turn a negative into a positive is a great lesson. We're all going to mess up at one point or another however it's how we deal with the situation that will determine the outcome. Being human, giving something more than money makes sense to those that see the big picture.
My day was awesome. I've been transitioning my business over the last several months, intergrating social media and networking whenever possible. The early results are exciting. Had a video of an interview make the rounds thanks to twitter and several bloggers.
You are showing us the way and I appreciate all that you have shared with me and the rest of the Vayniacks.
My day was cool—went back to school, in a sense. First day of an undergrad macroeconomics course (side project) after being a grad student for four years. Blended in well, I think, despite carrying a man purse, rather than a back pack (that's what separates the men from the boys—the college teachers from the college students).
Thanks for asking—keep up the great work!
Be honest and upfront with your clients, whether good or bad, and you will avoid bigger headaches down the line.
Just updated my blog (mentions some motivation from Gary Vee) with some thoughts on Macworld and various computer topics. Baby steps, but it's a step in the right direction.
Of course...the day I finally get a chance to get into my Cork'd account to enter in some new wines and the site's down. :( No biggee, these things happen.
Right on about Twitter. A lot of mutual assistance between users that make it a great place and networking tool.
http://www.twitter.com/digitaldean
Today consisted of art direction/design works at headquarters as well having to be put on phone for over 30mins. with Kaiser just to inquire about their health benefits.
Oh, and I'm turning my negative baby momma drama that I had to go through today into a positive one! A HUGE personal project in the works. A vision which will come to fruition.
GV, remember, when in cali drop me a line cause we're going bass fishing!
One love.
Bad thing? Pumped water out til 2AM, got practically nothing done today cause I was so blasted from last night, but got a fresh perspective on doing some smart things with my home (landscaping, cutting a drain, installing new pump), and I spent much of the day thinking of new ways to improve my brand and business (cause I do that when I'm brain fried... on autopilot, where my inspiration drives me).
Oh, and I uploaded a cool vid of some flooding in a nearby neighborhood - viddler.com/jasonn (it's easy to find).
@marismith
Great way to address the "issue". I'm the tech guy and owner of several sites and things happen sometimes and there is nothing we can do to change it...it all depends on how we handle it and you did a great job!
QOTD: Drove from NJ to NC. Finished it off with great hand crafted beer from Hams Brew Pub in Greenville. Turning another negative into a positive.
my day? well, I always find it facinating that on a day off you spend more time working cleaning and fixing then you ever would on a normal "work" day.
Gman - you inspire me.
Loved this video! To answer the question, I will say that my day was 90% sleeping (I'm working night shift so I have to recover) and 10% lazing around.
Keep up the good work!
My day? Productive and calm. A good day overall.
http://blog.jeffreyfredrick.com/2009/01/07/care...
I also had a GREAT day.
Social networking and video marketing is the best way to make money online these days.
Keep up the fantastic work my friend...
Best Wishes,
Sam England
I had a good, but not great day, as well.
Seesmic just got one new person try out their service.
Are you gonna be at the Crunchies?
Wild video! Definitely your best, guy!
I HEARD about this video on Twitter,
so the awesome viral-ness of this
whole thing is continuing big time.
My day was super good, and tomorrow
will be even better.
And you are so right - "We should have
enough creativity in us to turn any lack
into a plus."
And you did!
Keep it up, Gary - you're great!
Carolyn
PS Yes, that was incredible about
Twitter response for that family.
Way to go, Twitter community!
I've been busting my ass staying up til 3 and 4 in the morning freelancing anyways so maybe it's a sign, I can take this negative and make it into a positive.
Now it's time to figure out exactly what I want to do.
Thanks for everything Gary, every video you put out is quality.
I hope you don't mind but I think I'll be dropping you an email in the next couple days, if that's okay? Is there a good email address to get you at?
I promise I won't ask for the 4 best tips to get ahead in life. :)
So anyway...my back breaks needed to be changed. They were rubbing metal to metal. I know, I know not the same, eh?
Thanks for the awesome videos, you constantly deliver!
John (ColderICE)
If only more folks had your enthusiasm.
Not a BIG fan of peeps who have to throw negative in there, I woulda taken consult over cashola any day bruddah, hands down.
Today, hustlin' my face off, as you reccomended :)
Writing a piece for a book from a major fitness publication, editing videos for my blog, twittering and multi tasking! haaaaa
Hope to see you soon at the WL get together, happy new year bruddah.
I'll be stopping by to train you Underground straight up in the hallways of WL bruddah!
Kill it!
--z--
The same thing happened with me dealing with something that happened at my college.
We had a shooting in the middle of last semester.
The school was doing horrible at giving us information, so by word of mouth I threw out video feeds on my blog and linked it out using Facebook and Twitter.
Because of this I had a ton of new people contact me and became viewers of my blog and were interested in what I had to say.
This is also how Unigo found me and offered me an internship with them.
I know this was a tragic negative, but it turned into a positive.
Keep up the great work.
Luke
http://new.seesmic.com/videos/X6sBLLxFon
you use Wordpress on this blog: installing the Seesmic Wordpress video plugin takes a few minutes, you can have the same video comments for YOUR community as on TechCrunch, here is how to do it:
http://wiki.seesmic.com/Wp-plugin
can't wait to see you again!
My day was great I had some negative then a business call that shook it up into a positive!
Great video you da man!
-Matt Holmes
http://www.twitter.com/BodySynergy
So for today's answer, my day was great and somewhat pertinent - we've had a very difficult problem needing solved at work for some time (negative), and generally such a problem would be left to the superstars at the office.
The problem got stale, but I wound up with a little spare time. So, even with my next-to-zero experience, given that time I seem to have solved the problem and feel great about it (positive).
Thanks again, Gary.
QOTD: Well, it was a rough day. Went in for surgery early to have s lesion above my left eye removed. Nothing serious, I've just had it for 21 years and it was time for it to go. So, I'm sore and drugged up.
It began with a Zyrtek hang-under (allergy medicine,, took it the night before,, didn't go so well, lost the whole first half of my day in zombie mode). Solved a problem with Big Red (Verizon)then, it got interesting,, jumped up and mad dashed over to a client's (in person no less), then followed it up with a conference call of rocking proportions.
Gary, as usual you knocked it out of the park,, the park is a dot to you!
Now I've got to go sort out this whole seesmic dealio.
Rock on!
And tomorrow will be one of the most AMAZING days EVER. Why? I get to see @garyvee in PERSON. I'm in the front row guy...!!
WOOT!!
@kellyolexa
i really loved the way you handled this gv. i wish more people were transparent like that.
QOD: Not as exciting as yours, but had first day of spring term today and am very nervous about my courses this semester. Let's see how it goes!
Our day was similar in a way. We had just released a new logo design for our company and the peeps on twitter didn't dig it.
So instead of pulling a face, we took it all in and decided to leverage their feedback to make a better logo!
Then from there we made a video about it (this was before you made this video actually). It is called 'Designing a new logo' and people are loving it.
So I agree with you 100% and it is something we tell our viewers ALL the time. The power of Twitter is beyond belief.
Here is a link to the logo video:
http://www.from-the-couch.com/post.cfm/title/de...
David Perel
I love Cesar Millan the Dog Whisperer because he is passionate about what he does, but more importantly he loves doing it -- ditto GV... big props!!
Agreed - Twitter is by far the best social networking tool out there. A few weeks ago I posted a demo video (and tweeted a link to it) of an iPhone app I wrote. Another developer saw it and pointed out a minor graphics glitch along with the code to fix it in email. Totally unsolicited. Stuff like this happens all the time on Twitter, great service.
My Day: I spent the whole day really 110% focused on my business for the first time since the holidays. Most of the day was spent writing code to update my original three iPhone apps. Very excited about some of the updates I am putting in there.
Good post as always!
Only one thing occurs to me while watching this and perhaps a bit nitpicky, but some communication to the cork'd userbase might be appropriate, no?
Not sure what the traffic to that site is like, but either way, a short message on the re-direct page or an email to the cork'd users saying sorry for the outage and explaining why their service is down might be a good thing in this situation... They seem to be the only group not covered in GV's otherwise excellent response...
Keep up the great work GV...!
My day was filled with several negatives unfortunately. As I was recently laid off, I've had several interviews thus far (thankful for a great network) but got the word on one of them yesterday that I didn't make it. It was unfortunate but just have to stay on the grind and bust my ass everyday to get to where I need to be.
Second thing is what hurt the most - my 18 y o cousin recently got a pinched nerve randomly and finally got an MRI done. The doctors said yesterday that they found a couple small tumors on his brain...it's devastating news for our family to hear one of our young ones to go through this, let alone anyone in our family. I'm praying everyday that things will be ok and just trying to stay positive but at the same time, it puts things into perspective and makes you realize how much family really does matter.
Love it!
It's always good to see things from a social media perspective. There are plenty of people out there looking for opportunities to build something or just be a part of it.
Wow. INCREDIBLY GREAT POST. Fantastic work, and thank you for sharing the big picture story + drill down with us.
You ask, "How was your day?"
My day was pretty great. Like so many who own their freelance business in addition to working a day job, I was reminded of why I love what I do.
My day from 8-5 was spent in the doldrums of the day job. As Creative Coordinator for a major financial institution, I fight the good fight like most all of us do: I constantly promote the values of social media and the big picture impact of the web to Executives who are Traditionalists and mostly refuse to listen.
To me, Traditionalists are people who still want to hold onto what was - things like spending major cash on throw-away print pieces, mass mailers and big name agencies. To me, it's more **WAY** more important (and cost effective) to focus NOT on the needs and wants of corporate, but on the needs and wants of **the customer.** I believe it's a much better value to develop a small team of passionate people who are multi-talented and able to focus on the BIG PICTURE - servicing, educating and developing our client base.
Like many, I'm at the day job to consistently line the wallet and provide quality health-care coverage to my family. What I live for, though, are my nights.
At night, I am blessed with the opportunity to impact real people, real customers and real businesses via my own company of almost six years (The Amplified Group.)
Take last night for example: After the day job, I drove over for a 5pm appointment with The Children's Autism Center, a program still in it's infancy created by one of the larger, local hospitals. While the CAC has a beautiful, new glass building, their message and approach is very confusing. They know what they believe in and they know the impact they want to make - they just don't know how to go about spreading their gospel.
After a local lawyer referred them to me RE: an initial website estimate, things have quickly developed into an overall consulting & marketing relationship. I've been granted the chance look at the big picture and make recommendations that the client is eager and passionate to embrace: consistent branding, positioning themselves as an expert resource to the community as a whole, and developing a platform of education and peer support specifically for their audience, both locally and nationally.
The CAC is a wonderful place doing wonderful things. They just needed some help, and I've been blessed with that opportunity.
That was my day. How was yours?
-DS (aka @dsmay on http://twitter.com/dsmay )
PS - Gary, It was great to meet you @ NYC2.0'08. Take care, and, maybe if I'm lucky, I'll see you on the ThunderCruise.
My day was wonderful with many negatives. I try not to let it get me down but I'm human...my evening job was a little more challenging than usual. Had to teach a Wine101 class and had someone who challenged by ability every step of the way. Then a drunk walked in and interupted the whole class so that was a challenge to contend with. So the ride home was full of negativity but once I got home it was a sweet release. Opened a bottle looked through my Wine Spectator and enjoyed the company of my loves ones! Sometimes sanity is only a few steps away..but when you have someone to keep you going its all worth while!
it was the best possible response you could have done, other than keeping the system up to date so if wouldn't come to this in the first place. I'm sure that both you and your team of developers have learned and grown from this experience and as long as everything was backed up I believe that Cork'd will be back up in no time.
My day was much less eventful, but still very nice and pleasant as I got to spend it with family and friends celebrating Eastern Orthodox Christmas. :)
I hope that none of your sites will have to go through this again and wish you and your team a great day!
I couldn't agree with you more.
Good way of handling crisis there, Gary.
Great video.
Looking forward to your keynote at the Affiliate Summit West 2009 in just 4 days.
I had an amazing day yesterday with the highlight being at the Rose Garden watching the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Pistons by 1-point. Solid.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts,
Howard
Great vid. Love the quick response and the energy you brought to it. Super cool!
I spent my day on a web re-design and content editing. BRUTAL!!! Still looking for a way to turn that negative into a positive.
Brad
So many people get hit with a negative and think there is nothing worse. The key is to see how you can turn it around and make it work for you. You take it above and beyond, but show us that we too can do it.
Bottom line: It is all about the Attitude.
You are always so positive and inspiring. Thanks!
Great work!
Jsson Tryfon
Sometimes...I think the "genuine" has been trained out of us by the time we get out of college and enter the work world- because we've had to be so guarded so many times - because, honestly, there are still a lot of bullies out there....but maybe younger workers will be able to bring that back because they seem to have been able to "play" at putting themselves "out there" so much more in so many different ways. In a way, the socmedia world has provided more experience with wider groups of people and their opinions and expectations and differences and maybe that's going to help the shift?
But, thanks for the excellent case-study Mr. V ;-)
I see you an AJ are very happy about Kerry Rhodes on twitter...
Love how you connect. Love how you skip the stones/messages across social media waters. Perhaps there should be an event using all social media platforms highlighting the best way to get a single message from one to another?
My day, unbelievable. Had a crazy radio interview. The interviewer kind of threw me for a loop and recovered nicely. And now I'm test driving a new car which is fast and fun and then off to a client.
Have a great day!! @keriblair
My day:
Coaching call - always fun. Moved forward a couple of business ideas I have been percolating. Got inspired to write a blog post about creative people being doomed to poverty (or NOT), greatly inspired by buddy Hugh McLeod. Made dinner for the kiddos. 15-month old Angela ate a crayon. Then threw the phone in the toilet. Baths followed, now they are snoozing. Topping off the day watching your video. Good day, indeed. :)
The Lucky Crew.
P.S my day was not that crazy, but with your skill to turn negatives into positives I wouldn't mind ;)
My day today was awesome because I found this post and was inspired to look at what could be perceived as negative things... and turned them into positive things.
Twitter is great for that when you focus on helping other... the good social media karma comes back to you every time : )
Thanks for the great content and keep up the great work my friend.
- Tim Welch
My day is just starting(living in Europe), a lot of things to do, a lot of things to think about...Going to make this day very productive and useful!!!
Thanks Gary for the inspiration!!!
JavierJRDG
Also wondering what that suspicious pump-pack bottle of transparent liquid is on your desk?
I'm in New Zealand and I'm in wine, come over here and I'll show you around ... if you keep your hands to yourself. Yvonne
Keep up the great work! If this was your best video here, should we continue watching? :))
I'm to hyper to sit and listen to boring VP and marketing gurus drudge on and on. Gary gives me my fix fast!
Time's a wastin, gotta go :)
Thx!
I so agree with your lemons into lemonade repackaging. It is the easiest thing in the world to think that the world in crumbling when in fact it is offering you an oppurtunity to think outside the box and look for the diamond within the rubble. In the hospital I work in, I am constantly reminding staff and patients to look for the positives, stop blaming "them" for your problems, and to move ahead instead of lagging behind. While I wish I had your business savvy so I can stop working shiftwork, I already utilize all the same skillset you do in making better staff and comforting the patients around me. Look forward to more of these.
CREATE. ACT. CELEBRATE.™
Bill Starr
CEO, My Life List™
http://twitter.com/mylifelist
Thanks,
Ronny K
Center City Philly
GO EAGLES!
Short history: I was looking for software to use for keeping track of my wine library until I gave up and started developing my own. I've been to winelibrary.com a few times because of this. Today was the first day I found out about your video blog at winelibrary, which led me to your personal site and an article at getrichslowly.com about a keynote you just gave. I have to say that because of you, my day was the first step to greater productivity and better work. I'm an artist over a marketer, but have been trying to do the marketing thing for too long. I'm going to stick with what I know.
Thank you much, you have a new fan and subscriber.
I'm sorry Cork'd got hacked but I'm glad that you were able to get something positive out of it. We should all try to look on the bright side, even when it's easier said than done.
My son and I discovered you on Itunes a couple of nights ago and you really impressed the hell out of him (me too!).
I showed my other son this video and he couldn't stop watching you.
Thanks for sharing your passions and inspiring the next gen of me.
Congratulations on the news of your child! Here's my advice:
Nurture your marriage. Do not make your child the center of the family, but a welcome addition to it. Show them the stability, love, and warmth of a solid marital relationship. Your child will grow up well-adjusted and wanting the same thing.
I am a pastor of a church and a chaplain in the US Air Force Reserve. My wife and I love watching you here in Olympia, Washington. Thank you for your warmth and passion. You are awesome!
God bless,
Pierre Allegre
My greatest joys in life are 1: the love of my wife 2: the un-conditional love I have for my 2 boys.
What you will experiance in these up-coming years, no parent can even begin to describe! This much I can share; it's the ride of a lifetime! Joy & happiness to you always!
My kids are my life,4,7,15. single father, dramatic divorce, ex moved kids 1600 miles away, foreclosed property, mom lost her house and 2.5M, partner embezzlement 100k, sherriff at the door, gun to my head, 250 resume's sent no job offers, and everyone tells me I am the most generous man in the world, I help unconditionally and am a huge inspiration...why?
because I still smile that I have (literally) $3.96 in the bank and I am still here, just need a few less dramas...!
all the best to you my unknown friend,
Jayson
Awesome case study in what TO DO. There are so many that demonstrate what NOT to do... thanks for living it!
Leigh
Thanks for keeping us entertained and educated!
Jessica Green
Great shows again. Congratulations again with your wife being pregnant. Did you find out the sex yet?
Wanted to recommend a few different types of shows that I would find interesting. It would be nice just as you did the other 46 episode to also maybe pick a state once a week (maybe on Friday or Monday or whenever) Grab three wines from one state. There are some amazing wines that come from many different states and if you do a show like this i think it could help the viewers to appreciate their state as well for some good plays.
I am from michigan and it stinks that i can not purchase from your site but you know the laws in MI. Saying that i have tried a few good wines from MI so if you would consider doing a show based on a state that would rock.
Thanks again and have a great day.
Jeff Smith
twitter.com/imanyware
http://5quickquestions.wordpress.com/2009/01/13...
My day wasn't as exciting as yours but I did take some great photos!
Monetize is something you here Gary V talk a lot about, how do you monetize your internet activities, you charge money for your services, not trading, not barters. While I am sure that the advice that Gary would give our business would be invaluable we would never do his tax return for free, call me old school, but people pay me for my services in cash money, and if in return I need their services cash exchanges hands again, seems odd, but when they refer me out the precedent that we work for cash is set, there is never the awkward conversation of we will trade you our services for yours. My employees don't work for trade and barter and neither do I. Monetize, stop making a complicated industry even more complicated.
Skipped class on purpose - DJ'd for 2 hours on the web - and am working on marketing for my radio show...