Howard Schultz Quotes

The new dynamics between brands and consumers, driven by social media, are proving to be a powerful impetus for change.

You've got to be very cognizant of the correlation between social media links and business because they don't always correlate as highly as people would like.

There are no easy answers for the balance of how you protect the core business of the books with what the digital future will look like, but that would be our job with DC Comics, to figure that out and experiment and take some risks while always protecting the core business.

All the social things the consumer has gotten used to are being applied to business.

Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.

The world moves fast. Business moves fast. Digital media moves extremely fast. It is far too easy to allow ourselves to be constantly blown from one trend to the next.

Every business has to re-think their own business model and say does it meet this DSM test and do their products and services meet the test of being digital, social, and mobile? I think the banks are doing the same.

The IT organization can't drive or lead a digital transformation. It has to come from the business and the business strategy, because they're fundamental to how a company or an organization evolves.

I'm a natural technophobe, but I can see the importance of the digital role, and you have to celebrate it - our site is obviously an incredibly important part of our business now.

The world is changing and how we reach people has changed. It's no longer throwing ads on your network and putting up billboards. It's now social media and things move virally, and the networks haven't always caught up to that.

While companies were getting comfy cozy with the idea of being on social media platforms, social media transcended those platforms, and few businesses have followed.

We don't have a choice on whether we DO social media, the question is how well we do it.

I don't play for social media.

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

I don't do my own Instagram.

Well, social media is a funny thing. It can be absolutely wonderful, and it can absolutely work against you.

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 don't have social media. I don't have Facebook or Instagram or Snapchat.

Instagram is a place for businesses to build their business.

There are lots of professions where your social following is key now. But chasing followers is strange to me. I'd rather focus on the work.

From a social networking point of view, Pakistan is not very far away.

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.

The dawn of the 21st century marked the emergence of the social media age.

Social media isn't as quaint as it was when I started my Livejournal back in high school.

To say I like social media is an understatement.