Bring The Thunder Contest

Spread the thunder during the next week for your chance to win three exciting prizes.
As Gary Vaynerchuk always says, “You, with a little bit of me… we’re changing the wine world.” To continue changing the wine world we need more of you! Here’s your opportunity to spread the thunder with a shot at some incredible prizes. Gary will draw the winners randomly on February 19th on Wine Library TV!

How to Enter

1) Subscribe to the WLTV Feedburner Feed. You must be subscribed in order to be eligible to win!
2) Spread the Thunder. Email your friends, post in facebook or myspace, review WLTV in iTunes, launch a National TV campaign… get creative and find your own personal way to spread the word about the Internet’s most passionate wine program.
3) Tell us how you’ve helped spread the thunder by posting in the comments section on this page. Explain below how you’ve spread the thunder; then Gary and the WLTV Crew will assign you a number of contest entries as a function of your effort, creativity, and impact.

Prizes

Grand Prize (1). The Grand Prize winner will receive a trip to co-host Wine Library TV with Gary Vaynerchuk, then a private dinner with Gary in New York City, and we’ll put you up at a hotel in New York.
Runners-up (5). The 5 Runners-up will receive an AppleTV. Watch the Thunder Show in glorious high defintion!
Sub-winners (25). 25 sub-runners-up will win an exclusive Wine Library TV Schwag pack, featuring the *NEW* limited edition Wine Library TV wristband and more!

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February 8, 2008

DX
I have introduced the show to at last two friends. Got one of them hooked, and another doesn’t drink, so.. no hope there. But even so, I still bombard both of them with links to eps that I think are interesting. Not as impressive as many others, but I am doing a little
Oh, I’ve also added the AskGary App to my Facebook front page.

Keep up the good work Gary!
February 8, 2008

Primo Bo
I have long been spreading the thunder to all my friends and family. When ever wine comes up as a topic, I make sure people know they need to watch WLTV and how to find it.
I ware my Thunder band to wine tastings.
I wore Thunder T-Shirts to final exams.
I have badges on my Facebook and Myspace.
I am working with my brother on a video blog where we taste wine/beer ect, pare it with food, then cook the food. Due to video issues this will not be up until late Feb.
February 8, 2008

ninefingers
i have been spreading this site by email, and word of mouth.
I have tried to get my winemaker friend at “four lakes chelan” to join with NO results.

NEVER HAVE TASTED Languedoc-Roussillon WINES!

Louis Martini sent on UPS tracking # 1Z5E76E70323561593 2/7/08
February 8, 2008

MannyPants
GV-
My idea admittedly is not as sweet as standing in Times Square handing out flyers, or putting up a billboard on I-75, but I have been telling one person per day about the Thunder Show either in person, on the phone, or over e-mail. I am going for quality here over quantity, and trying to personalize the invitation to become a Vayniac. When I get their feedback, (so far all positive) I ask each person to tell another person they are close with about “The Thunder Show”. This way we are sending out high quality invitations that hopefully are self perpetuating. Some call it a pyramid scheme, but I prefer to call it “spreading the thunder”.
February 8, 2008

NC Carl
Getting out the Thunder:

Holding a Wine Tasting at the house, debuting some Vayner Christmas Pack wines and the Leocadie!!!

Wearing the new wristband at wine tastings when people are like, “who is that fool with a wristband”!!

Emailing (spamming those who haven’t heard from me in months) every person in my address book!!

And explaining my widget to all those who want/or don’t want, to hear about it!
February 8, 2008

Tom
Seeded 5 blogs with comments — appropriately adding some thunder — not spaming them.

Including Eric Asimov NYT’s The Pour.
February 8, 2008

DHerbie
Is tomorrow morning too late? Something may just work out, not sure.
I already posted about previous spreadings of thunder but I just spread the thunder over in the wine.woot world. Also, I am planning to do a little wine tasting tonight and am going to get everyone in the mood with a little GV.
February 8, 2008

wyldshaman
Ive been talking your show up to my friends and coworkers for many months now. But to help Spread the Thunder…

I posted a blog entry on my high school friends community blog; http://workermonkey.blogspot.com/

Im about to turn 27, so we’ve had this thing up and running for awhile now, i doubt this will have any mass market appeal, but these are my closest bros from way back.

And i want you to know this ain’t about winning for me, its about doing a little something for you Gary, because its really great what you got going here and i appreciate it, Thanks.
February 8, 2008

obrianksu
Hey Gary,
Spreading the thunder by:
-Had a wine party for the superbowl with about 20 friends and had some wines you had on the show like the turkey flat rose which I encouraged everyone to check you out
-added you to facebook and tried to on myspace but had no responce
-anyone I came across or met I mentioned you as one of my hobbies
-I work at a liquor store which anyone who came in and was interested in wine I mentioned you and I will continue to do so even after the contest
-Will continue to spread the thunder in the future with more creative ideas but only had a week and I work full time while trying to finish up school in May.

Im a CKC who loves your show and is glad your keeping it going. Thank you so much and I look forward to another 400 episodes. Keep the bargin wine shows going because the 50 to 200 dollar bottles of wine that have been on in the last couple of weeks just made me upset that I don’t have the bones for them.
February 8, 2008

italianwinelover
Gary-
I have very simple way, no videos, no posters, no banners and unfortunately I don’t have a blog, call me outdated I know. It is the only way I know how to spread the thunder as I have been ever since I became a follower, word of mouth and emailing my 400 contacts. I know not alot but still a grass roots effort!

Last night when I taught the Wine 101 class that we offer our clients, I told the story of how I found you GV and became a Vanyiac! They all wrote down the website and I guarantee none of them are Lurkers!! Of course I wore my T-shirt while I taught the class and both wristbands!!

I have also featured you in our newsletter to show everyone how you bring on the thunder. Last night the owner of the store (who I got hooked on the Thunder show) described a red zinfandal as, “if you stuck a small piece of wood in the fire for a couple of minutes, let it smolder a little, wrapped a piece of leather around it and stuck it in your mouth, that is what this wine tastes like!!!!” Sounds like she has had some influence on her ability to describe what a wine tastes like.

YOU ROCK!!!
February 8, 2008

David Eldred
GARY!!! when I heard about this contest knew I had to rock it out and bring MAJOR thunder. I have you on my facebook, as a friend and an icon. I have made a blog entry all about you on my blog with a link to your site… and though you will jsut have to trust me on this… I have got a relitively good sized wine community here at work (I work for Ford) and I am telling EVERYone about you. and anywhere else I can think of bro… cause us… with ALLOT of you… we’re changing the wine world baby… whether they like it or not.
February 8, 2008

sobojosh
Well, I wish I was more creative, and I did have a pretty sweet idea, but oh well.

I need a new wrist band mine’s worn out. I wear it at work (mixologist/somm) and it’s a great conversation piece. The thunder spreads!
February 8, 2008

Julava
I can’t believe I waited until Friday to leave a comment. I have good reason though, started a web development job in NYC this week, woot! It’s radool. Unfortunately, my WLTV video project was put on hold. But don’t forget, I DID make the wristband feeder facebook application! That’ll have to count for now. And badging you up on my website of course.
February 8, 2008

Evan Pasquier (aka Characterlost)
Gary V, since i discovered your show in October, you have gotten me so excited about wine that the thunder has been flowing out of me ever since. here are a few things i have been doing to help spread it.

1) having my friends over for dinner at least once a week, and have them bring a bottle of wine. this is a group of CKC’s that were not into wine at all. We talk wine, i have turned a few of them onto you, and most importantly we have a great time. a few times we have even gotten a bottle you have reviewed and then we watch the review while we taste.

2) I sent out a mass e-mail to my contacts telling them how awesome the Thunder Show is and how it has opened my eyes to the wine world.

3) At tastings inside wineshops, whenever i end up chatting with somebody and meeting a new friend i ask them if they watch any blogs online, and bring up and reccomend your show.

4)reviwed your podcast on iTunes

Gary you have drawn me into the world of wine, and ever since the thunder has been flowing out of me, i have gotton a few peeps pretty stolked on wine, but i know that if i can get people to watch your show, they are going to be so energized and excited. Gary, YOU!!! with a little bit of me, we’re changing the world…are’nt we!!!
February 8, 2008

KNode
Hey Gary. Wow, people have had such great and creative ideas! Great job, everyone!

Here’s what I’ve been doing to “spread the thunder:”

1. Status updates on Twitter telling everyone to watch WLTV (my twitter account is linked to my blog).

2. I wrote a blog post telling people why I enjoy watching WLTV and why I think they should too.

3. There is also a widget on my blog.

4. There’s a widget on my myspace profile.

5. I sent out an email to everyone on my email contacts list (certainly no 400 like one person said, but there are a lot of peeps on there).

6. I put an ad in my sorority’s alumni newsletter (should be in there in the next edition)

7. Put a WLTV plug in my facebook status, as well as joining WLTV groups and adding WLTV to my “I’m a Fan Of” application.

8. I write “Watch tv.winelibrary.com” on the restaurant copies of receipts (it’s like the server gets 2 tips really…one monetary and one tip for a new hobby!)

9. I talk about it a lot with my friends and have planned a WLTV wine-tasting party to officially get them hooked! I’ve already gotten a couple of people to watch it with me.
February 8, 2008

Phil G
Here’s what I’ve been able to do:
1 – I sent an email out to my friends and family members encouraging them to check out WLTV and leave comments (it was to about 70 people).

2 – I am Gary’s Facebook and LinkedIn friend. I changed my Facebook status to promote the thunder and recommended Gary on LinkedIn.

3 – I have been regularly verbally recommending the show since I started watching.

4 – I have started planning a Thunder Tasting event in late-Feb/early-March to bring together some good people and have a bit of blind-tasting fun.
February 8, 2008

Tom
I should say, I mention Wine Library often — have told about 100 people about Gary on Conan, have a dedicated Gary post and a dedicated Wine Library post on the blog — and now have a badge as well.

Love Gary, Love his dad — he was priceless today…..but he needs to clean up his mouth!
February 8, 2008

Tom
http://personalwinebuyer.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/vanerwhat/
February 8, 2008

Chris Jones (aka IPv6Freely)
1. I made a blog post on my website ( http://www.theareazero.com ).
2. Talk about WLTV all the time with people at work.
3. Showed my mom WLTV when I was back home over Christmas. She liked it enough to ask me to go bookmark the site on her laptop
4. I’ve been wearing my WLTV wristbands while playing racquetball at least twice a week
5. I’ve changed my email signature at work to include a link to WLTV
6. Subscribed to the WLTV Feedburner Feed.
7. Added a WLTV badge to my website
8. Added a WLTV widget to my website
9. And finally, I created a group on Facebook – “Help Chris win the ‘Bring the Thunder’ contest!”. I’ve invited all my friends, and as of this point have 28 members (Including Mr Vaynerchuk, and some people who probably joined after seeing Gary V join). I’m aiming for 100 at some point, even though that may not happen until the contest is over.
February 8, 2008

Gav R
Hello Gary! I live in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia and one thing I do for some extra cash and to keep fit is deliver junk mail/catalogues into letterboxes. I deliver to three big areas and 700+ houses. I have been known to, more than once, print out my own WineLibraryTV flyers with the web address on it and message that if you have a net connection then this is the most entertaining video podcast you can find. I then add the flyers to my junk mail pile and deliver them. So there’s some free advertising. Even if it got 1 person out of 700 to watch then it was worth it! Thunder Down Under!
February 8, 2008

Svante Adermark
Ok, bringing the thunder even further:

I just announced a competition on my blog. In Sweden, there are few other options to get wine than buying from the state owned monopoly Systembolaget. I have a hard time finding the wines GV recommend on their site. The competition is for someone to find the best value driven wine that GV recommended here (or anywhere) that exists in their catalog. I decide who wins and the winner gets the winning bottle of wine. The idea is to get people to come here and look for wines.

The competition is here: http://www.spishang.se/2008/02/tvling-vinn-en.html and for Swedes only.
February 8, 2008

spaetm
Gary-
Unfortunately I was out of town on business most of this week and I fell a little behind on my thunder show, thus forgot the importance of spreading the thunder particularly this week. However, I do spread the thunder often anyway. I bought both of the holiday packs and introduced my family to the thunder show. I wore my wristband to a wine party that my parents held before Christmas and told everyone there about it. One woman thought I was joining a cult. In fact, I also used the Gary’s Scores sheet that sschris updates to buy wine for that party and described your show to the ‘wine professionals’ at my local liquor store. I have also updated my web page recently to feature your badge on the front page and have always had your facebook apps on my facebook profile.

Today, since I have missed any major opportunity to influence a whole ton of people, I decided I would at least influence the people in my office. So I printed out one of your web page badges and I badged-up my office. I also wore my lurker shirt today.

So Gary, Mott and the rest of the wine library crew, Thanks.

Also, have you ever thought of making a sticker for the schwag section? I was thinking about adding a bumper sticker to my car or individualize my water bottle. Would love to buy a bunch to help spread the thunder on a more regular basis.
February 8, 2008

Biard
My efforts at spreading the thunder are as follows:

my blog- ( http://bairdsbolognablog.blogspot.com ) has: WLTV badge and search WLTV, and I sometimes reference WLTV in my posts

Facebook- friended up GV and added ask gary thingie.

introduced my girlfriend to WLTV, and she is addicted to watching GV and the thundershow, which is great, becasue she hasen’t touched a drop of alcohol in her life, but she likes getting a “sniffy sniff” of the wines I taste.

Not much, but I am trying!

Keep up the great work Gary !
February 8, 2008

Ric Vinhage
Well my thunder was the quiet rumbly sort of way. I emailed out a plug to my address book of 350 names. I gave you a linkedin recommendation (which you haven’t accepted by the way.) I printed out episode 200 home page and left one pinned to my cubicle at work so people would ask. I introduced my Brother to a ten dollar 2005 bourdoux blend as he wont touch anything under 25 dollars (He claims headache). Now he is looking with a new light that cheap doesn’t mean bad, you have to try it. (Let me tell you I decanted that for 3 hours and was very impressed with the difference decanting made.)
February 8, 2008

Avi
I promote WLTV and have the icon on my ISRAELI WINE BLOG http://israelwine.wordpress.com

because you spread the ISRAELI WINE wine love!