Tag Archives: Gary Vaynerchuk

Five Social Media Blunders Made by PR Agencies

By Priya Ramesh (@newpr)
[Disclaimer: This is not yet another PR bashing post, I live and breathe PR/social media and Kudos to @GaryVee for clarifying things for us PR pros on @GeoffLivingston's blog http://geofflivingston.com/2011/06/22/gary-vaynerchuk-garyvee-answers-tough-questions/]
This coming Thursday, June 30th is WORLD SOCIAL MEDIA DAY and I am sitting here nodding my head in “no, we are not there [...]

The ROI of Social Media and Your Mother

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By Pia Mara Finkell (@piamara)
“What’s the ROI of Social Media?” – Future Social Media Marketing “Expert”
“What’s the #*@% ROI of your Mother?” – Gary Vaynerchuk
I first heard this amazing one liner online last week after attending the Nomacorc “Marketing to the Next Generation of Wine Drinkers” Symposium from wine and social media [...]

The Key to Building Brand Loyalty among Millennials

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By Pia Mara Finkell (@piamara)
Writing from sunny St. Helena in Napa Valley today, I am particularly psyched out of my mind to attend the Nomacorc Symposium for wine marketing managers on “Marketing to the Next Generation of Wine Drinkers” today at the Culinary Institute of America. The lineup of speakers is killer, from [...]

A Case Study: #Cabernet Day Brings the Meetup to the Global Stage

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By Pia Mara Finkell (@piamara)
 
How can one or a few people organize a one-day global event with a promotional budget of $0? Impossible? The answer is the Interwebs, my friends.
Initially conceived and mobilized by Rick Bakas of St. Supéry Winery, #Cabernet Day was eventually embraced by the international wine community on September 2, [...]

Bringing the Thunder, and Other Lessons Learned from Gary Vaynerchuk

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By Pia Mara Finkell (@piamara)
I saw a statistic recently that blew my mind. It literally hurt my brain to think about.
Social Media has overtaken pornography as the #1 activity on the Web
Ok, so that one didn’t really blow my mind, but I thought it was interesting enough to mention. The one that actually [...]

Three Steps to Make Your CEO Look More Personable with Social Media

By Priya Ramesh (@newpr)
I recently joined the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s Social Media Committee and very excited to be working with one of the largest technology think tanks to help its members take the right steps to social networking. As part of the NVTC Social Media Committee, I get to advise CEOs of startups in [...]

You Dared to be Your Own Boss. Now What’s Stopping You from Starting Your Own Blog?

By Priya Ramesh
For the last seven years of my career as a Public Relations professional, I have had the tremendous opportunity to work very closely with CEOs of startup companies. I absolutely enjoy the “die-hard, let’s do it attitude” that epitomizes small businesses and I am very well aware of what a small business marketing [...]