Ryan Holmes quotes

For everybody in their busy lives, you need to invest in sharpening your tools, and you need to invest in longevity. (Ryan Holmes)
As an entrepreneur, one of the biggest challenges you will face will be building your brand. The ultimate goal is to set your company and your brand apart from the crowd. If you form a strategy without doing the research, your brand will barely float - and at the speed industries move at today, brands sink fast. View quote
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Working with lots of old media clients, I've had a front-row seat on the ascension of new social players and the decline of traditional news outlets. And it's clear to me that old media has an awful lot to learn from social media, in particular in five key areas: relevance, distribution, velocity, monetization, and user experience. View quote
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Hammer down product fundamentals first. Make sure you've got something that works before doubling down on promotion and marketing. Create a groundswell of organic support, and only then leverage PR and advertising to spread the word. View quote
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During the early days of HootSuite, when social media was still seen as a fad, I made the decision to treat our funding as if it were my personal bank account. That's not to say I blew it on fast cars and fancy dinners. Exactly the opposite. View quote
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Not using social media in the workplace, in fact, is starting to make about as much sense as not using the phone or email. View quote
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It may be coincidence that the decline of newspapers has corresponded with the rise of social media. Or maybe not. View quote
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HootSuite never had a big launch. We were lucky to even have office space. View quote
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Email is familiar. It's comfortable. It's easy to use. But it might just be the biggest killer of time and productivity in the office today. View quote
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I think that Vancouver as well as Canada needs a boot camp for young entrepreneurs. We have already seen tens if not hundreds of people put their names forward to be involved in the program, and we just think this is an amazing way to accelerate what they're doing. View quote
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Social media is the most disruptive form of communication humankind has seen since the last disruptive form of communications, email. (Ryan Holmes)
Social media is the future, with employers recognizing they need to start hiring people with the right skills. View quote
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You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can't sprint a marathon. View quote
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