Nora Fatehi Quotes

I just liked making funny videos, content that people would enjoy. The likes and retweets - that was, like, a plus.

When I moved to L.A. a few years ago, my sister hung out with a couple of people with big followings. I'd hang out with them, too, and eventually was tagged in a picture with Acacia Brinley, who does a lot on YouTube. She got me from, like, 6,000 to 17,000 followers over a couple of days.

I think that it's really incredible, growing up and being able to have all these people who really look up to the work that I do. It's really cool that I have such awesome fans, and I can't thank them enough. I get on my Twitter and Facebook every day, and I see such awesome things.

I'm happy I have fans; obviously, they're such great people. When I'm on Twitter and Facebook, they say such nice things that I really appreciate.

Towards the end of summer 2013, when school ended, I decided to re-download all of my social media channels and make videos again. The next day, I woke up and had 9,000 followers. I did the same thing the next day and woke up with 54,000 followers.

I don't have a massive fan base. I don't have Patton Oswalt numbers, but the fan base I have is incredibly generous, and of the 22,000 people who follow me on Twitter, I think almost all of those people participate.

YouTube is such a funny little world. You can create a fanbase.

I have no interest that I go to India or go to Hollywood or Bollywood. I'm not interested. I am a social media sensation. This is what I like.

I'm very active on social media and see the huge impact it has on engaging with fans and being able to have a voice.

I'm excited to join the StyleHaul community and bring new content to my fans.

I had heard about Vine through Twitter, and my first video was of me freaking out on my couch. Back then I had 5 followers.

For blogs today, it's really about content creation and partnering with a brand. You can get the news in so many forms and so many places. A tweet now is enough to tell you about a story. People don't have to click to go to your site.

With the advances in technology, it's so easy connecting to our fans. There's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. I try to reach out to them. I try to update them on what's happening in my life, what books I'm reading, or whatever I do.

I just keep fighting, and keep winning, and my engagement keeps going higher. I don't have to be that much on it, like other influencers. They have to be constantly on their TikTok game. I'll hop on TikTok, shoot a video once in a while, and I'll get 3 million views and gain 500,000 followers and I'm out for like 2 weeks.

I ask myself all the time, 'How do I always go viral?'

I literally post swing videos. Like, how is that interesting? But I've created such a following, and they're loyal fans. It's really cool to create a community around something I love, and that they love, too.

I was doing some YouTube covers, and I had a decently popular blog on Tumblr.

Vine was like no other creative rush I ever had. In minutes, you could conceive an idea, shoot it and send it off to millions.

I remember seeing stories on Wattpad with five million reads and thinking, 'That must be incredible.'

'X Factor' did a lot for me, but things truly started to take off for me when I went to social media.

Social media stars are only relevant because they make content, so they can never stop doing that.

I've got a group chat with my friends, and they were telling me I was blowing up on Twitter. I don't really look into those things, though.

One of the biggest misconceptions that has been thrown out there is the fact that I started on Vine.

I was doing Facebook comedy videos; then I moved over to Instagram, and then I hopped on Twitter. That is where I really was a master. That was the first place where I could go viral.

You can't be like, 'Alright, I'm going to make this viral!' You just put stuff out there, and you hope that people engage and resonate with it.