Best 202 quotes of Gary Vaynerchuk on MyQuotes

Adding a social layer to any platform immediately increases its effectiveness.

A lot of people can play the piano, but not everyone can be Billy Joel.

An amazing piece of advice for a lot of kids, 50-year-olds, whoever is listening right now: Saving money is a good strategy. I didn't have stuff, but it was because my parents were saving. They were saving. We didn't get toys. They told us to go outside and paint a rock. It was very, very smart because after seven or eight years, he was able to buy a liquor store of his own in Springfield, New Jersey - Shoppers Discount Liquors. He built up a great business.

Anyone working for a big company might be skeptical that a large business, or even a strictly online business, can form the same kind of friendly, loyal relationship with customers as a local retailer. I'm saying it's already been done because I lived it.

A penguin cannot become a giraffe, so just be the best penguin you can be.

As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving.

Be reactionary. React to what the market wants. And the market wants one-on-one real time engagement. Now that we have the tools to engage, I'm going to continue fighting for the end user.

Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.

Bordeaux would be naive not to recognize that Robert Parker was driving the brand equity. If the next generation doesn't care about Chateau Pichon-Lalande, then you have a problem.

Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.

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

Care Immensely or Die: This is a bigger culture shift than you realize.

Company culture is a religion, not a sermon.

Company culture is the backbone of any successful organization.

Content is king, but marketing is queen, and runs the household.

Don't worry; skills are cheap, passion is priceless. If you're passionate about your content and you know it and do it better than anyone else, even with few formal business skills you have the potential to create a million-dollar business.

Do what makes you happy.  Keep it simple.  Do the research.  Work hard.  Look ahead.

Do you know how many companies have wanted me to do an energy drink for them because I named my book 'Crush It!'? It might be fun one day, but right now I think it would undermine the personal brand I've built.

Effort is grossly underrated.

Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen.

Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it.

First of all, when building a brand you have to know who you are, what you are, and what you stand for. That's clichéd marketing-bullshit jargon, but it does matter. It helps. You have to know who you're targeting. I think too many people fight the market. There are certain people who are never going to want your stuff no matter what you do. There are certain people are never going to love me because I curse and I have bravado and I'm a Jersey boy and I'm brash and they won't take the time to see the humility and the patience and the truth. They shouldn't.

Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses.

For business, our internet love affair was a gift from the gods.

From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.

Good salespeople sell value and social media is the best place to find this value because of its transparency.

Google gives preference to its own products, so having a Google+ account influences your search rankings.

Great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling.

Hustle is the most important word--EVER.

Hustle is waking up the day before you die and realising you gave it your all.

Hustling is putting every minute and all your effort into achieving the goal at hand.

I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasn't due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships.

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.

I am thinking about launching a wine website where there is a deal and the crowd can dictate how cheap it can get.

I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage.

I attract a crowd, not because I'm an extrovert or I'm over the top or I'm oozing with charisma. It's because I care.

I definitely think there's some way to understand how people emotionally feel about somebody, but I don't think data collects it. They're not going to click your bit.ly link or click your TweetMeme retweet every time.

I do not believe that people want to work hard enough and they want to find the quick Twitter, SEO. Anybody who's obsessed with SEO has lost already, period. I believe that firmly.

I don't know how you can justify leaving any engagement behind in the social Web of 2011.

I don't want anybody to not recognize how appreciative I am of the volume of e-mails I get.

If I could drink only one wine, it would be Champagne.

If people say you shouldn't pursue business around your passion they are haters. Don't believe them.

If there's a problem, we at Wine Library never tell ourselves that once we handle this issue, we'll never have to deal with the person again. We talk to every single person as though we're going to wind up sitting next to that person at his or her mother's house that night for dinner.

If you do not care about your end user immensely, especially in the next few years, your brand will die.

If you know exactly what you want to be, you need to spend as much time as possible with people who are actually that already.

If your organization’s intentions transcend the mere act of selling a product or service, and it is brave enough to expose its heart and soul, people will respond. They will connect. They will like you. They will talk. They will buy.

If you talk about Cabernet and Merlot-based value between $10 and $25, I will tell you that Bordeaux is the best value in the world.

I genuinely believe that any business can create a competitive advantage through giving outstanding customer care.

Ignoring platforms that have gained critical mass is a great way to look slow and out-of-touch. Do not cling to nostalgia. Do not put your principles above the reality of the market. Do not be a snob.

I hate how many people think "glass half-empty" when their glass is really four-fifths full. I'm grateful when I have one drop in the glass because I know exactly what to do with it.