Gary Vee’s Three Ps: Passion, Personal Branding, and Patience

Crush It! Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion, by Gary Vaynerchuk, HarperStudio, 2009.

As a case study in how social media can revolutionize business and create whole new careers, there are few better examples than Gary Vaynerchuk. A wine merchant by trade, he became a new-media icon after starting a daily [...]

November 10th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Book Review, New-Media Models, Social Media | One comment

In Search of Print-to-Online Success Stories

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Tuesday’s post on Advanstar’s decision to take Aftermarket Business magazine online-only was one instance of a critical question for B2B publishers today: how to move successfully from print to online.

This is the question UK-based B2B blogger and consultant Rory Brown asked last week. One problem, he notes, “is that there are hardly [...]

October 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: New-Media Models, The Future of Print | Leave a comment

Three New-Media Lessons from Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk on New Media

If you are from a traditional B2B background and are neither an oenophile nor a new-media geek, the chances are good that you haven’t heard of Gary Vaynerchuk. Twenty years ago that would have been no cause for concern. But if you hope to be a player in the 21st [...]

October 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: New-Media Models | Leave a comment