DISQUS

Logan · 1 year ago

Word Gary.

SIGEPJEDI · 1 year ago

Gary. You. Are. The. Man.

Florida, Let's hang sir!

http://twitter.com/SIGEPJEDI

Damon Clinkscales · 1 year ago

Thanks for that reminder Gary. Great concept. Vids are up from your Austin visit. Thanks for making the trip!

Peace

Colin Devroe · 1 year ago

To embed Gary's video, click MENU then EMBED and copy code. :)

ChrisClark · 1 year ago

Awesome vid, Gary. Gets me pumped up and encouraged to do great things, as always. Thanks!

Rob Blatt · 1 year ago

Good food for thought, but the myth of the need for a large community comes from the idea of the CPM. The same struggle is going on with advertising. It's not how many people participate, it's how valuable each of those people are to the conversation and community.

Anthony · 1 year ago

Your totally right, a lot of people including my self always tend to look at stats. I guess people tie it in with success, the more viewers/followers you have the more popularity you gain and with that comes success. But to stay true to your viewers / followers you must be by there side, even if its one person. Thats the person that counts most.

Howard Greenstein · 1 year ago

I'm a member of the GaryV community! Thanks, Gary.

Katherine · 1 year ago

Great point. This just really made my day! Seriously, I think we all get a little frustrated at times trying to build these great creative projects, and get so wrapped up in our google analytics and our view counts for our videos and such. You make a great point that we should all reach out to our audience no matter its size, and I have been trying to do that more and more.

Thanks again! Just what I needed today.

Katherine · 1 year ago

oh, and welcome to Houston! I'll be at your book signing later, and am really looking forward to it.

Phil · 1 year ago

Bravo! You're right on about the conversation. Sometimes webcrack gets us away from the whole point of communal relationships. I'll spread the meme. Ciao!

Halcyon · 1 year ago

Great post. and great to hear from you, esp.

Brian · 1 year ago

Thanks Gary. That is all I have. I am proud to be a member of the Gary V community.

TimWalker · 1 year ago

Thanks for expanding on this message, Gary -- I thought it was a really compelling idea when you talked about the same thing the other day at Grape Vine Market. It gives great guidance for those of us still at the lower end of the learning curve in community-building. Keep it up!

Patrick Algrim · 1 year ago

GARY! Awesome Video! I will see you Friday at Seed! I am looking for you pal, I need you to sign two books - one is for a giveaway on hellyeahdude.com
I got some free stuff for you too!

bronsont · 1 year ago

I got community, my dog will sit and listen to what ever I choose to spout out to him, and he loves it! :)

Walt Ribeiro · 1 year ago

Very true Gary. Had a great time at Diggnation. Will pass this vid on. Keep rockin!

Marz · 1 year ago

So true, Gary. I do my "MeTodays" for the fun of it and I know that a few people actually view them. Colin was responsible for my highest viewer count from a Pownce posting. Talking it up yourself and continuing to produce regular content is key to keeping people watching. I haven't gotten to that part myself, but I know that everyone who produces video or writes a blog needs to understand that if you don't post regularly, you lose your audience. No matter how good it is.

Dale L · 1 year ago

Very Well Said Gary.

Gary · 1 year ago

Thanks.

Sometimes in this big rush to "monetize" I get so caught up in this notion of numbers.

I have to remember what you said. Just get the message out, listen to people, respond, more messages. Rinse and repeat.

You don't know how much I needed that reminder.

Antonio Touriño · 1 year ago

Gary,

I think this is my favorite video so far on garyvaynercuk.com. Great job. I also feel that if you are doing something worthwhile someone is going to find it interesting, even if it's just one person it feels good. :)

Vladislav Chernyshov · 1 year ago

Neat. Too much folks these days have forgotten that if you're running a community then you ARE SERVING your users, listeners, readers, etc.
No matter how much people you are serving to.

Nice to see at least someone who understands it.

Adam @pawluxury · 1 year ago

Couldn't agree more Gary! It's starts with 1. Also if you can't personally address and connect with the 10 or 15. How can you captivate 1000's. It starts with 1.
Be real, be creative, and be humble.
-Adam, Wendy & Lola (Woof Woof)
twitter.com/pawluxury
twitter.com/Lola_Eco_Dog

John Congdon · 1 year ago

Very well said. I find myself wanting to grow not only the company that I work for, but also my own sites. And I am far too concerned with getting a lot of people there NOW. Just need to listen to the old saying, if you build it they will come. Give people what they want, eventually more will find their way to you.

Loved this video, my first time to your personal site. I have only watched you on Wine Library up to this point.

Brit Hammer · 1 year ago

Spot on, as always Gary! I am so with you on this one. :-)

jdandrea · 1 year ago

Greetings! Thanks for sharing that, as well as your request to contact someone you haven't been in touch with for a year.

Done! Community+1. Again. :)

bz · 1 year ago

I work in radio, I'm a traditional, old school broadcaster on a Top 40 radio station. A medium, and format that has taken it's community for granted for too long.

I'm also a blogger, vlogger, twitterer and trying to build out my own personal brand.

Thanks for reminding me about the importance of the little things, Gary.

See ya in Seattle on the 28th.

Kim Roach · 1 year ago

Thanks Gary,

Awesome message! You always inspire me Gary :)

Ed Roberts · 1 year ago

YES YES YES YES YES!

Spot on Gary. As more and more people look at new media as a money making opportunity, the more the corporate culture of numbers keeps creeping into things. Numbers do not equal success.

The kicker is that even your small, close-knit, ENGAGED community at the beginning was more valuable than 1,000 inactive participants.

Kyle · 1 year ago

Hi Gary,
I am in the process of opening a wine bar in Spring Texas
(outskirts of Houston). Watching you was really helped me feel less...overwhelmed . Thanks for the constant tutelage.
Your Friend
Kyle Schindler
http://thegrapeandbean.net

Tom P · 1 year ago

Great message and true to the core.

Kevin Winslow · 1 year ago

Gary I have spent a lot of time thinking about why I need followers when I have nothing to sell. Why would anyone care about what I have to say or what I feel is interesting out there on the web and in the analog world.
This video really makes me feel like I continue to do the right thing in having fun with linking to sites on my tumblr account, posting a funny comment on twitter and letting everyone see what a silly good time I had over the last weekend on sites like filckr.
I had an ex tell me that the only thing you have to show the world is your brand and I should watch what I put out there for people to see. I beleave that if your not doing anything wrong and your loving what your doing let the would see what you have to say and set an example, yes?

Ps looking forward to meeting you in person at your Des Moines book signing.
KW

Sameer Vasta · 1 year ago

Respect.

I've been saying this for years, but it has much more clout when someone like you says it. =)

Thanks for posting this Gary. It made my Friday morning. And thank you for letting me be part of your community.

Tim Brownson · 1 year ago

So what you're saying is that I don't need to cry myself to sleep when I don't get many responses to a post? And maybe it would be ok if I dismantled the 10 foot ticker that is in my front room and has my stats flashing across above my tv on a second by second basis? Ok, it's certainly a left field theory that's so crazy it might just work, I'll do it!

I only found this blog/community a month or so ago but I love what you have to say my man.

Lou Reyes · 1 year ago

Great message. When are you coming to Cleveland?

Alex Linebrink · 1 year ago

Right on GV --- I plugged this point (and linked you up) in a recent post on my website called "Social Marketing 101".

Quality of community is WAY above numbers. I think this fits right in with your "Why can't I please everyone?" post. Today the marketing is about the customer again, and not just about flashy advertising. And if you don't honestly care about the customer, you're going to lose out. The potential connectedness enabled between everybody - through the internet, e-mail, blogs, twitter, IM, social networks, etc. - means that word-of-mouth will be around in minutes calling the dude out who is a fake who and only trying to sell product.

Keep up the good posts!

Shawn Powers · 1 year ago

Thanks for the gut check, Gary. Katherine (Linux Journal) sent me a link, and you really hit home. The fact that anyone watches my videos on linuxjournal.com is awesome. And on my personal site, I have folks remind me to take my blood pressure medicine every day. How amazing is that?!?! We're blessed, and should indeed relish the group we do have.

Thanks again, sorry I missed you in Houston.

Daryl Tay · 1 year ago

So true. I know what you mean about preferring a smaller community. I don't think mine is as huge as yours, but the first 3-4 months when it was really small, I loved emailing people who commented and asking them how they came across my blog and what they liked or what they didn't. Now it's a scramble just to reply to all the comments!

Nathan · 1 year ago

You're absolutely right. I certainly knew I was part of a community before
this happened, but when one of your readers tracks down your phone number and pranks you while you're live-blogging a pizza delivery...well, that more than clinches it.

Andrew Dickson · 1 year ago

LIFE IS GOOD. EXPRESS HONOR. MAINTAIN PERSPECTIVE. STAY THE COURSE. BELIEVE.

Allan Edouard · 1 year ago

Hey Gary,

You're so right -- I'm definitely linking your video to my blog.

Have fun @ the SEED conference and take care!

Sincerely,
Allan.

Ryne Nelson · 1 year ago

Gary, love the video. I agree that it's a wonderful thing to have a small, tight knit community, just as it is to have a large one. If you continue to pay attention to every one of your followers and keeping doing something unique, that 'community' will become too large to respond to everyone, as you mentioned. Keep it up!

Oh, Celtics or Lakers, Gary?

Jes · 1 year ago

WOW! I never knew. I just thought it odd people would want to listen to (follow/friend/flockd) me. I've felt the opposite. I'm interested in what they're doing or have to say.

Thanks Gary.

Ask Golf Trainer · 1 year ago

Great point Gary! So true! Stop whining and get out there! I have felt like this, but I am more determined to spread my message now. Getting comments to your blog posts and videos are icing on the cake, but stay true and it will all work out.

Hillary · 1 year ago

Gary, thank you for posting this link on Twitter so that I could watch. I could not agree with you more. I think you will and perhaps have already noticed, that because you are not pushing for the numbers, they are steadily growing anyway. AND, as your community grows, I sincerely believe, you will have a much higher quality of community members because of it.

Hillary

zach even - esh · 1 year ago

u da man baby! One thing I wonder if you ever encountered was what do you do when one person puts down what you do and calls you out as doing something negative, when you truly are not.

No matter how many praise and love me, it always strikes a chord when someone disses me.

What's your thoughts GV?

Thanks in advance bruddah!

--z--

Tim Brownson · 1 year ago

Er, what happens to comments in this community? I feel like the guy at the bar who sees everybody getting served before him as I sit here in 'awaiting moderation hell for days on end'

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Sharon · 1 year ago

That's encouraging, positive, and useful advice, thanks!

Pepe Le Pew · 10 months ago

I'm a humble "Padawan" following the advices of my "Jedi Social Networking Master": @garyvee and it works !

Let me explain what happened to me today on Twitter: the idea of @Tweetbomb is simple: By following @tweetbomb, you agree to allow yourself to be Tweetbombed. This could result in LOTS of @ messages.

I always @Tweetbomb but was never @Tweetbomb myself so today I had this idea: http://twitter.com/PepeLePew/status/1153118708

which led to: http://twitter.com/tweetbomb/status/1153146581
and http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%40pepelepew

#tweetbomb effect results as of tonight: I have 127 new followers (which might not look as much but on my minor scale is a lot and I'm so happy and grateful!)

I've been Twittergraded #29 in my country http://twitter.grader.com/location?Location=Peru with a score of 91/100

and had nice tweets like these: http://twitter.com/johnberr/status/1153821883
http://twitter.com/johnberr/status/1153854544
http://twitter.com/tweetbomb/status/1153862432

So I would like to give a big THANK YOU to you Gary my Jedi Social Networking Master ! The Force is strong with you ! ;-)

I have a much bigger community than yesterday and I'm thrilled to be able to know them through their tweets in the forthcoming days !

Laurens Van den Wijngaert · 10 months ago

As usual: simple but right on! To care = missing in general business behavior! It's a pitty, because that missing link to success will not soon change, I'm afraid..
Thanks for the great post, Gary!

BenDrake · 10 months ago

How is it that everything you say is so meaningful? Like, I could have heard someone else say those words and it wouldn't have nearly the same amount of impact.