Tyler Oakley Quotes

I'm not equipped for the social media thing.

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

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.

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.

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

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

I'm trying to embrace social media because it gives artists a little more power than we've had in the past.

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

The thing that got me started on Twitter was just basically pressure from management and the record company saying, 'Hey, this is what all the other artists are doing. You need to be doing it also.' I didn't really have a clue what is was.

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.

Social media for the majority of companies is not about helping customers or improving products.

I've been on, like, the forefront of social media. I run all my own pages, and this is back to MySpace and answering my own emails in, like, 2006. Even before that, I always had websites with emails that dropped directly to me.

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

I've found my calling with Twitter. It's all about the amount of interaction you do, and the traffic you move, and I'm really good at that. I keep going and going and going, and no one can believe that I can keep it up.

I think social media is so important; the young bands have certainly embraced that and used that to their advantage.

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 have some help on tweeting.

The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.

I hope that all new filmmakers see that the Internet and social media are helpful tools in establishing a fan base as well as being able to interact with your fans.

I had a blog for many years. Once you develop your readership on your blog, and you can put something out there or direct traffic or get attention - it's like a super power.

I draft tweets, like, 20 times.

It's very easy to make a viral video, but longevity and consistency, that's hard.

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.

Just as performers, I think you'd be an idiot not to utilize YouTube.