Five Ways Social Media is Impacting Customer Service

Ah, the democratization of knowledge well, at least it’s supporting the democratization of customer service. Previously companies could at least contain, if not hide, most of their customers’ frustrations and could limit any real damage to the brand. Not anymore. Customers are now controlling the conversation around customer service. Social media outlets have given them big megaphones to voice their frustrations to an increasingly connected population, and these frustrations have a long shelf life on the Internet. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and others are rife with customer service stories – most of them negative – and this is having real game-changing consequences for customer service.

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Configura

Configura creates intelligent space-planning software for manufacturers, dealers and designers in the contract furniture, kitchen and bath, material handling, industrial machinery, and laboratory and healthcare industries. Our software products are used worldwide. Configura Sverige AB, the parent company, is headquartered in Linköping, Sweden, with commercial operations in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Shenzhen, China; Tokyo, Japan; and Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1990, Configura is privately owned with over 300 employees worldwide and annual sales of more than $25 million USD.

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