Erik Qualman Quotes

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• We don't have a choice on whether we DO social media, the question is how well we do it.

  Erik Qualman

  Success, Media, Choices

  Erik Qualman (2010). “Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business”, p.286, John Wiley & Sons

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• Social Media isn’t a fad, it’s a fundamental shift in the way we communicate.

  Erik Qualman

  Media, Fundamentals, Fads

  Erik Qualman (2010). “Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business”, p.288, John Wiley & Sons

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• The power of social media is it forces necessary change.

  Erik Qualman

  Media, Necessary Change, Social

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• With the growing reliance on social media, we no longer search for news, or the products and services we wish to buy. Instead they are being pushed to us by friends, acquaintances and business colleagues.

  Erik Qualman

  Media, Wish, News

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• The ROI of social media is that your business will still exist in 5 years.

  Erik Qualman

  Media, Years, Roi

  Erik Qualman (2010). “Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business”, p.288, John Wiley & Sons

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• You're talking about a younger generation, Generation Y, whose interpersonal communication skills are different from Generation X. The younger generation is more comfortable saying something through a digital mechanism than even face to face.

  Erik Qualman

  Communication, Young Generation, Talking

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• The beauty of social media is that it will point out your company's flaws; the key questions is how quickly you address these flaws.

  Erik Qualman

  Keys, Media, Addresses

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• Successful companies in social media function more like entertainment companies, publishers, or party planners than as traditional advertisers.

  Erik Qualman

  Powerful, Party, Successful

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• Increasingly, consumers don't search for products and services. Rather, services come to their attention via social media.

  Erik Qualman

  Media, Attention, Social

  "More marketers use social networking to reach customers" by Jon Swartz, abcnews.go.com.

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• History repeats itself because nobody listens the first time.

  Erik Qualman

  Firsts, History Repeats Itself, First Time

  Erik Qualman (2010). “Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business”, p.50, John Wiley & Sons

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• Consumers are taking ownership of brands, and their referral power is priceless.

  Erik Qualman

  Referrals, Priceless, Ownership

  Erik Qualman (2010). “Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business”, p.122, John Wiley & Sons

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• Pushing a company agenda on social media is like throwing water balloons at a porcupine.

  Erik Qualman

  Media, Water, Pushing

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• With the advent of radical and accessible technology, each one of us, for the first time in history, is creating an influential mark forever - we are all mini-digital celebrities and heroes to someone.

  Erik Qualman

  Hero, Technology, Creating

  Erik Qualman (2012). “Digital Leader: 5 Simple Keys to Success and Influence”, p.2, McGraw Hill Professional

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• 25 percent of search results for the world's top 20 largest brands are links to user-generated content. 34 percent of bloggers post opinions about products and brands.

  Erik Qualman

  Twenties, World, Links

  "Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business". Book by Erik Qualman, 2009.

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• Language is always evolving.
  It's difficult to read Shakespeare now
  because language has shifted. Similarly,
  kids these days can get to the point
  really quick in about 140 characters
  or less because of these new tools.

  Erik Qualman

  Character, Kids, Tools

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• Best results are often achieved well
  before you need a job, by consistently
  networking so that when you find yourself
  job-hunting you have a large network to work with.

  Erik Qualman

  Jobs, Hunting, Finding Yourself

  "Can social networking bring job hunters tweet success?" by Hilary Osborne, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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• Assume whatever you do, both offline and online, will be seen by your mother, dad, boss, coach, boyfriend, teacher… the world.

  Erik Qualman

  Mother, Teacher, Dad

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• It's about listening first, then selling.

  Erik Qualman

  Listening, Firsts, Selling

  Erik Qualman (2010). “Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business”, p.1, John Wiley & Sons

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• At a minimum the majority of search dollars will flow to a social media model because people care most about what their peers think and the technology is there for that information to be quickly shared on products and services.

  Erik Qualman

  Technology, Thinking, Media

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• Why are we trying to measure social media like a traditional channel anyway? Social media touches every facet of business and is more an extension of good business ethics.

  Erik Qualman

  Media, Trying, Ethics

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• You can spend your time daydreaming
  or make use of it in other ways.

  Erik Qualman

  Use, Way, Daydreaming

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• The easier things are to buy, the more we consume.

  Erik Qualman

  Easier

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• Privacy is dead. Reputations are dying.

  Erik Qualman

  Dying, Reputation, Privacy

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• Social media has made the web all about me, me, me.

  Erik Qualman

  Media, Social Media, Social

  "Braggarts Take Over The Web". www.businessinsider.com. October 16, 2009.

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• One thing we seem to be missing is that just as we no longer search for the news, the news finds us today (e.g. this article found me) we will no longer search for products and services, rather we will look to our social graph to what products and services they like and don't like.

  Erik Qualman

  Missing, Looks, News

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