Comments on: When will businesses harness the power of “social media”? http://www.irisblogs.co.uk/blog/martinleuw/when-will-businesses-harness-the-power-of-%e2%80%9csocial-media%e2%80%9d/. The Sector Specialist Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:52:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mark Littlewood http://www.irisblogs.co.uk/blog/martinleuw/when-will-businesses-harness-the-power-of-%e2%80%9csocial-media%e2%80%9d/./comment-page-1#comment-75 Mark Littlewood Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:35:40 +0000 http://www.irisblogs.co.uk/blog/?p=207#comment-75 Timely conversation. Businesses are increasingly looking for answers from social media but they need to answer the right questions. Perhaps we should make some of the content from tomorrow's BLN Growth Forum, in particular the panel led by Ted Shelton, available to you afterwards to share? Timely conversation. Businesses are increasingly looking for answers from social media but they need to answer the right questions. Perhaps we should make some of the content from tomorrow’s BLN Growth Forum, in particular the panel led by Ted Shelton, available to you afterwards to share?

]]> By: Dan Dickinson http://www.irisblogs.co.uk/blog/martinleuw/when-will-businesses-harness-the-power-of-%e2%80%9csocial-media%e2%80%9d/./comment-page-1#comment-74 Dan Dickinson Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:16:05 +0000 http://www.irisblogs.co.uk/blog/?p=207#comment-74 Dell have had a lot of success with social media, Dell outlets post special Twitter discounts, and they also use other social media to grow their brand. Quote from Stephen Felice of Dell SMB Group, "We interact with 3.5 million people through Twitter, Facebook, blogs and Flickr, and we generated $9 million in direct sales through Twitter and Facebook. These are powerful tools," Tweeting special offers is a great way to get people involved with your business and is clearly working out very well for Dell. Dell have had a lot of success with social media, Dell outlets post special Twitter discounts, and they also use other social media to grow their brand.
Quote from Stephen Felice of Dell SMB Group,

“We interact with 3.5 million people through Twitter, Facebook, blogs and Flickr, and we generated $9 million in direct sales through Twitter and Facebook. These are powerful tools,”

Tweeting special offers is a great way to get people involved with your business and is clearly working out very well for Dell.

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