I presented a webinar on Social Media Networking for Small Business last month. You can watch it here. Here are the highlights…
For Part 1 – Goals, click here.
For Part 2 – Target Your Audience, click here.
Social Media networking is all about engaging your customers, not selling to them. Nothing will turn off someone faster than selling a company, product or service where people like to relax and be entertained. However, people are less likely to be turned off if someone they know, like and trust is doing the recommending.
Who do you know who will do this for you? Your promoters!
When I was working on customer loyalty with Bloomingdale’s, we switched over from the traditional customer satisfaction survey to the “Net Promoter Score.” Based on Fred Reichheld’s book, “The Ultimate Question,” (how likely is it you would recommend this company to a friend or colleague?) it broke down customers in to three categories:
Promoters – Loyal enthusiasts who keep buying from a company and urge their friends to do the same
Passives – Satisfied but unenthusiastic customers who can be easily wooed by the competition
Detractors – Your classic unhappy customers. In the past, it was universally believed every unhappy customer told ten friends. Now, in the digital age, unhappy customers can tell 10,000 “friends.”
The author goes on to say, two conditions must be satisfied before customers make a personal referral: Continue reading