Like in any relationship, to get your customers to love you and want to talk about you, you have to listen to them first. But it’s more complicated than just tracking what people say about your company. According to Kathleen Fetters, First Republic Bank’s Social Media Intelligence Executive, getting the most out of listening means…
How one word makes you WOM-worthy
This guest post is from Jeremy Epstein, VP of Marketing and Social Navigator at Sprinklr. I just signed up for a Simple bank account. It is a great concept in terms of serving mobile-empowered, tech savvy customers. Unfortunately, the initial experience has been anything but simple for me. Too many hoops to go through to receive…
How CME Group is connecting with their fans on Twitter and LinkedIn — live from BlogWell
Come to BlogWell: How Big Brands Use Social Media on November 9 to hear SAP, SunGard, American Express, Scholastic, BlackRock, Johnson & Johnson, The Hershey Company, and Pfizer share case studies in corporate social media. You’ll learn how to get started, get past roadblocks, and make your social media program phenomenal — in one afternoon,…
SmartyPig uses word of mouth to encourage savings
SmartyPig offers a free online financial savings service that allows users to create profiles, establish savings goals and have their friends and family contribute. Founders Mike Ferrari and Jon Gaskell describe the concept: We thought, what if we could give our customers the opportunity to make their accounts public (or not), so that their mom,…