How to Get Your Customers to Brag About You With Social Media

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While many companies are still struggling to figure out how to use Web 1.0, their more successful counterparts have already mastered that and are leading the charge into the world of Web 2.0.Hear how the CEO of one of America's largest online brands has used the power of the Web, first to build a small business into an Internet powerhouse, and now, through Social Media such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook, to turn his brand's fan base into the fuel for even greater success.

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How To Get Your Customers to Brag About

YouWith Social Media

Presented by Jay SteinfeldFounder/CEO Blinds.com

jay@Blinds.com@BlindscomCEO

Your Needs?

Acquire more customers?

Lower your cost of acquisition?

OverviewGetting bragging rights

through:

1. Employees

2. Customers

3. Social Media

Blinds.com

$50 million revenue

Only 63 employees

41% repeat/referred customers

Pay-per-click only 15% of revenue

We All Have No Choice

1 complaint = 26 others

1 person tells 10 others?

Era of Transparency?

Customers don’t just TALK!

Email Ratings Opinion sites RateMyProfessors.com Glassdoor.com Social Media aggregation Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn, etc

1 Person Tells 10,000 !

1. EMPLOYEES

The Customer Experience

› Solve customer problems

› Easy to do business

› Extraordinary manner

2. Customers

Trust boosters

2. Customers

Factual differentiators

Recommended Reading

2. Customers

Reviews

• Good and bad

• Testimonials

• Must be encouraged

How to Encourage Reviews

Make conspicuous

Contests

Ask in emails, phone, on your site

The 30-day CEO Letter

“If there was one thing….”

Links to the review page

Post to opinion sites

Post to Twitter, Facebook (become fan)

Social Media

Results From Social Media

Market Research 2 Book Interviews 3 Webinars Introductions to top Media Introductions to other CEO’s Customer Service Opportunities Contests Finding buyers

• “Texas Hold’em: $25 blind. You in?”

• “New blog post: Avoid 3 Day Blinds like the plague!”

General tweet from @JayAMorgan:

Blinds.com

Take a proactive approach to Customer Service. Talk to your customers.

Recap

You must act!

Takes 3-pronged attackEmployeesPublicCustomers

Contact

Jay SteinfeldCEO/Founder Blinds.com

jay@Blinds.com

@BlindscomCEO

LinkedIn.com/in/JaySteinfeld

Facebook.com/Blinds.com

Contact

Jay SteinfeldCEO/Founder Blinds.com

jay@Blinds.com

@BlindscomCEO

LinkedIn.com/in/JaySteinfeld

Facebook.com/Blinds.com