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Quotes About Self-promotion

When you want someone to notice you, there's one fail-safe way of making sure that they do: by plastering pictures of yourself across social media. Your motive might seem obvious, but so what?
~ Adwoa Aboah
No one would come to my drag shows before 'Drag Race' but I had a big social media following because I knew had to work it. I am very active on social media.
~ Adore Delano
Everybody wants to be a celebrity, which is why we have this phenomenon of social media, where nobody wants to be private. We all want to be seen.
~ Marc Jacobs
Social media is a superimposing place where people are usually bragging.
~ Brandon Stanton
Narcissism has existed for a long time; social media is just a new outlet to express it. Anybody who is going to record themselves and put that on the Internet, hoping people will watch, there is a degree to which that exists, yeah. I don't know if I would call myself a narcissist. I don't necessarily identify with that label.
~ Tyler Oakley
Any image I have, it's just what I do, but it comes off as being very pretentious. When you're a bit in the public astigmatism, anything you do seems like you did it so somebody would see you do it, like showing up at the right parties.
~ Tom Waits
I really wanted to take 'Dilbar' to Africa and the Middle East in Arabic because it was also a perfect way to launch myself.
~ Nora Fatehi
How people will talk about one's doings!" Fancy exclaimed. "Well, if you make songs about yourself, my dear, you can't blame other people for singing 'em.
~ Thomas Hardy
Here's another one of Ferrazzi's shameless attempts at self-promotion.
~ Keith Ferrazzi
If you can't advertise yourself, what hope do you have of being able to advertise anything else?
~ Kenneth Roman
No es desagradable la ostentación que esas gentes hacían de sus creaciones? ¿Quién puede ser tan estúpido como para creer a una persona que ensalza su propio producto? ¿Acaso va a confesar sus defectos? ¿Retrocederá ante cualquier exageración?
~ Isaac Asimov
Instagram influencers project a specific, highly crafted image of perfection - one that is largely white, thin, and psychologically Zen. Critics argue that this boom, in turn, has helped fuel excessive self-promotion in which we post about only the good moments rather than reality - essentially, a distorted echo chamber.
~ Mary Pilon
What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
~ Abraham Lincoln
When I was first starting out as a kid, I tried to pad my resume with everything I had ever done - ice-skate, carry a tune. I can't dance for my life, but I can learn, so I'll tell people I can dance. I play the piano - I'm a really good pianist, actually.
~ Alexandra Daddario
I could have had my husband put me on a lot of TV shows every day, but I chose not to. I am a serious businesswoman. I don't enjoy being out there on TV; it's not what I do well.
~ Jennifer Flavin
Tweeting is the go-to medium for the show-off and the shyster.
~ Craig Brown
Everybody these days wants to be a star, including myself. Don't get me wrong, I'm a chef but you want to market yourself and your projects.
~ Geoffrey Zakarian
Hollywood is all about making an entrance. I don't want to be a walking advertisement for anyone other than myself.
~ Rose McGowan
People YouTube me and crap and then, they probably don't want to see me after seeing a friendly posted YouTube video, so I'm constantly having to take those down.
~ Terry Bozzio
Actresses feel immense pressure to keep up. Nobody wants someone who doesn't know how to market themselves.
~ Zoe Cassavetes
If something good happens to you, and no one knows it, did it really happen? Moreover, if you don't publicize your accomplishments and good fortune, are you essentially saying you don't care about them?
~ Meghan Daum
To sell yourself is somewhat debasing, and everyone is selling something.
~ Genesis P-Orridge
I was never the guy who was going to try to use my social media to be a source of promotion for myself... It was always trying to use whatever kind of a voice in the position that I have been blessed with for good.
~ David Draiman
You must create opportunity by selling your goods, your services, your ideas, your ability, your personality, yourself.
~ Napoleon Hill