They say that people in Hollywood are always nice to everyone [..]because they’re never certain whom they might be dealing with[..].

Well, we’re all in showbiz now [..] we’re always selling ourselves. We use social media to create a product — to create a brand — and the product is us. We treat ourselves like little businesses, something to be managed and promoted.

The self today is an entrepreneurial self, a self that’s packaged to be sold.

Generation Sell - William Deresiewicz

Mike Phillips chart explaining how the major Social Media platforms can be used for social branding and traffic generation.

(thx ilovecharts)

Kanye Raps At Facebook HQ

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Kanye Performs At Twitter HQ

Remember last century musicians were promoting their new albums on radios, clubs, record labels and executives, music producers, journalists. In this century they start with social media companies.

(thx to stereogum)