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15 CX Experts Talk about the Future and Challenges of Customer Experience in 2018 [part 1] 

Lumoa

Customer experience has been already a hot topic in business during 2017 and is promising to be even of higher importance in 2018. “CX It’s predicted, that by 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator when making consumer choices. Customers want unique, special and innovative.

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3 key customer service trends for 2018

Vonage

Three years ago, Gartner predicted that more than half of businesses would implement significant changes to improve customer experience by 2018. 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. trillion in the U.S.,

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Banking Trends That Are Going to Define 2018

CloudCherry

The retail banking industry has been dealing with massive upheaval for a while now, and things will continue in the same vein come 2018. Here are some of the trends that will define 2018 for the banking industry. The goal is for customers to have greater control over their money. Less Face-to-Face Interaction with Customers.

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The State of Social Customer Support in 2018

BlueOcean

In our humble opinion though, it’s a good idea to check in every now and again to examine the state of social customer support and dig into the trends and opportunities that have the potential to improve customer care in 2018 and beyond. Expectations for Social Customer Support Are Maturing.

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Customer expectations: 7 Types all exceptional researchers must understand

Qualtrics

Let me repeat this: the nature of these expectations will dictate the form and even the wording of your satisfaction questions. Understanding the following 7 customer expectations form the definitions below is critical before you set out to measure customer satisfaction and increase customer loyalty.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of August 13, 2018

ShepHyken

(Business2Community) Customer Success is typically defined as, “ensuring customers achieve their desired outcomes while using your product or service.” If you’re relying on this explicit definition to drive retention and expansion then you’re missing a better opportunity. Traditionally customers called.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of August 20, 2018

ShepHyken

(Retail Customer Experience) Emotional connection in the customer experience game is a mere table stake, not an extra or a value-add. The absence of an emotional connection is the definition of a poor customer experience. What does it take for a customer to say, “They are remarkable.”?