Activity Quote by Ryan Holmes

Although social media is a relatively new form of communication, it has become the primary way retailers and customers are interfacing.

— Ryan Holmes

Sellers who've embraced social media are creating new opportunities that totally bypass traditional sales channels... It's about good selling - using all the tools…

— Jill Konrath

“Businesses can forge a direct connection between their community and their brand when they stop thinking about social media as the backup to the…

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Businesses are interacting with consumers to socialize rather than learn about customer expectations to in turn, deliver tangible value, improve product experiences, and invest…

— Brian Solis

Social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners. This means taking the long view and avoiding short-term benchmarks to gauge…

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Sales teams use social media to generate leads and track clients as they move through the sales funnel. Operations and distribution teams forecast supply…

— Ryan Holmes

As social is where consumers' eyeballs are, businesses must take ownership of their online company profiles. By providing their customers with a place to…

— Ryan Holmes

“The organizational and technology challenges are significant, and we have touched on only a few of them here. But we’ve seen big pay-offs for…

— McKinsey Chief Marketing & Sales Officer Forum

“With the rise of social networks and sites like Facebook and Pinterest, which can refer visitors, e-commerce companies are increasingly interested in a long…

— Alistair Croll

When people talk about successful retailers and those that are not so successful, the customer determines at the end of the day who is…

— Gerry Harvey

“The next step in the process is to measure the impact that these increases in reach have on your number of new transacting customers.…

— Olivier Blanchard

Concerned consumers are realizing that they can use social media to organize themselves around shared values to start effective movements. Social media gives them…

— Simon Mainwaring