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Checking Out the Competition: What Your Rivals Are Saying On Twitter

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 by Jace Modavi

Facebook Twitter

With more and more companies incorporating Twitter into their customer support, it’s becoming clear that the bond between companies and social media – even if something else ends up supplanting Twitter – is here to stay.  Sites like Facebook and Twitter offer huge numbers of consumers for companies to market to, free of charge and with very little need for advertising expenses.  They allow companies to follow along in conversations about their brand and even start some of those conversations.  And it’s all in out there in public, meaning competitors can follow along too.  Is this something that should concern you?  Or is it something you can use to your advantage?
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The Medium Is The Message: Social CRM and Customer Service

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 by Jace Modavi

Best Buy

I’ve made the point before that social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are the best way to reach younger consumers.  They want to use these sites to learn about what products are awesome, to learn what their friends think of those products, and to get support when they have trouble.  And social networking sites are the perfect medium for this, because they make discussions easy.  Companies can create accounts and show off their goods, friends are all connected and find out in real time whenever someone says something, and the conversation tools make interacting with a customer service representative as pain free as possible.
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