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The Perfect Storm in Customer Service

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Customers have been adopting Social Media for the last few years and I think it is fair to say that we Social Media has gone mainstream especially after last year. Last time I checked those are some pretty good outcomes especially since the cost of acquiring new customers is 5 to 20 times more expensive than retaining existing customers.

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It pays to provide Support with Social Media

Buzz Marketing for Technology

In a recent Forrester Report on “ Customer Experience Pays Off as Social Media reduces Obstacles for Real Change ” they have really nailed down the argument I have been making over the last year about why Support is the single best place to build your business case for Social Media. Every Industry! Every Industry!

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Customer Service is the New Marketing

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Zappos is powered by its customer service and was built on the premise of WOWing each and every customer. It’s that WOW or should I say WOM that enhanced the value of their marketing and attracted a player like Amazon. But great customer service enabled by social is a no brainier. So why not treat it that way now?

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B2B Content Marketing; A Masterclass in Content Amplification

Inbox Insight

Although potential customers will be the focus of much of your efforts, they aren’t your only audience. Improve customer loyalty or increase lifetime value. This is where you pay to leverage a channel, often as a catalyst to accelerate engagement which can be built out into long-term owned media touchpoints (Forrester).

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Top 40 Posts and Hot Topics of Inbound Marketing and Social Media

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

So much noise is created on a daily basis through content publishing that it’s a real challenge to find anything meaningful. Back in March, we published a blog post: Vital Statistics for B2B Marketers – with the aim of trying to make some sense of what’s going on – and the fundamental changes that are underway.