Half Of Users Seek Customer Service In Social Media
- by Mark Walsh @markfwal, October 25, 2012
A new report from NM Incite, Nielsen’s social media arm, offers insight into how social media is affecting brands’ customer service operations. Among the key findings:
-47% of all social media users actively seek customer service through social media.
-30% of social media users prefer to reach out to a brand for customer service through a social channel compared to the phone.
-71% of those who experience positive “social care” (i.e., a quick and effective brand response) would be likely to recommend that brand to others, compared to just 19% of customers that don't receive any response.
-The majority of Twitter and Facebook users, 83% and 71% respectively, expect a response from a brand within the same day of posting. Half of Twitter users want a response within two hours.
-51% of social care users actively engage with brands several times per month.
The results were based on a July survey conducted with a representative sample of 2,000 social media users 18 and
over.
I wonder how much of this also applies to political candidates' own Facebook pages? I unfortunately have an incumbent candidate who is never on his own Facebook page except for photo opps and publishing negative ads; and his campaign handlers won't respond to anyone on there who has questions. For the record, his name is Robert "Bob" Dold (R-10th District of Illinois.)