As many of you know, I’m extremely passionate about social media and helping show others how powerful a tool that it can be to build and help grow any project. One key thing to remember is that just because someone else is already wildly successful in your field, you shouldn’t let it stop you. Instead, you should use it to motivate you, not to be good, but to be GREAT at what you do.
Below is a list of my 15 favorite quotes about social media. Remember, quotes can educate, provoke thought, and inspire others to do GREAT things. Feel free to share them, quote them, or add your own (in the comments section below). Enjoy!
“When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place.”
-Mark Zuckerberg, CEO & Founder of Facebook
“Social marketing eliminates the middlemen, providing brands the unique opportunity to have a direct relationship with their customers.”
Bryan Weiner, CEO at Digital Agency 360i
“Activate your fans, don’t collect them like baseball cards.”
Jay Baer, Convince & Convert
“What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas; what happens on Twitter stay on Google forever!”
Jure Klepic, Jureklepic.com
“Think like a publisher, not a marketer.”
David Meerman Scott
“Focus on how to be social, not on how to do social.”
Jay Baer, Convince & Convert
“89% of US internet users search online before they make a purchase, even when the purchase is made at a local business.”
“Innovation needs to be part of your culture. Consumers are transforming faster than we are, and if we don’t catch up, we’re in trouble.”
Ian Schafer, Deep Focus
“A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is – it is what consumers tell each other it is.”
Scott Cook, co-founder Intuit
“Our head of social media is the customer.”
“Privacy is dead, and social media hold the smoking gun.”
Pete Cashmore, Mashable
“Today people don’t trust companies. One of the things marketers want to do is to humanize their brand. What better way to do it than put a live person in front of them.”
Jackie Huba, CreatingCustomerEvangelists.com
“How can you squander even one more day not taking advantage of the greatest shifts of our generation? How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?”
Seth Godin, Sethgodin.com
“If content is king, then conversion is queen.”
John Munsell, CEO of Bizzuka
“Bring the best of your authentic self to every opportunity.”
Brian Jantsch, Author