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Sell a laptop, sell a shirt for a contest with increased sales for Dell

Advertising and Marketing, Sales Strategies, Laptops submitted by sugarbear May 28

Natalie has a post on digital life: your blog about online social interaction through fashion. She shows a laptop and a T-Shirt that matches it closely. Her thought is about hidden messages in the T-shirt pattern. Dell could sell these T-Shirts for a nominal fee over the actual cost to go with a laptop. One shirt could have the hidden message embedded in it to win a laptop from Dell. Other shirts could have percentages off or free products. Buy a laptop and a shirt together to see what you get. 4 Comments »

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Add a link for Cloud computing

Dell Community submitted by sugarbear Mar 6

Since launching the Cloud computing blog, Can a link be added to the Dell communities above. It would make it much easier to access. 5 Comments »

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Dell should consider a new marketing approach for the baby boomers.

Advertising and Marketing, Sales Strategies, Desktops and Laptops submitted by sugarbear Feb 25

The baby boomers are the largest growing segment of the US population. Dell should be interested in meeting the needs of this group. We also are the people paying for our kids and grandkids pc`s. We are also the business people in this country. Perhaps Dell should consider directing their sales to this large group of the economy. 17 Comments »

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Dell should be the first company to offer Word with out the rest of Office.

Software submitted by sugarbear Jan 31

Many people don`t need or want any thing but a word program to write letters or email letters. 98 Comments »

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An appealing idea for a commercial with a cute little boy

Advertising and Marketing submitted by sugarbear 11/23/07

Petzy Mathuram posted a cute commercial from Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_4vAKMrrWE . If Dell had done something like this and had the little boy saving his money to buy a pc, I think it would have gone over well. This is an inexpensive commercial to make and is appealing. What do you think? 16 Comments »

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Dell needs to change the dark grey pages with black print on the Lounge Star page.

Dell Web Site submitted by sugarbear 11/23/07

While browsing the lounge, I discovered that the pages that were grey, with black print were very hard to read. Dell needs to lighten the grey or change the print color. http://delllounge.com/spotlight/techlove/ Comment »

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Please make the fonts as big as before the upgrade.

Dell Community submitted by sugarbear 11/20/07

DA1, the fonts shrank during the upgrade. It makes it difficult to read.Please make them the size they were before. 9 Comments »

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Dell needs to give us more information on the adjustability of the LCD monitors when configuring a pc.

Dell, Desktops, Inspiron products, Monitors and Displays submitted by sugarbear 11/19/07

On the Dell website when building a pc, Dell needs to show if the LCD monitors are adjustable up, down, swivel, and tilt. The four listed on building an Inspiron 530 don`t show any thing. 13 Comments »

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Standardize the email subscriptions on Direct2Dell

Dell Community submitted by sugarbear 11/16/07

I have noticed a difference in the emails sent out from Direct2Dell. Some are getting more than others. We need some standardization to this. 5 Comments »

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Dell`s Christmas project

Advertising and Marketing submitted by sugarbear 11/15/07

While this is not my idea, I would like to share The USA new paper article on Dell`s Christmas plans. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2007-11-15-dell-celebrities_N.htm?csp=34 12 Comments »

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Will Dell continue to sell Desktops at Walmart as the Holidays approach.

Dell, Desktops, Sales Strategies submitted by sugarbear 11/04/07

When Dell started selling desktops at Walmart, they sold very well. Several stores in my area only have towers available. Most people want the whole pc and are waiting for them to arrive. Walmart is everywhere, Staples is not. Today, a lady in SuperWalmart wanted to buy two Dell desktops for Christmas presents. She was told, they only have towers and don`t know when to expect any desktops. Let`s not forget where a lot of people shop. The lady told the clerk she would wait a couple of weeks for the Dell`s. If they weren`t available she would have to buy the Compaq`s. 4 Comments »

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Dell should remain politically neutral

Dell submitted by sugarbear 10/26/07

While it is advantageous to host the poiticians for the Presidency. I believe Dell should remain politically neutral. 7 Comments »

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New tv commercial

Advertising and Marketing submitted by sugarbear 10/14/07

I would like to see a new tv commercial with M. Dell in it. Instead of the glamor and glitz, try M. Dell in the family room, feet up on the footstool, playing games on his XPS with the duo 30" screens. He should be intently gaming and then just turn and smile at the camera. Then the screens go to the Dell logo. 6 Comments »