Ryan Garcia Quotes

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.

On my posts, I would tell people, 'If you like this, give it a share.' If you go online and look at my videos, you might see where I have 80,000 likes, but 525,000 shares. That's where you gain more people as followers coming in. It took me a second to learn it all, but now that I have, it's been a blessing and a curse.

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

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.

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!

I've definitely pitched some viral ideas and do have a pretty good understanding of the Web.

I knew I always wanted to be 50 percent social media and 50 percent traditional media. Because I believe the stars of the future will need both.

Don't have just anyone run your social media. I think it's insane when brands or celebrities relegate their social media to an intern or someone who does not know them well.

Engaging with my fans has helped me grow to more than 3 million followers.

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 think social media is so important; the young bands have certainly embraced that and used that to their advantage.

My best advice for anyone out there that feels like, 'I don't have a million followers so why should I even give it a shot,' is that it's not about the numbers - it's about the engagement. That's how you can build influence.

Our focus is to continue to pioneer branded entertainment online and consider opportunities as they come. We're smart enough to know that we can't bite the hand that feeds us and neglect our Internet presence.

I'm interested in the opportunity that people can self-create using social media and the online dialogue. Before social media, you needed to have a lot of personal funds to break through to hire the right people and build a presence to start a line. It gives the opportunity and platform for people to be discovered.

I run a meme type of account on Twitter; I know what my audience is looking for.

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

I am social media savvy.

Social media is kind of the same across the board, so you just have to know how to engage your audience, and you will be popular on any platform that comes up.

We're social media-driven now, the social media team is huge in WWE. It really helps expand our brand.

The world is changing. Social media is a way to sell movies and to build a fan base. The truth is that you have followers because they know you are into it and you're funny and you like it. I think it's great.

I look at Twitter as brand building.

I'm new to the Twitterverse and so I'm attempting to build my followers. I'm trying to be a better tweeter. I try not to tweet too much, just when I've got something worthwhile to say.

Consumers online expect dialogue, so pairing your brand with relevant and passion-driven topics is one of the best ways to ensure that you are engaged with key audiences.

I'm trying to embrace social media because it gives artists a little more power than we've had in the past.