For your inspiration and ours, here are the Top 10 of our favorite quotes about marketing:
“Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.”
— Mark Twain
“Increasingly, the mass marketing is turning into a mass of niches.”
— “The Long Tail” author Chris Anderson
“Bring the best of your authentic self to every opportunity.”
— “Duct Tape Marketing” author John Jantsch
“A company’s website is the key to their entire business.”
— “The Sales Lion” blogger Marcus Sheridan
“Give them quality. That’s the best kind of advertising.”
— Founder of Hershey’s Chocolate Company, Milton Hershey
“People don’t want to be sold. What people do want is news and information about the things they care about.”
— “Marketing to the Social Web” author Larry Weber
“People share, read and generally engaged with any type of content when it’s surfaced through friends and people they know and trust.”
— Facebook representative Malorie Lucich
“Your culture is your brand.”
— Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give it to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll just want something new.”
— Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs
“The Web is like your Hollywood agent: It speaks for you whenever you’re not around to comment.”
— “Trust Agents” co-authors Chris Brogan and Julien Smith