Case Studies

How UPS is Mastering Customer Service with Social Media, presented by Debbie Curtis-Magley

One of the fundamentals to keeping customers happy is by providing excellent customer service. This presentation from UPS‘ Manager of Corporate PR, Debbie Curtis-Magley, focuses on how to deliver excellent customer service on Facebook and Twitter. Debbie shares the ups and down of their experiences and concludes with their five important lessons learned. A few…

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How Ramon De Leon Engages in the Nonstop Online Conversation About Domino’s

Domino’s marketer Ramon De Leon has one goal: To get people addicted to the Domino’s experience. In this case study, Chicago Domino’s Marketing Mind Ramon De Leon runs through 79 slides of how he is constantly engaging his fans about their Domino’s pizza experience. Ramon shares everything from how he monitors online conversations, fun ways…

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How The Home Depot brings their culture to life in social media — live from BlogWell

Come to our upcoming BlogWell: How Big Brands Use Social Media conference in San Francisco to hear Farmers Insurance, Rogers Communications, Target, Yahoo!, NVIDIA, Hitachi Data Systems, Verizon, and Autodesk share 8 great case studies on corporate social media. This event is all about how big brands use social media. No agencies, no startups —…

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How NCR Corporation launched a blog for their BtoB financial customers — live from BlogWell

Come to our upcoming BlogWell: How Big Brands Use Social Media conference in San Francisco to hear Farmers Insurance, Rogers Communications, Target, Yahoo!, NVIDIA, Hitachi Data Systems, Verizon, and Autodesk share 8 great case studies on corporate social media. This event is all about how big brands use social media. No agencies, no startups —…

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Word of Mouth Tip #12: Make it easy for people to steal your logo

When someone is about to write an article about you, blog about you, or mention you in a newsletter, there’s a good chance they’ll look to your website to use your logo. This is great, as long as the image looks like it’s supposed to. But too often, companies make it difficult by burying the…

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Word of Mouth Tip #25: Turn a negative into a positive

Every company has imperfections. Things go wrong, delays pop up, missteps happen, or something slips through quality control. It happens to even the best of brands. But the great companies — the ones whose fans will defend them even when things go sour — are the ones who see these stumbles as opportunities to earn…

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Word of Mouth Tip #72: Find a middleman for topics that are hard to talk about

Certain topics can be uncomfortable or awkward for people to discuss. Things like diseases, political issues, famine, war, and charitable causes aren’t always easy for even your biggest supporters to bring up amongst friends or strangers. In these instances, sometimes it’s best to look outside your close group of customers or supporters and find intermediaries…

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How UPS uses social media for customer service — live from BlogWell

Come to our upcoming BlogWell: How Big Brands Use Social Media conference in San Francisco to hear Farmers Insurance, Rogers Communications, Target, Yahoo!, NVIDIA, Hitachi Data Systems, Verizon, and Autodesk share 8 great case studies on corporate social media. This event is all about how big brands use social media. No agencies, no startups —…

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