39 Twitter Quotes That Will Change Your Life or @ least change the way you think about Twitter!

@compete we started tweeting back in 2007 to

spread the word about Compete &

now, here we are, thinking even

further about how Twitter can

amplify a single message

“There is no

shortcut to

building a […]

community. You

have to work

hard and create

your

own movement

one reader at a

time.”

@markwschaefer

“When you’ve got 5 minutes to fill, Twitter

is a great way to fill 35 minutes.” @mattcutts

“You are not

believable until

someone else

endorses you.”

@pdmclean

“A creative idea plus a fresh network

is the best way to go from zero to

millions.” @peretti #ignition2011

“It's harder to create an original tweet than it is to

retweet. It's harder to find metaphor than it is to

work through a to do list. Hard work, true. But worth

it.”@thisissethsblog

“There’s no short-cut. The only viable

and legitimate method to begin to

attract targeted followers is to find

them, follow them, and hope they

follow you back.”@markwschaefer

“On Twitter, you can be

a musician or a radio

station - create the

music yourself or filter

the best for your

listeners.”

@iamerickeating

“With Twitter,

it’s power is in

its simplicity.”

@willfrancis

“You don't have to

speak

monosyllables to

be simple. What

we mean by

simple is finding

the core of the

idea.” @heathbrothers

“While face-to-face is just as important as it ever

was, now that we’ve got all kinds of new tools let us

tighten bonds in between those in-person

moments.” @chrisbrogan

“Social is a core human behavior,

not a destination.” @christianism

#adtech

“On Twitter, you get 140

characters to be worth

paying attention to, no

matter who (or what) you

are.”

@graemem

“There’s more value in messages shared publicly because more

opportunities arise. A kind of social alchemy takes place when a

seemingly valueless message finds its way to someone for whom it

strikes a chord.” @toomuchnick

“Given a limit of

140 characters,

people consistently

reaffirm that

creativity is a

renewable

resource.” @biz

“Platforms will change & shift. What goes in them

are stories. Invest in great storytelling” @wnd

“The biggest

mistake we see

companies

make when

they first hit

Twitter is to

think about it

as a channel to

push out

information.”

@sarahm

@timoreilly

“We live in a world

where engagement

with your consumer is

critical. The one-to-

many paradigm is

gone. Are you

prepared?”

@iProspect

“The internet has

turned what used to

be a controlled, one-

way message into a

real-time dialogue

with millions”

@daniellesacks

“Listen and observe

what consumers are

really doing, and

challenge traditional

thinking.”

@readmark

“The key

development

with Twitter is

how we've jury-

rigged the

system to do

things that its

creators never

dreamed of.” @stevenbjohnson

“There are a few

core values for

social media at

Zappos:

transparency,

authenticity, and

value. The audience

wants to see them

with their guard

down - they want to

know who is behind

the computer

answering their

question or taking

their order.”

@nichole_kelly

“Conversations aren’t artificial

or unnatural. They’re just good

business.” @pgillin

“Today thanks to social media, happy customers and

unhappy customers can tell thousands of people their

feelings about a company’s service or products with

just a few clicks.” @davekerpen

“We don't think it at all moronic to start a phone call

with a friend by asking how her day is going. Twitter

gives you the same information without your even

having to ask. Breakfast-status updates turned out to be

more interesting than we thought.” @stevenbjohnson

“It’s not just about consuming content,

but sharing it, passing it on, and

adding to it.” @ariannahuff

“In order to improve the

conversation with

consumers, you need the

right tools which help you

understand consumers and

how data points drive

outcomes.”

@mkatz_iC

“Our brand really stays engaged by learning and doing

research. It means really understanding how fans

connect with us, so we can then continue to connect with

them.” @mdavis2

“If you want to

build a

presence in the

social media

platform, then

you need to be

present.”

@unmarketing

“Companies

have a choice

on whether or

not they do

social media;

the choice is

how well they

do it”

@equalman

“People embraced

social media because

communicating makes

people happy, it’s

what we do. It’s why

we carved pictures

into rocks. It’s why we

used smoke signals.

It’s why ink won. And

if someone ever

develops a tool that

allows us to

communicate

telepathically, we’ll be

all over that, too.”

@garyvee

“I use Twitter to connect to things I care about. It's for

topics and ideas, and for connecting with people I know

and don't know. Twitter is for staying informed about

what's happening in the world, and in my world

specifically.” @adambain

“Digital means that it is

really hard to pretend. If

you have a story and you

don’t believe in it or it

isn’t true, it gets found

out. Whereas if you do

believe it and live it and it

is genuine, then that

comes through.” @jetsetdrew

“If you do not have great

content it does not matter at all

how you deliver it.”

@unmarketing

“Not only does everyone in social

media have a unique presence, but that

everyone can have a unique

experience.” @schneidermike

“Twitter Culture is key

to winning in a

digitally enabled

world.” @charliehiscocks

“The nice thing about

Twitter is the

architecture of

visibility. Email is

invisible unless you

reach out to someone

directly. With Twitter,

anyone can follow

you.” @timoreilly

“Simply shouting instructions to visit another cocktail party/water

cooler/building/your-metaphor-of-choice-here will lead to you

ending up ignored, standing in a corner and telling yourself that this

new link is really, really worth reading—really.”@graemem

“Even social media needs brand

management” @jbell99

“Twitter is not a technology. It’s a

conversation. And it’s happening with

or without you.” @ charleneli

Want to learn more

about what Compete

does?

contact marketing@compete.com

or call 617-933-5600

@markwschaefer

Chieftain of social blog {grow}

@mattcutts

Head of Google’s Webspam team

@pdmclean

VP, Digital at Capital One

@peretti

Co-founder buzzfeed

@thisissethsblog

Entrepreneur, author and public speaker

@markwschaefer

Chieftain of social blog {grow}

@iamerickeating

Online Marketing & Analytics Manager,

Compete.com

@willfrancis

Co-founder of Harkable

@heathbrothers

Authors of Made to Stick

@chrisbrogan

President of New Market Labs

@christianism

Google's head of social advertising products

@graemem

Freelance writer and culture critic

@toomuchnick

Author of Twitter Wit

@biz

Co-founder of Twitter

@wnd

VP of Integrated Marketing and

Communications at Coca-Cola

@sarahm

Co-author of the Twitter book

@timoreilly

Co-author of the Twitter book

@ericsalama

CEO of kantar

@iProspect

Digital performance company

@daniellesacks

Senior writer at Fast Company Magazine

Who’s in Here?

@readmark

CEO WPP digital

@stevenbjohnson

Author

@nichole_kelly

Social Media Measurement Coach and

Speaker.

@pgillin

Speaker, writer and social media marketing

strategist

@davekerpen

CEO @LikeableMedia

@stevenbjohnson

Author

@ariannhuff

President and editor-in-chief of the Huffington

Post media group

@mkatz_iC

CEO of interclick

@mdavis2

VP of Marketing, ESPN

@unmarketing

Book on Viral, Social, and Authentic Marketing

@equalman

Author of Socialnomics

@garyvee

Author of the thank you economy

@adambain

Chief revenue Officer at Twitter

@jetsetdrew

CEO of jetsetter.com

@unmarketing

Book on Viral, Social, and Authentic Marketing

@schneidermike

SVP Digital Incubator @allengerritsen

@charliehiscocks

Director of Brand Communication at SABMiller

@timoreilly

Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media

@graemem

Freelance writer and culture critic

@jbell99

Managing Director, Ogilvy

@charleneli

Co-author Groundswell