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3 key customer service trends for 2018

Vonage

The estimated price tag of losing customers due to poor service has reached $1.6 according to Accenture’s Digital Disconnect in Customer Engagement report. Providing a seamless omni-channel service that makes sense for your customer base is essential. trillion in the U.S., Here’s what we learned.

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10 truths about social customer service

Vonage

Customers expect the opening hours to reflect the nature of the network. Replying to a customer complaint the next day with the excuse “sorry, we close at five” just isn’t good enough. For more on this topic read our white paper How to choose your channels: designing an omni-channel strategy.

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10 truths about social customer service

Vonage

Customers expect the opening hours to reflect the nature of the network. Replying to a customer complaint the next day with the excuse “sorry, we close at five” just isn’t good enough. For more on this topic read our white paper How to choose your channels: designing an omni-channel strategy.

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Are Experience Consistency and Reliability Emotional Drivers?

Beyond Philosophy

Reliability and consistency, delivered to a customer’s expectations or better, build a ‘bank account’ of positive memory and trust. On the consumer side, many of us can remember expectations of experience at a restaurant, supermarket, hotel, rented auto, insurance company, department or discount store, etc. Think about it.

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Get the conversation right: Chatbot vs. messaging

Think Customers

Chatbots perform an important role in the omnichannel ecosystem, but chatbot platforms often keep the customer glued to one channel. Effective contact centers understand the right moments to introduce chatbot or messaging capabilities into a conversation to meet customer expectations every time.

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Are You Ready for Your Chicken Sandwich Moment?

datastax

For example, Macy’s recently faced a significant increase in traffic for its ecommerce site and omnichannel catalog—both of which were growing rapidly. The company needed to improve its customer experience with real-time updates on store and online inventory levels by integrating website, mobile, in-store, and partner data. .

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What Does ‘Omnichannel Customer Engagement’ Mean?

Comm100

We are of course, referring to what people are calling ‘omnichannel’. Its effectiveness has been proven across industries, and its uses have expanded into many areas, from marketing to customer service. Its popularity comes as no surprise when you look at the stats: companies with strong omnichannel customer engagement see a 9.5%