Social Media Quotes

I do have very strong, very conflicted feelings about rating systems and social media.

The Social Wishlist on Facebook is a great example of everything right about social media.

Social media is the future, with employers recognizing they need to start hiring people with the right skills.

Not using social media in the workplace, in fact, is starting to make about as much sense as not using the phone or email.

It may be coincidence that the decline of newspapers has corresponded with the rise of social media. Or maybe not.

Content is the fire. Social media is the gasoline.

Build it, and they will come" only works in the movies. Social Media is a "build it, nurture it, engage them, and they may come and stay.

I took my life in my hands and social media has just helped me do that more.

Content is fire and social media is gasoline.

You can game the social media in the short run, but not for long.

Build with advocacy, follow with influence. Your employees are your biggest brand advocates.

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

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

People in my industry [PR] would like people to believe we have ways to control social media. But that's one of the great swindles.

Even worse than seeing women's privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy.

Social comparison that leads to unhappiness is the downside of social media.

I'm a young woman who lives in a world of social media; I'll post boring things too!

In order to have a lasting career you'll need to spend time performing live to build your own audience, as it's not all about social media. Word of mouth still rules.

I think if you use Twitter and social media as your main source of information you are an idiot, but I think most people who use it know better, so I kind of enjoy it.

Social media is great, I guess, but it feels like technology is the sapper of innocence.

Security is a big concern on the social web. People are going to try to destroy social media just like they are trying to breach data in other areas.

One of the great ironies of the social media era is that some of the least social people in the world created it.

The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialise alone.

Social Media has now become a part of our culture - you are either a part of it, or you ignore it.

By providing memorable social media customer service, companies not only create deeper connections with consumers, but they glean valuable insights on how to improve their products or services.

Everyone wants to be an "expert" on social media and share their opinion behind the keyboard.

New tech almost always looks dumb right before it completely changes your life.

You get the odd person [in social media] that will write something nasty and the trick is not to engage with them on any level.

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

Obviously the bar is much higher now for a behavior to be scandalous. Social media has really changed the way people live. It's not a new impulse; it's just being enacted in a new way.

What happens when you combine blogs, Google and millions of dissatisfied customers? An e-mob.

You think that social media is about hooking up online? For these kids [in the Tunisian Revolution], it was a military tool to defend unarmed people from murderers.

Technology proposes itself as the architect of our intimacies.

Book sense makes sense because someone has gone through it before and able to share it with you. Your job is to listen and discern.

You are responsible for everything you post and everything you post will be a reflection of you. [Social Media]

Lifelong learning is no longer a luxury but a necessity for employment.

I actually quite like [social media]. It's spontaneous, you don't really have to commit to it and I enjoy the interaction. Also, I have never sworn on there, not once.

My website, my email magazine, my blog, my books, my corporate seminars, and my public seminars all create the ability for social media to work and all build reputation and ranking.

Social media presents an opportunity for business people to connect and know each other prior to a phone call or email taking place.

Social media is something women didn't have 10 years ago, and that's a big aspect in feminism today. I don't have to be filtered by anyone. I choose.

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.

Social media allows people to connect. So instead of reading about the Arab Spring, I can have students following along, in real-time, with what is happening.

When brands talk about themselves in real time, it’s just boring faster.

You have to get a great headline to attract attention in your blog - it's about the lure - not the rod.

Social media is not a fad because it's human.

Most bloggers who rise above the clutter are quite often prolific -they work hard, not just writing content but networking, engaging in Social Media and more.

I think e-mail and social media and all that has made me feel way less isolated than ever before.

Social media sometimes feels like a vehicle for one-dimensional sniping, more than true criticism.

The dark side of social media is that, within seconds, anything can be blown out of proportion and taken out of context. And it's very difficult not to get swept up in it all.

Ask what you can do for influencers, not what influencers can do for you - develop relationships!