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Awesome Quotes for Facebook from 50 Business Leaders

Posted 25 May, 2014

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awesome quotes for FacebookOne of the best ways to get fans to engage with your Facebook page is to post an inspiring quote.

Quotes often get lots of Likes -- and people love to share them!

Business leaders & motivational speakers are some of the most quoted people out there.

Folks like:

  • Seth Godin
  • Josh James
  • Brian Solis
  • Jeff Bezos
  • Guy Kawasaki
  • Zig Zigler

I came across a LinkedIn presentation with quotes from 50 sales & social media experts.

A link to the slideshow is included at the end of this article.

But to save you from having to click through each slide, I posted all 50 quotes here along with "Click to Tweet" links so you can easily share the motivational thoughts with your followers.

They'll appreciate it!

At the end, I show you an easy way to find awesome quotes for Facebook. So stick around!

Awesome Quotes for Facebook from 50 Business Leaders

Brian Solis

This is the end of business as usual.

>> Click to Tweet

Don Tapscott

This is not an information age. It's an age of networked intelligence.

>> Click to Tweet

Marc Benioff

The elites - or managers in companies - no longer control the conversation. This is how insurrections start.

>> Click to Tweet

Jeremiah Owyang

B2B and B2C no longer exist. Only P2P matters now -- person to person.

>> Click to Tweet

Reid Hoffman

Help the people in your network. And let them help you.

>> Click to Tweet

Scott Cook

A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is -- it is what the consumers tell each other it is.

>> Click to Tweet

Koka Sexton

Technology is a double edge sword. Just as sales people are moving into the future, the buyers are already ahead of us.

>> Click to Tweet

Jeffrey Dachis

Everything that can be social will be.

>> Click to Tweet

Gartner, Inc.

By 2015, the 20% of enterprises employing social media beyond marketing will lead their industries into revenue growth.

>> Click to Tweet

Josiane Feigon

By the year 2020, 85 percent of buyer-seller interaction will happen online through social media and video.

>> Click to Tweet

Josh James

Sales-driven cultures can really differentiate you from the majority of the competition.

>> Click to Tweet

Jay Baer

Social media creates kinship between companies and customers, and kinship equals purchase intent.

>> Click to Tweet

Jon Ferrara

Social selling expands on the age-old basics of getting to know your customers and meeting their needs.

>> Click to Tweet

Mark Roberge

It's no longer about interrupting, pitching and closing. It's about listening, diagnosing and prescribing.

>> Click to Tweet

Seth Godin

Selling to people who actually want to hear you is more effective than interrupting strangers that don't.

>> Click to Tweet

Trish Bertuzzi

It is the cold that is dead -- not the calling.

>> Click to Tweet

Chris Brogan

You can't fake community, you can't force it, either.

>> Click to Tweet

John Jantsch

Listening is the new prospecting.

>> Click to Tweet

Gary Vaynerchuk

There is no sale without the story; no knockout without the setup.

>> Click to Tweet

Dennis Agusi

It's about relationships, not technology.

>> Click to Tweet

Ralf VonSosen

Sales is all about creating a meaningful relationship that can be the foundation of a lasting business relationship.

>> Click to Tweet

Jeffrey Gitomer

Value the relationship more than making quota.

>> Click to Tweet

Julio Viskovich

Social is not a place for hard sell, it's a place to build trust and credibility.

>> Click to Tweet

Patricia Fripp

You don't close a sale, you open a relationship if you want to build a long-term, successful enterprise.

>> Click to Tweet

Jeff Bezos

If you build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.

>> Click to Tweet

Zig Ziglar

For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough!

>> Click to Tweet

Guy Kawasaki

Enchantment is the purest form of sales.

>> Click to Tweet

Brian Frank

When you have a multi-tiered sales effort, the first thing you want to do is understand the market.

>> Click to Tweet

Donal Daly

The impact on a customer of a bad buying decision is usually greater than the impact of a salesperson of a lost deal.

>> Click to Tweet

Mike Bosworth

The best salespeople know that their expertise can become their energy in selling.

>> Click to Tweet

Clay Shirky

When we change the way we communicate we change society.

>> Click to Tweet

Deloitte

Too often, companies implement social software without clear business objectives or a strategy for making an impact on organizational performance. These efforts typically fail.

>> Click to Tweet

Richard Branson

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

>> Click to Tweet

Michael Hyatt

Most of us have experienced wow moments. We just haven't had taken the time to think deep about them.

>> Click to Tweet

Jill Konrath

The best sales questions have your expertise wrapped into them.

>> Click to Tweet

Darren Rowse

Consistently investigate what gives people energy. Be the fan that fuels it.

>> Click to Tweet

Neal Schaffer

Call your tribe to action, then you'll understand how much influence you really have.

>> Click to Tweet

Jill Rowley

Socially surround your buyers and their 'sphere of influence': experts, peers and colleagues.

>> Click to Tweet

Laura Fitton

You earn influence by giving value and attention to other people. BE USEFUL!

>> Click to Tweet

Ken Krogue

Do your best to always move from less assertive methodologies to more assertive and more effective.

>> Click to Tweet

Matt Heinz

Filter everything you're doing, saying and pitching and you'll improve just about every metric you care about today.

>> Click to Tweet

Gartner, Inc.

80% of social business efforts will not achieve the intended benefits due to inadequate leadership and an overemphasis on technology.

>> Click to Tweet

Angela Ahrendts

For any CEO that is skeptical at all: you have to create a social enterprise today!

>> Click to Tweet

Capgemini Consulting

The key to digital transformation is re-envisioning and driving change in how the company operates. That's a management and people challenge, not just a technology one.

>> Click to Tweet

Jeff Weiner

LinkedIn is not just a place to find your dream job, but a way to be better at the job you already have.

>> Click to Tweet

Jason Miller

1 out of every 3 professionals on the planet is on LinkedIn.

>> Click to Tweet

Steve Richard

Join LinkedIn Groups. You are 70% more likely to get an appointment or an unexpected sale.

>> Click to Tweet

Jamie Shanks

Make each sales rep responsible for monitoring a certain number of competitors on LinkedIn.

>> Click to Tweet

Jeff Gibbard

Social Business: This is not a drill people!

>> Click to Tweet

Sandy Carter

Your social platform will become the motherboard of your business.

>> Click to Tweet

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Your Turn

Did quotes in this article inspire you to do better at business & life?

Which is your favorite?

Is there an inspiring quote that you try to live by?

Please share it in the comments below so others have some awesome quotes for Facebook.

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