Plenty of people have their own opinion about people heavily involved in fandom or cosplayers and they aren't always positive. However, loudly stating them outside of San Diego Comic-Con, which you were just working, in front of the screenwriter of Thor and X-Men: First Class? Probably not the best idea.
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If you live in the social space, you know that San Diego Comic Con is going on right now. This is a big event, folks. There are like – a bajillion people in attendance. Anyone who is anyone is there – except me, of course. All the cool kids hang out. Television shows, games, comic book companies and other mediums are represented. Having a company presence at this phenomenal event is crucial for many businesses, but be careful: people ARE listening to every word you say.
Zack Stentz Tweeted just a bit ago from the floor. My mouth hit MY floor when I read his words: “Dear Showtime execs loudly mocking costume wearers & describing #ComicCon as a “freakshow”: that’s your audience you’re insulting, assholes.”
Uh oh. Someone from Showtime is about to lose their job – or should. You simply don’t attend an event of ANY magnitude (especially one this large) and snidely deride the very people you hope will buy your service or product. It’s like the golden freaking rule of customer service. If you really felt the need to trash those individuals, don’t you think it would have been a damn good idea to wait until you hit the privacy of your hotel room tonight? Perhaps you should have just kept your mouth shut and your thoughts to yourself.
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Welcome to the social world, Showtime. EVERYONE will now see the words your executives uttered during one of the biggest fan gatherings of the year. Current and potential customers from all over the world know exactly how important people from your organization view them. Tell me this – why would I bother to want to watch your channels after this? If you think this is no big deal, just wait… wait until there are hundreds of blog posts like mine attempting to get it through your thick fricken’ skulls that this was a HUGE screw-up. Just wait until that lone Tweet is zinged through the Twittersphere, posted to Facebook and re-shared on Google+. Oh wait – perhaps it will even show up in places such as Pinterest as a brand NOT to buy from due to their lack of care and concern for their customers.
Bigger companies than you have had serious fallout due to crap customer service. You’d think you – and others like you – would have learned from their oopsies. It’s simple, honestly: treat your customers as though they are the most important, influential and intelligent people in the world. Guess what? THEY ARE.
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Okay so the blog post is melodramatic and belongs to just a random person but it was the only thing that I could find close to qualifying as an accompanying article. I really don't think there will be backlash from this like the blogger is trying to say but I do think it is pretty shitty of the execs. I wouldn't say something like that in public at one of the surrounding hotels while the event is going on. You're pretty much setting yourself up to be heard.
If you live in the social space, you know that San Diego Comic Con is going on right now. This is a big event, folks. There are like – a bajillion people in attendance. Anyone who is anyone is there – except me, of course. All the cool kids hang out. Television shows, games, comic book companies and other mediums are represented. Having a company presence at this phenomenal event is crucial for many businesses, but be careful: people ARE listening to every word you say.Zack Stentz Tweeted just a bit ago from the floor. My mouth hit MY floor when I read his words: “Dear Showtime execs loudly mocking costume wearers & describing #ComicCon as a “freakshow”: that’s your audience you’re insulting, assholes.”
Uh oh. Someone from Showtime is about to lose their job – or should. You simply don’t attend an event of ANY magnitude (especially one this large) and snidely deride the very people you hope will buy your service or product. It’s like the golden freaking rule of customer service. If you really felt the need to trash those individuals, don’t you think it would have been a damn good idea to wait until you hit the privacy of your hotel room tonight? Perhaps you should have just kept your mouth shut and your thoughts to yourself.
Welcome to the social world, Showtime. EVERYONE will now see the words your executives uttered during one of the biggest fan gatherings of the year. Current and potential customers from all over the world know exactly how important people from your organization view them. Tell me this – why would I bother to want to watch your channels after this? If you think this is no big deal, just wait… wait until there are hundreds of blog posts like mine attempting to get it through your thick fricken’ skulls that this was a HUGE screw-up. Just wait until that lone Tweet is zinged through the Twittersphere, posted to Facebook and re-shared on Google+. Oh wait – perhaps it will even show up in places such as Pinterest as a brand NOT to buy from due to their lack of care and concern for their customers.
Bigger companies than you have had serious fallout due to crap customer service. You’d think you – and others like you – would have learned from their oopsies. It’s simple, honestly: treat your customers as though they are the most important, influential and intelligent people in the world. Guess what? THEY ARE.
Source 1 and 2
Okay so the blog post is melodramatic and belongs to just a random person but it was the only thing that I could find close to qualifying as an accompanying article. I really don't think there will be backlash from this like the blogger is trying to say but I do think it is pretty shitty of the execs. I wouldn't say something like that in public at one of the surrounding hotels while the event is going on. You're pretty much setting yourself up to be heard.