Informative about social media, its importance, and how everyone can harness it to follow their passion and make money off of it. It's a quick and funny read.

Meh - was probably much more relevant when it was written (early Web 2.0 days). Very focused on developing a personal brand and how to use the "new" social media platforms to accomplish that.

Great message but needs a revision due to changing technologies.

I like Gary and His sassyness. I like his go get it attitude. But I think he is playing it to low when I say you need to be too 10 to go after your dream. There are room for 1000nds of Gary winelords around the world doing about the same thing.

If you are thinking of taking a leap in to your dream business go with this book or his follow-up crushing it, the worst thing that could be happening is doing what you love.

A good refresher about passion, entrepreneurship, online identity, personal brand, business 2.0, and a ton of brilliant ideas about social networking. The only things I don't like are the ubiquitous blood & dna metaphors, though I fully understand the author's point (just don't like these words being used in that sense)

Being a person who is addicted to social media and yet, hate the mindless content swirling around the world wide web, I found this book really really inspiring in a way that it forces you to be authentic and think of all the platforms as a way to build your personal brand, no matter if you plan to monetize it or not. The advice on being authentic and creating awesome content is truly timeless now that we have entered a space we can't escape even if we want to. (Internet)
Recommended even for those who don't need social media marketing lesson because some points are just timeless!

2.5⭐️

You may or may not know who Gary Vaynerchuk is... he's an online presence among a million online presences, but if you like wine, he's probably a guy you've heard of, or you may have even listened to one of his irreverent podcasts. Regardless of what you think, the guy had built himself a decent following and a small celebrity status using the internet, and that's what this book is all about...

As an internet marketer, I found this book not so much revealing, as refreshing. It's nice to have someone else explain what I've beaten my head against the brick wall of old-school PR marketing trying to say: social networking is the place everyone should focus at least some of their messaging. And it's true. How much information do you get from this site, or Facebook, or YouTube, or even Twitter that you didn't learn from traditional information sources like television or print? The internet has changed how we learn about things, and this book talks about how and why you should use them.

And he brings up one very important practice when it comes to using social networking as a marketing tool... PATIENCE. Things won't change over night, but as I've experienced in my nearly 7 years working in this field, when it hits, it hits big. But you have to work your butt off to get it there. What Vaynerchuk points out is, if what you're doing is your passion, it won't feel like work.

I thought this was a nice motivational book. You can't go into it hoping for all the answers to what you want to pursue but as a five year old book, I found a lot of what he said to still be relevant. That surprised me since he speaks a lot on new media.

His ideas aren't terribly mind-blowing but they're still helpful if you're looking to work towards standing out with whatever your craft may be. I would recommend it as a quick, insightful read!

Gary Vee has great ideas. His style drives me crazy, though. I have to grit my teeth every time I listen to him. That said, what he has to say is valuable enough that I subscribe to his podcast.