Digital Influence

A random selection of inspiring thoughts about digital influence online

Share your ideas liberally. Accountability and letting people know what you’re up to can make all the difference.
— Scott Belsky

People either identify and connect with your story or they don’t. Have a story that’s worth telling.
— Michael Margolis

We use other people’s stuff or other people’s content to socialize. And your stuff’s either a social object or it’s not.
— Hugh MacLeod

Move offline. Sometimes your market is not online. Use another media—television, radio, speaking events.
— David Bullock

Avoid incestuous blogging. Instead of sticking to one niche, think bigger: what social circles are related to yours?
— Chris Guillebeau

Know where you’re going — because who would want to follow you if you don’t know where you’re going?
— Liz Strauss

The only way to build influence is to go out and try and get it yourself, and to overcome that fear of doing so.
— Terry Starbucker

Improve the buttons on your landing page. Can you make your button bigger?
— Anne Holland

Either be super-fake and make believe you’re friendly to everybody, or be completely honest.
— Loren Feldman

Set up a fan page on Facebook. Make a welcome tab with a video on it, and ask a poll question.
— Michael Stelzner

Give as much as you can give. Too often we’re too focused on what we want to accomplish.
— Muhammad Saleem

Don’t worry about getting attention from other people. Make something worth talking about.
— Nathan Hangen

Just start talking to people! Don’t worry about what to tweet, just start responding.
— Laura Roeder

Talk about things you know. The reason Wine Library TV worked was because I knew what I was talking about.
— Gary Vaynerchuk

Building digital influence is about ‘digital dimensionality.’ Show as many sides of yourself or your business as you can.
— Tamsen McMahon