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Customer Service Is The “New” PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Good PR and great customer service have never been more intertwined. The best way to understand a company’s reputation — and its values — is to look at its response to customer reviews and complaints. A business can spend millions on brand reputation and community service. You get what you incentivize.

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5 Steps To Good PR From Social Media Complaints

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Social media has become a favorite medium for customer service complaints, but is there a way to transform such complaints into good PR for your company? If done well, a frustrated customer could end up singing your company’s praises. Here are five ways to turn social media complaints into positive PR.

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Does brand reputation even matter to Spirit Airlines?

Communications Conversations

Last week, I did what marketers like us WANT consumers to do on social media: I asked my friends and family for a recommendation. I mean, we’ve seen negative comments about airlines before, but NOTHING like this (outside of maybe Comcast in the past). Spirit is actively asking customers why they hate airlines like Spirit.

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How Airlines Like Delta Hold Parents Hostage

Sword and the Script

For a mere eighty-eight additional dollars, the airline was kind enough to reassign us in a row together. The airlines are counting on it, indeed, I’d contend airlines, including Delta, prey on such emotions to separate a few more dollars from the consumer wallet. Other Airlines Prey on Parent Emotions Too.

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The Extra Mile PR Strategy: Wow Your Customers

Doctor Spin

A family staying at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island, Florida, experienced the hotel’s customer service when their son’s beloved stuffed giraffe, Joshie, was accidentally left behind. Stuffed giraffe shows what customer service is all about. Southwest Airlines. Ritz-Carlton. 2012, May 17).

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How to Stop a Nightmare: Listen to Your Customers

Cision

The real cause of the United Airlines incident is an industry-wide problem, the all-too-common practice of overbooking. Bumping a paying passenger from a flight is an enormously disruptive action, regardless of which airline does it. The airline even appologized after it bumped a 10-year old from a flight. Image source: [link].

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Paid Social: Cliff Notes to 3 Social Media Studies

Sword and the Script

In either case, I’ve paused to delve into three social media studies or surveys that crossed my screen in recent months and distilled them to the most important findings. These three studies seem to, in part, answer these three questions: How is our brand doing in social media relative to comparable brands?