May 13, 2019
Growing A Following, Getting Your Hustle Back, Building a Business – The Top 5 Most Searched #AskGaryVee Questions
Key Takeaways
- If you’re in the apparel business, aim to get Instagram influencers to wear your product
- Work hard, work smart, and believe in the law of attraction but know that nothing worthwhile happens without hard work
- Figure out what you’re good at and double down on it
- As people grow and change, so do their values and goals
- To grow your social media following – Stay true to your voice and spend time interacting with your followers
Intro
- Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and internet personality.
- For a throwback, check out the Podcast Notes from his appearance on The James Altucher Show
Question #1: What’s the best way to spend $3K on building an apparel business?
- Get exposure and convert it to sales
- If you’re in the apparel business, aim to get Instagram influencers to wear your product – they are grossly underpriced
- Save the $3K and go work for an expert before launching your own business
- Or perhaps before you jump into the apparel business, email the CEOs of a few apparel companies you admire and go work for them to learn about the industry
Question #2: Does the law of attraction work?
- The law of attraction states that we can attract into our lives whatever we’re focusing on
- Gary believes in it but adds that your actions NEED to align with your vision
- Work hard, work smart, and believe in the law of attraction but know that nothing happens without work
- Gary believes in it but adds that your actions NEED to align with your vision
Question #3: Any advice for students who don’t want to go to college?
- “You need to work your f*cking face off, and nobody gives a sh*t where you grew up”
- No one’s going to feel sorry for you in life – once you hit the real world, no one cares
- Figure out what you’re good at and work every possible minute
- You’re going to have to prove YOURSELF since you won’t have a degree to prove your worth
- “Eat sh*t for 15 years” and you’ll be fine
- The “man” that is holding back a lot of kids is just their own mind/fear
Question #4: What should you do if you lose your hustle?
- As people grow and change, so do their values and goals
- Recently Gary has been thinking about sabbaticals and building schools in third world countries
- It’s normal for people to lose their north star
- Maybe you lost your hustle because you aren’t in tune as to why you’re doing it
- To reflect – find a very remote place that’s affordable, book an Airbnb, and spend time with just yourself
Question #5: How can you grow your social media following when it plateaus?
- Keep working at it and crushing it
- You don’t have to keep growing if you feel content with your audience size
- “You make your short-term money on numbers” – but not your long-term money
- It may be possible that you are in an early market and consumers need time to catch up
- Stay true to your voice and spend time interacting with your followers
These notes were edited by RoRoPa Editing Services
