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The Best Social Media Channels for Customer Service

ShepHyken

Social customer care may not be the most popular channel to deal with customer issues for most businesses, but that doesn’t mean it’s not important. More and more customers are turning to social media to get help. For now, let’s address why companies aren’t using social channels. .

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Social Customer Care Cannot Be Ignored

ShepHyken

Just last week I attended Social Media Marketing World in San Diego. So, what does a social media marketing conference have to do with customer service? It’s been said that customer service is the new marketing. If that is true – and it is – then social media customer service is the updated version of that.

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How to Turn Social Media Customer Service into a Marketing Strategy

ShepHyken

Earlier this month I attended Social Media Marketing World , the largest conference on social media marketing in the world. Over the last few years, customer service has shifted from traditional phone support toward social media channels like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others. Social Proof.

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Are Your Customer Care Metrics Customer-Centric?

ClearAction

Are Your Customer Care Metrics Customer-Centric? Customer care metrics are a barometer of performance across a variety of customer interactions such as chat, text messages, email, social media and communities. Both of these orientations tend to be company-serving rather than customer-focused.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of July 22, 2019

ShepHyken

8 Tips for Improving Social Media Customer Service by Fara Haron. Smart Customer Service) The quickly evolving social media landscape has forced companies to work harder to maintain a positive customer experience, as 83 percent of people have higher digital customer service expectations than they did last year.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of January 28, 2019

ShepHyken

What Do Customers Really Think Of Your Brand? Which-50) Every marketer has heard a horror story where a brand went viral for horrible customer experience with social media enhancing the frequency of those stories twofold. While an excellent concept for customers, it is also appropriate for the colleagues you work with.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of November 21, 2016

ShepHyken

Steve DiGioia shares some nice ideas about the importance pretending to be your own customer. The Future of Social Media (And How to Prepare For It): The State of Social Media 2016 Report by Ash Read. My Comment: Buffer has shared their insights on the current and future state of social media marketing.

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