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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 media best practices to leverage for success

BirdEye

We live in times that demand every business to have some presence on at least 2-3 social media platforms. You can no longer afford not to have a social media strategy for your business. There is heavy competition among brands on social media. Table of contents Why is social media marketing important?

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Start Your Social Media Customer Service Strategy Here

Russel Lolacher

STRATEGY (strat·e·gy) /?strad?j?/. ” Over the years, many a branded platform has been launched, with little to no long-term social media customer service strategy… or even a short-term one. Why do you want to be on social media to serve your customers? Social media training?

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Top 4 Tips to Nail Social Media Customer Service

Comm100

Social media and customer service have become an integral partner in customer support as social platforms have grown to become a part of most of our daily lives. But while it’s crucial to offer customer service on your social media platforms, venturing into this space can be a minefield.

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You Need a Jointly Owned Social Media Customer Service Strategy ASAP – Here’s Why

Comm100

Once you decide to engage in social media customer service, the next step is coming up with an effective strategy for implementing it. You know the “what” and they “why” of social media support, but who within your company should be the one to own this new platform? Should it be customer service?

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Behind the Scenes of Government Social Media Customer Care

Russel Lolacher

In BC, I’m the public service director responsible for the government social media customer care for our ministry, but my dad still doesn’t understand what I do. I’m the Director of Web and Social Media Services for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure in the BC Public Service.

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World Social Media Day – Public Sector Edition

Russel Lolacher

World Social Media Day is here again, providing a great opportunity to inform and educate your own public sector organization about what its social media efforts do to benefit them and their audience: the public. An Overview of your Social Brands. Those benefits? Breakdown the Benefits. line staff receive. .