Dell's James Gibb shares a case study on Dell's Social Media at #SMU2. The theme of the day is the power of crowd-sourcing. You can connect with James on Twitter @JamesGatDell
7. Today we will have connected with more than 5.4 million customers More than 3.5 million people belong to our social media community Quick Dell facts Dell ranked No.1 out of 100 social brands in recent study by headstream Direct2Dell one of the most recognised company blogs
10. “A good idea is a network. …If we are going to explain the mystery of where good ideas come from, we’ll have to start by shaking ourselves free of this common misconception: an idea is not a single thing. It is more like a swarm.” Steven Johnson
Which is really quite a statement. So how did we get to such an accolade?Business Insider cited 5 reasons:Passionate social listeners – 5 years, Radian 6, Chief Blogger etcSocial media university - 10,000 team members trained as social media professionalsTurn customers into brand advocates - Throughout last year, we encountered a number of people that were influential - we helped them out and sure enough they’d write or tweet about Dell in a positive way.Dell Execs are social. Not just exec support, exec participationDell’s community is active and involved – Social media blackmail storyDell isn’t perfect. We make mistakes, we get things wrong and there are still things we need to put right. But the openness, efforts and community platforms are clearly recognised.Let me share a few quick facts with you to illustrate this: