Ryan Holiday Quotes

Word of mouth works now, much more than ever. @-reply every single person.

Done correctly, everyone from individual speakers to large organizations can inspire citizens and customers to spread a message using their own social channels, and in so doing, inspire countless supporters to build their reputation, profits and social impact.

You need fans in high places, I always tell people. I don't care how talented you are.

Influence is the new power - if you have influence, you can create a brand.

Word of mouth now has a unprecedented influence because it spreads so far and so fast.

We're in the business of influence. And if we're going to be in partnership with anybody, I want it to be with people who have amazing access and influence.

Conversations among the members of your marketplace happen whether you like it or not. Good marketing encourages the right sort of conversations.

There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast.

When you already have a following, people are more likely to employ you.

In life it wasn't what you know, but who you know. I had people who were trying to buy teams and had they bought the teams, I would have gotten to coach because they wanted me to coach. But the people who have the teams hire their friends.

Word of mouth travels faster than anything else.

My readers and my audiences have turned into my followers. They are more than interested in what I have to say in the subjects of sales, loyalty, attitude, networking, business social media, and becoming a trusted advisor.

Word of mouth is the best medium of all.

I want to use my connections with coaches, players, celebrities, whomever, and if I can take that friendship and use it to help someone else, I'm going to take advantage of that. I'm not going to apologize for that.

I am criticized for getting jobs because of my name, but I only use it when I have to.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

You can't make money on advertising; you just have to seed the clouds. What you're after is word of mouth.

One of the advantages of being a national journalist of some recognition is that you come across high-profile people, and many become your friends.

Hollywood can buy a lot of pieces of the puzzle, but the great thing is they can never buy word of mouth.

Viral word-of-mouth marketing for GoPro is massive. Video is really the conduit.

Somebody captures an incredible video, shares it online, and inspires millions of other people to go and do the same with their GoPros, and then it happens again and again - and what you've got is this incredible snowball of stoked customers capturing and creating rad content with their GoPros.

would make you know and be known by to characters of influence in the affairs of our country …. You would be one of my family.

As communicators and marketers, people are so accustomed to thinking from the 'top down.' Finding the great analyst or the famous journalist who will endorse what you do and tell the rest of the world to go and buy your product.

You really can't spend money on social media unless you really try. Social media is really more about effort than expense.

I don't want followers.