Long-time readers will remember the
and and Indeed, it does work. As technology life cycles shorten, real connections -- real relationships -- between people are the long-term differentiators of a business. (hat tip: Comments Tag:"Welcome to the age of customer control. This isn’t just crowdsourcing. This is crowdmanaging. Companies still fear this. But, hell, if even Dell can lean back and let its customers begin to take charge, anyone can."
"[Here] is the genius of Lionel Menchaca [Dell blogger]. In a flash, he transformed the image of Dell in my eyes. From a company that wanted to look at but not touch people like me, that wanted customers to come deal in the company’s space on the company’s terms, here suddenly was a guy who spoke honestly and directly. He admitted the company’s problems. But he also answered back...Here, we all could see, was a reasonable man. He immediately earned the respect of me and many other bloggers; this, too, was a point of coalescence. Like Robert Scoble, he gave a borgish company a human voice. He gave us respect and got respect in return.
It works."
Jeff Jarvis Delighted With Dell?
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