Gary Vaynerchuk Quotes - Page 5

We're living in an era where word-of-mouth is on steroids.

When people are using their devices, it's probable that almost half are networking on social media.

Legacy is greater than currency.

Business is a marathon, and most of society thinks it's a sprint.

You can market your ass off, but if your product sucks, you're dead.

I'm concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money it's the worst day of your life.

Social media is like crack-immediately gratifying and hugely addictive.

I'm just always looking forwards. I spend very little time, looking backwards.

Okay, let's talk about cartoon labels for half a second - some people think anything with a dog or a car or a colorful alien is garbage, which is not true. Look at Big Moose Red. It's, like, a $6 wine with a cheesy label, and it's actually a solid wine.

Market like the year you are in.

There is no sale without the story; no knockout without the setup.

The skill sets it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, a successful marketer, or a relevant celebrity is a different skill set than you needed ten years ago, even though that was the skill set that mattered for decades.

I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.

Unless you are building a new company from the ground up and can install caring as your businesses' cornerstone, you have to be willing to embark on a completely cultural overhaul so that, like a local mom and pop shop, every employee is comfortable engaging in customer service, and does it authentically.

Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do.

Stop whining, start hustling.

There is never a bad time to start a business - unless you want to start a mediocre one.

The people who make the greatest wines in the world, they love their dirt, they pick it up, they coddle it, they kiss it, they put it in a jar and it sits on their mantle in the living room, because they know. They know.

No one makes a million dollars with minimal effort unless they win the lottery.

We're sharing things in our lives everyday that we wouldn't have picked up the phone to talk about ten years ago.

I think of customer service as an offense and not a defense

The reason I became successful is because I touched. I touched my community.

The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.

What makes a good client, to me, is one that signed on for the strategy as well as the execution, not just the end product.

I am aware of the talent I was gifted and had to execute against it. It is just being very self aware and betting on your best strength.