Can i quote someone on my website

Gated and long-form content assets are prone to the same attribution issues, too, but perhaps to a lesser extent since the volume is typically lower, and turnaround times longer. So let's walk through a couple common scenarios bloggers come across and figure out how to address them -- but bear in mind you can apply these attribution methods to your long-form content assets, too.

Let's say you're quoting another blogger in your post -- hey, sometimes you literally couldn't have said it better yourself. First of all, you have to actually quote them. Don't just take their words and adopt them as your own; they took time to think of that explanation. But there's still some internet etiquette that goes along with quoting someone other than just throwing some quotation marks around their statement.

Here's an internet-friendly way to quote someone in your content taken from an old blog post of ours :. Not only does David Meerman Scott get credit for his quote, but his company is mentioned with hyperlinked text to his website.

An added bonus is the link to his Twitter handle -- by no means necessary, but certainly a nice gesture. Aside from mentioning the person's name, it's also nice to provide them with an inbound link -- either to the page from which you drew your quote, or to another meaningful page on their site.

One thing to keep in mind when quoting text from someone else's website is that many companies have content usage guidelines that will let you know how, or if, they want you to use their content. Take a look at HubSpot's content usage guidelines to get an idea what these might look like, but in a nutshell, they're the guidelines laid out to try to ensure you use the right stuff in the right way.

For example, one of the notable parts of our content usage guidelines is that you can quote our content on your website, but only up to 75 words; this is to prevent duplicate content issues that would impact both our own organic search rankings, and the other website's.

So when quoting content from another source, do a quick check to see whether they have similar guidelines to which you should adhere. The copy around the statistic not only gives credit to the company that published the data, but eMarketer also receives a link back to their site. That link, however, should not just go to their homepage. Point that link to the actual page on which that data lives. This is for the benefit of the reader, too, so they can dig into the research more if they're so inclined.

If you found a quote, article, or data point via another website, it's nice to indicate that in the copy. For example, if you're newsjacking and you found the story via another website, give them a nod that they're the ones who broke the story originally. Or, if you're reading a blog post and there's a particularly compelling quote contained therein from an industry influencer, it's nice to give credit to the blogger that called that out. You might phrase it like this:. The NYT link should head to the article they published on the subject, and the Twitter link should head to their blog post or press release announcing the news.

When you're sharing someone else's content in social media, the approach you take to give proper credit changes depending on the social network. Here's the breakdown:. Simply include a "via username" somewhere in the tweet. If you're retweeting someone's content but you edit their original tweet, be sure to change "RT" to "MT," which stands for "modified tweet. Facebook makes it pretty easy to give credit when you're sharing someone else's content right from their own timeline -- they have a 'Share' button ready and waiting for you, and they make it easy to see the originating URL, originating sharer, as well as the names of people who shared it.

It'll look like this note the WordStream hyperlink in the image below. If you're sharing content from another source and they don't have a Facebook page, then the link to their piece of content will suffice.

Proper source attribution on LinkedIn is simple. Just include the link to the content you're citing in the update, and mention the person or company name. Pinterest is all about content sharing, so it's no wonder proper source attribution is built right into the platform with their "Repin" button. When you go to repin content, however, sometimes the original creator has included a URL, hashtag, or other indicator of authorship.

Don't edit that link out -- it's poor form. And marketers, beware. If you include your link in the "Description" section of your pin, you may get flagged as a spammer. Maintaining a blog takes help, sometimes from guest authors or ghost writers. If you're using a ghost writer, you don't have to give credit to that author. That's the whole point. They're ghosts.

You can't see them. Hope that helps! I am a new blogger. And your blogs are really help full to me. Thanks For sharing your valuable thoughts with us! One suggestion I would make is to encourage students and staff to take photos around their school that as Janet suggested have some negative space that is ready for a quote to be added to. This is a great way to have some discussions about framing photos and can also be tied to talking about respectful use of images particularly if people are included in the photos.

These photos can be stored in a shared drive where ready for use when needed. This is an excellent idea. Thanks so much for sharing.

I love the concept of a shared drive too. Photography tips for students sounds like a possible blog post idea! One idea for educators as professional learners I would like to add has to do with creating Visual Quote Cards while attending conferences or workshops. When a presenter shares a thought or makes a point you want to capture, note the quote in a Google Doc or other notation tool. Place the visual quote cards in your blog as desired. Note: You can upload a visual quote card image to a tweet or share via Instagram or Facebook.

I love this idea! I love the idea of sketchnoting at conferences too but I have no idea how people get them finished in short amounts of time. What a treasure trove of ideas and links!

Thank you so much for all this. Greetings, Alexandra. Thank you, Kathleen, your post is so useful and we really do love quotes. Only this year I began to quote my students posts: I will take a sentence from their text and put it on an image with my free software fotophiltre, or in canvas or even in stencil, as you taught me.

Now, as we have just 5 weeks to go until Easter, my kids are wishing to study for their tests and writing less. I think they are very useful and nice to use. Looks fabulous, Ines! Thanks so much for your added suggestions. Hi Purviben, Thank you for sharing! I am glad that you find the sites useful.

As a newbie blogger, I find both Quiozio and Addletter much easier to use. Hopefully, as I blog more, I will have more ease and incorporate others as well.

Kathleen, Thanks. I have learned so much from you and everyone else. I am glad I am sharing something else as well. Your email address will not be published. Get A Free Blog. Search Toggle search interface Menu Toggle extended navigation. Whatever the case, quotes can be powerful. Here are six reasons why quotes might become a regular feature in your blog posts: You can back up your thoughts and make your writing more credible.

Student voice can be incorporated into a blog post written by a teacher. You can provide alternative viewpoints or encourage readers to reflect.

Quotes can help you begin or end your blog post with impact. The research involved in finding quality quotes is a solid learning experience. Quotes can make your posts easier to read as they break up the text.

How To Put A Quote In Your Post You can just type your quote into a post and put it in quotation marks, but to really make it stand out and break up your text, try a quote block. Your words will display like this: Learning is not done to you. Great stuff, just excellent! Hey very cool site!! I will bookmark your website and take the feeds also? You need to be a part of a contest for one of the most useful sites on the web.

Your website is always super helpful. Keep on posting excellent article! First off I would like to say excellent blog! I was interested to find out how you center yourself and clear your thoughts prior to writing. I have had a tough time clearing my thoughts in getting my ideas out. I truly do enjoy writing but it just seems like the first 10 to 15 minutes are generally lost just trying to figure out how to begin. Any recommendations or hints?

Why not give freewriting a try? Check them out! Good luck! Good post. I learn something new and challenging on websites I stumbleupon every day. It will always be interesting to read articles from other authors and practice a little something from other websites. I like the valuable information you supply in your articles. I will bookmark your website and take a look regularly. Oh my goodness! Impressive article dude! Is there anybody else getting similar RSS problems?

Anyone that knows the solution will you kindly respond? You can definitely see your enthusiasm in the work articles you write. It gives hope for even more passionate writers who are not afraid to mention what they believe.

Always follow your heart. I plan to self-publish a novel. As I proceeded to acquire permissions to use some passages from other writers who are loved and emulated by characters in the story, the holders of the rights were difficult or impossible to deal with and sought exorbitant fees.

Pointing out how my use among a likely very limited readership would praise and promote the work did not help. I am going to delete the passages and the attribution and just make up fictitious writers and prose or poetry. The bookmark art would include a one sentence famous interview quote on themes: reading, education, creativity. I include the source of the quote, note some people still living. Do you think there would be a problem? Thank you for your question.

Be sure to include the name of the person who said the quote and provide enough information for people to be able to find the original quote. Thank you so much for your site! Eg, I have a chapter on TV and media, with my main point being that there are many risks we need to consider and protect our children against these days.

These authors are non-fiction, often physicians or researchers. My style is somewhat journalistic. So my questions are: 1. Does my non-fiction style help with the fair use argument? It is not a research paper and if I managed to publish it would be a commercial venture, not helping my case obviously 2.

Is it equally dangerous to quote from TEDTalks etc? Finally, is it safe to quote from organisations such as the American Academy of Paediatrics e. However I would greatly appreciate any thoughts you could give me on my situation and questions if possible!!

Since we are not lawyers, we cannot offer any legal advice. We would recommend contacting a lawyer with experience in the publishing industry. I am a freelance writer and I am writing an article for a trade magazine. I used a public quote from a Congressman that was published on the Internet on a number of websites. Is it o. Do I get permission directly from the Congressman? Hi, Carlea— Great question? The trade magazine for which you are writing the article should have policies and guidelines about this.

We recommend you check with them for how they would like you to handle this. I was pretty pleased to find this page. I wanted to thank you for your time just for this fantastic read!! I definitely liked every little bit of it and I have you saved as a favorite to look at new things in your website. I want to use well-known and often repeated quotes usually from famous people at the beginning of the Chapters of my book but the editor is asking if I have permission and wants me to eliminate them.

Is there a place I can verify it is okay to use certain quotes? You will have to research each quote to find out if the work is in the public domain. Hope this helps! I have summarized an episode of a s TV show in a non-fiction book set for publication. Does a writer typically need permission for a summary of this nature when nothing is quoted directly from the episode? We are not lawyers, so we cannot offer legal advice.

We would recommend speaking with an attorney who specializes in copyright. If linking to a quote is legal, would something like jumbling the quote incomprehensibly or putting words into a word search qualify as linking? Can I be sued for such a non-quotational batch of meaningful keywords?

Hi What if I want to summarise research papers as reference for my soon to be published book for profit? Will citations alone do, or should I get permission…. I am not using quotes. We would recommend consulting a lawyer with experience in the publishing industry. Do you have to have permission to use a three word quote said by someone Estee Lauder? We would recommend speaking with an attorney who specializes in copyright law. A journal of sorts.

What would be the regulations for this if I were to use quotes from Japanese Animation characters anime and cite the show, episodes, and character as well as the original author? But I am hoping to get this novel published commercially. So my question is about common practice: if I do succeed in getting it published, does a publisher usually take on the task of getting permission or does the author do it even in that case?

Thank you. I authored my own quotes and in fact, i made an instagram account for it. Here comes my friend who recently launched his website pushed me to make it a quote book.