For Business Process & Applications Professionals (Length: 25 pages)

August 14, 2009

Best Practices: Five Strategies For Customer Service Social Media Excellence

Use Social Technologies To Improve Customer Experiences And Lower Costs

by Natalie L. Petouhoff, Ph.D.

with William Band, Jeremiah K. Owyang, Andrew Magarie


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

As consumers rapidly adopt social media — and use it to voice their displeasure about brands and complain about products and services — customer service professionals struggle with how best to harness the power of the cloud to transform customer experiences. Forrester's interviews with savvy executives found that smart companies use five emerging best practices: Begin by taking ownership of the social media initiative; determine your customer social media goal; keep a laser focus on the customer experience; understand the fast-changing social technology landscape; and build a strong business case for change. By following these best practices, companies can use social media to enrich customer experiences, reduce customer service costs, and transform their businesses.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemConsumers Adopt Social Media, But Customer Service Professionals Struggle

itemSuccessful Adopters Use Five Strategies To Capitalize On Social Technologies

itemBest Practice No. 1: Take Ownership

itemBest Practice No. 2: Determine Your Goals

itemBest Practice No. 3: Focus On The Customer Experience

itemBest Practice No. 4: Understand The Social Technology Landscape

itemBest Practice No. 5: Build The Business Case

itemForrester's Customer Service Social Media Next Practices

itemIdentifying Your Challenges

itemCase Studies

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed more than 25 user companies and vendors including ACT!, The Carphone Warehouse Group, Cisco Consumer Business Group, Comcast, DIRECTV, feedbackjar.com, Get Satisfaction, Helpstream, Infusionsoft, Intel, Intuit, iRobot, JetBlue, Jive Software, Lenovo, Lithium Technologies, myFico.com, NetApp, nGenera, Parature, RightNow Technologies, salesforce.com, SAP, Telligent, UserVoice, Verizon, and Zappos.com.

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Analyst: Natalie L. Petouhoff, Ph.D.
Technology: Customer Experience, Customer Relationship Management, Packaged Applications, Social Computing & Web 2.0
Industry: Computer Hardware Industry, Computer Software Industry, High-Tech
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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