Immediacy is key for businesses that provide outstanding customer service. According to Forrester, nearly 60% of consumers now use live chat to get a question answered and, according to Software Advice, that's because live chat is convenient and has no hold times. This presentation provides:
- an overview of Olark live chat for retailers;
- data on the growing consumer preference for service channels with immediacy;
- reasons why retailers should implement live chat;
- and some best practices for using live chat.
15. Immediacy is preferred
eDigital Research (November, 2013):
"22% (of consumers) are happy to wait more
than one day (24 hours) for a response to
their email...
12% expect a reply within the one hour
mark."
Link:
http://www.edigitalresearch.com/news/item/nid/151475278
16. Live chat is preferred
Forrester (January 2015):
Consumer survey: Online chat adoption
continues to rise:
Link:
http://blogs.forrester.com/kate_leggett/15-01-22-customer_service_channel_usage_highlights_the_importance_of_good_self_service
– 38% in 2009
– 43% in 2012
– 58% in 2014
17. Live chat is preferred
Forrester (October 2014):
Proactive chat — triggering of chat
invitations based on a predefined set of
visitor behaviors - is also on the rise:
Link:
http://blogs.forrester.com/kate_leggett/15-01-22-customer_service_channel_usage_highlights_the_importance_of_good_self_service
– 27% in 2009
– 33% in 2012
– 44% in 2014
18. Live chat is preferred
Software Advice
(January, 2015):
Link:
http://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/industryview/demographics-live-chat-report-2015/
19. Live chat is preferred
Software Advice
(January, 2015):
Link:
http://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/industryview/demographics-live-chat-report-2015/
20. Live chat is preferred
eConsultancy
(November 2013):
Link:
https://econsultancy.com/blog/63867-consumers-prefer-live-chat-for-customer-service-stats/
22. Be There for your
Customers
Link:
http://happycustomer.stellaservice.com/2014/09/08/preparing-for-the-holiday-rush-qa-with-kevin-gardiner-of-macys/
"Chat is big time for us."
- Kevin Gardiner, Director of Store Operations &
Strategies at Macy’s
23. Be There for your
Customers
Olark (January, 2015):
Link:
https://www.olark.com/customers/retail-lessons-for-2015
"On Cyber Monday 2014 we saw more
than 100,000 chats happen across the
Olark Network, up over 40% year over
year from 2013."
24. Be There for your
Customers
Smart Insights
(March, 2013)
Credit: Justin Jackson, BizBox.ca
Link:
http://justinjackson.ca/unicorns/
"What you’re seeing here, is the power of intent. On AOL, Bing,
Yahoo, Ask Search or Google, people are actively looking for a
product or solution. This makes them more likely to buy the
product when they find it."
25. Be There for your
Customers
Lisa Chu, owner, Black N Bianco:
“Consumers expect a retailer to answer
their question instantly, and by doing so we
saw our conversions increase by 15
percent.”
Link:
http://blog.wiser.com/handle-rush-live-chat/
26. Live Chat = Sales
X --- better customer retention with chat
(source: Olark + Shopify study, 2011)
X --- donation size after chatting with someone
(source: GiveForward Case Study)
% --- increase in cart size
(source: Olark + Shopify study, 2011)
30. Be Fast
70seconds
Live chat response time across retail verticals:
85seconds
Five year average time to first chat on Olark.com:
Source:
StellaService
http://happycustomer.stellaservice.com/2013/09/04/live-
chat-study-which-retailers-are-speedy-and-thorough-in-
chat-interactions/
13seconds
Median time to first chat on Olark.com last 7 days:
32. Be Ready
20% increase in chats from Monday before
Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday
Mon. + Tues.busiest chat days of the week
7:00am - 11:00am PSTbusiest chat hours each day
35. Karl Pawlewicz
Voice of Olark
karl@olark.com
@karlpawlewicz
Olark
www.olark.com
olark.com/pricing
@Olark
Notas do Editor
personal chat looked like this. it was awesome and personable.
business chat looked like this. it was not awesome.
we wanted to merge the two - bring businesses closer to their customers and make those interactions more personable.
chat's come a long way. so have we.
in case you're not familiar with Olark, this is what your customers see...
And this is what your team sees.
I interviewed our ecommerce customers and asked them what was bothering them in life
i don't know who's on our site
i'm worried about up-selling and cross selling
and i'm worried about abandoning their shopping carts
My customer is always right now story
...and this is what you see.
Phone and email are still preferred, but chat provides the greatest satisfaction because people feel like they got their questions answered and got answers quickly.
Be Here Now - also a great album by the band Oasis. This is just an excuse to drop in a mid-90s pop reference.
Chat can be as small or as large as you want it.
It's also a great CTA when you're first starting out.
Traditional, polite greeters aren't actually that effective because we're inherently trained to say, "I'm just looking" when someone asks "Can I help you find something today."
Don't be afraid to add more operators
Our company mission adjusted for best practices on live chat.
Bonus: Be fast to respond, but then slow down and take the time to understand the problem and connect with your customer.