Responding to angry comments and answering a ton of DMs isn’t easy, especially when you’re juggling a billion other tasks. 🤹
Use these tips to level up your social media customer service and take customer satisfaction up a notch *without* giving yourself more work. ☝️
1. Use a chatbot 🤖
Conversational AI is a great way to provide basic social customer service and address FAQs 24/7 – even when you are not online.
2. Create guidelines for social 📋
Help your team build consistency with guidelines for the tone of voice, response times for each channel, FAQs, and process for escalation.
3. Manage customer expectations 🤝
Make it clear to customers when your service team is available and how long it typically takes for them to hear back from you.
4. Don't make customers wait ⚡️
Minimize your response times by automating processes to create efficiency and using tools like saved replies and auto-responses.
5. Turn public conversations private 🔒
Instead of resolving a comment publicly, ask a user to send you a DM – sometimes complaints, questions, or requests are better handled through private channels.