Tag Archives: Social CRM

Big Data Analytics a Key Enabler for Social CRM – Airlines Case Study

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: February 1, 2012

Big Data Analytics is a hot topic of discussion these days. But many feel that it is more of a “hype” and less of substance. In my opinion, Big Data Analytics is the real deal and if used correctly, can deliver great business results at a fraction of cost compared to other alternatives. Here’s a [...]

Why Big Data Analytics is The Next Big Opportunity for Outsourcing Companies

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: January 8, 2012

Big Data Analytics is making big headlines these days. Just check out a few from recent past: Big Data — Big Money Says It Is A Paradigm Buster - Forbes.com For Start-Ups That Aim at Giants, Sorting the Data Cloud Is the Next Big Thing - The New York Times Accel Makes Big Commitment To Big Data [...]

3 New Year’s Resolutions that should be on Every CEOs List for 2012

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: December 30, 2011

“After Outcry, Verizon Abandons $2 Fee” screams a headline from today’s online edition of the New York Times. And the article makes it very clear that Social Media played no small role in telecom giant’s hasty retreat from levying a new $2 fee on bill payments. This story is a harbinger of things to come [...]

2012: Year of Empowered and Assertive Digital Customer

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: December 28, 2011

As 2011 comes to an end and as we look forward to celebrating New Year 2012, one thing that strikes most looking back is the massive increase in ownership and usage of Smartphones and Tablet computers. Just consider following headlines in the last few days: “On Christmas day alone, a total of 6.8 million iOS [...]

FedEx learns Social CRM lesson, the hard way!

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: December 22, 2011

Here’s an excellent example of the importance of responding to a Social Media crisis before it is too late. On December 19th, 2011, a YouTube user (username “goobie55″) uploaded video of a FedEx delivery person throwing a video monitor into his/her yard. This YouTube video has created a Social Media storm of sorts and as [...]

Forget Black Friday, how about “Social Media Saturday”?

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: October 19, 2011

Halloween is just a few days away and before we know, it will be Thanksgiving and more importantly for business, Black Friday and Cyber Monday (for those not familiar with the term Black Friday, see this). But on the economic front, all seems to be ‘gloom and doom’ and ‘economic’ forecast for this holiday season [...]

Why Industrial Era Marketing Won’t Work in the Age of Social Media

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: October 16, 2011

In the industrial age, companies mass produced goods and promoted their products and services through mass media in order to sell them. Customers had little involvement in product creation (other than occasional feedback they provided through marketing research). And if customers had any problem, they contacted a support agent via mail or telephone. Social media [...]

Key to Social CRM success: Go Local!

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: October 13, 2011

Marketing is never a zero sum game. Companies don’t have to lose for customers to win and customers don’t have to lose for companies to win. In fact, marketing is the art and science of finding a win-win approach to business transactions in which both the company and customers win. Social Media can play a [...]

Social CRM Case Study: Netflix Vs. Blockbuster

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: October 3, 2011

In one of my previous post titled Social Media: The New Front End of CRM System, I highlighted that Social Media has empowered customers like never before as they can discuss about brands/products on Social Media channels and companies have no control over what customers are saying about their brand. Moreover, as this discussion is [...]

Social Media and the Rise of Consumer to Consumer (C2C) Marketing

By Harish Kotadia, Ph.D. | Published: September 11, 2011

I have seen several examples of marketers in both, Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C) segments, trying to use the same old B2B or B2C strategies when it comes to Social Media marketing. Marketers are failing to take advantage of unique characteristics of Social Networks by not modifying or re-engineering their business [...]

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