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VP of Agency Development
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Jim Reynolds
Social Engagement Manager
iCrossing |
Megan Toth
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Coming Up
• Brandwatch overview
• What is social customer care?
• iCrossing & their implementation of social customer care
• How to improve customer service strategy with social
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Brandwatch Overview
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Social Customer
Care
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What is social customer care?
“Customers never wanted social service, they wanted to be
treated right the first time”
- @FrankEliason
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Companies doing customer service right
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Good customer service makes good business sense
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Omni-channel customer support is increasingly important
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Social Customer
Care in Practice
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State of Social Care
With the rise of social networking and
smartphone ownership, consumers today have
never been more connected.
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What Makes Customer Service “Good”?
Customer
Service
Agent
Empathetic
Goal-
oriented
Knowledgeable
Time
Management
Skills
Timeliness
Communication
Skills
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Governance
What to define:
– Brand voice
– What to respond to
– How to respond
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Types of Mentions
– Customer Service Issue
• Broken product
• Warranty issue
• Set-up questions
• Pre-sale questions
– Praise
– Share personal experiences with a company
– Users ask their audience about a company
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Strategies and Tips
– Empathize
– Be Human
– Respond Consistently
– Respond in a timely manner
– Focus on resolution
– Set clear goals
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Measuring Success
– Sentiment
– # of Tickets Opened & Closed
– # of Tickets Handled
– # of High Priority Tickets Opened & Closed
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Tickets Opened
– 77 tickets opened every day
– 2,310 tickets opened each month
– 27K mentions opened every year
Mentions Handled
– 2,166 mentions handled every day
– 65K mentions handled each month
– 780K mentions opened every year
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Triage System
Watchtower opens ticket within Brandwatch,
assigning mention to appropriate team:
• Customer Service
• Brand Ambassador (pre-sale, post-sale, comparison
among competitors)
• Community Manager (brand love)
Response team opens ticket, responds and
closes ticket.
• If response team feels they have wrongly been assigned
the mention or is unable to respond, ticket is rerouted to
Watchtower with note.
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Social Customer
Care Strategy
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Plan and define resources
Outsource
d
Marketing
or Comm.
lead
Customer
service led
Integrated
Team
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Test and train
Create Processes
• Identification
• Evaluation
• Escalation
• Response
Rehearse Scenarios
• Simulation exercises in
non-public environments
• Help test tone,
messaging, technology,
and how teams work
together
Train Staff
• Formally train/mentor
front-line staff
• Share relevant hashtags
and links to content
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Measure, evaluate, report
Common objectives and KPIs:
• Compare % change in sentiment of people using social channels vs.
traditional channels
• Respond to X% of mentions within X/hours
• Complete % of enquiries on social channels within a certain time
period
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Scale when value is proven
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Q & A
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Editor's Notes

  • #12 communicate with brands on social with the expectation that the brand will respond It’s not enough to respond, a brand must respond in a timely manner Instead of using a call center or online chat, it’s much more convenient for customers to tweet a brand or private message their concerns The stakes are raised because everyone can see the experience – screenshots