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October 10, 2017
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October 7, 2017
October 5, 2017
Confidence & Humility
Hey guys … I’ve been really spending my time thinking about “confidence” and humility…
It’s a super interesting blend if you can get your mind into a place where you think you’re the best and the worst at the same time. That you’re all time great and you’re insignificant.
That’s exactly what I try to do.
I think it’s incredibly important to know when to turn on your confidence especially when people push against you, and when people are razzing you, trolling you or doubting you and I think it’s equally important to know when to deploy your humility when people say that “you’re the best” or you are a marketing genius or the best business person or anything of that nature.
It’s balancing praise and humility.
It’s really crazy how much I play in the center of those two extremes.
Which is I genuinely believe I’m all time, I really do. I just have the energy and the bravado, and the work ethic and to be very frank, I think everyone is really underestimating, me.
I think that people don’t know what I’m capable of and I get it, but I’m fucking a kid at 41.
Confidence
— Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) May 21, 2017
I’m just getting started.
Professionally, I started over at thirty-four, because I really built my dad’s business and I left with not a lot of finances. And so, I just don’t think people realize where this is going and obviously I think I have more to give.
I’m just now figuring out my communication style in order to create the most impact. I’m just starting to define the things that I want to talk about with whom and where, and things of that nature. I’m just starting to get that down, so I’m a kid, and I haven’t even come close to hitting my prime.
People are underestimating me. Period.
Also, in equal parallel, in the same exact energy and importance and intensity… I also believe that I’m not shit and all of you are doing incredible things everyday for your families, for your neighborhood, and for the world.
There are millions of people, and I mean ten’s of millions, of unbelievably talented, incredible, noble, special people that will touch many more than I will in their little genre or big genre and I believe that many of you, when you praise me so hard which is incredible, is still hard for me to accept.
Your support means everything to me. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
But I’m still unable to really accept it.
The other thing with the humility and confidence that I’ve spent a lot of time on, is I think that I had nothing to do with my ultimate success.
So when I get huge praise, like “you’re the best or you’re this, you’re great, or you’re going to buy the Jets,” I just think it’s a bigger indicator on my parents and the unbelievable childhood I had growing up in this amazing country and having capitalism, and being an immigrant and having a chip on my shoulder and coming from the soviet union and coming from humility and never being taught to ever complain and never expecting anything from anyone else, and always taking responsibility on my shoulders.
Easy to walk around with bravado and Ego when you give all the credit to your parents … #dontBeConfused
— Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) June 24, 2017
It’s all me, me, me. It’s always been my mentality.
I think all the “special stuff” comes from my parents DNA and the work ethic they instilled, and the circumstances I grew up with which did it for me.
So, I’m so amazing because of America, and my parents…
What’s does that have to do with me?
So, when I hear the praise, I genuinely question, what does it have to do with me?
But I also recognize everything is my fault. It’s pulling from opposite directions.
When I get shit on, I gladly accept it and I default to “yes, that’s on me and I’ll fix it.”
I think those principles of accountability and ownership when you suck and passing on the credit when you fucking rule is how you find happiness, and legacy and humility.
That’s me and that’s my make up and that’s why I’m winning in life and that’s why I’m always going to win, because when you’re 100% accountable and you know your shit, you can’t lose.
When you’re 100% accountable when there is an issue and when you pass on the praise when you’re “winning” you become fundamentally unbeatable.
My head will never get gassed up enough, ever, to forget that.
When I’m “getting it,” and I have the fame and I get to where I want to be, ill never believe it.
And when it’s bad, I will never point my fucking finger to anybody else.
Everybody is pointing fingers.. Afraid to take the blame. It’s everybody’s fucking fault but your own, your country, your environment, your parents, the school system, your boss, your aunt, your fucking circumstances and of course there are tragedies and crime and child abuse and really, really bad stuff. I’m not saying it’s not real, I’m saying for the 95% of you, it’s a #mindset.
Stay grounded in perspective. Never too high, never too low.
And I will never waiver. I have my bad days, but I keep that shit to myself.
It’s about them when it’s good, and it’s about me when it’s bad. That’s what I got for you.
That’s where I’m at. That’s what I believe in.
Thanks for reading! 
October 3, 2017
Instagram Poll Stickers: What Marketers Should Be Thinking About
Instagram just released the ability to conduct polls inside stories!
Here is how to use Instagram Polls:
1. Take an Instagram Story Photo or Video
2. Add an Instagram Poll to Your Story by Selecting an Instagram Sticker
3. Choose Your Instagram Poll Answers
4. Post Your Instagram Story Poll to Your Followers And Collect Responses
I wanted to jump in and give you my quick perspective.
As we continue to watch Instagram and Facebook innovate, innovate, innovate, it’s important to reflect on why companies succeed. Twitter lost its strength as the number two social platform from 2011 to 2015 by not innovating.
The product is basically the same four years later.
What you’re seeing from Instagram was not only did they copy the core features of Snapchat to gain market penetration and slow down Snap’s growth, but now they are continuing to add new features.
In a release by Instagram this afternoon, they have added the capability to “ask a question and see results from your friends and followers as they vote.”
It’s all centered around user polls.
Whether you’re trying to understand which product to buy, which book to read or which restaurant to consider, Instagram now lets you ask your community in a simple poll within your story.
Things to Know:
You can customize the yes/no field to any A/B question.
When positioning your sticker, blue lines will appear to help you center it or avoid placing it anywhere that might be obscured when someone watches your story.
There is a character limit (27 characters per possible response field)
You can only have one poll per story.
You can see full analytics on how many people responded and who responded with what answer.
You can not change your response after voting!
The possibilities are basically endless.
The feature starts with a simple yes/no function which you can customize into any A/B poll.
Today’s update is super interesting to me because it’s now starting to make the “stories” function more interactive, more about data collection, and a lot more valuable to individuals and companies alike.
The swipe up feature was incredibly important for direct response e-commerce and quant based marketers and now you’re seeing the polling function be incredibly important for anyone who is trying to get insights into where the mindset of the end consumer actually is.
The UI and the UX of how it’s integrated dynamically into the stories function is very frictionless, and very easy to use which is just another example of Instagram building on top of its momentum.
Last week Instagram announced they hit 800M monthly active users. All of this growth is accelerated by constant innovation and updates like this.
And for all of us marketing people, an incredibly interesting lightweight way to get some insight into consumer opinion is key.
So I’m definitely going to conduct surveys about red or white wine or Snapchat vs. Instagram or about the Jets 
September 28, 2017
How to Taste Wine
Everyone wants to know how to taste wine. Here are the steps to taste wine like a pro:
Swirl the wine (Color)
Smell the wine (Smell)
Taste the wine (Feel)
It’s not just about the taste of the wine, It’s how it looks, smells, and feels.
I want this to be a valuable resource to learn how to taste wine for beginners and understanding how to talk about wine as well as taste the flavors of wine.
The fun part is I get to teach you how to taste wine my way
