Knock Down Language Barriers

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Knock Down Language BarriersGLOBAL OR LOCAL, EACH CUSTOMER IS VALUABLE, AND SHOULD

BE TREATED (AND TALKED TO) AS SUCH.

Customer Experience is extremely important…

…No matter what channel your customers are using.

IMAGE SOURCE: SURVIVING THE OMNICHANNEL WORLD

….No matter where your customers are located.

IMAGE SOURCE: GLOBAL MARKET, GLOBAL CUSTOMERS

…No matter what language they speak/read/write.

IMAGE SOURCE: ESCONDIDO PUBLIC LIBRARY

“Customers today are more diverse than ever and their support expectations are at an all-time high. It’s nearly impossible for an organization to meet those expectations if their customer service agents are unable to understand and relate to a large segment of their customer base.”

- JIM TIERNEY, LOYALTY 360

Let’s focus on the online world…

Common Sense Advisory Survey Says…

72.1% of consumers spend most or all of their time on websites in their own language.

72.4% of consumers said they would be more likely to buy a product with information in their own language.

56.2% of consumers said that the ability to obtain information in their own language is more important than price.

Meanwhile in Europe…

Nine out of 10 Internet users said that, when given a choice of languages, they always visited a website in their own language.

Nearly one in five Europeans (19%) said they never browse in a language other than their own.

42% said they never purchase products and services in other languages.

Source: User Language Preferences Online

Put yourself in your customers

shoes

and you’ll build a relationship.

Speak your customer’s language

and you’ll gain their trust!

“”

Your customer doesn’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

- DAMON RICHARDS

ICMI research with executives, directors and managers from

every major industry across the U.S. and abroad, found…

Over half realize that offering support in a customer's native language is a competitive differentiator

72% said support in a customer's native language increased their satisfaction with customer support, while 58% said it increased loyalty to the brand

58% said their internal agent productivity and efficiency improved once they partnered with a language interpretation service

Over 70% said their multilingual customers were positively impacted by having language interpretation services

It’s not just about the overall experience, it’s about the service too.

SOURCE: THE BAD COST OF CUSTOMER SERVICE

You can’t resolve a complaint, if you don’t understand the language the complaint was given in.

You might be thinking, “But we’re not a global company.”

“Most people don’t realize that there are over 300 languages frequently spoken within the United States!”

- SARAH STEALEY REED, ICMI

You may not be global, but the U.S. is one big melting pot, and your local customers

might have a global background.

“Organizations with a high degree of multilingualism – not to mention, an understanding and respect for other cultures – will commit fewer mistakes and increase efficiency, productivity, and quality.”

REDUCING THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE BARRIERS - FORBES LANGUAGE STUDY

A global service framework enables organizations to:

Deliver a consistent brand of service and support across geographies

Standardize service processes for increased efficiency

Increase collaboration and best practice sharing between various geographies

Take advantage of shared services across multiple geographies thereby removing redundancies but also offering economies of scale

SOURCE: Meeting Service Expectations Globally

IMAGE SOURCE: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE GOES GLOBAL

In other words – Companies need to get on board with

multilingual capabilities.

How?

We have a couple solutions…

Add-ins to the Oracle RightNow and Salesforce CRM platforms

Talk to your customers by

automating human and machine

translation processes for both your FAQ and

Help Desk email content. Click on the icon for

more informationClick on the icon for more information

Always remember…

“”

Although your customers won't love you if you give bad service, your competitors will.

- KATE ZABRISKIE

Speaking of competitors – do they have global or multilingual capabilities and services?

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