Comments on: The Social Media Sommelier

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:29:25 +0000

Shake it up got some more of that internet money, which apparently comes in the form of Power-ularity!

By: Anthony De Rosa

Anthony De Rosa — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:15:49 +0000

If you tell me how much Gawker is not paying you, I will tell you how much Mediaite plans on not paying me.

By: fosterkamer

fosterkamer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:57:43 +0000

My comments are all strange and time-stamp broken. STOP MESSING WITH ME SKLAR. Also, doesn’t that banner ad make you want to hang out with Kevin Connelly? It makes me want to hang out with you, Jeff Jarvis, Dan Abrams. Sklar can be our Shawna, which I guess makes Andrew Cedotal our Turtle.

By: fosterkamer

fosterkamer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:55:07 +0000

Not unless you’re a “media professional,” heh. But does this mean you’re not a “certain top contributor?” CAN HAZ SADNESS. Have you been promised Garyvee-like money? Are they helping you squash the grapes of your dreams into money? And: what’s your power grid ranking?!!? ANSWERS DEMANDED.

By: Anthony De Rosa

Anthony De Rosa — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:55:13 +0000

Foster! As you know, from the well publicized letter requesting contributors that this was unpaid. As the letter states, “our goal is to develop these ideas, and eventually to pay certain top contributors a revenue share and/or stipend. This will probably be at least a few months down the road, but we want to make our intentions clear from the outset.”

So full disclosure is only a click away. And yes, I’m an unabashed Rachel Sklar fan, is that a conflict of interest?

By: fosterkamer

fosterkamer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:45:39 +0000

Anthony! Your Rachel Sklar fandom finally paid off. Question: were you paid for this?

By: JDavidJunzi

JDavidJunzi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:02:02 +0000

Great piece. Thanks. I would underscore your point about this being a transitional time for social media, as well as potentially for the consulting you reference. Also, I couldn’t help but think about the vaunted “multiplier” effect cited for the use of Twitter by observers of the protests in Iran and elsewhere. The corporate and branding effects you knowledgeably discuss are not entirely unlike the political ones seen in those protests. (I’ve riffed more fully on these ideas — again, taking off with gratitude and full attribution from your excellent column — at http://jdsviews.blogspot.com .)

By: Anthony De Rosa

Anthony De Rosa — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:59:57 +0000

The $65 million figure comes from Vaynerchuk himself. It’s a private company so either you take him at his word or you don’t.

By: belljanet

belljanet — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:27:32 +0000

I don’t really understand where you get the $65 million comes from? Have you not been reading about the collapse of the wine market?

By: winston_wolfe

winston_wolfe — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:22:23 +0000

Nice work & a very good read. I have to admit that Gary V. comes across strongly, with a personality that, at first, makes it difficult to digest(at least in my case) whatever point he is trying to convey to you. That said, I think if more people listened to what he is saying rather than just “hearing” him, hard sometimes because of his passion, then they would get more out of his presentations, whether it’s via video or a lecture. Certainly a person with a lot of worthwhile insight