Madeline Brewer Quotes

I think a lot more people are starting to understand the power of YouTube.

A lot of the earliest 'Instagram' celebrities took really beautiful photos. But you're starting to see a change where it's not about beauty; it's about the story that you tell.

Social media is a really cool way to tell your story to people who are interested in hearing it. It's not getting put through the filter of a television executive who's decided you're too old to justify the expenditure.

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

Believe it or not, I want to keep growing my audience.

I don't think there are any new media I'd like to cover.

I hope that all new filmmakers see that the Internet and social media are helpful tools in establishing a fan base as well as being able to interact with your fans.

I had a blog for many years. Once you develop your readership on your blog, and you can put something out there or direct traffic or get attention - it's like a super power.

It's very easy to make a viral video, but longevity and consistency, that's hard.

The social media thing is insane: the constant engagement with the public, not even just your fans. It's not really about the music; it's about how you can be seen.

It's amazing what social media has done for entertainment.

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

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

When I first started YouTubeing, the idea was, 'Oh, YouTube is going to be a stepping stone to get to other places,' and I just totally don't agree with that. I think YouTube is amazing. The digital space is amazing.

Kim was the one who taught us how to use Twitter and how to engage and really capture the attention of followers and the fans.

I need some more followers! I need to get my stats up to a million so I can make any movie with The Rock I want!

The power of your audience is in the hand of the artist now via all the media - Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and all of them - all of the new available techniques to get to people. I think that you are your best publicist and record company and everything right now when starting out.

I pay my rent with my Instagram.

Anyone with a cellphone essentially is their own broadcast network. If you can build a reach for yourself, you're essentially an influencer.

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 YouTube has been super instrumental in our success as well, because I think there's something really important about seeing and hearing what we're doing.

I want to know the psychology of a YouTuber... do you think, to be a YouTuber, you have to have something off?

Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have sparked a booming industry of so-called influencers - people with large-scale followings who are paid considerable sums by large companies to tout their products or ideas.

Companies should take advantage of social media's power to connect, but honor the continued role of media in shaping opinion.

I had no idea at all how to model, but people would start to follow me. So, I would go to these start-up companies and say, 'I have all these followers... how can we work together?'