76K views · Jun 11, 2010 · 1:02:52 · 3 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2010–2011
Gary Vaynerchuk's keynote at RailsConf 2010 in Baltimore. The Wine Library TV founder talks about building a business and audience through genuine effort and caring about customers.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters recommend it as an energetic, unscripted talk on creating for the long term and hustling.
“Go watch Gary Vaynerchuk's talk at RailsConf 2010”HN comment, 2011
“Check out a great talk on creating for the long term at RAILSCONF”
Great talk on creating for the long term
Just read his book cover to cover, its only 130 pages, he has motivated me to get off my ass and do something. It is really easy to fall into the typical social conventions and not do something because "I don't feel like it". Check out a great talk on creating for the long term at RAILSCONF: this video
“Loved his talk at RailsConf.”
Genuine, off-the-cuff keynote by Gary Vaynerchuk
Loved his talk at RailsConf. Was a longtime fan of his show and he seemed like a real genuine dude. Great off the cuff too. this video
“Go watch Gary Vaynerchuk's talk at RailsConf 2010”
Talk on caring about your customers and audience
Borrow other people's traffic. Specifically, guest blog everywhere you can, and set up an affiliate program. If you don't want a public affiliate program, that's fine - only open it to certain referrers. For instance, give bloggers with large audiences who you'd like to target a discount code they can share with their readers. Email/tweet at Smashing Magazine - they're nice folks and I bet they'd mention this, even if just in a tweet. Edit: I see now that you have been guest blogging. Do it more! It's not just about the traffic you see in the next day - it's also a long term link-building strategy. Also, don't get down about "only" 5.5k uniques. That means FIVE AND A HALF THOUSAND HUMANS were interested enough to visit your site! Go watch Gary Vaynerchuk's talk at RailsConf 2010: this video He talks a lot about caring about your customers/audience/whoever (or, as he puts it, "giving a fuck"). Maybe you could put in some sort of "Not totally convinced? Enter your email here to learn more from the founder" mechanism, and then personally email those people, get to know them, and convince them to buy (if it's a good fit). Sure, that's not scaleable, but why not do it right now while your traffic is "low"?
