Reach Out and Poke Someone Kevin Winslow Communication Specialist Idaho Power Company Utility Communication Goes Social
Social: Where We’re At
Who’s Listening: Our Demos Our Facebook fans
Who’s Listening: Our Demos Twitter: Exactly who we want to be listening Regulators: ex. IPUC Policy makers: ex. Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter News media: newspaper, TV, radio service-area wide Our customers: still not enough, takes large outages
Who’s Talking: By Platform
Are They Hearing Us? Depends
Perception: Customers Mad Props (as the kids say):
The Media – Before Social The Real Story? No car into pole. Gravel truck took down wires. Power restored in 45 minutes.
The Media – After Social
They Listen, and We Listen, Too Complaints don’t fall on deaf ears 946 Followers
Connecting with Your Customers
The End Goal Our story, our way: not the customers’ slant not the media’s slant our story Answer questions, address complaints, reward praise Report accurate, timely outage info Make a genuine connection with our customers Keep the drumbeat going: keep their attention, keep them engaged have our channels ready for when we really need them
Thanks for Having Me Questions? Comments?