Simon Mainwaring Quotes

One thing I think is great is that if you use social media really well - in a natural, personal way - you can kind of see what's missing. You can see when you're bored of something or of someone.

I've found my calling with Twitter. It's all about the amount of interaction you do, and the traffic you move, and I'm really good at that. I keep going and going and going, and no one can believe that I can keep it up.

You really can't spend money on social media unless you really try. Social media is really more about effort than expense.

At their core, an influencer creates an empowering human connection.

I love Instagram - I don't actually go on Twitter and tweet; I just connect it through my Instagram account. I think it's a good way of getting stuff out there and connecting with people.

Instagram is a place for businesses to build their business.

I've never done much to try to build an audience.

A key component of social media is 'following' - and no one is there to see what you have to say on Instagram or Twitter if they aren't motivated to follow you.

I look at Twitter as brand building.

Twitter is just like posting old-fashioned press releases, and it can be very effective in promoting your business interests and charity work.

I write my own tweets.

Brands must be very specific in their choice of social media platforms through which to communicate their CSR or cause messaging.

I think Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are the cornerstones of any social media strategy.

I don't just post a video and then get offline. After uploading, I love to respond to comments, tweets, and messages about the video.

Social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners. This means taking the long view and avoiding short-term benchmarks to gauge progress. It means allowing the personality, heart and soul of the people who run all levels of the business to show.

Between Twitter and Facebook and how close you can be with your fans and how close they can be to you these days is, I think, quite miraculous. It's like getting a greeting card every single day.

The whole point of social media is continuity and continual engagement.

The fashion industry now has a direct relationship with its customers. Thanks to things like Twitter, ideas can be shared and circulated.

Marketing is a contest for people's attention.

I would be horrible at Twitter. I wouldn't know the answer to fans' questions half the time - and the patience involved! I couldn't imagine. I did have a Twitter account that I tried for a couple days, but found I had nothing to say.

Companies can't delegate social media to the new college grad and think they have it covered.

I'm skilled in the Twitter and Instagram sense of the social media verse.

Social media has shaken up the world of sales, with Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter offering new ways to hound leads and unprecedented insights into clients.

The more followers you have, the more you can promote your movie. You know? It's all, like, a business thing.

I have no idea how to use social media for anything other than forwarding a good fart joke.