CRUSH IT: Book Review

Gary Vaynerchuck recently published a book about his experiences growing his own personal brand. Gary is well known on the Internet for building the brand: Wine Library TV and has taken his knowledge and written a book about building your own brand in his likeness.
I received a free copy of the book during Gary’s wine [...]

Time Says 00’s Worst Decade Ever? Screw Them.

Time magazine is calling this the decade from hell, seriously? I guess it depends on your perspective. They source a few good arguments in the “why” behind their decision: 9/11 to start the decade and economic crises to end it. What ever happened to learning from experiences and failures, have we learned nothing?
9/11 was a [...]

Be Outstanding: Build A Podcast

Audio can be a very powerful tool. With a climbing unemployment rate, everyone is looking for a way to stand out of the crowd and show potential employers that they’re the ones that are best suited for the job. Believe it or not, there are many people suited for your job; it is a competition [...]

Understanding The Global Audience

So, you say you want to be an producer of awesome content? Audio show, video show, pick your medium but you’re going to run into the same problem in all of them: your audience is global. This is something many folks in the United States have a hard time understanding because we tend to be [...]

Teach Yourself To Be Successful

So you want to be popular and get “a million unique’s” on your website now that you’ve posted your first piece of content. Web marketing folks will tell you how they can rank you #1 in search engines and promote you by utilizing their social circles (most of which are unrelated to your audience). Let [...]

Listen To The Haters

After a “date night” at the Chinese restaurant the other night I got a fortune cookie with a fortune that read, “We find comfort among those that agree with us – growth among those who don’t.” This phrase can mean a lot of different things to different people, including those that wrote it down to [...]

Swap Business Cards, Make Connections

There is no connection like the human connection. We are a passionate social species that builds great relationships with those around us when we’re given the opportunity. You can spend all day twittering and build a list of 1,000+ quality twitter followers but the one missing link is actual human contact: a handshake. You don’t [...]

Be Talked About, Be Seen

It’s difficult to rise to the top of the charts, your audio/video show might be A+ class in content and quality but you’ve got to fight to be seen. As cheap video camera’s hit the market everyone wants to be a superstar and get their 15-minutes of fame. While these crazy folks are trying to [...]

Niche Video Casts Get Marketing Dollars Too

If you’re looking for a way to make some money in video podcasting you’ll want to find an area of content that isn’t overcrowded. Of course, the video game, and tech shows are all over the place, what you’ll want is something completely different yet interesting enough to grab a crowd.
Looking through iTunes, I can [...]

Gary Vaynerchuk Says Hustle, But I Think That’s Changing

While Gary Vaynerchuk has successfully built a small wine store into a much larger business and is on the forefront of social media, I think life will be changing for him very soon. He’s not only a representative for the Wine Library and WLTV branding, he’s sharing his knowledge with others on his blog and [...]

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