Social Media Quotes

• Distracted from distraction by distraction

  T. S. Eliot

  Distraction, Distracted

  T. S. Eliot (2014). “Four Quartets”, p.19, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Worry more about being social, and worry less about doing social media

  Jay Baer

  Worry Less, Media, Social

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• If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Twitter post from Mar 16, 2016

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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 doesn’t create negativity, it uncovers it.

  Jay Baer

  Inspirational, Media, Negativity

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• We're living at a time when attention is the new currency.

  Pete Cashmore

  Attention, Social Network, Currency

  "Privacy is dead, and social media hold smoking gun" by Pete Cashmore, www.cnn.com. October 28, 2009.

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• Social media is driving the culture, it drives peoples minds literally.

  Aeriel Miranda

  Media, Mind, Culture

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• Social media is not about the exploitation of technology but service to community.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Inspiration, Technology, Media

  Twitter post from Jan 19, 2016

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• Social media spark a revelation that we, the people, have a voice, and through the democratization of content and ideas we can once again unite around common passions, inspire movements, and ignite change.

  Brian Solis

  Passion, Ideas, Voice

  Brian Solis (2011). “Engage!, Revised and Updated: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Web”, p.7, John Wiley & Sons

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• Privacy is dead, and social media holds the smoking gun.

  Pete Cashmore

  Gun, Media, Smoking

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• Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn't work.

  Seth Godin

  Clever, People, Marketing

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• Social media is about sociology and psychology more then technology.

  Brian Solis

  Technology, Media, Psychology

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• Social media is your platform to build a unique fan base while you express yourself exactly how you see yourself. Build wisely.

  Germany Kent

  Unique, Media, Fans

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• The good thing about social media is it gives everyone a voice. The bad thing is … it gives everyone a voice.

  Brian Solis

  Media, Voice, Giving

  Brian Solis (2014). “The Brian Solis Digital Reader”, p.375, John Wiley & Sons

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• A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is - it is what consumers tell each other it is.

  Scott D. Cook

  Business, Media, Marketing

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• Social media is an ingredient, not an entree.

  Jay Baer

  Media, Ingredients, Social

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• The way things happen on social media is so abusive and everyone needs to take personal responsibility for what they write and not allowing this misinterpretation and shaming culture on social media to persist.

  Ashley Judd

  Responsibility, Writing, Media

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. March 20, 2015.

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• The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army

  Jay Baer

  Army, Media, Volunteer

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• Social media changes the relationship between companies and customers from master and servant, to peer to peer.

  Jay Baer

  Inspirational, Media, Peers

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• Realize that the social media success equation isn't big moves on the chess board, it's little moves made every day that eventually add up to a major shift.

  Jay Baer

  Moving, Media, Littles

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• If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000 friends.

  Jeff Bezos

  Inspirational, Business, Media

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• The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Lying, Media, Example

  "Social media and opposition to blame for protests, says Turkish PM" by Constanze Letsch, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2013.

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• Everyone says social media is a unicorn, but maybe it’s just a horse?

  Jay Baer

  Horse, Media, Unicorn

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• Unfortunately, unlike when my parents grew up, you can't turn social media off. It's not like you can go home and avoid the bully's wrath. It follows you everywhere and is 24/7, and especially in the cases of assault that go viral. I mean, your worst nightmare is literally on the internet forever and that is a reality that very few people understand.

  Andrea Pino

  Home, Mean, Reality

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• You have to control things, especially with the social media, because once it's out there, it's out there. And that becomes the fact.

  Vanessa Bell Calloway

  Source: www.ebony.com

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