This is The #AskGaryVee Show. Ishmael, great question.
Not really, actually. I think it’s a very
below average question. I wouldn’t answer it unless
I thought your talent was so awesome, I basically
am answering this question strictly for two reasons.
One, you’ve been a hardcore part of my community for
the last nine, 10, 12 months at least. And two, that was
really rad. I love that video and I’m hoping people who
are watching this show might hit you up and have you
do something for 500 bucks for them, I think we should maybe
even use him for something. Nonetheless, yeah. I don’t know. Question of the day. What
is your Snapchat username?

– [Voiceover] Charles asks,
“is the #AskGaryVee show “your version of meditation? “It seems like it helps you
organize your thoughts.” – Charles, this is a really good question, I saw this one come through the stream, and it took me a step back,
because I’m like, “does it?” What I can tell you is this,
I think the brilliance of the #AskGaryVee Show, when
the business historians look back at it is (laughs) so awesome, any way, when people look
back, when I look back, when the team looks back, when
you, the collective audience, looks back, when you, the person
that’s watching this video three years from now, looks
at this show and realize, when I was on it was, we’ve created this show
as a foundation point to all the other content
that I’m putting out, and so the ability to use
this show that then allows India and Steve to help me
write Medium forum content, I mean, I think all of you have seen that over the last six to eight weeks, my ability to pump out Medium
and GaryVaynerchuk.com animated gifs, all these things all coming
from this central seed, so the ability to put out this show, which brings a lot of
value to a lot of people, it’s one great jab at the highest levels, for people who know what I’m referring to, and then it’s also a
gateway drug to more content that is content made to be
gateway drugs to awareness about me and to create leverage. It’s just one big machine of brilliance.

– Kristin, great question. I can. The #AskGaryVee Show. – [Voiceover] Chris asks,
“Gary, would you support

– [Voiceover] Erik asks, “Do
you watch your own videos?” – Erik, the answer to this question is no. It was funny, Steve was just
going through the questions. DRock was like, “No, ’cause he…” I’ve never watched a full
episode of The #AskGaryVee Show or any of the 1089 wine videos. I made 1000 Wine Library
TV, 89 Daily Grape. Oh by the way, this is
gonna pass Daily Grape at some point pretty soon. That is the fun fact, that
I have actually had three, I would say I have two shows, it’s actually three. Anyway, sorry. Me and Steve nerding a
little bit about wine. The answer is I don’t. I’ve watched some of my video stuff because I’m showing somebody some stuff. As a matter of fact, now that DRock, Staphon are in my life, they
make me watch edited things. We have a big new edited video up today. Sorry, DRock, I guess we
decided we’re launching it today. Ah ha! So now I have actually seen
some of my longer form stuff ’cause I have to like look
at it ’cause it’s edited, but I know what I do on the show. I’m living it. So no, I don’t watch the show.

has India replaced Steve on the show? Where’s he at?” – Ross, this is a
perfectly timed question, because India is right here. – I’m sorry Steve. – And there’s Zak. And Andrew, and then go over here to Staphon and Alex behind him, and DRock get your hand in there somehow. Good. You may notice, no Steve. Steve, this is a message to you. Like I said on email this morning, there is no sickness on our team. When you miss the day,
this is what happens. – Hey Gary.

– [Voiceover] Damian asks, “Gary, do you script answers or improvise? How much time do you invest in
prep and production per show?” – Damian, you know,
here’s how it goes down. Steve, you know, or India in the future might, you know, just run through the questions. I do want to have once, you know, it’s funny, I just did the Rapid Fire on Bloomberg. As a matter of fact, it’s
weird that we actually even read the questions because I actually
prefer them coming cold. We may even go to that. I’m not sure why I do that. But that’s it. Here come the questions. Cool. Maybe gives me a minute or two while I’m answering this question to think about the next one, ’cause I want to give the
best answers I possibly can, but I’m very comfortable in improv. I prefer it. I feel like they’re fresh. I think one of the main reasons
you guys watch this show is because I bring it fresh and real, and I think that matters, and that’s pretty much where
I’m at with the prep time. And the production,
that’s DRock, Staphon,

Give, give, give and then ask. You keep asking questions, I’ll keep answering them. And welcome to #AskGaryVee. Do you consider yourself
in the VaynerNation? Or do you consider yourself a Vayniac? (typewriter keys clicking) – Ishmael, somebody is very smart. You’ve got me pegged. Absolutely, I’m excited about
building the brand equity of the #AskGaryVee Show so I can have my ambition, and
you’ve probably heard me say this five to 10
times in my career so you might have a leg up from anybody
else who hasn’t heard this. Nothing would excite me more, look, I’ve contemplated
television and other things to build up my profile so
that my keynotes going forward can be me walking into
a auditorium, an event, and just going directly into
Q and A, #AskGaryVee style, because the truth is, that’s where you can bring the most value. If people walk in with context of who I am and my spiel, we can get right to it, which is really bringing the value, which is why this show matters so much. So yes, my friend, the
answer to your question is a big, fat Y-E-S. I’d like the #AskGaryVee Show concept to be my new keynote. Hey everybody, this is Gary Vay-ner-chuk

– [Voiceover] Yash says,
“You changed the intro music. “Why?” – Yash, cuz.

“the #AskGaryVee Show in the evening? “Are you trying to target
to East Coast commuters?” – Robert, great question. I appreciate you having the respect in me to think I have that much strategy. I do like to say, everything
I do is on purpose. This one though, on the other hand, happens to completely
be on the heads of Zak. Not usually Zak actually. (Zak laughs) You actually have very
little to do with it. – Yeah. – It has a whole lot to do with DRock who’s on the other side of this, and it has to do everything
with my schedule. Here we are at 9:30 or 9:40
taping today’s episode, yesterday when did we tape DRock? – [DRock] One. – 1 pm yesterday, obviously
that came out later. It’s 9:48, I expect DRock’s mission, with only one video question
today, to bang this out and it should be up by 2 or 3
or 1, and we’ll be out soon so completely predicated on the insanity that is my schedule.

– [Voiceover] Robert asks, “I know viewers get a
lot out of your new show, “but what is the most
significant experience “that you get out of it?” – Robert, that’s a tremendous question. I appreciate it. You know, for me, it’s
kind of weird, right? I have this whole chapter
of doing video blogging on an everyday basis
that I enjoyed so much I did it for five and a half years. I think the best thing I have
is being back in the game, a game that I love. I mean, I love running businesses, but doing this video blogging thing, it’s just a lot of fun for me. The other thing that really
I get a lot out of it, a lot of you hardcore old
schoolers will remember Mott and those kind of things. I mean, DRock, show this. Show Andy, and there’s
Zack and Joe Stunwin, and here we are in… By the way, DRock, he
loves it like all clean. Show the table, DRock. He was scared that you
guys would be like… He’s a little polished for me at times, but the biggest thing I get is that here I am in Atlantic City… By the way, little fun fact real quick. Preshow to this Sunday
night’s Miss America from eight to nine, I think
I’m getting a lot of action so make sure you DVR
that and check that out, but here I am in Atlantic City. What would be going on right now? I would be sleeping or doing e-mail, but here I’m jamming. There’s kind of like team, like family thing. I love that so much. I’m creating something. Creating something is special, and so I appreciate you guys
caring enough at enough scale to make me want to continue to do this, and build something. There’s no substitute for the feeling of accomplishing something, and that’s what I feel is happening here. Thanks so much. Thanks for watching this episode.