Geoff Mulgan Quotes

I'd like to get the word out there, the word has to be spread.

Propaganda has a negative connotation, which it partially deserves, but I think there is some propaganda that is very positive. I feel that if you can do something that gets people's attention, then maybe they'll go and find out more about the person.

I'm hoping that word-of-mouth on the film - people seeing it and liking it - that that will drive more people to the theaters, because I haven't seen the billboards or the posters or anything.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out.

A lot of kids do not know my club exists yet. I did not do any big advertising, and that's what I might do in the next two or three weeks, put something in the paper.

I never met a microphone I didn’t like, and I plan to use this agency as a bully pulpit.

I do think it's possible to change people's minds - it's one of my goals with my music.

Whenever I have a message to get out I seem to find a way to get my message out.

The whole point is it's about getting as many people to come and see the play as you can.

Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case.

Without promotion, something terrible happens... nothing!

I feel like I am campaigning door to door. You just can't step out of a band like Brooks & Dunn and assume that it is just going to be business as usual. You have to work it. It does feel like a campaign where you would have Obama, Romney, or Newt beating the bushes right now. That's what I'm having to do.

If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation to go out and tell people about it.

Everybody is promoting something.

It takes an institution to help propagandize an idea.

[As a congressman] ... you need to market whatever it is you're trying to sell.

The job of campaigning is to change minds.

Keeping your head down and just writing is only part of the equation, so I surround myself with smart people to help sell my books.

I'm not famous, which generally is an absolute plus point, but if you're on TV, or someone knows who you are, it can be quite helpful to a certain charity or certain cause.

Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones.

You know, writing isn't easy. It's tedious. Ideas have a gestation period, and after a while, it becomes difficult.

After the Winter Olympics in 2006, I realized I had a platform to speak about causes that were important to me - and people would listen.

I used to put flyers on cars in parking lots, anything to get people to come to my shows. I was always having to think outside the box, and even to this day, I still try and come up with creative ways to market my shows.

To reach a mass audience, you have to offer more than just hostility.