You may have seen the hashtag on Twitter, or on Instagram, and wondered what the heck #Dellfie meant. With Dell World coming November 4-6, you might start seeing even more of them show up in your social networks, so it seems like a good time to explore the topic.
The #Dellfie is actually not a creation of Dell, although we’ve certainly embraced it. This wasn’t something cooked up by a group of marketers in a conference room looking for the next great "viral" hit. As best I can tell, the first use of that hashtag was by Dutch volleyballplayer Kay van Dijk when he tweeted this photo of himself and his Dell laptop on 29 Jun 2014.
I thought it was a really cool idea, so I retweeted it from our @Dell account.
Soon, Simon Salvan of Simple PC, in Nottingham UK, noticed it, added a few #Dellfies of his own, and then tried to blow up the Internet by adding a cat to the mix!
Other Dell fans joined in the fun, as well as other Dell accounts and employees. On Twitter, our @DellUniversity team got meta with a photo of two people taking a selfie with a Dell tablet. And our @DellUK team encouraged fans at the Commonwealth Games to share more with cutout signs that put their faces on athletes’ bodies.
Our Google+ page celebrated them on Social Media Day. The Dell Military Brand Ambassadors have made tshirts. Our team in Hungary turned it into a Facebook contest; and, the Hacker League (sponsored by Dell) recently did, too!
Some of the photos tagged #Dellfie may actually stretched the definition of selfie — which is now officially defined — a bit, though. So, I’ve been asked to clarify what exactly makes something a #Dellfie.
It’s pretty simple really. At its purest form, a #Dellfie is a selfie with your Dell.
This could be your Dell tablet, laptop or desktop. (and Alienware totally counts) It could be your Dell server, storage or networking appliance. But, because we’re about much more than hardware these days, it could also be with you Dell Service consultant. Your Dell software dashboard. Your Dell Toad mascot. Your Dell t-shirt. Your Dell office. Your Dell World attendee badge. (hint, hint)
You get the picture. Now go take the picture!
And if you need some inspiration, here’s a quick look at several #Dellfies I found:
[UPDATE: It looks Rense Hartog from the Netherlands actually beat Kay to the punch, as I’ve just discovered his #Dellfie tweet from 2 Apr 2014!]
[UPDATE 2: I’ve now been told the the Austin America-Statesman actually put forth the term Dellfie on 24 November 2013, in reference to selfies taken at the Dell Diamond, where our hometown Triple-A Pacific Coast minor league baseball team plays.]
