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Backstage Careers

How Josh got a Job with GaryVee through IG DMs

Mar 8, 2021
01:08:33

Josh Ordonez is a social media marketer who worked behind the scenes with people like Gary Vaynerchuk & Lonzo Ball while he was still in college. Today he runs his own social media marketing agency.


SHOW NOTES:
01:45 How Josh's social media marketing career got started?

03:40 How he started working with Big Baller Brand and what that was like?

15:38 The Instagram DM strategy that Josh used to reach out to famous people and get social media gigs?

19:34 Why Josh stayed in college even though he already had his dream job?

21:31 How Josh got a job with Gary Vaynerchuk to work on the Empathy Wines social accounts? 

26:50 We compare the different social media strategies used to work on a business account VS a personal brand? 

29:35 One of the most effective strategies that Josh used to increase sales for Empathy Wines? 

35:27 The best growth strategy Josh used to grow Empathy Wines

39:32 The story of how Josh accidentally eavesdropped on GaryVee while he was closing a deal in the restroom 

41:37 What the culture is like at the Vayner Media NY headquarters

45:28 The reason Josh left Vayner Media

47:15 How he almost got a job with Marshmallow (the DJ) but then COVID hit... 

49:45 How he started his own social media agency business and what that's like

53:26 How to use comment hacking to grow an Instagram page

56:50 We get into the economics and business model of starting your own social media agency

1:04:15 How to get a job working with LeBron (or anyone you look up to)?


Follow Josh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshordonez
And feel free to DM me on Instagram with any feedback or questions: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyjohnmary

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