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	<title>Comments on: links for 2008-05-16</title>
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		<title>By: vinnie mirchandani</title>
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		<dc:creator>vinnie mirchandani</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 14:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not just outbound messaging on their blog, they also appear to scan broader blogsphere for customer input. 

I am a big SW customer - and fan - and mostly write positive things about them. But I wrote a negative post in January, and Paula from their blog proactively reached out to me and followed up with their internal customer service which had taken a while responding to my letter. 

I am surprised more companies don&#039;t invest in a small staff to scan what is being said about them and engage with those customers/commenters

Of course, till tech vendors do that first not sure why we should expect &quot;old economy&quot; companies to...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not just outbound messaging on their blog, they also appear to scan broader blogsphere for customer input. </p>
<p>I am a big SW customer &#8211; and fan &#8211; and mostly write positive things about them. But I wrote a negative post in January, and Paula from their blog proactively reached out to me and followed up with their internal customer service which had taken a while responding to my letter. </p>
<p>I am surprised more companies don&#8217;t invest in a small staff to scan what is being said about them and engage with those customers/commenters</p>
<p>Of course, till tech vendors do that first not sure why we should expect &#8220;old economy&#8221; companies to&#8230;</p>
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