10 quotes on building a thriving audience

10 of the Smartest Things Said About Building a Thriving Audience

Gregory Ciotti (SparringMind.com)

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“The secret is to spend most of your time and creative energy

building assets that you control.”

- Sonia Simone, CMO of Copyblogger Media

On Your Content Platform

Gregory Ciotti | © 2012 SparringMind.com

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“Dig down deep and provide something really different and

exciting… Fight ‘sameness’ with your every breath.”

- Mark Schaefer, founder of Business Grow

On Standing Out


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“You don’t need unique ingredients.

You need a unique recipe.”- Derek Halpern, founder of SocialTriggers

On Finding Your USP


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“You can only build something massive by starting with something

small to effectively close the distance.”

- Danny Iny, founder of Firepole Marketing

On Laying the Foundation


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“When you dole out information it helps establish you as a credible

source. More importantly, it creates a trust factor.”

- Brian Gardner, founder of StudioPress

On Gaining Trust


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“One of the bad things that can happen to open minded people is getting mixed up with the wrong

crowd.”- Kristi Hines, founder of Kikolani

On the Company You Keep


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“When you’re telling a story… don’t address a mass of “readers”, but

rather treat your reader as an individual.”

- Sean Platt, founder of The Digital Writer

On Storytelling


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“Eventually you’ll learn that if you try to please everyone, your content

won’t be worth reading.”- Corbett Barr, founder of Think Traffic

On Criticism


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“If you give people an opportunity to be apart of something, they’re going to be proud of what they’ve

helped create.”- Steve Kamb, founder of NerdFitness

On Community Endorsement


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“Make sure your content or product is helping people become happier,

or don’t even bother.”- Ramsay, founder of The Blog Tyrant

On Content Creation


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And Always Remember…

Put People First!


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Thanks For Reading!Gregory Ciotti is the founder of multiple blogs, and has been audience building for some years now.

He currently blogs at Sparring Mind and is the content strategist for quite a few fine startups, as well as being a regular contributor to ThinkTraffic and the BufferApp blog.

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