Chris Brogan Quotes & Sayings

The key is, no matter what story you tell, make your buyer the hero. — Chris Brogan

Ideas have a shelf-life. Share yours, let others collaborate, and you'll get new ones. — Chris Brogan

There's no value to working hard on being really popular. — Chris Brogan

Business is about belonging which means inclusion is the new black. — Chris Brogan

To trust agents, hyperlinks are the twenty-first-century equivalent of the name-dropper. — Chris Brogan

Don't treat your customers like a bunch of purses and wallets. — Chris Brogan

Your excuses will never be as good as the story of how you got it done. — Chris Brogan

Between your brain and your mouth (or your fingers) is magic: your power to choose what you say next. Use that magic. — Chris Brogan

Cultivate visibility because attention is currency. — Chris Brogan

No matter what, the very first piece of Social Media Real Estate I'd start with is a blog. — Chris Brogan

If we don't support the people who support us, what are we going to do? — Chris Brogan

Ask yourself this question CONSTANTLY: where can I add the most value to what matters most to me and the people who care about me? — Chris Brogan

Never try to be a thought leader. There's no value in that. Instead, try to add value. — Chris Brogan

Bravery comes when you commit to doing the work. — Chris Brogan

Social media puts the "public" into PR and the "market" into marketing. — Chris Brogan

Are you using your degree as it was intended in your current job? Lots of people aren't. How is the education system keeping up with the velocity of change in what actually constitutes a real job? — Chris Brogan

Mission + tools. That's really what it takes to have focus ... you fail at focus because whatever you are trying to focus on isn't important enough to you. — Chris Brogan

Marketers need to build digital relationships and reputation before closing a sale. — Chris Brogan

To truly know what works, you have to learn what doesn't work first. — Chris Brogan

If you can't find your own center and love for yourself, nothing else works. — Chris Brogan

Fear is at the heart of most of our worst choices. — Chris Brogan

Any opportunity to be helpful is an opportunity to earn money. — Chris Brogan

For every day we don't unlock our own value, we remain plugged into our other identity. — Chris Brogan

Celebrate small victories often. Mourn failures quickly. Do what's necessary without fanfare. — Chris Brogan

Guide them where you want them to interact with you. — Chris Brogan

The difference between PR and social media is that PR is about positioning, and social media is about becoming, being and improving. — Chris Brogan

Email is a system that delivers other people's priorities to your attention. It's up to you to decide when that priority should be managed into your world. It's not the other way around. — Chris Brogan

Treat praise like criticism: refuse to accept either. — Chris Brogan

When the people who support and are a part of your community, the community you have the pleasure and power and opportunity to serve, that's where all the best business happens. — Chris Brogan

If you're not writing your own story, you're a character in someone else's. — Chris Brogan

Content marketing is weaponized storytelling. — Chris Brogan

You must own your intentions. — Chris Brogan

Don't settle: Don't finish crappy books. If you don't like the menu, leave the restaurant. If you're not on the right path, get off it. — Chris Brogan

Your day is your week is your month is your year. — Chris Brogan

If you accept all the praise, you have to accept all the critics. — Chris Brogan

What's required is a kind of social media sherpa, who can find you the audience you seek, who can reach to them on the platforms where they are already congregating, and who can help promote in tasteful ways that fit the sensitivities of the networks where your audiences are found. — Chris Brogan

You might be the "little drummer boy," worried that what you have to say isn't worthy. Everyone has something to contribute, especially if you remember to be the real you and not a copy of others you feel are successful. — Chris Brogan

The people are what matters. — Chris Brogan

The inbox is the perfect delivery system of other people's priorities. — Chris Brogan

Raise up the people beside you & quit worshipping those above you. — Chris Brogan

Stories are how we learn best. We absorb numbers and facts and details, but we keep them all glued into our heads with stories. — Chris Brogan

In a way, the web is like your Hollywood agent: It speaks for you whenever you are not around to comment — Chris Brogan

My bank does not accept likes. — Chris Brogan

We exist to serve our community. That's the most important mind-set to maintain. — Chris Brogan

People who connect and build fluid relationships are trust agents. — Chris Brogan

An inventor creates something that works. An entrepreneur creates something that others will buy. — Chris Brogan

The future is what I create today. Every day. — Chris Brogan

While face-to-face is just as important as it ever was, now that we've got all kinds of new tools, let us tighten bonds in between those in-person moments. — Chris Brogan

Try to help people rather than focusing on what's in it for me. — Chris Brogan

Complexity serves nothing but our ego. Be able to say what you do in a way that people can understand. — Chris Brogan

The goal isn't more money. The goal is living life on your terms. — Chris Brogan

Own your words. Your words are the maps to your intentions. — Chris Brogan

Walt Disney believed in himself instead of worrying what others were saying. — Chris Brogan

Tell more people that you love them.You never know how much they might need it. — Chris Brogan

An owner is someone who chooses to own their life, own their choices, and own their future. — Chris Brogan

Don't ever think that somebody isn't important or not good enough, because you never know which way the road will take you. — Chris Brogan

Surrounded yourself with brilliant people. You can't HELP but grow when that happens. — Chris Brogan

What you don't do is surrender. You might retreat occasionally, but you don't give up. — Chris Brogan

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