Will customers demand live video from sales and service teams in the future?

Customers are always right… right? Well, most of the time they are. Customers are demanding and can make life difficult; however, they are also

the lifeblood of every business. We can try and tell our customers what they want and what they need but when it comes to it, customers will

interact with businesses exactly how they want to and depending on their choice this can make a difference to your business. The most useful

thing we can say is that business is about listening to your customers and being able to adapt to gratify their needs.

How customer sales and service has changed

The way that companies have interacted with customers has changed a lot in recent years. This is largely due to developments in technology and

the adoption of such technologies by customers.

"Technology itself has given the customer more power and a ‘louder’ voice." - Digital Pigeon

"There is an expectation by younger, more tech savvy consumers and business people who have grown up using Facetime, Hangouts, WhatsApp

and other instant messaging and calling apps that a face to face experience is possible and that you can see whom you're speaking with." - Andy

Abramson, Comunicano

We have moved a long way from the days of face to face customer service and sales. The move to phone, then SMS, and now Whatsapp, social

media messaging and even chat bots has certainly changed the process that customers go through and in turn altered their expectations. The

point to take away form this is that now the customers want to interact with you easily and efficiently. Therefore, you need to be available for

them to contact you in a way of their choosing, if you are not, then your competitor certainly will be.

Video: the emerging game changer?

Demand for video is increasing in all industries.

"Facebook is making huge efforts to become a video only platform by 2020 and it is already video dominated with an average of 8 billion daily

video views." - I Heart New York

Alongside this...

"YouTube is now the second largest search engine signifying the growing demand for the medium." - Detail Central

We have noticed a growing demand for live video in sales and customer service. We can also see why, take for example high value complex sales

such as booking luxury holidays.

"No matter how much you look at pictures of a hotel or holiday home online you cannot get a true representation of the location." - Showtime

Digital

Reviews help but they are always varied and everyone has a different experience when they are on holiday. The ability to take a live tour around

the complex by those at the hotel is a great benefit. With this option there is very little option to perfect and sugar coat the location and

experience. Additionally, you want experts at the other end securing your sale, the more natural and intimate your relationship can be the more

comfortable a customer feels.

Another example would be mortgage brokers who work for numerous banks in different areas. It is tricky for that one broker to travel and meet

everyone that needs their services. With a live video chat system, that broker can remotely talk customers through their options. It is much the

same case with pension plans and other investments. When it comes to these more complex services, customer reassurance is even more

important. Nothing is quite as good as a face-to-face physical meet however a live video call is certainly the next best option.

It is not only the customers who are pushing for these technologies. Businesses know that if a live video platform can provide a more intimate

experience, then this is likely to improve the close rate.

"It is important for customers to feel at ease and to feel that they can put total trust in the people who are making the big decisions for them." -

Da Ricardo's

Platforms such as Talkative that offer live web chat, web calling, video calling and co-browsing are proving to be very successful. The more that

these platforms are adopted the more likely that there will be a growing demand for in-house platforms. These platforms are likely to be the

customer service and sales teams of the future. For most businesses we would say that live video currently isn’t necessary, however for the

more complex and potentially high-risk industries live video is certainly a way for customers to feel far more secure and for businesses to

capitalise on this.

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