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How Comcast Started Caring |
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Frank Eliason Customer Service Manager & @comcastcares on Twitter |
October 9th, 2008 |
Frank Eliason has an amazing story to tell. As a customer service manager at Comcast - he was used to dealing with customers on a daily basis in a way that most marketers have never been. His knowledge of their problems and what it takes to solve them was the sort that many people within an organization have, but rarely does this knowledge get connected with a marketing or PR effort. So Frank started communicating with customers through Twitter … and his @comcastcares Twitter account is now one of the most legendary on that site for how he has managed to communicate directly with customers and do it in an open and authentic way. This interview is his story of how he made that happen at a huge brand that had an uphill battle to fight in terms of finding and using its personality to better connect with their customers.
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July 30th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
18Its amazing how some companies still get their customer service so wrong. Its good to see companies go that extra mile for their customers.
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19Amazing story, I have found it interesting to read it from the very beginning to the end. I agree with other people who have commented this post.
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20Very interesting post, indeed. Many thanks to Frank Eliason for sharing his experience of dealing with customers. Many thanks to Frank Eliason for sharing his marketing knowledge with other guys. Not all people are ready to do the same.
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25I too am leaving Comcast. I also was promised and paying for services that I didnt receive. I have gotten the run around until I am exausted from even dealing with them. Comcast has made it clear to me they don’t care or value long term customers. Every customer service rep you talk to gives you a differnet answer.
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February 18th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
26Thanks to your article and Frank Elison, I’ve just persuaded my boss to adopt social networking as part of our PR and marketing campaign - something I’ve been trying to get him to do for the past 6 months!
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27As someone who has just recently joined Twitter, it is encouraging to see so many different uses for the service. I was wary that it would merely be used as a boring “Facebook status update” site, but this is another example of how it can benefit people: through direct and specific communication.
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April 18th, 2011 at 10:10 pm
28Social network is an important part of PR and marketing. But before implementing it in a business, the team to brainstorm and check how to deal with it and use it to full advantage. Otherwise, it will just be a waste of resources and will jeopardize the privacy of the company.
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