Social Customer Care Trends 
& Best Practices 
@evanjames11 
Evan James, 
Head of North American 
Marketing
Customer Care Trends & Best Practices 
Why: It’s important to provide quality social customer 
care 
What: Are the current social customer care trends that 
are happening globally and in the US 
How: Is this going to help benefit your business
3rd Socially 
Native 
1st Early Stage 2nd Socially 
Setting Up 
Listening 
Basic reports 
Content 
Some ads 
Devoted 
Social care 
Even Better Content 
Properly engaging with 
fans 
Deeper Analytics incl. 
competitive 
Integrating into business 
All employees involved in 
social 
Measurement set to match 
business objectives 
77% Companies 10 - 20% Companies 3 % Companies
Socially Devoted 
Are you Socially Devoted? 
Find it out now! 
sociallydevoted.socialbakers.com
Customer Care Goes Social 
10 Million Questions 
were posted by fans to brands so far in 2014 
Just 5% 
of global brands are Socially Devoted 
on Facebook 
But these brands receive 
More than 50% 
of all social care demand
Socially Devoted 
Socially Devoted brands receive 
2.5 Times More Interactions 
on average globally
Customer Care For Brand Awareness 
1:100 
Each interaction correlates 
with 100 people reached 
Average ratio of received interactions & Organically reached audience 
Time Range: December 01, 2013 - March 19, 2014, Data: We looked at more than 300,000 Facebook posts made by 2,715 brands.
Higher Reach 
Higher Engagement 
Higher Click-Rate, Conversion Rate, Visits … 
ROE 
ROI = Engagement First Strategy 
ROI 
Return on Engagement
Facebook - Responses Matter
Twitter Responses Really Matter
Socially Devoted 
Top Social Care Industries 
Facebook 
Airlines 
Telecom 
Finance 
84.0 % 
81.5 % 
79.2 % 
Twitter 
Services 
Airlines 
Finance 
63.2 % 
58.4 % 
56.9 %
Some Brands Get Social Care 
More than 200 Employees 
1 Hour Response Time, 24/7 
10 Languages
“By using Socialbakers, we are able to scale, unify, and 
dramaticaly improve our social customer care across our 
200+ brands.
Global Socially Devoted Q3 Pre-Results 
Software 
Finance 
Beverages 
Accommodation 
Auto 
All Brands 
Q2 2014 
18% 
57% 
23% 
49% 
27% 
45% 
Q3 2014 
18% 
53% 
21% 
45% 
25% 
39% 
Percentage Change 
+ 0.05 % 
- 7% 
- 7% 
- 8% 
- 9% 
- 14% 
Industry
US Socially Devoted Q3 Pre-Results 
Auto 
E-commerce 
Retail Food 
Sporting Goods 
FMCG Food 
All Brands 
Q2 2014 
28.4 % 
43.1 % 
48.0 % 
33.7 % 
58.6 % 
57.9 % 
Q3 2014 
32.4 % 
48.4 % 
52.7 % 
36.8 % 
63.4 % 
59.0 % 
Percentage Change 
+ 14.0 % 
+ 12.3 % 
+ 9.8 % 
+ 9.4 % 
+ 8.2 % 
+ 1.9 % 
Industry
TOP 3 US Socially Devoted Brands 
2 002 1 869 1 503 
Sorted by Answered minus Ignored Questions
Social is not about 1 metric - it’s about all of them 
Fans 
Fan Growth 
Activity of 
Your Page 
Response Rate 
Response Time 
$ Paid 
Interactions & Reach 
Media
Measurement Framework 
Own Metrics + Competitive Set 
Own Metrics & 
Competitive Metrics 
(Likes, Interactions, Engagement) 
Customer 
Care 
Platform 
Metrics 
Online Metrics 
Advertising Metrics, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc. 
Conversion from Social 
Buzz Monitoring, 
Listening
Social Customer Care – Key Metrics 
Response Rate 
Response Time 
Answered minus 
Unanswered Questions
Great Customer Care For Business 
Constantly measure 
content performance 
Product Feedback 
Customer Retention & Upsells 
Brand Loyalty
Customer Care Trends & Best Practices 
Providing social customer care is now a must 
Social customer care will increase Fan engagement 
Measure and understand how social customer care can 
impact other aspects of your business
Thank you! 
Engage Discount Code: EngageEJ 
Evan James, 
Head of North American Marketing 
@evanjames11

Social Customer Care Best Practices

  • 1.
    Social Customer CareTrends & Best Practices @evanjames11 Evan James, Head of North American Marketing
  • 2.
    Customer Care Trends& Best Practices Why: It’s important to provide quality social customer care What: Are the current social customer care trends that are happening globally and in the US How: Is this going to help benefit your business
  • 3.
    3rd Socially Native 1st Early Stage 2nd Socially Setting Up Listening Basic reports Content Some ads Devoted Social care Even Better Content Properly engaging with fans Deeper Analytics incl. competitive Integrating into business All employees involved in social Measurement set to match business objectives 77% Companies 10 - 20% Companies 3 % Companies
  • 4.
    Socially Devoted Areyou Socially Devoted? Find it out now! sociallydevoted.socialbakers.com
  • 5.
    Customer Care GoesSocial 10 Million Questions were posted by fans to brands so far in 2014 Just 5% of global brands are Socially Devoted on Facebook But these brands receive More than 50% of all social care demand
  • 6.
    Socially Devoted SociallyDevoted brands receive 2.5 Times More Interactions on average globally
  • 7.
    Customer Care ForBrand Awareness 1:100 Each interaction correlates with 100 people reached Average ratio of received interactions & Organically reached audience Time Range: December 01, 2013 - March 19, 2014, Data: We looked at more than 300,000 Facebook posts made by 2,715 brands.
  • 8.
    Higher Reach HigherEngagement Higher Click-Rate, Conversion Rate, Visits … ROE ROI = Engagement First Strategy ROI Return on Engagement
  • 9.
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    Socially Devoted TopSocial Care Industries Facebook Airlines Telecom Finance 84.0 % 81.5 % 79.2 % Twitter Services Airlines Finance 63.2 % 58.4 % 56.9 %
  • 12.
    Some Brands GetSocial Care More than 200 Employees 1 Hour Response Time, 24/7 10 Languages
  • 13.
    “By using Socialbakers,we are able to scale, unify, and dramaticaly improve our social customer care across our 200+ brands.
  • 14.
    Global Socially DevotedQ3 Pre-Results Software Finance Beverages Accommodation Auto All Brands Q2 2014 18% 57% 23% 49% 27% 45% Q3 2014 18% 53% 21% 45% 25% 39% Percentage Change + 0.05 % - 7% - 7% - 8% - 9% - 14% Industry
  • 15.
    US Socially DevotedQ3 Pre-Results Auto E-commerce Retail Food Sporting Goods FMCG Food All Brands Q2 2014 28.4 % 43.1 % 48.0 % 33.7 % 58.6 % 57.9 % Q3 2014 32.4 % 48.4 % 52.7 % 36.8 % 63.4 % 59.0 % Percentage Change + 14.0 % + 12.3 % + 9.8 % + 9.4 % + 8.2 % + 1.9 % Industry
  • 16.
    TOP 3 USSocially Devoted Brands 2 002 1 869 1 503 Sorted by Answered minus Ignored Questions
  • 17.
    Social is notabout 1 metric - it’s about all of them Fans Fan Growth Activity of Your Page Response Rate Response Time $ Paid Interactions & Reach Media
  • 18.
    Measurement Framework OwnMetrics + Competitive Set Own Metrics & Competitive Metrics (Likes, Interactions, Engagement) Customer Care Platform Metrics Online Metrics Advertising Metrics, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc. Conversion from Social Buzz Monitoring, Listening
  • 19.
    Social Customer Care– Key Metrics Response Rate Response Time Answered minus Unanswered Questions
  • 20.
    Great Customer CareFor Business Constantly measure content performance Product Feedback Customer Retention & Upsells Brand Loyalty
  • 21.
    Customer Care Trends& Best Practices Providing social customer care is now a must Social customer care will increase Fan engagement Measure and understand how social customer care can impact other aspects of your business
  • 22.
    Thank you! EngageDiscount Code: EngageEJ Evan James, Head of North American Marketing @evanjames11

Editor's Notes

  • #4 We announced Socially Devoted 2 years ago, and its time to talk about whats next.
  • #8 1% interact 10% consume 50% Take action
  • #9 Don Montarno – engaged users are 5X more likely to purchase. Clients that engage socially are 3x as profitable 50-60% of time and budget spent on content – Karren from Western Union, Toni from Uhaul and Sagar from Premier
  • #12 ZP: I think this is QRR – but the Twitter numbers are off. Need to state what metric it is and we could probably add a slide about demand by industry.
  • #14 Over 250 travel brands serving 30 million customers 72% of holiday makers post vacation photos on social In just 2 quarters TUI increased Question Response Rate from 57% to 97%!
  • #21 Humanize your brand – Michelle from IBM: One of the interesting things about the business that we are in is that it is forcing us to become more human. Uhaul – measuring 5 different goals. Kimarie Mathews (Wells Fargo) – In the future they will have the current average response time on the top of their TW feed