5. Reasons why
• Customers are choosing to interact the way
THEY want to interact
– And they are wanting to use social media more
and more
• Fastest Growing Audience on Social Media –
55 – 65 year olds
• Not a sales tool but a relationship tool
– Research + time + relationship = customer
22. Exercise:
• We are all in the same company, working for
HDI Motown
• Next month we have a CIO roundtable
• How can we use social media to get the word
out?
23. Connect with Phil
• phil@philgerbyshak.com
• http://philgerbyshak.com
• http://www.linkedin.com/in/
philgerb
• http://facebook.com/philger
b
• http://twitter.com/philgerb
24. Photo credits
• Brick wall: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vizzzual-dot-
com/2226095398/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• Scott and Tanner: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/trending-tech/5-
social-media-lessons-for-air-canada/article1664281/
• Crowd: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crsan/3697785107/
• Filling cabinets: http://www.flickr.com/photos/themacinator/3499579760/
• Donald Trump: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump.jpg