Tom Anderson Quotes

I joined MySpace in September 2003. At that time no one was on there at all. I felt like a loser while all the cool kids were at some other school. So I mass e-mailed between 30,000 and 50,000 people and told them to come over. Everybody joined overnight.

I put out some very entertaining material on social media! Check my Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat! I got jokes for days!

I try to tweet, but I still haven't gotten into the rhythm as much as some people who have, like, 20,000 tweets. There are some great comedians on there, so you get some pretty funny hot takes and bits.

Twitter, to me, works if you're funny. Twitter doesn't work as a promotional tool unless you do it very, very, very occasionally.

The Internet has done nothing but good for comedy all around. Comedians no longer have to rely on TV execs and club owners deciding if they are funny or not.

Twitter and Facebook are such amazing networks for me to introduce myself to the world and for fans around the world to introduce themselves to me.

I'm a sucker for Thought Catalog. Shelby Fero is really funny on Twitter. And Patton Oswalt, he's sort of like a Twitter throb.

Social media allows comics to bypass the gatekeepers and connect directly with people who will want to come see them.

I'm very grateful for social media. I think it has shown people my true nature, and through that has come a book deal, and I think it certainly contributes to people's view of me as a person with a sense of humor, which is only helpful in my industry.

My Internet presence was definitely bigger than the music. I'm so good at marketing, so once I knew I had them looking, I turned up with the music. I knew what I was doing - it was premeditated.

Facebook is for people, Twitter is for perspective, Google+ is for passion, LinkedIn is for pimping

Visibility is one of the most difficult parts of the self-publishing equation. No matter how great your book is, it is fighting against a tidal wave of cheap ebooks on Amazon.

Social media opened up basically every opportunity for me because, traditionally, I wouldn't be thought of as a model.

I don't find a reason to be on Twitter or Facebook. This is my temperament, and I can't put myself out 24/7 out there. However, I am not judgmental about others being there.

The individual has now risen to the level of a mini-government or mini-corporation. Via YouTube and Twitter, each of us is our own mini-network.

I'm very adamant on social media about recommending comedians to people if they don't know them. I think it's so important to go see them.

I never had to do anything specific to craft my 'image.' I wanted people to know that I was a goofball, that I didn't take myself too seriously, and that I love what I do. On my Twitter and Instagram, whenever I can, I try and show myself. I'm not trying to be an Instagram model.

I think social media tools are helpful, so long as you pick your social media wisely.

I do everything through Twitter, YouTube or the Internet somehow.

I have a great sense of humor, I mean even when my meme came out I reposted it. I didn't care. I was laughing, too!

I started out poking fun at this YouTube thing.

British comedian Imran Yusuf is fantastic and so is Shazia Mirza, also London-based.

The online thing has been really big for us: the YouTube videos, the MySpace.

Facebook was just John the Baptist. Twitter is the real deal.

Humor has been a major component in our past successes; a good joke and a good product combined can get a lot of people talking.