180 Digital Marketing Quotes To Inspire Your Business

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

180 Digital Marketing Quotes To Inspire Your Business

Looking for a digital marketing quote to resonate with your audience or your team?

We put together 180+ Digital Marketing Quotes to inspire you and your business.

Here they are:

Inspirational Quotes

“In the world of Internet Customer Service, it’s important to remember your competitor is only one mouse click away.” – Doug Warner
“Google only loves you when everyone else loves you first.” – Wendy Piersall
“In 2004, good SEO made you remarkable on the web. In 2014, good SEO is a result of being remarkable on the web.” – Rand Fishkin
“Inspiration is the most important part of our digital strategy.” – Paull Young
“New marketing is about the relationships, not the medium.” – Ben Grossman
“The best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing.” – Tom Fishburne
“SEO is not something you do anymore, it’s what happens when you do everything else right” – Chad Pollitt
“We need to stop interrupting what people are interested in and be what people are interested in.” – Craig Davis
“It’s hard to find things that won’t sell online.” – Jeff Bezos
“Innovation needs to be part of your culture. Consumers are transforming faster than we are, and if we don’t catch up, we’re in trouble.” – Ian Schafer
“Think about what the user is going to type” – Matt Cutts
“Take a risk and keep testing, because what works today won’t work tomorrow, but what worked yesterday may work again.” – Amrita Sahasrabudhe
“Instead of one-way interruption, Web marketing is about delivering useful content at just the right moment that a buyer needs it.”– David Meerman Scott
“You can’t fool all the people, not even most of the time. And people once unfooled, talk about the experience.” – Seth Godin
“We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger numbers of people.” – Pierre Omidyar
“Don’t say anything online that you wouldn’t want plastered on a billboard with your face on it.” – Erin Bury
“It’s much easier to double your business by doubling your conversion rate than by doubling your traffic.” – Jeff Eisenberg
“The modern marketer is an experimenter, a lover of data, a content creator, a justifier of ROI”. – Kim Walsh
“A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is – it is what consumers tell each other it is.” – Scott Cook
“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” – Simon Sinek
“Marketers need to build digital relationships and reputation before closing a sale.” – Chris Brogan
“The brands that can connect with the client in a real way will win” – Gary Vaynerchuk
“Advertising brings in the customers, but it is your job to keep them buying from you.” – Chet Holmes.
“Good marketing makes the company look smart. Great marketing makes the customer feel smart.” – Joe Chernov
“You have to understand as a marketer that consumers are functioning in the age of efficiency.” – Mitch Joel
“In the time it took you to read this sentence 20m emails have been sent.” – John Watton
“Your goal should be to own quality time in your customer’s inbox.” – Drew Davis
“I want to do business with a company that treats emailing me as a privilege, not a transaction.” – Andrea Mignolo
“If social media is the cocktail party, then email marketing is the ‘meet up for coffee’. The original 1-to-1 channel.” – Erik Harbison
“A small list that wants exactly what you’re offering is better than a bigger list that isn’t committed.” – Ramsay Leimenstoll
“Signing up is a powerful signal of intent to buy. Send them email until they do.” – Jordie van Rijn
“Personalisation — it is not about first/last name. It’s about relevant content.” – Dan Jak
“Not enough talk about the importance of brand in email. Customers don’t sign up for email – they sign up for your brand.” – Bob Frady
“Email has an ability many channels don’t: creating valuable, personal touches – at scale.” – David Newman
“Cher’s “If I could turn back time” is actually about her sending an email campaign with a mistake in it.” – Alex Williams
“Marketing is about telling good stories. Social media marketing is about getting your customers to tell them for you.” – Corey Eridon
“Going viral is not an outcome; it’s a happening. Sometimes it happens; sometimes it doesn’t. Just remember, fans are vanity and sales are sanity.” – Lori Taylor
“The secret to getting results from your social networking is to act like a member, not a marketer.” – Mari Smith
“The future of business is social.” – Barry Libert
“Content is fire; social media is gasoline.” – Jay Baer
“Quit counting fans, followers, and blog subscribers like bottle caps.Think instead about what you’re hoping to achieve with and through the community that actually cares about what you’re doing.” – Amber Naslund
“Never forget social media is for reach but email is for revenue.” – Bryan Eisenberg
“Sell-sell-sell sales methods simply do not work on social media.” – Kim Garst
“There’s a problem with the word ‘social’. Social is not just Twitter, FB, etc. Social is a language.” – Andrew Grill
“Social media is about sociology and psychology more than technology.” – Brian Solis

Professional Quotes

“If content is king, then conversion is queen.” – John Munsell
“To continue winning the internet marketing game, your content has to be more that just brilliant, it has to give the people consuming that content the ability to become a better version of themselves.” – Michelle Stinson Ross
“Without strategy, content is just stuff, and the world has enough stuff.” – Arjun Basu
“Does your content lead readers on a journey, or does it merely stuff them as leads into a pipeline?” – Ann Handley
“Traditional marketing talks at people. Content marketing talks with them.” – Doug Kessler
“Traditional marketing and advertising is telling the world you’re a rock star. Content Marketing is showing the world that you are one.” – Robert Rose
“Content builds relationships. Relationships are built on trust. Trust drives revenue.”– Andrew Davis
“The only way to win at content marketing is for the reader to say, ‘This was written specifically for me.” – Jamie Turner
“Content is the reason search began in the first place.” – Lee Odden
“My theory is that in the age of the internet, it’s what you write, not where you write it, that matters.” – Dan Lyons
“Here’s everything you need to know about creating killer content in 3 simple words: Clear. Concise. Compelling.” – Demian Farnworth
“Our job is not to create content. Our job is to change the world of the people who consume it.” – Andrea Fryrear
“Maybe stories are just data with a soul.” – Brené Brown
“Make the customer the hero of your story.” – Ann Handley
“Tell a story. Make it true. Make it compelling. And make it relevant.” – Rand Fishkin
Good SEO work only gets better over time. It’s only search engine tricks that need to keep changing when the ranking algorithms change. – Jill Whalen
When you are writing keep asking yourself “so what” until you are sure what is in it for the customer. – Ann Handley.
Take a risk and keep testing, because what works today won’t work tomorrow, but what worked yesterday may work again.”- Amrita Sahasrabudhe.
Advertising brings in the customers, but it is your job to keep them buying from you.-Chet Holmes.
The pace of change means that relationship is more important than ever before. – Dave McLaughlin.
Quit counting fans, followers, and blog subscribers like bottle caps.Think instead about what you’re hoping to achieve with and through the community that actually cares about what you’re doing.-Amber Naslund
People shop and learn in a whole new way compared to just a few years ago, so marketers need to adapt or risk extinction. – Brian Halligan
Its much easier to double your business by doubling your conversion rate than by doubling your traffic. – Jeff Eisenberg.
In 2004, good SEO made you remarkable on the web. In 2014, good SEO is a result of being remarkable on the web. – Rand Fishkin
Going viral is not an outcome; it’s a happening. Sometimes it happens; sometimes it doesn’t.Just remember, fans are vanity and sales are sanity. – Lori Taylor
I love being marketed to’. Said no one, ever. – Jess3
Your culture is yor brand. – Tony Hsieh
We’re all learning here; the best listeners will end up the smartest. – Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff
Innovation needs to be part of your culture.Consumers are transforming faster than we are, and if we don’t catch up, we’re in trouble. – Ian Schafer.
Good marketing makes the company look smart. Great marketing makes the customer feel smart. – Joe Chernov
You can’t fool all the people, not even most of the time. And people once unfooled, talk about the experience. – Seth Godin
It doesn’t matter how much ‘real’ (objective) value you have baked into your product if your customers don’t perceive that value. – Dharmesh Shah
Best way to sell something: don’t sell anything. Earn the awareness, respect, and trust of those who might buy. – Rand Fishkin
Commit to a niche; try to stop being everything to everyone – Andrew Davis
Instead of one-way interruption, web marketing is about delivering useful content at precisely the right moment when a buyer needs it – David Meeran Scott
A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is – it is what consumers tell each other it is. – Scott Cook
Being able to quit things that don’t work is integral to being a winner – Timonthy Ferris
We embed social media inside our processes. Let’s look at our processes and see how we can enhance them with social. – Sandy Carter
The only way to win at content marketing is for the reader to say, ‘This was written specifically for me.’ – Jamie Turner
Without strategy, content is just stuff, and the world has enough stuff. – Arjun Basu
My theory is that in the age of the internet, it’s what you write, not where you write it, that matters. – Dan Lyons
You don’t have to reinvent the wheel; you just need to share your unique perspective on why the wheel is important. – Jon Ball
If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. – Peter Drucker
The Internet makes money for you when you build something that is real and when it matters to people! – Darren Rowse
Authenticity, honesty, and personal voice underlie much of what’s successful on the web – Rick Levine

Life Quotes

Content is king, but marketing is queen and runs the household. – Gary Vaynerchuk
Sell-sell-sell sales methods simply do not work on social media. – Kim Garst
The diﬀerence between Sales and Marketing is that Marketing owns the message and Sales own the relationship. – John Jantsch
Marketing is about telling good stories. Social media marketing is about getting your customers to tell them for you. – Corey Eridon
If you have more money than brains, you should focus on outbound marketing. If you have more brains than money, you should focus on inbound marketing. – Guy Kawasaki
Social Media is about sociology and psychology more than technology – Brian Solis
The best way to persuade people is with your ears – by listening to them. – Jamie Turner
If you don’t make mistakes, you aren’t really trying. – Coleman Hawkins
Marketers need to build digital relationships and reputation before closing a sale. – Chris Brogan
Don’t think of pitching. Think of offering…The offer is better than a pitch. – Sonia Simone
On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves. – Nate Silver
The paradox is the more info you give away, the more people will buy what you have to give. – Brian Clark
So let me get this straight, you tell your clients to blog every day but you don’t? – Paul Rosenberg
Content builds relationships. Relationships are built on trust. Trust drives revenue. – Andrew Davis
Tell a story. Make it true. Make it compelling. And make it relevant. – Rand Fishkin
The objective is not to ‘make your links appear natural’; the objective is that your links are natural – Matt Cutts
90% trust peers on social networks (even strangers); only 15–18% trust brands. – Danny Brown
You can never go wrong by investing in communities and the human beings within them. – Pam Moore
You have to understand as a marketer that consumers are functioning in the age of efficiency. – Mitch Joel
Each of us has some kind of powerful story. Tell it. – Leo Babauta
The modern marketer is an experimenter, a lover of data, a content creator, a justifier of ROI. – Kim Walsh
Create a minimal viable product or website, launch it, and get feedback. – Neil Patel
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. – Bill Gates
Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles. – Steve Jobs
Making promises and keeping them is a great way to build a brand. – Seth Godin
Measurement is like laundry. It piles up the longer you wait to do it. – Amber Naslund
Don’t say anything online that you wouldn’t want to plaster on a billboard with your face (or logo) on it. – Erin Bury
Make the customer the hero of your story. – Ann Handley
Disruptive innovation can hurt, if you are not the one doing the disrupting. – Clay Christensen
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. – Napoleon Hill
If you don’t understand people, you don’t understand business. – Simon Sinek
Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. – Anthony Robbins
The overarching problem is that everyone sees and uses social media from a different perspective. – Neal Schaffe
Customers can’t always tell you what they want, but they can always tell you what’s wrong. – Carly Fiorina
The brands that can connect with the client in a real way will win. – Gary Vaynerchuk
Content is fire. Social Media is gasoline. – Jay Baer
Traditional marketing talks at people. Content marketing talks with them. – Doug Kessler
Money follows passion – not the other way around. – David Garland
Depending entirely on Google or SEO is dangerous. – Danny Sullivan
Don’t focus on having a great blog. Focus on producing a blog that’s great for your readers. – Brian Clark
Never forget social media is for reach but email is for revenue. – Bryan Eisenberg
Care about your customers more than about yourself, and you’ll do well. – Derek Sivers
Content is the reason search began in the first place. – Lee Odden
When it gets difficult is often right before you succeed. – Chris Garrett
The best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing. – Tom Fishburne

Positive Quotes

Our head of social media is the customer. – McDonalds
The secret to getting results from your social networking is to act like a member, not a marketer. – Mari Smith
Content marketing is a commitment, not a campaign. – Jon Buscall
Great content is the best sales tool in the world. – Marcus Sheridan
Customers are usually very good at identifying their problems, not so much the solutions. – Dharmesh Shah
The future of business is social. – Barry Libert
The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible. – David Ogilvy
New marketing is about the relationships, not the medium. – Ben Grossman
Marketing without data is like driving with your eyes closed. – Dan Zarella
Content is anything that adds value to the reader’s life. – Avinash Kaushi
Your goal should be to own quality time in your customer’s inbox. – Drew Davis
You have to start with the basic premise that you need to know what your competition is doing. – Guy Kawasaki
SEO is not something you do anymore, it’s what happens when you do everything else right – Chad Pollitt
Google only loves you when everyone else loves you first. – Wendy Piersall
A comedian can’t stand in front of an audience and tell them he’s funny. He has to tell the joke and let them decide. – Doug Brown
Start with the end in mind and work backward. – Michael Stelzner
People ignore design that ignores people. – Frank Chimero
Focus on how to be social, not how to do social. – Jay Baer
When it comes to content, the best marketers know that self promotion is good! – Kieran Flanagan
Love your readers to death! – Darren Rowse
We must move from numbers keeping score to numbers that drive better actions. – David Walmsley
Email has an ability many channels don’t: creating valuable, personal touches – at scale” – David Newman
Modern sales feels more like a Doctor/Patient relationship than a Salesperson/Prospect relationship – Mark Roberge
You can’t shortcut relationships. – Scott Stratten
Your website is your greatest asset. More people view your web pages than anything else. – Amanda Sibley
Give them quality. That’s the best kind of advertising. – Milton Hershey
Don’t be afraid to get creative and experiment with your marketing. – Mike Volpe
Don’t build links. Build relationships. – Rand Fishkin
Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend. – Mark Zuckerberg
When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely. – Timonthy Ferris
You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills. – Jim Rohn
“If plan “A” fails — remember you have 25 letters left. – Chris Guillebeau
Think like a publisher, not a marketer. – David Meerman Scott
Recruiting great marketers must be your #1 priority. – Kipp Bodnar
Influence is providing attention and value to others. – Laura Fitton
Some of us sell to businesses, but we all market to people – Elle Woulfe
Blog with passion. Passion spreads. – Scott Stratten
Make it about them, not about you. – Simon Sinek
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again. – Richard Branson
It’s all about people. It’s about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. – Mike Davidson
You have to understand that nothing appeals to everybody. – Gene Simmons
Messages that fail to fascinate will become irrelevant. – Sally Hogshead
If you get bored with social media, it’s because you are trying to get more value than you create. – Fast Company
Make your marketing so useful people would pay you for it. – Jay Baer
Good marketers see consumers as complete human beings with all the dimensions real people have. – Jonah Sachs

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