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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
How to deal with Negative Customers on Social Media - Part 10
How to deal with Negative Customers on Social Media - Part 10
We are going to look at an actual Case Study of a Business in a regional Country Town
that became negatively affected by comments on a Social Media Business Page .
This Business is very popular in the Town , and is regularly patronised
by the majority of the townsfolk .
As a result of the Businesses popularity some locals setup a Fan Page . However , some local
High School students decided to joke around on this Page and create some havoc . The local Business was attacked over the most absurd ' red herrings ' . The negativity spread like
wildfire on Social Media , reaching a climax where the ' joke ' called for the Business to be closed down , and even the local media got in on the ' act ' . This all caused great anguish and distress to the Business owners who had just invested a large amount of capital to upgrade the Business .
But the Entertainment value of the ridiculous criticism of the Business kept it spreading like wildfire .
this Business Client .
There is nothing worse than opening a Business Page , or connecting to a Business on Social Media ,
and having to" swim through sewerage to get to the Beach ".
Business owners need to get Real about the advice they're being given to engage with the ' joker '
in the Public arena , it won't work !
Deal with your Customer complaints privately , the old fashioned way , the way you have always done it , the way you have built your Business .
Otherwise you are rewarding the ' Joker ' for going public on Social Media !
Copyright - Alpha Social Media - Alpha Training - 2010
We are going to look at an actual Case Study of a Business in a regional Country Town
that became negatively affected by comments on a Social Media Business Page .
This Business is very popular in the Town , and is regularly patronised
by the majority of the townsfolk .
As a result of the Businesses popularity some locals setup a Fan Page . However , some local
High School students decided to joke around on this Page and create some havoc . The local Business was attacked over the most absurd ' red herrings ' . The negativity spread like
wildfire on Social Media , reaching a climax where the ' joke ' called for the Business to be closed down , and even the local media got in on the ' act ' . This all caused great anguish and distress to the Business owners who had just invested a large amount of capital to upgrade the Business .
But the Entertainment value of the ridiculous criticism of the Business kept it spreading like wildfire .
What would some Social Media experts have recommended ?
- To engage with the " Joker " ?
- To show your concern for the complaints ?
- To respond on the Page Wall to every silly remark ?
- To show you care by joining in the Entertainment ?
- To offer excuses and apologies ?
this Business Client .
- Alpha Training setup a New Business Page which the Business has complete control over , with a seperate Wall for Customer feedback .
- Alpha gave instructions to the Business admin to immediately delete all joke based - negativity - red herring comments , and not to engage in Public debate , but to respond by DM or email or phone call .
- The situation was completely diffused within two weeks , the Business was saved , the New Page now has nearly 500 active members , and the campaign to destroy it has been forgotten .
There is nothing worse than opening a Business Page , or connecting to a Business on Social Media ,
and having to" swim through sewerage to get to the Beach ".
Business owners need to get Real about the advice they're being given to engage with the ' joker '
in the Public arena , it won't work !
Deal with your Customer complaints privately , the old fashioned way , the way you have always done it , the way you have built your Business .
Otherwise you are rewarding the ' Joker ' for going public on Social Media !
Copyright - Alpha Social Media - Alpha Training - 2010
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Alpha Social Media: How to deal with Negative Customers on Social Medi...
Alpha Social Media: How to deal with Negative Customers on Social Medi...: "How to deal with Negative Customers on Social Media - Part 9 Business owners need to decide if their Posts are for Business Marketing or..."
How to deal with Negative Customers on Social Media - Part 9
How to deal with Negative Customers on Social Media - Part 9
Business owners need to decide if their Posts are for
Business Marketing
or for Entertainment .
Many are for Entertainment right now - Why ?
Why are Business owners persevering with ' engage with negative customers on SM when
it clearly isn't working ?
Is there a better way ?
Business owners need to decide if their Posts are for
Business Marketing
or for Entertainment .
Many are for Entertainment right now - Why ?
- Go to the comments section and what do you read ?
- First Comment Sarcastic remark by " anon "
- Rebuttal by naive Business owner
- More Sarcastic remarks by " anon "
- Irrelevant interject by " stoned "
- Retrieval comments by naive Business owner trying to rescue the situation
- More and more biting critical comments by " anon "
- " MrBig" pipes in with attacks on the Customer service offered by naive Business owner
- Naive Business owner offers freeby to placate "MrBig "
- "MrBig" admits to never having been to naive Business owners premises , just joined in the conversation for the Entertainment !
- The next 6 remarks make a complete mockery of naive Business owner
Why are Business owners persevering with ' engage with negative customers on SM when
it clearly isn't working ?
Is there a better way ?
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