Comments on: BlueShirtNation: Success from Risking Failure http://minnov8.com/2008/06/27/bsn/ Minnesota Technology Innovation News & Insights Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:04:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Social Media Breakfast at Best Buy | Minnov8: Minnesota Innovation in Internet and Web Technology http://minnov8.com/2008/06/27/bsn/comment-page-1/#comment-1103 Social Media Breakfast at Best Buy | Minnov8: Minnesota Innovation in Internet and Web Technology Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:47:13 +0000 http://minnov8.com/?p=329#comment-1103 [...] has said many times in interviews (including this one with Minnov8) that the adoption of social media was a fluke and that other companies would have [...] [...] has said many times in interviews (including this one with Minnov8) that the adoption of social media was a fluke and that other companies would have [...]

]]> By: Minneapolis Website Design http://minnov8.com/2008/06/27/bsn/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Minneapolis Website Design Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:30:14 +0000 http://minnov8.com/?p=329#comment-169 This was a great move on the part of Best Buy. More companies need to embrace giving their employees a voice but a lot of employers are scared of what their employees would say. VP's of Marketing rarely work the register for hours on end listening to what customers are saying like the floor staff does. These employees sometimes have a better handle on what customers are truly looking for. Sometimes the best ideas come from the most unlikely places. Like the movie says "You know, it's for kids!" More and more of our clients are contracting us build these communication tools into their websites and I applaud them for it. If you don't give them the tools to do it they will just do it somewhere else because the bottom line is that people talk. Great article! I love hearing these kinds of success stories! This was a great move on the part of Best Buy. More companies need to embrace giving their employees a voice but a lot of employers are scared of what their employees would say.

VP’s of Marketing rarely work the register for hours on end listening to what customers are saying like the floor staff does. These employees sometimes have a better handle on what customers are truly looking for.

Sometimes the best ideas come from the most unlikely places. Like the movie says “You know, it’s for kids!”

More and more of our clients are contracting us build these communication tools into their websites and I applaud them for it. If you don’t give them the tools to do it they will just do it somewhere else because the bottom line is that people talk.

Great article! I love hearing these kinds of success stories!

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