American Express has spent the past year
launching a host of enhanced online services
designed to improve customer experience,
simplify account management and provide
members with personalized offers from its
favorite merchants via social media platforms.
Customers could not be more satisfied, which is
why American Express has ranked as the top US
credit card company in customer service by J.D.
Power and Associates since 2007. Offering various
types of charge cards for small businesses to
manage their expenses, and currently the largest
provider of corporate cards, American Express has
launched the Open Forum to provide additional
support for this key market segment. A virtual
space for small business owners to make
connections and share insights, American
Express Open Works provides small businesses
with the knowledge they need to power their own
success. The site offer numerous resources and
educational tools for members, which keeps the
community active and engaged, and solidifies
American Express’ role as not just a credit card
company, but also an advisor, a friend, and the
beneficent presider over a vast tribe of small
businesses. Promoting events like the Big Break
contest, which awards the lucky winners USD
$25,000 to implement marketing makeovers; and
Small Business Saturday, which helps drive sales
to small businesses on one of the busiest holiday
shopping weekends of the year, American Express
shows, through so many offerings and gestures,
that it is committed to supporting small businesses.
Clearly a leader in digital and social
media marketing, American Express none the
less needs to work to ensure that its multiple
online platforms, seeming a bit like islands unto
themselves, are more coordinated, connected,
and easy to access.