Saturday, November 19, 2011

Case Study Homework 11

For the second case study I chose the company Comcast.  Now I know that when we all think of Comcast the last thing that comes to mind is effective use of social media marketing, but suprising they're ranked as being one of the most effective users of social media marketing and it all started with one mans idea to help improve their customer service.  Frank Eliason, currently known as the most famous customer service manager, came up with a brilliant idea to use twitter to help improve customer service.  Customers simply tweet about issues they are having and they are answered with a speedy tweet reply.  Comcast formerly had a pretty bad wrap when it came to the subject of customer service, but now with the help of one of the biggest social media sites that's all changing.  Their goal with social media marketing was the help change the way people view their company and to also help to create a better customer service experience.


Bill GerthAbout @comcastcares




However Comcast does do a great job utilizing their twitter account, after checking their facebook account I noticed that the last post was made on October 11th...of 2010.  Even though their Twitter skills are top notch they still need to put focus on other venues of social media marketing.  It also appears that the same things follows suit with their youtube channel which hasn't had any recent posts in over a year. 







http://twitter.com/#!/comcastcares

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Comcast/150538791657327

Case Study Homework 10


For the first case study I chose Starbucks.  Starbucks similar to Zappos is known for having excellent customer service.  They’ve built their company based on the reputation of having great coffee served quickly and with a smile.  Some may say it’s over priced, even so they must be doing something right because Starbucks is still continuing to thrive even in a downward spiraling economy.  Starbucks uses a lot of different means of social media marketing such  as facebook, youtube and twitter.  

 On the facebook site it even has a count for how many people like, are talking about starbucks and even how many have visited their page this way they can acuratly measure the effectivenesss of the page.  

Starbucks

About

Follow Starbucks on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Starbucks Buy Starbucks Co...
26,120,051
like this
300,235
talking about this
3,574,239
were here
 



Starbucks also has a presence on youtube with its own channel. 


Starbucks
Profile
Name:
Starbucks
Channel Views:
629,489
Total Upload Views:
7,328,393
Joined:
Nov 30, 2005
Latest Activity:
6 months ago
Subscribers:
12,024
About Me:
 
We were founded in 1971, opening the first store in Seattle's Pike Place Market. Starbucks, named after the first mate in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," is the world's leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffee with millions of customer visits per week at stores in North America, Europe, Middle East, Latin America and the Pacific Rim.
Hometown:
Seattle, WA
Country:
United States
Interests:
Coffee




 They also use their twitter page to announce current promotions including the one they have now with their bogo holiday coffee drinks from 2-5.  Their twitter pages also tracks the number of tweets and followers.   



Starbucks CoffeeAbout @Starbucks




Out of all of their social media marketing campaigns, I think the best one the have is my starbucks idea, it’s a place where customers can come and post ideas about what they think starbucks should do next.



MyStarbucksIdea.com

My Starbucks Idea

Share. Vote. Discuss. See.

You know better than anyone else what you want from Starbucks. So tell us. What's your Starbucks Idea? Revolutionary or simple – we want to hear it. Share your ideas, tell us what you think of other people's ideas and join the discussion. We're here, and we're ready to make ideas happen. Let's get started.

Ideas In Action

What are we doing to make your Starbucks experience better? These are some of the things you've asked for.