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Increase engagement and conversions through social media – 3 key takeaways

Intercom, Inc.

Engaging with customers on social media has become part of every customer experience strategy to drive sales and retain customers. At Intercom, we’re all about making internet business personal, and social media happens to be a big part of that. Foundations of social moderation and conversation. What did we learn?

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Social Media is Bad for Customer Service

Bill Quiseng

Social media is bad for customer service. But I am not against monitoring social media or using it as a responsive customer service channel. But I am not against monitoring social media or using it as a responsive customer service channel. Their customers build it for them via their raves on social media.

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Managing Social Media Customer Service: Strategies and Tips

Help Scout

Social media has been part of our online lives for a couple of decades now. Providing customer service over social media is much newer, tied closely to the growth of ecommerce and online business. Do you need to offer support on social channels? Sprout Social shares some social response time insights here.

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6 Simple Tips for Social Media Customer Service Success

Fonolo

These days, the odds are pretty high that a business will have a presence on social media, interacting with customers and promoting their product. If you are just getting started or you haven’t considered how you can use social media to benefit your business, it’s time. Response Times. Be Proactive.

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5 ways to cultivate loyal customers through social media

Zendesk

. . . Social media isn’t just the tool of teens—over the past year, it has quickly become one of the fastest-growing channels for customer support, with tickets up 181 percent since the start of the pandemic. An infamous “Memer” commercial from 2015 ended up being widely parodied for missing the mark.

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A tactical guide to preventing and surviving a social media crisis

Zendesk

Namely, the design of a coronavirus-shaped canapé that one diner photographed and shared on social media. Like many businesses in hot water, they could’ve better weathered the controversy by employing some proven social media crisis-management tactics. What is a social media crisis?

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How to provide great social media customer service on Instagram

Zendesk

In the last few years, Instagram has really grown up. The brainchild of Facebook originally hit the social media scene in 2010 as a quirky platform to share photos. Today, Instagram has grown to be one of the most popular social media platforms, with 1 billion active users a month.