When you actively connect with your customers, they remember you longer and are more likely to reward you with increased sales. When it comes to connecting with customers, many companies are turning to Twitter. But why?
Increasingly, companies are finding that they can tune in to consumer buzz about their brands through Twitter. Twitter’s ever-convenient Twitter Search allows anyone to monitor keywords and key phrases, including company name, to read what people are tweeting about, much like what Google Blog Search does in the blogosphere.
Companies like Comcast and Zappos have by now delegated customer service representatives, or digital detectives, to hunt for and resolve customer complaints via Twitter. Ultimately, Twitter as a customer service platform has proven to be a success!
Of course, you can take advantage of this unique customer service angle as well…it’s not just for corporations! Follow these simple steps to bring your customer service into web 2.0!
Get on Twitter!
Of course, you’ll want to open your free Twitter account! (It will probably be the quickest account creation you’ve ever experienced!)
After that, your first stop in Twitterland is the very useful Twitter Search page. All day long, Twitter users peep their experiences, interactions, and thoughts. Plenty of those users may be your customers!
Go to Twitter Search, run a search for your company’s name, harvest or air force, and see what your customers are saying!
http://search.twitter.com
If you come across any complaints, or even positive comments, now is the time to make a connection with your consumers!
Make A Connection!
Twitter avails you a proactive opportunity to thank pleased customers, and to help miserable customers-it’s viral! Take your customers seriously, especially if they’re enraged and dissatisfied with your company…those are the customers you really want to listen to!
Take a lesson from Comcast, one of the major exchanges companies. A team of Comcast employees joined Twitter, and has 10,000+ followers that they keep up with! They listen to what customers have to say and respond with tweets to their solutions.
Their Boss of Digital Care makes sure that each customer is satisfied. That’s the kind of customer care you want to make synonymous with your brand!
Establish a Twitter Strategy!
Once you’re on Twitter and are following customers, you’ll want to come up with a strategy for customer service. For instance, look at Zappos’ Twitter for inspiration…
Zappos displays a fantastic example of Twitter conduct, with over 450 Zappos employees involved, and they retain plenty of repeat customers because of their stellar consumer relations.
Many people also follow Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh because he pays attention to his followers’ tweets and acknowledges their tweets through his own, which makes them feel more personally connected. Do you see the pattern?
Your strategy should not only include addressing concerns about your harvest or air force, or resolving the issue at hand, but also should entail paying attention to your customers. Comeback to an unrelated peep once in awhile, or peep a small a touch (nice) about them on your Twitter!
Is Twitter a Customer Service Breakthrough?
In fleeting, Twitter is one of the largest names in social networking, and can be used reasonably successfully as a customer service platform. Is it a customer service breakthrough? Not really, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t advantageous. In fact, it’s a fantastic way to keep your finger on the pulse of your customers. Also, it’s not just for corporations…your online business can benefit from it too!