2. The study tracked millions of conversations
across social media platforms used by
utilities during the winter storms of
2013-2014 in the US. The goal was to
identify the most effective social media
channels and strategies that helped drive
engagement and customer satisfaction.
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Scope of the Study:
Utilities: 15
Social Media Platforms: Facebook,
Twitter, YouTube, WhatsApp, Pinterest
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Conversations: Over a million
A TCS STUDY ON HOW UTILITIES USE SOCIAL MEDIA
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UTILITIES' PREFERRED PLATFORMS AND MESSAGES
Platforms utilities believe are
key for customer contact
Topic utilities believe is
most important for their
social media content
76%
Twitter and Facebook
Outage Communication
51%
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TWITTER IS THE MOST USED PLATFORM
DURING AN EVENT*
rely on traditional
news media
use message
boards/forums
of consumers
use Facebook
30% 26% 39%
Other commonly used social media platform
*An event could be, for instance,
an outage due to bad weather
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DOES ALL THIS REALLY MATTER?
YES!Utilities that engage with
their customers throughout
the year and manage social
media conversations better
score higher on CSI.
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CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SCORE IS CRITICAL
For Customer
Retention
For Regulatory
Approvals
For Consolidation
As competition grows
due to deregulation
To increase rates
as costs rise
To scale up
the business
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HOW CAN UTILITIES IMPROVE CSI?
A mix of tactical and
strategic social media
initiatives that
leverages multiple
technologies can
improve their score
SMART METERS
MOBILE APPS GIS
BIG DATA
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TACTICAL STEPS
Spread Interaction
Beyond Crisis Period
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Expand Communication
Topics Beyond Outages
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Leverage
Technology
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Improve Response
Time
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To score higher CSI To enhance engagement
To deliver real-time
weather feeds and
alerts, outage maps
From over 5 hours
to less than 1 hour
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