But nobody wants to run into a ticked off customer on Social Media. One of the most often questions I get when speaking to wineries is how to handle the bad review on yelp, or the upset post on Facebook or Twitter.
While most companies view Twitter and Facebook as a great tool to monitor what customers are saying about them, I’ve written that they are missing opportunities to enhance the customer service and experience by posting value added content.
That said this short article is about how to respond to the irate customer who decides to air his or her grievance using social media channels instead of reaching out to the company directly. Or worse, maybe they tried to reach the company via traditional channels (phone, email, etc.) and didn’t get the response they were looking for.
When a customer complains on social media channels like Twitter or Facebook, the customer’s usual [hate-on-yelp] goal is to get the company to respond.
The company’s goal is to mitigate or eliminate any negative impressions, and show the customer, and the rest of the world, that they are there to support and help the customer through the problem. Managed properly, the result will be showing the customer, their friends, and potentially the rest of the world that the company stands behind their products and offers amazing customer service.
Here are five simple steps to managing a customer complaint on Twitter, Facebook and other similar social media channels:
The bottom line is this:
If you don’t deliver, at a minimum, an acceptable level of service, the whole world can find out about it. Twitter is an opportunity to build an image and identity for the brand, so talking with customers about why you like the brand so much, what cool things the company has done, or retweeting a success story gives people many reasons to follow what you say.
Embrace social media.
Your customers do.
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