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My Take: That Muddy Trench
Gary Lemke, Chief Customer Advocate   (October 18, 2012)
 
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Last year I introduced the idea of Madvocates in this column. The idea has been around for some time and continues to gain in importance. If you are not familiar with Madvocates . . .
 
"Welcome to the new underworld of the socially connected, ever-demanding customer who has just suffered a negative service experience with an unresponsive brand. Not so long ago, such an experience might have triggered an innocuous and relatively isolated expression of aggravation across the backyard fence or over the phone. Today, such an event threatens to unleash a storm of hellfire and brimstone for unprepared marketers."
 
In short, Madvocacy is negative word-of-mouth. If Advocacy is the bright pinnacle of authentic customer loyalty, Madvocacy is its muddy trench.
 
Madvocacy is what many organizations have come to fear. It evokes feelings of helplessness and chaos. If that is the case for your organization, consider this question. Are today's Madvocates, once successfully mollified, tomorrow's Advocates leading the loyalty charge?
 
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