Brainstorm Quote by Ryan Holmes

Importantly, companies are using social media to do things that go way beyond just chatting up existing customers on Facebook. Sales departments use social…

— Ryan Holmes

Sales departments use social to nurture leads and close sales. HR posts job openings and vets applicants. Community and support squads mine networks, blogs…

— Ryan Holmes

Social media teams can and do launch clever campaigns, but game-changing Social Business initiatives are typically driven by management teams.

— Clara Shih

Customer service teams at many companies have already embraced social media, often out of necessity.

— Ryan Holmes

You can use social media to turn strangers into friends, friends into customers and customers into salespeople.

— Seth Godin

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

Social media has shaken up the world of sales, with Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter offering new ways to hound leads and unprecedented insights into…

— Ryan Holmes

I feel like social media is something that has yet to be considered a viable platform for marketing in the industry.

— Aurora Guerrero

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

Successful companies in social media function more like entertainment companies, publishers, or party planners than as traditional advertisers.

— Erik Qualman

Before you can pick a social-media strategy, you have to think of your customer and what the value proposition is for them. Social media…

— Carol Roth

Social media is a great way to get customers. Time is money. If you do this right, it costs money. But social media is…

— JJ Ramberg