Social Media Nirvana Equals Gary Vaynerchuk, Vayner Media, Silverback Social & Panera Cinnamon Buns
If you know anything about Silverback Social, you know that we’re all huge fans of Gary Vaynerchuk. Our love affair with Gary started when I first saw Gary speak in 2008 at the Web 2.0 conference. I took that love, and parlayed it into an epic introduction of the entrepreneurial minds when I introduced Gary to Mike Lazerow (my boss at the time) at Buddy Media. I even dedicated a chapter of my book Your World is Exploding to Gary.
My team here at Silverback all have a similar love for Gary Vaynerchuk because he keynoted our event we produce: Westchester Digital Summit. He’s also returning to keynote the second Westchester Digital Summit next year.
So we pay attention to what Gary is doing, and we enjoy supporting everything that he does. In short, Gary is the man. He has a way about him that transcends social media. But maybe that’s the point. He’s so good at social media because he’s such a good dude and he’s an amazing businessman. Gary preaches basic human tenants in social media. He encourages brands to grasp onto the human side of their brand, and to push themselves to connect with their customers at this human level. He preaches this, but he also practices it.
Let me explain:
This morning Gary Tweeted the following:
“If u live in NYC – what are u craving right now in this rainy weather”To which one of our star employees Josh Fenster while manning our Twitter account at Silverback Social spotted and Tweeted back:
We forgot about this brief tweet exchange, until about 4 hours later we received a box of warm, sweet, and delicious Panera Cinnamon buns!
We’re also in the suburbs of New York City (about 35 minutes north of the city). So this means that Gary and his team at Vayner Media had to find a place near our offices, see if they had yummy cinnamon buns and then order them for us.
WOW.
The power of social media to spread joy. What a novel idea …and we love him for it …and we’ll love him forever for it. We are Gary brand advocates. All because he sent us Cinnamon buns.
So when you’re thinking of cool social media ideas for your brand. Start here – “what can I do for my clients”….”how can I help”….”how can I say thank you”
Gary recently posted a video about how he got out of a taxi early so he could pay it forward to someone standing on the side of the street. The result was magic.
Thank you Gary Vaynerchuk for practicing what you preach. We can’t wait to see you live at the Westchester Digital Summit May 15th at the Ritz Carlton here in White Plains, NewYork. Until then, we’ll leave you with some parting social media love:
