626 Quotes by Ryan Holiday

Growth hackers are typically computer engineers that build great marketing ideas into the product during the development process.

The process for finding, creating, and consuming information has fundamentally changed with the advent of the web and the rise of blogging.

As I discovered in my media manipulations, the information that finds us online - what spreads - is the worst kind. It raised itself above the din not through its value, importance, or accuracy but through the opposite: through slickness, titillation, and polarity.

I made a lot of money and had a great time playing with the words that make up the news. I exploited the laziness behind the news and people's reading habits.

The media, when it's functioning properly, protects the public against marketers and their ceaseless attempts to trick people into buying things.

We need to separate marketing messages from content. We need to enforce a clear line between 'editorial' and 'advertising.'

Brands are essentially forbidden from saying or associating themselves with the Olympics - something that has been commonly owned by Western Civilization since the Greeks - unless they hand over piles of cash to the Games.

I love books. Probably too much for my own good.

I know how hard authors work on their books and how far out of their element many are when it comes to doing the sales and marketing. So when I see someone doing it wrong and giving bad advice, I do my best to help - even when they're not my clients.