Archive for January, 2010

The Best Social Media Quotes

Founder's Blogon January 6th, 20103 Comments

Creating a presentation on Social Media. I needed some quotes for the presentation to give it that extra “punch”. I decided to add in some quotes… I found a lot of real compelling quotes, some funny… others just plain serious. I also included a Social Media in Plain English video. Below is a handful of quotes I found:

“By creating compelling content, you can become a celebrity.” -Paul Gillin

“The difference between PR and social media is that PR is about positioning, and social media is about becoming, being and improving.” – Chris Brogan

“Social Media is like teen sex. Everybody wants to do it. Nobody knows how. When it’s finally done there is surprise it’s not better.” – Avinash Kaushik

“You are the tool for social media, Twitter is just an app for you to grow and influence your society.” – Razan Khatib

Power of Twitter is out there, everybody is listening- take advantage of it.” – Laith Zreikat

Social Media is about the people! Not about your business. Provide for the people and the people will provide for you.” -Matt Goulart

Social Networking & Social Media Ad Spending to Rise 13.2% in 2010 to 1.3 Billion!” -eMarketer

“Without a specific reason for the consumer to behave, without a reward or benefit, the overwhelmed consumer will refuse.” – Seth Godin

“ATA – be AUTHENCTIC, be TRANSPARENT, be ALTRUISTIC, and you will find enough success in social media to have a satisfying career and experience.” – Nils Montan

Social Media is like teen sex. Everyone wants to do it. Nobody knows how. When it’s finally done there is a surprise it’s not better.” – Avinash Kaushik — Analytic Evangelist, Google

“I hear YouTube, Twitter and Facebook are merging to form a super-social media site – YouTwitFace.” – Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show, June 2nd, 2009.

Entrepreneurs are Changing the World!

Founder's Blogon January 2nd, 2010No Comments

Grasshopper.com launched a fantastic video on YouTube to entice entrepreneurs to use their services. Very smart social media tactic! The video is below:

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