Optical Prism April 2014 | Page 10

VISION AND VOICE What Is Your Favourite Way To Reach Out To Clients Through Social Media? “Vision-Ease Lens uses Facebook and Twitter to keep our customers up-to-date about our new products and services, and we share articles that we find interesting about eye health or that might help them run their optical businesses better. In addition to our company page, our Coppertone Polarized Lenses Facebook page helps us connect with consumers directly.” Kristina Engelking, Vision-Ease Lens Marketing Communications Specialist “We love Facebook & Instagram and Twitter!” Mehran Baghaie, Owner Spectacle EYEworks “As a company with a tradition of keeping in touch with market needs, we use social media to engage with our customers and find out what they need, what they like, and what they would like to see from a product feature standpoint. We also share photos, videos, and post about things happening around the industry and the trade shows we will be attending.  We are always accessible and love feedback and suggestions that help us serve our customers better and social media is a great way to keep us connected.” Katherine Allen, Marketing Manager, Briot USA/Visionix Inc. 8 OPTICAL PRISM | APRIL 2014 From Our Readers In response to our March issue From Twitter: “Thank you @OpticalPrism for the feature on @EVATIKeyewear @SpyEyewear and great insight.” @WestGroupeBev “Thanks. It is such a great movement, glad to support it. RT @OpticalPrism: @VogueOptical Good on you for supporting Pink Shirt Day!” @VogueOptical “Re: Our congrats on a successful event @OpticalPrism @100Optical sure thing .....and going to get bigger and better too...just the start.” @100Optical ”Great article from @OpticalPrism about the aging population & how to treat their eyes. #eyes #health #babyboomers.” @AltEyesPlanB From FB: ”Thank you for featuring our A336 Frame in your “Looking Radiant in Orchid” article!” Modern Optical International