How Zodiac's call center exploded with positive customer experience
Company Snapshot
With a 100-year legacy of innovation backed by industry experts, Zodiac has established itself as a leading global manufacturer of pool and spa products under the leading brand names of Jandy® Pro Series, Polaris®, Zodiac®, Cover-Pools®, iAqualink™, and Nature2.
- Sept 2014
In their drive to deliver a perfect pool experience to their customers, Zodiac has always focused on creating the most technologically-advanced, energy-efficient, and user-driven products. They also successfully developed a call center that elevated their customers' experiences beyond prior industry standards. As online reviews became more prominent, Zodiac saw an opportunity to channel their unrivaled customer service onto the digital landscape.
“Birdeye has revolutionized the way we engage customers and promote positive user-generated content online. This partnership has optimized the review generation process at the most critical touchpoints in the customer journey. Consumer feedback analytics now drive innovation and improvements in our organization. ”
Zodiac Pool Systems, LLC
Amplifying the voice of the customer
As an industry-leading pool supply brand, Zodiac realized in order to maintain its spot at the top and stand out in a hyper-competitive market, it would need to improve its online review volume and ratings. Today 85% of the customers make a purchase after reading online reviews and compare products. To give prospects enough information during the decision-making process, Zodiac needed a way to share real experiences from satisfied customers.
Zodiac knew that the customers are the real market drivers. The company also aims to constantly improve product quality, and knew that customer feedback would provide valuable insights required to help Zodiac make focused improvements to keep delivering world-class products. However, with 300+ products and sub-brands, it was difficult for Zodiac to manually ask customers for reviews. This led to the search for a way to automate the review generation process. That’s how Birdeye came into the picture.
Enhancing online reputation from every angle
The company had a decent number of reviews on sites like Amazon and Ebay, but they were missing a solid presence on many other prominent review sites.
To tackle all these opportunities, Zodiac used Birdeye’s 360 degree online reputation management approach. This included review monitoring, review generation and review marketing.
Listening and responding for timely resolutions
The first step at reputation repair was getting new reviews across multiple review sites. Zodiac utilized Birdeye's Review Generation feature to create customized feedback campaigns and then to integrate them with their existing email marketing strategy. Because they asked for customer feedback in a timely manner, they were able to generate substantially more reviews.
To ensure all their customer testimonials reached Zodiac’s target audience, the company automatically promoted their reviews across the web. Birdeye built custom SEO-optimized microsites for all Zodiac products displaying their reviews from all sites. The fresh stream of new content from online reviews helps these sites rank high in relevant search results.
Birdeye's Business Insights and Competitor Analysis tools provided accessibility to data otherwise obscured and untapped online. Equipped with consumer data, Zodiac was able to identify opportunities for product development and quality improvements that directly met consumer needs. This data-driven advantage has kept their products on the cutting edge of the market ever since.
More reviews, more visibility, better products, happier customers
By routinely generating and monitoring online reviews and analyzing customer sentiment, Zodiac’s well-targeted strategy hit the bull’s-eye. They increased their overall review volume by 75%. Their dedicated effort to improve products and experiences based on feedback was reflected in higher ratings for more than 20 products.
“We are listening and taking action on what matters most to our customers,” said Briana Nunez, Reputation Management Administrator at Zodiac Pool Systems. “As a result, we stand out as the unmatched customer experience leader in our industry.”
Birdeye: The Obvious Choice
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