ShepHyken

JANUARY 3, 2024

What’s 2024 going to be like? I recently wrote two articles in my weekly Forbes column with my top predictions and trends for customer service and customer experience. Here are my top predictions for 2024. So, here are my top predictions for 2024. Our customers are smarter than they were last year (again).

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author. Learn more about Shep’s customer service and customer experience keynote speeches and his customer service training workshops at www.Hyken.com.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

60% of customers said they would likely or very likely switch companies because of a poor (slow) response time. 43% of customers would spend more money if they knew they would never have to wait on hold for customer support. Once time is gone, you can’t get it back. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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APRIL 9, 2024

We asked: If you were to rate a customer experience on a scale of 1 to 5 – where 1 is bad, 2 is fair, 3 is average or satisfactory , 4 is good, and 5 is excellent – how likely are you to return to this company or brand if you rated them a 3? There were five possible answers: Never, Not Likely, Not Sure, Likely, and Very Likely.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Furthermore, almost one in five (19%) of customers stopped doing business with a company or brand because its satisfaction surveys were too long. Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

And then there’s the second sentence: “According to a Harvard Business Review article, employee experience is the key driver of customer experience …” Then, don’t miss the fifth tip on how technology can waste a massive amount of your employees’ time. What an honor. Thank you, Chalmers Brown, for including me.

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MARCH 26, 2024

Perhaps it was a person who was helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly, which, by the way, are the three experiences customers say are most likely to get them to come back, according to our 2024 CX research (sponsored by RingCentral ). They made your experience enjoyable and easy. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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