SOCIAL MEDIA CUSTOMER SERVICE SOFTWARE

Social media customer service software is a tool designed to manage and facilitate customer service interactions over social media platforms. It centralizes social media conversations into a single interface, enabling businesses to efficiently monitor, respond to and engage with customer queries, complaints and feedback across various social channels.

You need to service customer queries on social media for the following reasons:

• Customer experience: Providing consistent, omnichannel support across social media meets the demand for quick and accessible service, ensuring a seamless customer journey.
• Brand reputation: Prompt social customer service can prevent negative feedback from escalating, safeguarding brand reputation by addressing concerns before they lead to wider criticism.
• Cost management: Utilizing social media and AI for customer service lowers operational costs by diverting inquiries from more expensive service channels.
• Revenue generation: Social support converts inquiries into sales, builds loyalty, and uses analytics to link customer engagement directly to revenue growth.

Customer support, marketing, sales and product development teams commonly use social media customer service software to engage with customers, handle inquiries, gather feedback and monitor brand sentiment.

The key capabilities of social media customer service software are as follows:

• Omnichannel Coverage: Enables smooth support across platforms, keeping conversation history consistent and context-aware for customer interactions. 
• Conversational AI: Automates real-time responses, providing instant, intelligent support for common questions. 
• Routing and Deflection: Directs inquiries to the right support channel or agent, optimizing response efficiency. 
• Social Listening: Tracks brand mentions and keywords on social media for proactive engagement and issue management. 
• Sentiment Analysis: Identifies emotional tones in messages, prioritizing urgent or negative feedback for quick resolution. 
• Integrated CRM: Enhances service with customer history and data, tailoring interactions and speeding up resolutions. 
• Analytics and Reporting: Delivers insights on engagement, performance, and trends, guiding strategy to improve service.

Sprinklr supports 24+ social channels — including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Reddit and YouTube. Delivering top-notch omnichannel service experiences depends on the seamless context flow between every channel your customer frequents — and Sprinklr’s social reach helps you achieve that. See the complete length and breadth of our channel coverage here.

Sprinklr’s social customer service software primarily works through five distinct stages: 

• It analyzes and organizes brand-related discussions, distinguishing priority interactions.
• Employs human-like AI to boost self-service and handle common questions.
• Directs messages that need engagement to agents qualified in specific skills.
• Empowers agents with AI assistance for effective problem-solving and first contact resolution.
• Measures and displays performance metrics for the social customer service program.

Yes, social media customer service software can integrate with all your key systems — including all digital channels, CRM systems, marketing automation and social media publishing solutions. Advanced solutions like Sprinklr also integrate with generative AI, crafting responses that hit that sweet spot of being both relevant and spot-on wherever you're interacting with customers on social media. You can, in fact, give it a whirl to see what that looks like with Sprinklr AI+.

Keen to meet your customers right where they hang out without breaking a sweat? Give Sprinklr Social a free try for 30 days – it’s efficient, insightful, and always ready to save the day.