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Are You Ignoring Gen X and Gen Y Customers?

Gen X and Gen Y Communication Differences

Are You Ignoring Gen X and Gen Y Customers?

There’s a generational disconnect in how businesses communicate with customers today. And it might be costing you money.

In a late 2012 Forrester Research survey, participants in different age groups were asked if they prefer online customer service vs. talking with a service rep by phone. Generation Y (born 1980 to 2000) was the largest group to favor online communications, at 44 percent, followed by Generation Z (born 2001 and later) at 41 percent and Gen X (born 1965 to 1979) at 39 percent.

By comparison, only 27 percent of Baby Boomers (1946–1964) said they preferred online communications for customer service. Even so, the phone is still widely seen among many small businesses and service providers as the most important channel for all customer interaction. This is where the big disconnect happens. Generations X and Y want to type. Most small businesses want to talk.

What should you do about it? Start developing an omni-channel communications strategy. By omni-channel, I mean that the conversation between you and your customers flows freely in both directions across multiple channels. You’re giving customers multiple options for connecting to you: by phone, on Twitter and Facebook, in Web chats, and in email, instant messages, and text messages.

By responding quickly to customers in the channel of their choice, you’re showing that you’re available and ready to answer their questions. You’re also removing the potential frustration that customers and prospects may experience when trying to contact a business. Consider this quote from a corporate trainer interviewed by Forbes (I’ve italicized the last sentence for emphasis):

“Typically the older generations prefer talking face-to-face or on the phone, and the younger generations tend toward text-based messages like email and instant message. It becomes very frustrating when you communicate with someone in a mode that they don’t like.”

Removing your customers’ potential frustrations is what omni-channel customer experience tools like MightyCall React are all about. We’re enabling small businesses to communicate in a seamless, convenient way with customers and prospects across the channels of their choice: social, Web chat, telephone, text, email, instant messaging.

Omni-channel communications is only going to be more important in the future. If you’re not listening across multiple channels, you’re ignoring a lot of your customers and prospects. Besides, you never know when a simple tweet can turn into a lucrative transaction.

Vanessa
Vanessa Saunders
Vanessa is a marketing specialist. She covers company news and marketing tips to help businesses stand out among competitors.
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