Do you have a hobby you wish you could do all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take those passions and make a living doing what you love. By the end of this book, any reader will have learned how to harness the power of the Internet to make their entrepreneurial dreams come true. Gary spent years building his family business from a local wine shop into a national industry leader. Then one day he turned on a video camera, and by using the secrets revealed in this book, transformed his entire life and earning potential by building his personal brand. Step by step, CRUSH IT! is the ultimate driver′s manual for modern business. In CRUSH IT! Why NOW Is The Time To Cash In On Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real busineses
Gary Vaynerchuk has captured attention with his pionering, multi-faceted aproach to personal branding and business. Gary has always had an earlyto-market approach, launching Wine Library′s retail website in 1997 and Wine Library TV in February of 2006. His lesons on social media, passion, transparency, and reactionary business are not to be missed!. After primarily utilizing traditional advertising techniques to build his family′s local retail wine business into a national industry leader, Gary rapidly leveraged social media tools such as Twiter and Facebok to promote Wine Library TV, htp://tv.winelibrary.com, his video blog about wine
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Gary Vaynerhuk is one of the most inspiring people anyone will ever cross. Definitely attend a signing if you can, and make sure you read this entire book. This book helps anyone who might find themselves even 1% unhappy with their work life. They are sure to be inspired to jump into, and be a part of the Web 2.0 movement. Learn how to harness the power of the internet with this book, and realize how to work based off of your passion from Gary Vaynerchuk, one of the most successful entrepreneurs ever.
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Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RHXT3UE7222BI I really enjoyed Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion. It's a quick read of a little less than 150 pages. Typically, I'll take a while to read a book, because I sneak in 5 pages here and there, but I liked this so much that I knocked it out in a day.
Crush It! is a sort of inspirational/business read and Gary Vaynerchuk goes through the steps to turn your passion into a successful business.
I could see this book being a catalyst for lots of people that hate what they're doing, but just don't have clarity about what they could be doing.
In addition to the chapters in the book, I thought it was cool that Gary included "Five Ideas I Won't Get to -- They're Yours" as Appendix B. One that sticks out to me is an idea Gary mentioned back in January 2008 at Affiliate Summit - a scrappy, homemade version of ESPN SportsCenter online.
I'll keep this brief and to the point
The branding, marketing and customer service games have changed. The old ways won't cut it anymore. The "conversation" that was talked about in The Cluetrain Manifesto is now bigger and more powerful than ever. You either listen to, contribute to, react to and help influence that conversation or you and your business will be ignored out of existence.
Scared?
Good.
Get "Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion" and learn more about the best practices in the new game--social media and personal brand!
Just because it's not rocket science doesn't mean it's not important
The most important takeaway I found in the first read through is that honesty always wins in an established market that's playing by an old set of rules. Gary clearly lays out a plan to use the best tools available to succeed in your own space. There are no shortcuts, but Gary provides the map.
How to crush it, smash it and succeed
This book is the real deal. Gary has done a absolutely superb job of drawing out his knowledge and explaining it in his straight to the point way. Part autobiography part journey through business beliefs this book will not disappoint.
Gary points out from the beginning that you must find what makes you happy and work form there but first you must love your family because that will make the base of your business. One of the best lines in the book is "It's never a bad time to start a business unless you are starting a mediocre one"(page 7).
The first chapters explains how important it is for you to start thinking of yourself as a brand and then how to look at how your brand will build your future. The steps you take on social networks will not create your success but will help accelerate it. Brand building can take time so you have to be patient.
One of the most important points is the knowledge that you gain today will help give you leverage for the future. This information could be used in stories or reviews.
The future of business is and will be online and will become more interactive as time goes on. The standard business structure of today will transform into partnerships and joint ventures. Information will be dispensed in a social media platform.
It is important to create good content and relevant product but also tell people what is really going on by being transparent.
What I really liked about his book was that it proves that you too with time can use social media to help propel yourself into your own stardom without using old models that wouldd take forever. You can be the king of a niche or a media 2.0 rockstar but it takes time and effort. The great thing for you is that most people never start and if they do most people fall off and quit.
Some people may not like how brash Gary is but you can not get along with everybody.
Overall this book is amazing and will help you with a blueprint to help build your online presence. It is a fast read at 142 pages with no fluff. Pick it up and crush it
