I was very lucky to have a piece of Gary Vaynerchuck’s time Friday, and over the course of three cell phone calls, and three Skype conversations was able to pick the mind of @garyvee.

We took questions earlier from readers, and some of those questions were used. A big thanks to @mindofandre, @agencyCG, @jamesmcdonald, and @christianalva for their questions.

The audio from the conversation is embedded below. For those who do not have the 20 minutes, I am going to bullet some of my favorite points from Gary.

From the mind of Gary:

• Twitter is just going to get bigger, next year look for a doubling or tripling of Twitter traffic.


• Word of mouth is the best thing in town, and that is why Crush It has done so well. Gary’s ‘vaniacs’ keep his message moving.


• Crush It was just the start of ten books, Gary really wanted to nail it with this first book.


• If where you live Facebook and Twitter are tiny, fish in the pond with trout: use whatever tools are popular. Even Orkut, if you have to.


• Cinderella is the Woot.com for wine, something to be proud of.


• People were disappointed that