Social media is the go-to portal when customers want to reach out. One customer may post a query on your Facebook page, while another tweets you with a complaint. Either way, your reputation is at stake when consumer interaction becomes so public. How can you ensure customer satisfaction without compromising your brand?
By learning how to deal with these situations in advance, you will be perfectly placed to turn a customer issue into positive publicity. Train your customer service team in social media for business, and be sure to tailor the principles to the voice of your specific brand.
The most valuable principle, though, is to listen. And that doesn’t mean waiting for the little red notification that tells you you’ve been “mentioned”: You need to take proactive steps to figure out when people are talking about you. People say harsh things when they’re letting off steam. You can own the situation by listening to complaints and resolving them with grace and transparency.
This new infographic from Headway Capital provides a thorough introduction to the state of play regarding social media customer care. Insights into the true impact of this new phenomenon are transformed into methods for doing it right.
Social media can be a fun and productive element of your business, as long as you know what you’re doing. Beef up on these hints and tips, and you’ll soon be ready to lead the conversation online.
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Neil Davey was previously the editor of MyCustomer from 2007 until May 2023. An experienced business journalist and editor, Neil has worked on a variety of newspapers, magazines and websites over the past 20 years, including Internet Works, CXO magazine and Business Management.
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As you say Neil, social customer service is increasingly vital to the customer experience. But our own research has found that it is often not integrated with other channels, leading to inconsistency and in many cases, a failure to respond to questions at all. No wonder that just 32% of people are happy with the customer service they recieve on social media - more in this post https://www.eptica.com/blog/6-ways-transform-social-customer-service
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