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Gary Vaynerchuk – The Thank You Economy | Review

Title: The Thank You Economy

Author: Gary Vaynerchuk

Type: Non-Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 258

Rating: 3*/5

Gary Vaynerchuk – The Thank You Economy

This is another example of something that’s happened a lot of late. I was looking forward to reading it but once I actually got round to it, I was left unimpressed. The problem is that while Vaynerchuk was clearly right in what he was saying, it’s a lot less revolutionary now than it was back then.

That doesn’t mean that I’m not a fan of his, though. It just means that I think it’s one of his weaker books, and it’s also the one that hasn’t aged well. Don’t get me wrong, the basic principles of the book – which largely focuses on going out of your way to help your customers as much as possible – are still relevant, and they’ll still be relevant in the years to come. But the truth is just that many of the examples are now outdated and it just has nothing on some of Vaynerchuk’s more recent books.

That’s why I’d recommend getting started with something like Jab Jab Jab Right Hook or #AskGaryVee if you can – or better still, skip the books altogether and just watch Vaynerchuk on YouTube instead. His energy comes across more in videos than in the written word, and ultimately you’ll feel more inspired if you catch some footage than you will if you read the book. I was hoping to get some more out of it, but no worries – I can inspire myself enough.

Gary Vaynerchuk

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Gary Vaynerchuk – #AskGaryVee | Review

Title: #AskGaryVee

Author: Gary Vaynerchuk

Type: Non-Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 366

Rating: 8/10

Gary Vaynerchuk – #AskGaryVee

I put off starting on this book for a little while, and I don’t know why. It’s not that I don’t hustle; if anything, it’s because I hustle too much, and while I do work in marketing, my passion lies with writing. I didn’t get round to starting on this because I was busy reading detective novels, because I’ve just started work on my own detective novel series and I wanted to familiarise myself with the competitive landscape.

For those who don’t know, Gary Vaynerchuk is a social media influencer and thought-leader in the world of business, and he’s well-known amongst content marketing circles because of his no-holds barred approach, as well as his tendency to swear when he’s passionate about something. I actually picked up this book at Vaynerworld, the UK book launch. I’d been to the previous Vaynerworld when Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook was released, and it was interesting to see how much the crowd had grown.

Part of that is probably due to the #AskGaryVee show, which this book takes its concept and its title from. Gary hosts the show on YouTube and uses it to answer questions from his fans and followers, and this book is essentially a collection of the best questions and the best answers, sorted by category so that they follow a thematic order.

Gary Vaynerchuk

Now, I thought for a while that it would be difficult to pull a book together that is, after all, just a collection of questions and answers. But I was wrong. Gary and his team have done a great job of it, and it even looks and feels pretty good – then again, Gary has always been one for adapting his work to suit the format it appears in, and so it’s no surprise that a lot of attention to detail has gone into the way that the words are presented, as well as the words themselves.

So overall then, if you’re looking to become a better businessman – and possibly even a better person – then you could do a lot worse than this. I’d recommend it to colleagues.