Erik Qualman Quotes

United States, Author
April 23, 1972

Erik Qualman is an American author of Socialnomics, which according to WorldCat, is held in 1090 libraries. He is also the author of Digital Leader and What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube. In 2010, Socialnomics was a Book of the Year finalist as voted on by the American Marketing Association. In 2012 he was a finalist for the Most Likeable Author Award alongside Seth Godin and JK Rowling

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

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- Media
- Social
- Communicate
History repeats itself because nobody listens the first time.

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- History
- Firsts
- Repeats

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

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- Company
- Social
- Balloons
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
Privacy is dead. Reputations are dying.

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- Dying
- Reputation
The power of social media is it forces necessary change.

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- Change
- Media
- Necessary
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.

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- Company
- Media
- Addresses
The ROI of social media is that your business will still exist in 5 years.

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- Media
- Social
- Stills

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

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- Choices
- Media
- Social
It's about listening first, then selling.

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- Listening
- Selling
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.

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- Opinion
- Results
- Percent
Successful companies in social media function more like entertainment companies, publishers, or party planners than as traditional advertisers.

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

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- Easier
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