The document contains 15 inspiring social media quotes from various authors. Charles Leadbeater says "You are what you share." Erik Qualman suggests "We don't have a choice on whether we do social media, the question is how well we do it?" and "Increasingly, consumers don't search for products and services. Rather, services come to their attention via social media." The quotes provide tips on engaging audiences, telling stories, listening to consumers and using social media strategically.

1. 15 inspiring
social media
quotes
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2. “You are what you share.”
Charles Leadbeater
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3. “The more passionate and
argumentative I get the more
followers and friends I make
online.”
Tasha Turner
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4. “Active participation on LinkedIn
is the best way to say, 'Look at
me!' without saying 'Look at
me!”
Bobby Darnell
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5. “Social media is addictive
precisely because it gives us
something which the real world
lacks: it gives us immediacy,
direction, a and value as an
individual.”
David Amerland
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6. “We don't have a choice on
whether we do social media,
the question is how well we do
it?”
Erik Qualman
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7. “Your uniqueness is your
greatest strength, not how well
you emulate others.”
Simon S. Tam
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8. “Listening is one of the most
important things a brand can do
online. If your brand is just
broadcasting its own agenda, it
isn’t truly engaging in a
conversation.”
Jeremy Goldman
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9. “A brand is no longer what we
tell the consumer it is – it is what
consumers tell each other it is.”
Scott Cook
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10. “Marketing is no longer about
the stuff that you make, but
about the stories you tell.”
Seth Godin
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11. “Do not write BS if you don’t
know what to write! It’s as simple
as that.”
Lilach Bullock
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12. “Engage, Enlighten, Encourage
and especially…just be yourself!
Social media is a community
effort, everyone is an asset.
Susan Cooper
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13. “Consistently investigate what
gives other people energy. Be
the fan that fuels it.”
Darren Rowse
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14. “Increasingly, consumers don't
search for products and
services. Rather, services come
to their attention via social
media.”
Erik Qualman
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15. “Think of social media as the
Internet. I can't think of anyone
betting against the Internet in
2012.”
Gary Vaynerchuk
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16. “If you share content with logic
and common sense none will re-
share it, if you say “ this is crazy “
then bingo, we are just humans
and we use mostly emotions”
Ilias Chelidonis
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