The $100/week local business ad strategy

Our reading notes on Gary Vaynerchuk

• How to Turn Views on Social Media into Customers for Your Business

  Vaynerchuk describes using organic video to identify promising creative, then pairing it with a clear offer when it reaches people again. A well-watched demonstration supplies a candidate for an ad. Whether people understood what was for sale remains a separate question that a customer conversation or a purchase can help answer.

• How to Win by Giving Value to Local Retailers

  In his conversation with the Hobby Nonsense crew, Vaynerchuk explains why he prioritized local card shops for a VeeFriends sticker launch. A creator selling directly and a store owner teaching newcomers how to collect each contribute something to a release. The distribution decision determines which of them gets to build the next customer relationship.

• An Unconventional Content Marketing Strategy: Getting 7M+ Views

  Vaynerchuk follows a substantial piece of content into shorter pieces distributed across different platforms. Community reactions supply material for subsequent decisions, including how to title a piece. The figure in the headline belongs to the author’s case, where an established audience and a production team were already in place.