Hug Your
Haters
@JayBaer
@JayBaer
@JayBaer
Not answering
complaints
decreases
customer advocacy
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answering
complaints
Increases
customer advocacy
@JayBaer
Haters are not
your problem…
ignoring them is
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Every Complaint
Every Channel
Every Time
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HUGGING YOUR
HATERS KEEPS
YOUR CUSTOMERS
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$500 billion on
marketing
$9 billion on
customer service
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a 5% increase
in retention
increases
profit 25-85%
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customer service
is the
new marketing
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by 2020, customer
experience will be
more important
than price
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HUGGING YOUR
HATERS makes you
a better company
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haters are
the canary in
the coal mine
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95% of
customers
never take the
time to complain
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haters are the
unelected
represEntatives
of the “meh middle”
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Haters are not
your problem…
ignoring them is
@JayBaer
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THE HATRIX…
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offstage haters
want an answer
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9 out of 10
offstage haters
expect a reply
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34%
66%
onstage
offstage
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U.K. social media
complaints
increased 800%
in 15 months
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@JayBaer@JayBaer
onstage haters
want an audience
@JayBaer
fewer than half
of onstage haters
expect a reply
@JayBaer
blow their minds
and win their
hearts
@JayBaer
@JayBaer@JayBaer
Hug Your
Haters
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tips
recognize,
then Empathize
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obey The
rule of
reply twice
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BE FAST
everywhere
@JayBaer
40% of social
media haters
expect a reply
within one hour
@JayBaer
businesses take
an average of
44 hours to
reply to an email
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speed of resolution
is the most
important factor
in phone customer
service satisfaction
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Haters are not
your problem…
ignoring them is
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80% of companies
say they deliver
exceptional
customer service
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8% of their
customers agree
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be different…
out-hug your
competition
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Every Complaint
Every Channel
Every Time
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Haters
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How to Embrace Complaints and Turn Bad News to Good News, Jay Baer, Social Fresh Conference 2015.

How to Embrace Complaints and Turn Bad News to Good News, Jay Baer, Social Fresh Conference 2015.