Erik Qualman Quotes & Sayings

“You're talking about a younger generation, Generation Y, whose interpersonal communication skills are different from Generation X. The younger generation is more comfortable saying something through a digital mechanism than even face to face.”

“You can spend your time daydreaming or make use of it in other ways.”

“One thing we seem to be missing is that just as we no longer search for the news, the news finds us today (e.g. this article found me) we will no longer search for products and services, rather we will look to our social graph to what products and services they like and don't like.”

“The power of social media is it forces necessary change.”

“Everybody's got the mindset that everything should be measurable.”

“Increasingly, consumers don't search for products and services. Rather, services come to their attention via social media.”

“It's about listening first, then selling.”

“Social media has made the web all about me, me, me.”

“The easier things are to buy, the more we consume.”

“At a minimum the majority of search dollars will flow to a social media model because people care most about what their peers think and the technology is there for that information to be quickly shared on products and services.”