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Influencers vs Advocates in B2B Marketing

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I think growing and focusing on this group is the key to igniting more WOM in your business! But the group that excites me the most is the Advocates – I want to grow that budding community – I want to offer them special access to news and previews of our latest product. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook. Share this on Linkedin.

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The Perfect Storm in Customer Service

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In my last post we discussed the 4 reasons why using Social Media pays to provide Support : Customers prefer a good customer experiences to low prices, helps aid in spreading WOM, makes customer less likely to defect and results in high profitability for the company.

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Customer Service is the New Marketing

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It’s that WOW or should I say WOM that enhanced the value of their marketing and attracted a player like Amazon. The downside of poor customer service has been well documented on the web because social media acts as the accelerant to negative WOM (think Dell Hell, Motrin Moms, and most recently Nestle).

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It pays to provide Support with Social Media

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2) Good customer experiences drive Word of Mouth (WOM) – we all know in social media that both good and bad customer experience stories spread like wildfires. But in a recent survey by Forrester customers in every major industry preferred good customer service to price. Every Industry! Why not be on the winning side of that equation.

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FOUND the ROI of Social Media for B2B Marketers!

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Moreover, great customer experiences drive positive word of mouth (WOM) which capitalizes on the viral nature of Social Media. And finally companies that provide great customer experiences have customers that defect less and are more profitable to them in the long term.

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Social Customer Support delivers Strong ROI

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Not only that but a recent Forrester study showed that customers actually prefer a better customer experience compared to everyday low prices, and moreover great customer experiences drive positive word of mouth (WOM). So why wouldn’t you center you social media efforts in this area?

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Forms, fields and flows

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In this short video (about seven minutes) I introduce some basic principles of visual language: Forms, fields and flows. I think of this as the “alphabet&# of visual language. This set of principles is the primary set of marks you need in order to create visual meaning. Did you like this? If so, please consider buying me a coffee!