Paid Ads, AI, and Organic Social Content — What Actually Works Now

11 plus million followers on Instagram. 6,000,000, correct me if my numbers are wrong, million on LinkedIn. The the list goes on and on and on. Gonna talk a little bit about how these companies can grow their business with social media. So let's dive into what platforms, what are the views? All of them. If you're just getting out, just getting going. All of them. I mean, what the hell are we doing here? This is the Gary Vee audio experience. Let me get this straight. You want to build a business to make money to enhance your life and your family and you're not willing to go on more than one or two platforms because it's so hard, get the fuck out of here. Look who we're talking to. The answer's all of them. Gary, I'm I'm guilty of this. I'm a little nervous right now. Don't be nervous. Don't be nervous. You got us. Let's clap it up there, man. It's not it's because I don't use it and I found it difficult. Listen, I'm gonna I apologize for interrupting. Friends, you don't need to use it. There are many businesses that have done well without it. It is not required. It is just ludicrously easy in the scheme of the many things one can do in business that has the biggest upside if you understand it. But you don't have to use it. Like there's no absolutism in anything in life. You don't have to be good at social media to build a business but it's there. You definitely should not be using your political or subjective opinion of the medium as the reason you don't do it or more importantly as the reason why you don't want to put in the work to do it so you justify it when in reality it's because you don't want to fucking put in the work to figure it out and do it. That is unacceptable. It's unacceptable to say you're gonna build an empire and not use this when it is the foundation and the pipes of modern communication in our society. But you're allowed to just be okay at entrepreneurship. Hey everybody, hope you're enjoying the podcast right now. Make sure you follow the podcast, that's why I'm interrupting. Let's keep going on this show but follow the podcast, it'll make my mom super happy. So I was nervous in that sense. Jason and I were in an Iowa event earlier this year. We were talking. He said he was trying to get you to come to this. I said no way. Eyes lit up because do you wanna be on stage with him? I said hell yes. Very humble. Thank you. Back at the office. It's like, you gotta post something before you go out there. So they posted something on my my behalf. You know, it's just so that's why I asked about that. So talking more about the platforms. Wait. They posted as …