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The social media dilemma: how to get the most dangerous customer service channel right

Vonage

Social media: a platform that allows consumers to say anything they like about a brand – and broadcast that message to the world. When you think about it, it’s not surprising that many businesses consider social media to be one of the dangerous communication channels. Why are customers complaining in the first place?

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Understanding Negative NPS Score: Causes, Impact and Solutions

Lumoa

Before we dive into our remedies, let’s take a look at some of the root causes that could be behind your score going south: Inadequate or Poor Customer Service Many customers tend to be unforgiving if their support experience isn’t up to scratch. That’s a huge disparity.

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3 Signs Your Business Needs a Dedicated Customer Support Team

Joe Rawlinson

If you find yourself and the rest of your team struggling on a daily basis to return emails, phone calls, social media interactions, or chats on your website with customers in a timely manner, then you may want to consider dedicated customer support. In addition, 97.6%

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The Top Trends in Customer Service for 2016

Comm100

Therefore, if you have not yet implemented self-service tools on your company website, then it’s time to get started. Social Media Is a Powerful Support Platform. According to a CellCentreHelper.com report , only 3% of companies used social media to communicate with customers as of May 2014.

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Case study: Tesco and a consumer champion

Helen Dewdney

It was a post about poor customer service and entitled Tesco – Phillip Clarke is no Sir Terry Leahy. Helen won the case and shared the experience on her blog which was later shared in national media. But Helen had also asked on social media for people’s comments and gave this feedback too.

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The complaining habits of public figures and people on the consumer world – Georgie Frost

Helen Dewdney

I will often leave a review on Google, say a public thank you on social media and of course say thank you directly to the person. 5) If you receive poor service how many people do you tell (include. your social media followers too!). 6) If you receive good services how many people do you tell?

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RIP, IRESA: ENERGY REMINDED TO BEWARE THE WRATH OF THE CUSTOMER

Thunderhead

of its base mobilising to share poor experiences. Clearly, customers were at the end of their tether – and their compulsion to share didn’t stop at Social Media and review sites. They claim to have “successfully supported” consumer choice by boosting supplier numbers (from 27 in 2014, to around 70 today).