Social Media is THE most powerful tool in the marketing quiver today! It is a fantastic platform to engage with existing and potential customers, strengthen relationships, raise brand awareness and lend further weightage to your website in an SERP.
Over the years, we've seen a dramatic increase in the number of people contacting brands directly through their social channels - whether they're requesting support, expressing a complaint or even giving positive feedback. It's not surprising that many people prefer to send Facebook comment on the page, or a tweet, rather than spend hours on the phone. Social channels have become the go-to place for getting a brand response.
Customer service is often considered the less glamorous side of social media, neglected by marketers who think it's either expensive or a service that will not benefit the brand through any concrete acknowledgment. But a lack of response to customer queries on a brands' social channel looks impersonal and solely focused on one-way marketing messages. These are social channels after all. If we don't respond to customers when they need us, why would they bother engaging with our content, no matter how brilliantly creative it is?
Customers expect to be able to make themselves heard, especially if something hasn't gone their way, therefore, brands should take this as an opportunity to hear them out and actively try and rectify the situation. This not only ensures damage limitation but it can even turn potentially damaging situations into one with a positive sentiment. If poor customer experience has a viral effect, so does brilliant customer service.
At Eyecatchers, we take these four key elements to be sacrosanct when managing your customer responses on social:
Great customer service doesn't always give one fame and glory, but provides true value to one's customers, and a reason to build preference on future purchases. And that's exactly what Eyecatchers provides you....advertising that sells! Social Media Management