Audible Audio book Review's - #AskGaryVee

Getting Back into "Reading"

Since starting my masters at Sacred Heart I've wanted to start reading more about social media, so I could offer additional insight to my classes. However, I read a lot for work, and when I'm done, I'm hardly ever in the mood to read more. So lately I've been really into listening to Audio Books and for the most part, have really enjoyed it.

#AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness

11 Hours and 37 Mins 

Description on Audible: "#AskGaryVee showcases the most useful and interesting questions Gary has addressed on his popular show. Distilling and expanding on the podcast’s most urgent and evergreen themes, Gary presents practical, timely, and timeless advice on marketing, social media, entrepreneurship, and everything else you’ve been afraid to ask but are dying to know. Gary gives you the insights and information you need on everything from effectively using Twitter to launching a small business, hiring superstars to creating a personal brand, launching products effectively to staying healthy—and even buying wine.

Whether you’re planning to start your own company, working in digital media, or have landed your first job in a traditional company, #AskGaryVee is your essential guide to making things happen in a big way." (Amazon.com).

The Ratings:

• It got amazing ratings 
• 397 reviews with 96% of the reviews going in at 5 stars
• Very few people had negative things to say

My thoughts:

I started the book I had very high expectations. However, after devoting 12 hours of my life to listening to ASKGARYVEE speak I had enough. Having listened to a few of his YouTube videos before buying the book, I thought it would provide lots of examples of real life businesses and implementing his strategy's/insight.  I thought that these examples is exactly what the book lacked. Some of the YouTube video's provide businesses advice, and it would be interesting to see how they do after taking his advice... instead of listening to him tie back his advice to himself all the time. I get it, he is building the brand of #AskGaryVee, and that's all this book is in my mind. 

Things I learned from the book (In no particular order):

• Gary wasn't an A student growing up, he was a C student but he knew from a young age he was going to be brought in to the family business of wine, so he spent most of his time focusing on reading into that industry.
• He helped build wine library, which was his family owned business to be extremely successful through building a YouTube Video Blog (winelibrary.com).
• After years of "Crushing it" at Wine Library, him and his younger brother started their own Social Media Consulting Firm and has been also working on his own Ventures group.
• Vayner Media - It looks like a legit place to work
• Gary works hard, puts in long hours, but is still a family man
• Gary is very accomplished, very full of himself and loves telling the same story’s to answer questions people ask (Granted a lot of the questions asked in the book seem straight forward and might be have a little overlap).
• Gary doesn’t think anyone is smart enough to mentor him, he thinks he knows it all and has done a great job managing his career to this point.
• He wants to become rich enough to one day buy the NY JETS
• Gary is very competitive when it comes to everything
• Gary believes people that come from money are less entrepreneurial then people that come from no money (Which is how he grew-up).
• Wishes he could “sell his DNA” because he thinks he would be rich
• Gary hired a personal trainer to handle his fitness and overall health because he has always struggled with that aspect of his life

Now for things I learned about social media

• You need to provide solid content on your social media pages
• Engage with your clients
• Don't talk about things you don't understand
• Work hard and hustle
• Do what Gary Did and get it done

In closing: If you need motivation, or want to hear a story of someone who did a excellent job using social media to market his business with no solid information to explain his results. This book is that feel good pump up story that will get you going. If you are trying to understand more about the strategy he used to gain his success and learn more about what others did to do the same this is not your book. You will leave knowing more about Gary Vee then Social marketing... But who knows maybe i'm just not ready for this book yet... (according to forbes.com Review)

Granted that is only one of the three aspects of the book (Leadership, Social Media and Self-Awareness), I was just hoping to come away with more.

If you've heard of him, or have read this book let me know your thoughts.