best practices in social customer service excellence
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In this fascinating exploration of the latest techniques in social customer service, Martin Hill-Wilson, author of Delivering Effective Social Customer Service (Wiley 2013), sets out exactly how major brands are succeeding, or failing in managing customer queries on social media channels.TRANSCRIPT
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Social Customer
Service
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• Engagement & Trust catalyst
• Accelerated learning
• Small can look big. Big can look small
• Globalises brands cheaply
• Social + cloud = ubiquitous access
• Exposes opaque behaviour
• Viral carries both good & bad news
• Stresses existing organisational norms
• Puts brands who don’t get it onto a dangerous downward spiral
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The State Of
Social Customer
Service
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Overview
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Responsiveness:Very Responsive 60% Responsive 20-59.9%Somewhat Responsive 5.01-19.9% Not Very Responsive 0.01-5%Unresponsive 0%
Response speed:Very Fast Under 30 Minutes Fast Under 1 hour Average Under 4 hours Below Average Under 24 hours Slow Over 24 hours
How Good Are The Best?
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Needs Strong
Change Champions
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Source: Amex’s Global Customer Service Barometer 2012
Haven’t usedsocial customer service
Have usedsocial customer service
Social=Greater Consequences
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CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NOW
ASPECTATOR SPORT!
Stakes Are Now Raised
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Upside
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DownsideS
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A Need For ‘One Agenda’
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Cross Functional Integration
Dr. Rebecca Harris leads the Social Media Center of Expertise at General Motors in Detroit
ImpactFostering collaboration & greater brand impact
BenefitsCross functional response time From 24 hrs to 1.5 hrs – Twitter/Facebook<3hrs enthusiast forums
Social teams from• Marketing• Communications• Customer Carenow co-located at HQ
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CUSTOMER
SERVICE
SALES
MARKETING
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Mine Relevant Content
1. Customer Inspired Topics 2. Expectation Management3. Service Triggered Stories
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Needs Actionable
Listening
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The New Challenge
The key difference in Social Media is that, unlike other
channels, customers can be talking about you on sites across
the internet instead of talking with you directly via channels
you have offered
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personalblogs
review sitesTripAdvisor etc
self helpforums
onlinecommunities
brandedexpert sites
Google+ Facebook
YouTube
Tumblr
Sina Weibo
Social Ecosystem
peer2peersupport
corporateblogs
ecommercereviews
SocialListenin
gAbility To Influence
STRONGWEAK
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Listening Strategies
1. Track specific brand-driven mentions
2. Reply to the most urgent customer service issues
1. Listen for ‘bigger picture’ themes to anticipate needs
2. Use social as early warning to brief mainstream Customer Service
3. Track conversations about product/service usage, not the brand
4. Listen for more than @xxx e.g. #xxx5. Track issues and needs of your
competitors’ customers6. Listen for sales opportunities
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Beware Auto-Replies
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Needs A++
People
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• Become the point of resolution
• Convey personal support
• Express competence
• Use active rather than passive language
Needs High Standards
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Same Or Different?
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Same Or Different?
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“How To Build & Run Social Support Teams”
Criteria
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Criteria
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“How To Build & Run Social Support Teams”
Criteria
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Management Style
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Needs
Cross Channel
Infrastructure
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Mapping The Social Journeys
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Example Customer Journey
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The Customer Engagement Mix
Source: Data from a major telecom operator that provides customer care through Facebook, Twitter, and a dedicated customer community. The sample represents 140, 000 customer requests.
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1st Principles
Channels Multiply
They Seldom Die
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Advisor
Virtual Advisors
IVR
Chat/Messaging
Social
Smartphone
FAQs
Visual Advisor
Voice – Text – Video
L I V E – A S S I S T E D S E R V I C E – S E L F S E R V I C E
Multi-Channel Ecosystem
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86% will be more satisfi ed if off ered preferred channel
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Cross Channel #1
Peer to peer support is
great but only answers
40% of questions on
average
Therefore 60% need
escalating
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Cross Channel #2
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Advisor
Virtual Advisors
IVR
Chat/Messaging
Social
Smartphone
FAQs
Visual Advisor
Voice – Text – Video
L I V E – A S S I S T E D S E R V I C E – S E L F S E R V I C E
Cross Channel #3
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From TwitterTo
Chat
Same Advisor
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From ChatBack To Twitter
Earn Word Of Mouth
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Advisor
Virtual Advisors
IVR
Chat/Messaging
Social
Smartphone
FAQs
Visual Advisor
Voice – Text – Video
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Cross Channel #4
From TwitterSelf serve
To Advisor
viaClick2Call
#tweetserve
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Tech Ecosystem
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What Matters?
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2014 Priorities
Responsiveness
Customer Jo
urneys – Custo
mer Effort -
Cross Channel
Interaction Quality
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Thank You!
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