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Retweeting negative comments

written on March 16th, 2010 by Zach Braiker

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Boloco, a regional chain of offering “inspired burritos and smoothies,” shared a useful social media tactic with David Gerzof’s social media class @ Emerson College today. As reported by Jeannie Hannigan and Matt Karolian on Twitter through the #ESM hashtag, Boloco retweets negative tweets about their brand to galvanize fans to respond on their behalf.

Advantages of the tactic:
*The fan base responses on your behalf adding credibility
*RTing negative & positive enhances the accounts builds trust by demonstrating objectivity

Disadvantages of the tactics:
*Some negative feedback requires an official response from the brand directly
*Followers unaware of the greater context for the comment may only take away the negative details

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Zach Braiker

This blog analyzes where social media culture and business converge. Zach Braiker is the CEO of Refine & Focus a social media agency and an adjunct professor of social media at Emerson College.

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