Imran Amed Quotes

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.

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

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

Oh, tweeting prolifically is the most easy thing in the world. Tweeting prolifically is like somebody saying, 'Boy, you're a really good walker around,' you know. It's not really hard.

I have an amazing social-media wing man who manages my Facebook fan site. All my blogs get copied there.

Companies and managers that find a way to harness social media stand to gain.

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.

I'm not equipped for the social media thing.

Social media is one of the most under-rated business tools, in my opinion. It's an amazing cockpit for any CEO. I can narrate any number of stories how it has helped me to reach out to customers, dealers, protesting workers, and even security guards.

I run our Twitter and Facebook pages, because I feel it's important to maintain a personal relationship with fans.

We do everything from community management to specific marketing promotions.

I spend three hours a day working on my social network profiles. I think about the right people to tag, the ones who might generate new leads. It's my work, my self-promotion.

Although my values and my morals are old-school, you have to kind of key into the landscape of social media and how the world is progressing. I'd be a fool to sit there and go, 'Yeah, let's use the telephone to telemarket myself'... Social media is something that I definitely have to tap into, to another demographic.

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.

I am social media savvy.

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

Sales departments use social to nurture leads and close sales. HR posts job openings and vets applicants. Community and support squads mine networks, blogs and forums with deep listening tools.

Just as like the music industry still wishes for the days when it controlled its own production and distribution, the media and marketing world still yearns for the silver bullet of the thirty-second spot on 'Seinfeld,' even as it knows those days are over.

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

I don't really see myself getting a Twitter account. Nothing against it. I get it. I especially get it for businesses.

A comprehensive marketing plan involves both online and offline efforts to use and broaden your existing platform to promote your book.

One of the greatest challenges companies face in adjusting to the impact of social media, is knowing where to start.

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

Certification programs for social media are blossoming as a response to the demand for more social media training. Both industry professionals and recent graduates are tapping into tactical training programs to help them stay up to date as the industry grows.

When I graduated from college, I got a 9-to-5 traditional job doing social media for a company, and I'd spend all day long fighting with the system of getting things approved and the fact that social media has such a quick turnaround. Things had to be very reactive and instant.