{"id":9994,"date":"2020-06-02T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/?p=9994"},"modified":"2020-06-26T16:38:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T15:38:55","slug":"gen-z-expectations-important-c-sat-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/gen-z-expectations-important-c-sat-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Gen Z Customer Expectations are Important for Your C-Sat Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkerinfo.com\/knowledge-center\/featured-research-reports\/customers-2020-a-progress-report\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">study by Walker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this is the year that <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/definitive-guide-customer-experience\/\">customer experience<\/a> will take the place over price and product as the brand differentiator. This is a monumental shift for organisations and while many have made large strides in improving their customer service and delivering on the promise of experience, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/customerthink.com\/only-25-of-companies-have-success-with-customer-experience-pity\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">majority of brands are still struggling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If companies want to make strides in their attempt to deliver great experiences, they need to begin by ensuring they are delivering excellent customer service. One of the biggest consumers of this service will be Generation Z.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members of Generation Z (those who were born between 1996-2010), who as of last year <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-08-20\/gen-z-to-outnumber-millennials-within-a-year-demographic-trends\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made up approximately one-third of the global population<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, have very real customer service expectations that, if not met, could have a big impact on your business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The buying power of this segment is reason enough to understand why brands should heavily consider the expectations of Gen Z when developing their customer service strategy. As if that wasn\u2019t enough, there are more reasons for consideration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t<div class=\"cta-banner  CID-2FdM5dTp IID-69d322a12420a\"\r\n\t\tdata-dl-custom-type=\"ctaButton\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-banner-img-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-banner-img\" style=\"background-image:url(\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/portrait-of-a-beautiful-and-cheerful-young-woman-telephone-operator-with-headset-working-on-desktop-computer-in-row-in-a-customer-service-call-support-helpline-business-center-with-teamworker-in-background.jpg)\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-body\" data-dl-custom-type=\"ctaButton\">\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cta-sub-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/contact-centre\/overview.html\">cloud contact centre<\/a> technology<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cta-heading\">Improve customer and employee experience together<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p>RingCentral's cloud contact centre can help you improve first contact resolution and make your customers happier.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"rc-cta-shortcode btn btn-primary btn-lg\" data-dl-element=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/contact-centre\/overview.html\" class=\"btn btn-primary\"\r\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-dl-additional-info=\"Improve customer and employee experience together\"\r\n\t\t\t\tdata-dl-name=\"Improve customer and employee experience together | Find out how\">Find out how<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n<h2>Make Your Brand More Human<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last number of weeks, I have seen LinkedIn posts that declare \u201cthe most human brand wins!\u201d While I believe this is true, it has been fascinating to see many of the comments on these posts are from the Z generation who are relatively new to the workforce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why does this resonate? Because according to research, and despite Gen Z being digitally savvy, they do prefer a human connection as evidenced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2019\/06\/26\/1874416\/0\/en\/Human-Connection-Matters-to-Gen-Z-Ooma-Survey-Busts-Myths-Around-Generational-Communication-Preferences.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by a study conducted by Ooma, Inc. <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the study:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Authentic, human contact prevails: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">57% of respondents prefer phone calls over electronic communication when dealing with local businesses. 35% of Gen Zers specifically said this is due to the speed and efficiency of phone conversations as compared to texting and social media.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>A phone call is key in professional situations:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Phone calls are the most preferred when contacting service professionals, including doctors, dentists and other health care professionals, hair and beauty salons, garages and legal and tax services.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Social media is least favoured:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Only 17% of Gen Zers like to communicate with local businesses over social media. Among them, 30% say it is impersonal and 35% claim slow responses to enquiries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Email is geared toward Baby Boomers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Email is more often a preferred method of communication for Baby Boomers, while Gen Z prefers email the least.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Gen Z prefers human contact for booking hotels: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">47% of Gen Zers choose to call a local hotel, compared to just 8% who would want to text with them, and 8% who\u2019d communicate with them over social media.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to make your customer service be a differentiator with Gen Z, make it more human and make it easy to make a connection rather than work through phone trees or resort to social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>They Talk and Follow!<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the first generation to have grown up digital, Generation Z are avid users of social media &#8211; think TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat, and sorry Facebook, they are just not that into you. This means that this is where they go to share their thoughts, opinions, and insights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had a front-row seat to this recently when my daughter, born in 1999, shared a story of one of her friends who had a bad experience with a product. She posted a Snapchat story about it and, from my daughter&#8217;s perspective, that brand was of poor quality and not to be trusted. This particular brand not only missed on customer service, but now, at least in a small pocket within the social media universe, has a poor brand reputation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond Gen Z\u2019s penchant to share everything across social media, they also follow and as a result are influenced. While influencer marketing is nothing new, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hootsuite.com\/generation-z-statistics-social-marketers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a study conducted by Hootsuite <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shows that \u201csocial media influencers\u201d actually take a back seat to the influence that friends and family have on Gen Z. If you do not care to read the study, influencers are 4th on the list with second place going to online reviews.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What this means for brands is that both a good and poor customer experience will reverberate across Gen Z through social platforms and smartphones. It also means using these platforms to communicate and deliver service as best as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The delivery of customer service in a rapidly changing world is no easy task. However, those brands that take the time to understand Gen Z, both needs, and desires and look to make this powerhouse generation part of their strategy will be better off than their competitors for years to come. 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