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Customer Service Touch Point

Ronn Torossian

Brian Solis, the person Salesforce calls a global innovation evangelist, hit the proverbial nail on the head with regards to the state of today’s customer service when he said, “Social media is about sociology and psychology more than technology.” The post Customer Service Touch Point appeared first on.

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What Does Customer Service Have to Do with Marketing?

Ronn Torossian

Right under your nose lies one of the simplest and most effective approaches to marketing for any business of any size. Customer service. However, customer service is, in fact, an important part of marketing. After all, a customer who has a poor experience with a business […]. What is it?

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9 steps for developing a complete sales and marketing strategy for small business

Agility PR Solutions

However, this business does not have a marketing and sales strategy. The second business sells premade wristbands at a higher price than other premade wristbands in the market. Also, they do not have any customization services.

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5 Social Customer Service Best Practices

Cision

Twitter introduced a feature that allows customers to send you direct messages directly from your site. Late last year, Facebook improved pages’ customer service tools and integrated customer service bots into its Messenger app. So, what is a communications or marketing professional to do?

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The Snowball Effect: How Your Company Culture Affects Your Customer Service and Informs Your Communications Strategy

Barokas

It’s also the foundation for customer service, which in turn shapes the company’s brand and communications strategies. When your company’s culture, customer service and communications strategy are all aligned – it can help your business maintain a healthy reputation and even lead to brand loyalty.

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After years of turmoil, brand customer service may be rebounding—what’s changed?

Agility PR Solutions

Remember when “service with a smile” was hallmark credo for public-facing companies? Customer service has been hailed as the key driver of consumer loyalty, but lately it’s been the most enigmatic challenge facing brand marketers. The post After years of turmoil, brand customer service may be rebounding—what’s changed?

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Power of WOM: 3 reliable word-of-mouth marketing strategies

5W PR

While some form of word-of-mouth marketing has always been around, in the last couple of decades, thanks to the rise of various tools, technologies, and platforms, it’s become a lot more sophisticated. A number of popular brands, like Nike and Starbucks, use reputation management as a tactic in their word-of-mouth marketing efforts.