Saturday, July 16, 2016

Starbucks Success Post

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Being the well-known coffee company that Starbucks is, they should be utilizing Social Media and posting the best content available. The following post from the Starbucks Facebook Page was posted on July 12, 2016 at 10:00 am.

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This was a very successful post for many reasons, the first being the amount of feedback they received. There were over 423,000 likes/reactions, over 40,000 shares and over 34,000 comments.

Another reason this post was such a success was the way that Starbucks responded to a customer’s complaint. A screenshot below captures the exchange.


Starbucks took the opportunity to engage with an unhappy customer. Instead of bashing or insulting the upset poster, Starbucks took the opportunity to inform their Facebook audience and promote goodwill surrounding their brand. Starbucks took a negative comment and was able to spin it in a good light for them, while not being rude or distasteful.

All content was found on the Starbucks Facebook page:

Morgan M. 

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