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Customers Are Trying To Reach You On Social Media, Are You There?

5 out of every 6 requests made by consumers on social media to a business go unanswered. Businesses continue to make the terrible mistake of utilizing social media as a broadcast medium rather than recognizing its impact as a communication medium. Long ago, companies recognized the importance of managing inbound calls since customer satisfaction is directly attributable to retention and increased customer value.

The volume of social media requests have increased 77% year over year. But the response has only been a 5% increase by businesses. That’s a huge gap! Why aren’t social requests getting the same attention? My guess is that consumers don’t expect a response as they do via phone so they’re not getting as upset as they do when sitting on a call that goes unanswered. But the opportunity for businesses to truly make a social impact is huge in most industries… especially knowing that your competitors aren’t responsive!

During the past year, some surprising trends emerged in the social media conversation between brands and customers. The Social Business offers a quick overview of both overall and industry-specific trends.

The Sprout Social Index is a report compiled and released by Sprout Social. All referenced data is based on 18,057 public social profiles (9,106 Facebook; 8,951 Twitter) of continually active accounts between Q1 2013 and Q2 2014. More than 160 million messages sent during that time were analyzed for the purposes of this report.

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Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr is CMO of OpenINSIGHTS and the founder of the Martech Zone. Douglas has helped dozens of successful MarTech startups, has assisted in the due diligence of over $5 bil in Martech acquisitions and investments, and continues to assist companies in implementing and automating their sales and marketing strategies. Douglas is an internationally recognized digital transformation and MarTech expert and speaker. Douglas is also a published author of a Dummie's guide and a business leadership book.

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