The secret power ambitious people forget in business

Our reading notes on Gary Vaynerchuk

• Why You Need to Forget Your “Mistakes” and Focus on Your Next Thing

  The episode listing describes Vaynerchuk’s conversation with CRWD founder Ryan Chen about paying people to try products, visit a store and give feedback. For someone planning a sampling day, that raises two separate questions. Did someone take the free sample, and did the experience give them a reason to look for the product again?

• 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.

• The #1 Secret to B2B Growth on LinkedIn

  With Poppi co-founder Allison Ellsworth, Vaynerchuk questions the use of a post’s potential audience as a result. He pairs distribution on LinkedIn and TikTok with the work of replying to comments. A reply can reveal who saw the post and why it interested them, two things a follower total cannot tell an editor.