Diablo Cody Quotes

I really grew my own fan base. I started posting videos on YouTube with the help of my parents.

It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?

My website, my email magazine, my blog, my books, my corporate seminars, and my public seminars all create the ability for social media to work and all build reputation and ranking.

I wasn't into social media at all, but when I decided I was going to put out my own music, I said, 'Okay, I'm just going to post it.' And that's when it started its rounds on the Internet, and people started to take an interest in me.

Winelibrary.tv was about building personal brand equity. It was a business move. Now, it was totally surrounded by a passion for wine, but I very much gave a lot of thought to doing a sports-video blog instead.

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

I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.

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.

Your YouTube channel is your show. I think it's a wonderful platform for anyone who wants to have stronger creative control over their content, their message, their vision and their branding.

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 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.

Prior to the online platform, I had to make sure I go around and have conversations and go to schools and make appearances. But now with online presence, I try to put out videos and different posts every day. I try to inspire.

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.

People make careers off of Instagram. So in that sense, it's really good, and you can put yourself out there and be open.

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

You don't need a corporation or a marketing company to brand you now: you can do it yourself. You can establish who you are with a social media following.

I feel media is important when you are showcasing your work, as people need to know what you are doing.

I want more people to know who I am and I want to have the chance to tease my music a bit more.

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.

I don't really care if people don't like me. The only thing I care about is if they are reading my website.

I've never done much to try to build an audience.

With social media, you take the good and the bad of it. You have to make the most of the opportunities. You can use social media to your benefit to expand your character and gets eyes on you and what you're doing.

I think that the web and its various facets are incredibly useful in just building a fan base and getting your chops better.

I wanted to step forward and be on TV and for people to see who I really was.