Consumers using social media for positive feedback to brands

New York -- Consumers are predominantly using social media as a tool to give positive feedback, according to eDigitalResearch. Of the 2,000 consumers surveyed who have used social media to contact a brand in the past year, 6% have used social media to send positive feedback about a company compared to 2% who said they have used this touch point to send a complaint.



"The results suggest that the easier a company makes it for a customer to contact them, the more satisfied they are likely to be,” said Derek Eccleston, global commercial officer at eDigitalResearch. “Brands that are executing their social media touch points well are clearly signaling to users when their social media team are available and how long they may have to wait, as well as allowing them to talk openly and honestly about their issues, queries or complaints."



The amount of users turning to social media as a customer service touch point within the past year has grown to 11%, of which over a third (36%) expect a response within six hours. The study also found that live chat rated much higher than other digital touch points, with a 73% satisfaction score.



Users of live chat were much more satisfied than those using email, phone or post for their customer service queries. Live chat offers customers the ability to chat to a brand representative in real-time without the hassle of long delays, automated systems or dreaded 'hold' music. One third (37%) of those surveyed now expect to be able to contact a brand by live chat.



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