Paul Gillin

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The Power of B2B Communities

Paul Gillin

It started in October, 2008 and had attracted more than 700 contributions 18 months later. In their 2008 book Groundswell , Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff cite the example of one unpaid Dell Computer customer who saves the company an estimated $1 million per year by answering technical questions that would otherwise require Dell resources.

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Attack of the Customers: The Pampers Dry Max Crisis

Paul Gillin

P&G had actually begun shipping the new product in August, 2008, more than 18 months before it was announced. There were valid reasons why the company didn’t tell critics that the diaper’s design had been changed before the official announcement. “When I asked if there was a change in design, they denied it at first.”.