Big Pimpin’

Gotta give big props out to our wine world friend, Gary Vaynerchuk.  Though I’ve been into wine for over a decade, watching his work ethic and passion, helps me and other realize that if you hustle you can do just about anything. 

i.e. Applying for the Murphy-Goode opportunity (p.s. VOTE FOR ME!!!) to immerse myself in the wine world and business.

Today, via a chat on Ustream, Gary announced the pre-release of his new book via Amazon.com, which is posted to release October 13 , 2009.  It’s called Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion and I certainly want to cash in on my passion.  This topic sounds familiar to an early 90′s book written by Guy Kawasaki of Apple who wrote about Selling Your Dream, which I am currently reading.  Maybe I’ll learn something, and hopefully you will to.

Gary gave a quick response on my question about his thoughts on the Murphy-Goode campaign to which he said it’s a great idea, “a good thing”.  Oh, and he really wants to come to Atlanta, but just doesn’t have it on the radar just yet.  The world is on the bleeding edge right now as it relates to the Social Networking scene and what it can do for your business.  VinTank just produced a report, the first of its kind, in an attempt to get a picture of the current state of social networking in the wine world and take a stab at where it is going.  It’s really too early to tell.

Those of you just interested in wine, you probably don’t care about the report, but certainly you have a passion that drives you and invades your dreams.  Whatever it is, do something about it.

Cheers!