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Social Media Horror Story With A Happy Ending

Firebelly

Imagine if this poor girl was in charge of that local Candlewood Suites social media presence and said something like that? Social media is easy for companies that produce soft drinks and TV shows. But not so much for airlines, phone companies, B2B companies and retailers. . The Oracle Debacle.

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How Social Media and Smartphones Breed a Petri Dish of Negativity

Convince & Convert

Even with your commitment to humanization, social outreach, customer experience and all the rest, you’re still getting more angry missives than ever. It’s certainly true in the airline industry, where LA Times reports that complaint volume is up 30% year-over-year. Tweet this ). Or so it appears to me.

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Why Critics of Klout Are Missing the Big Picture

Convince & Convert

Other than signing book deals, the favorite sport of the social media punditry these days seems to be bashing Klout. The most recent example was from B2B social media thinker Paul Gillin who wrote a post unveiling the flaws in Klout’s ranking scheme. But most social media types aren’t Paul Gillin.

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Please Aggravate Me: Is Gamifying Customer Service a Reality

Convince & Convert

She is also founder and principal of Genuine Media, a marketing agency that helps clients build their individual and brand reputation through social media. Recently I needed to change a flight with United Airlines. So I grabbed my iPhone , dialed United, and heard this recorded message: Thanks for calling United Airlines.

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Please Aggravate Me: Is Gamifying Customer Service a Reality

Convince & Convert

She is also founder and principal of Genuine Media, a marketing agency that helps clients build their individual and brand reputation through social media. Recently I needed to change a flight with United Airlines. So I grabbed my iPhone , dialed United, and heard this recorded message: Thanks for calling United Airlines.

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6 Required Competencies for Social Organizations | Conferences and.

Convince & Convert

because through social media, customers are praising and criticizing companies in public in a way that requires marketing to triage and respond. I developed 6 new requirements that all social media savvy, marketing-centric organizations need to have. Now, he tweeted it to his 1.6 Who’s listening?

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Social Pros 11 – Vanessa Sain-Dieguez, Hilton Hotels

Convince & Convert

This is Episode 11 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Vanessa Sain-Dieguez who is the Social Media Director at Hilton Worldwide. It’s been kind of a crazy day in social media, right? It feels like social media from two years ago.

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