In her BlogWell Cincinnati case study presentation, "Social Media's Role in Product Recalls," Graco's Brand Manager, Kelly Voelker, shares how they're using social media to inform customers during product recalls.
Kelly explained how they pro-actively shared their message to customers with specific communication on their blog, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and a dedicated Web Page.
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10. Kelly Voelker – Graco Children’s Products @gracobaby · @gracoKelly [email_address] www.blog.gracobaby.com http://gracobaby.com http://facebook.com/graco THANK YOU
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Notes de l'éditeur
A product recall, especially when a child is involved, is an extremely heated and emotional topic; timing was right after Maclaren so there was additional media attention Announcement was at the same time as Dorel – where deaths were involved, which does even more to frighten parents Unlike Maclaren, NOT all Graco strollers were involved in the announcement, so we expected people would be confused and concerned.
Traditionally, companies tend to take a “duck and cover” kind of approach, but we wanted to get out with our message early and be transparent about the issue Proactive with our information, available around the clock to answer questions and point people in the right direction
Proactive search for people who were upset that the web site was down or couldn’t get through to call center. Pointed them to resources. Importance of working with customer service up front and involving them in the process – looped in with the head of CS Permission to solve consumer complaints as an extension of customer service Handle each consumer individually – some just need to vent, others will demand a refund Graco has been in sm space for several years – wont happen overnight
Here is a specific example of one consumer we dealt with pretty extensively Posted videos to our Facebook page, responding to other consumers on Facebook, sending Tweets to the Chicago Sun Times
We realize things won’t always turn out this way – but in this case, we were able to turn this customer around We were able to elevate the issue within customer service Example of the community going to bat for us
While the vast majority of the coverage we saw was neutral or negative (a lot of bad news out there) we were able to get a few positive articles By 1:00 PM – the CSM article was the #1 search result for “Graco Stroller Recall”
Our legal team is fantastic – they really understand SM and the urgency around it Keep execs in the loop so there are no surprises through daily (or more often) check ins and EOD updates Involve international teams immediately – translations, separate messaging and strategy takes time