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2010 may just be the year that companies start to focus on their customers and serving them well. Now, I am cautiously optimistic about this focus on customerservice, but let me tell you why I feel this way. Brands are using a focus on customers as a competitive differentiator in their advertisements.
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There are many uses for participating in socialmedia, but for me – the best benefit is the ability to connect with our customers – or our potential customers. I have put together a Customer-Focus SocialMedia Strategy workbook that I offer FREE to help get you started.
Blogging – sharing my thoughts about customerservice and learning from others about topics I’m interested in. I love that I can upload a video of my daughter’s flute recital, photos from my trip to Italy or, an Animoto video of my customerservice book and share with customers, friends and Tweeple. Tag you are it!
Although I don’t believe there were any huge new “ah ha&# moments, the list is a good one that focuses on the importance and value of building relationships with customers.
He offers up: Amazingserviceguy By Kevin Stirz Business Is Personal By Mark Riffey Customers Rock! By Becky Carroll CustServ By Meikah Delid Maximum Customer Experience By Kelly Erickson People2People Service By Maria Palma QA QnA By Tom Vander Well Return Customer By Joe Rawlinson (Joe and I both started customerservice blogs in April 2005.)
Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on August 10, 2010 under Customer Moments , Employee Moments , First Impressions | Read the First Comment Customer Relationships are just like good friends They sound similar but do they mean the same thing? Or would they? Share your tips for success here.
In addition, take note of how frequently they ‘@’ and direct message their customers, how frequently they communicate with influential twitterers (5000+ followers) and whether they use their account for customerservice or some kind of direct sales service. Want To Link To This Article?
This year Chris has selected Eco-systems, Owners and Kings to focus on for 2010. I am still working on my three words for 2010 but my first word is NARROW. Just like the Italian alleyway pictured above, I need to ensure that my focus is narrow, razor sharp, niched to a specific client/a specific service. And I was successful!
Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on June 27, 2010 under Customer Moments | Be the First to Comment I get confused sometimes, more often than not, some would say, about the right word to use. Which is customerservice for your business? hmmm sounds like the same thing. It is perhaps MORE than a strategy or a tactic.
Companies need to quickly get on board with reading what is being said about them on line – hopefully it is ALL GOOD – but on the off chance it isn’t, Twitter will become the fastest, easiest, most visible way for companies to “nip it in the bud&# and show consumers they are on top of their customerservice.
Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on August 27, 2010 under Customer Moments | 2 Comments to Read I am working on writing a series of articles for a customer on the importance of developing and documenting business systems. But what about the customerservice process? The customers. The response?
Now, thanks to socialmedia, it is something that can really happen for small, efficient, and ultra-effective internet businesses. Socialmedia gives small businesses the power to outshine their large opponents, outmaneuver major corporations, and with a bit of dedication and work, eventually beat their more powerful opponents.
VAClassroom has opened its registration doors to their “Summer Skill Camp 2010″, which will begin on July 6th. Check out what will be covered: Success Strategies for Crafting and Delivering a Winning SocialMedia Presentation for Your Clients and Community. Right now they’re offering some super discounts, too.
VAClassroom has opened its registration doors to their “Summer Skill Camp 2010″, which will begin on July 6th. Check out what will be covered: Success Strategies for Crafting and Delivering a Winning SocialMedia Presentation for Your Clients and Community. Right now they’re offering some super discounts, too.
This time the focus is on SocialMedia. One of the authors, Rick Liebling Global Director, Client Management, for Taylor and author of the Periodic Table of SocialMedia Elements , graciously invited each of the over 170 contributors to share a little about their chapter in the upcoming book. You should. Thanks Rick!
Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on June 2, 2010 under Listening , Missed Moments , socialmedia | Be the First to Comment Just saw this link on a tweet The Biggest Shift Since the Industrial Revolution. Scroll down the Advance Search page and click the sad face and/or the “?&#
Join a Group Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on April 15, 2010 under Connecting Moments , socialmedia | Be the First to Comment If I were a betting woman I would say that you have joined LinkedIn. But it is also a great place to take the pulse of your industry and gauge what trends are on the horizon.
Here are the top ten winners: Change Forge Customers Rock Get Satisfaction Service with a Purpose CustomerService and More The SocialCustomer Manifesto Whos Your Gladys Dennis Snow’s Blog Amazing Service Guy Blog CustomerService en Visit Awarding the Web for the complete list of winners.
Yours truly will be presenting a workshop on Creating an Effective Marketing Strategy using SocialMedia. This regional economic development trade summit is the brain child of Rita Singh from Miraj International. For more information visit SA-consulting group. Here is a PDF of the marketing materials for the conference.
Yet isn’t there some value in sharing what we’ve learned so that we can all become better in business, better using socialmedia, better with our customer relationships? If we find out something new and exciting – we should keep it a secret so that we have a leg up on our competition. Are you local?
Right now I’m getting ready to advertise the fact that I’m teaching the second set of classes on socialmedia. Unlike most classes that are webinars – my series is in person, hands on, get down and dirty with socialmedia so you leave with a clearer understanding and a focused strategy.
Check out this great tool KnowEm which lists 350 socialmedia sites. It is a great way to create a consistent name so customers can easily find you. I recently learned a lesson from a group of young boys who had developed a band. .&# You enter your name and it will tell you if it is available on all those sites.
For more information on how to connect with your customers and share your story using YouTube, check out this video from Small Business Trends by Jim Kukral with 101 ways to use YouTube and this article from Meryl Evans on the 34 ways to use YouTube for Business. You can’t make eye contact.
Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on August 3, 2010 under Customer Moments | Be the First to Comment This weekend Scott Ginsberg started the sentence and asked readers to finish: CUSTOMERS ARE… Scott Ginsberg Customers are _ Michele Messina Long are an opportunity to be of service.
I found an article written by Alain Thys that was published in 2007 that says it best: It’s funny that when discussing Customer Delight, most people start talking about customerservice. Customerservice is what companies do to their customers.
It is also true with our customers. If we put them first in all we do – the customerservice experience improves. You often have to put their needs ahead of yours. That is true in a relationship with your significant other, a best friend, your parents, and your kids.
My session was called Create a Customer-Focused SocialMedia Strategy. I have the slide presentation at SlideShare and the handouts with audio explanation at PolicyforSocial Media. What can you offer your customers or your colleagues for FREE?
I learned a great deal from her regarding socialmedia marketing, organizing my time better and walked away with a lot of tools. June 20, 2010 Sheila Clover English , Social Network Committee Chair , International Thriller Writer’s Organization I didn’t know Sheila. She is engaging and fun as well!”
A fabulous story like that shows what great customerservice looks like, and it could be used for all kinds of reputation-building,” he says. The good news is that the bad news has been an enormous boost to his current company, Greensations, which he launched in 2010. Stock prices fell, Perry says. That is the bad news.
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