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!

526 Responses

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February 10, 2008

John Witmer
How I spread the Thunder…

A. I have officially ‘unlurked’, no more hiding in the closet…I now proclaim my love for Gary V. by being a subscriber.
B. As a Sommelier in training with the International Sommelier Guild in Orlando, Florida, I have interaction with winos from all over the state of Florida who get an ear full of WLTV talk.
C. I recently emailed the WLTV link to every sommelier in training at the Rosen College UCF in hopes that Gary V can teach them what he taught me…Wine should be fun and not stuffy or rigid no matter what your background!

Thanks to the internet’s third greatest kung fu action wine show!

John
February 10, 2008

Chris Bergeron
I’m a newbe. I grew up in a “Dry House” and this past summer had my first glass of wine at age 31. For Christmas I received a bottle of wine as a gift from my boss and decided to find a place to learn… Gary you’re a great teacher and I subscribed the moment I found you.

I tend to do an “Episode Recap” at work at least once a week, with a great deal of dramatic interpretation and almost as much passion as you show during the show. Several of the people I work with know a bit about wine and I pose my follow-up questions to them.

I have also posted my thoughts on learning about wine and about winelibraryTV to a mailing list with 4432 members, and will continue to share the thunder. Not because of any contest but because you rock that much!

Thanks for the thundershow, it’s great, you’re great, and I’m learning a lot.
-Chris
February 10, 2008

J Crazy
Konichiwa mother spreaders!! Yeah, bringin’ the thunder to Japan HARD CORE STYLE.
Let’s get the obvious speadations out of the way: I’ve told all my friends, family, coworkers, etc. Next, I’ve told all of them again to the point where some of them are calling me a Vayniac even though they don’t yet know the meaning. Like my grandmas, she doesn’t know what the internet is but she knows I’m a Vayniac.

Let us continue. At a wine tasting at the Narita (International Airport city y’all) View Hotel which I was the speaker at on the 16th of last month I wore my Vayniac wrist band with my snazzy suit. Also, during my power point slide presentation I had pics with me in my Official Vayniac T and, of course, preached the glory of winelibrary, trusting your palate (and your wallet) and the dynamics of thunder and other meteorological wine phenomena.
But this is not enough, so I have the badge (yeah, I badged you up, GV) on my blog http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/foxewine . and a link to the WineLib website in my “favorites” bar. Mos def this is some spreadation in the Land of the Rising Sun. They have Tsunami now they have THUNDER!!!

At our monthly wine tastings at our house we have the noise of the thunder on my computer in the backround and often use it as a case study of wines that our members have questions about.
I go to a lot of wine tastings around the Tokyo area for the wine trade and meet a lot of wine shop owners, winemakers, restaurateurs and make it a point to direct them to tv.winelibrary.com to check out some realness.

I wear the wristbands and T-shirts all the time. We do it trenchroot style over here. That’s a grass root’s approach when you’re down in the trenches and you know how those trade events can get with “they”. Let’s keep changing the wine world. UNITE VAYNIACS! FORM ARMS AND LEGS! FORM BODY AND HEAD! Yeah, forget Voltron cuz we have Vaynertron!

Lastly, I wrote this long ass message that I hope people will read with all the other comments and feel inspired to go spread the thunder.

Oh, you didn’t think I’d leave out a recommendation on Linkedin, or a plug on Facebook or a mailing to all the peeps in my wine tasting group.
February 10, 2008

Rebecca Christophersen
…and then I just sent some Thunder to the lives of 1200 people in my personal newsletter list.
February 10, 2008

chester
sorry i was wrong the one club as 0ver 1500 members and the other as over 150,000 members.
February 10, 2008

chester
to spread the thunder some more i posted on the two reef tank forum site i belong to at least a 1000+ members each. thanks Gary for doing this i hope i get to meet you
February 10, 2008

Fraser Gould
I am slowly but surely spreading the thunder here in Japan. I’ve brought two friends on board through word of mouth and on Facebook…they both enjoy the show and watch regularly.

What I’m considering doing in the next academic year will surely bring more thunder to the show. I’d like to use the Bring the Thunder contest in my Global Media Studies class as an example of alternative marketing strategies. The language Gary uses will be beyond most of the students, but I’m sure the show will pick up a couple of fans.

Spreading the Thunder in the Orient!
February 9, 2008

Jason Bonds
I spread the thunder in many ways;
1. Word of mouth; family and friends hanging out drinking the wine watching WLTV.
2. Posted it the link to WLTV on my companies internal website and hosted a tasting at a corporate event using the expense episode #338 (good thing I expensed the wine; lol )
3. I wear my wristband almost everywhere I go.
4. To date I have brought over 100 people to WLTV that watch regularly; most are probably lurkers
5. In the days ahead I will find some additional ways to spread the thunder and keep it real.
February 9, 2008

Kristen
Oh oh! Forgot other stuff. I wear the Vayniac shirt that Pipes wore every Sunday at the wine shop. Have definitely recommended the show to customers. Also, I’m emailing my video out to wine tasting friends and family. Thanks again!
February 9, 2008

Kristen
Hey GV-

So I’ve been around spreading the Thunder. I’ve done the usual: taught my family how to taste wine and bring them new things to try out, recommend different wines to friends, bought the Thanksgiving and Xmas 4Packs to share with friends, added the apps on facebook, and changed the headline on Myspace to “In the name of Gary Vaynerchuk and everything that’s Holy!”

I also made a video (with the help of fellow Vayniac Beth and a late night trip to get more batteries) to help spread the Thunder. I’ve posted it to my facebook and myspace account. It’s also on youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYIQSyBtzmA

Finally, I won’t be stopping there. It’s thanks to GV that I really got interested in the wine world. I’m in grad school now and I’ll be doing a wine-related internship in France and writing my thesis on wine. This will help propel me into that world, but most importantly, it was WLTV that first got me on this path and I’ll never forget it! I’ll continue to spread the Thunder once I’m out there too.

PS- After making a short amateurish video, I was surprised at how much work went into it. Thanks GV, Mott, and everyone at the store for putting this out! Now I have a better understanding of how much work goes into the podcast!
February 9, 2008

David Dadekian
O.K., so first there’s this blog posting:
http://www.dadekian.com/home/2008/02/brigid-spreads-the-thunder.html

And I’m e-mailing the photo of my newborn daughter on that blog to all my contacts (around 400+).

Thanks, WLTV!
February 9, 2008

Jai
I admit I probably haven’t been the most original, or extravagant, in my ways of “spreading the thunder”, but every little bit helps I hope.

I’ve told family and friends about the show, but honestly I don’t know if there’s been much success there. I think podcasts and video on computers / the internet may be something they just can’t completely wrap their heads around. (I bet that Apple TV would be a huge help!) I’ve also still got the widget on my blog from the previous contest.

One other thing I’ve been doing, (more so because it’s just how I view the show a lot of times rather than specifically because of the contest) is viewing the show while at the local Starbucks, cafe, or whatever. I’ve had people here and there ask me what I’m watching (I think they are intrigued, “is that a wine show?,” and are compelled out of curiosity to ask) of course I’m happy tell them and to point them to Wine Library TV on the internets. I’m not shy about watching the “Thunder Show” either. I don’t squirrel away in the corner so no one sees. I like sitting by the window and noticing when someone walking by pauses to see what I’m watching.

Anyway, thanks for doing the “Thunder Show.” It’s honestly what piqued my interest in wine. Thanks.
February 9, 2008

DonnaWat
Oops. http://www.myspace.com/peace_n_insanity
February 9, 2008

DonnaWat
Okay, baby steps….
NOW, I’ve changed my profile pic on Myspace to a couple of my fav recent wines, with an original art piece by my daughter & changed my quote to a wine library addage.

I’m working on SPREADING THE THUNDER!
February 9, 2008

Matt Holloway
Hey Gary! I introduced my friends to your show, BUT thats not all.. I got a little something something extra for you…. It took me pretty much all day, its a tune thats changing the nation and you star in (royalty free of course). I dont wanna blow my own trumpet but its pretty good. so check it out! play it in your car, and everyone else listen to it too! if you wanna laugh, check it out before its gone forever!!! just click on the website link : http://www.myspace.com/hollowaymakesmusic

god damn i cant tell you how much I wanna have you fly my ass over from UK to come see u buddy! wish me luck!!!
February 9, 2008

Derek Jensen
Ask Gary App on my facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=502377188

WLTV Widget on my wine blog: http://dwjwineblog.blogspot.com

Made a “Spread the Thunder” promo video and put it up on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YICCLiG4BP8
February 9, 2008

David
Not spreading as hardcore as some others, but I’ve got a market that few tap into!

Of course, I’m on the Facebook apps – already had a few friends say that my links got them into the show.

Furthermore, I drink a lot of wine – on Shabbat! And in Jerusalem, no less!

Most of my friends are Americans, so they can really get into the sniffy-sniff. I’ve got a couple friends with whom I do a tasting once every couple weeks, and we’ll usually watch the show together!

Most importantly, I got my girlfriend to go from saying “smells like stingy” to “smells like burned tire” in just a couple of weeks! Hurrah for the Vaynerchuk Vocabulary!*

*patent pending
February 9, 2008

john
I put this on my outlook express email signature..

http://tv.winelibrary.com/
Gary and i are changing the wine world ! ! !
It’s time to bring the thunder! ! !

So everyone in school LCC can see it ..

And i must say episode ‘403′ was so thundering ..Seeing your pop’s on the show took me back…if you know what i mean …

Good Luck everyone
February 9, 2008

Dan A
Mostly LOTS of word of mouth, the Facebook stuff (apps, etc)… Not too original, but it works!

Cheers!
February 9, 2008

Joe
I have been downloading the WL TV to my iPod and watching it at the gym. I have had many people ask me what I am watching and where they can get it. I send the to http://www.winelibrary.com. I have been watching for about 6-8 months and learned alot. Great show, keep up the good work. I’ll keep spreading the word.
February 9, 2008

Elisha
hello,

i’ve been telling anyone who’ll listen about WLTV. while it’s garnered some interest and increased the viewing audience, unfortunately, it’s also resulted in some small, er, downsides for me. i no longer have friends, as i’m so enthusiastic about bringing the thunder that they actually can’t stand being around me anymore. i also have a restraining order against me from the local wine shop operator… but hey, he needs to understand — us, plus a little bit of gary, we’re CHANGING the wine world!!! if that means destroying all of the oak monster wines and replacing them with 2001 pinot noirs, then, so be it.

also, i’m voting for gary for president.

…ok, most of that isn’t true. but i told friends & family, and they think it’s pretty cool that i know a thing or two about wine now, thanks to GV. my boyfriend & i enjoy the show immensely and hope we have it to watch for years to come!

good job gary!

~e
February 9, 2008

KCity
I have been blasting all my facebook friends with links and also emailed over 400 of my contacts with a little teaser ‘highlight’ video of the Thunder Show… full highlight episode to come soon.

Kurt
Vancouver, BC, Canada
February 9, 2008

DonnaWat
~I’ve posted a blog on Myspace extolling the virtues of winelibrarytv

~I’ve changed my name on myspace to “Wine Library Chick”

~I’ve posted a blog on Facebook, again extolling the virtues of winelibrarytv.

~I’ve spread the thunder at work, watching the Thunder Show on at lunch & distracting everyone with my exuberance (and yours).

Thanks Gary!
February 9, 2008

Stephen
Gary,

I am spreading the THUNDER like the black plague across Europe. Except that hopefully no one will die from the THUNDER, but hey, what a way to go?

1. Blog posting here: http://sbackholm.blogspot.com
2. Telling all my friends.
3. Telling all of my enemies.

Regards,
Stephen

Bellingham, WA
February 9, 2008

Jeff Hirsch
Being a true fan of good wine and good food, I have been spreading the thunder the following ways:
1) I have posted links to Winelibrarytv on my wine and food blog (http://redwhiteandfood.blogspot.com/)
2) I have sent links to the show, via email, to all my freinds and co-workers telling them to check out the action.
3)I have been telling my dental patients about Gary and winelibrarytv as I often talk about food and wine at chairside. (http://www.mainstreetdental.com).