People do business with people. That’s the main reason why telephone is still such a popular channel. It’s more personal than digital channels. But there’s one channel that has even more possibilities. Video chat. You don’t just hear the other person but see them as well. And it has many advantages when used for customer service.
Is it a new channel? Not really, especially in health care, video chat has been in use for a few years. No need to go somewhere for an appointment but still speak to each other face to face. This also works great for financial and technical issues because of the personal attention. With shops during lockdown, video chat is also a good alternative to re-create the in-store experience. Customers can be assisted with choosing and matching outfits. And with items like luxury goods, live video chat certainly beats just seeing an image on a website. It’s almost the same as seeing it in real life.
But that’s not all. Video chat is packed with advantages:
Video chat can be integrated with many omnichannel contact center platforms. This makes it easy to add the channel to your mix. All you need besides the regular tools is a camera. These are either already on agents’ laptops or can easily be added separately for relatively low costs. Yes, probably not all your agents will be happy to jump on video calls, but chances are your younger employees won’t mind. Start with a few volunteers and see what happens. Do your customer service metrics improve? Then scale up from there.
When integrating video chat in your omnichannel contact center platform, it’s also possible to switch channels during an interaction. From regular chat to video chat for example. This decreases the need to escalate or transfer a call and helps solves issues faster. This has a positive effect on many important customer service KPI’s. If this matters to you and it sounds like an appropriate channel for your brand and audience, don’t wait any longer and look into video chat.
Vidaoo is a video chat tool that integrates seamlessly with many omnichannel contact center platforms. Download our quick guide about live video chat or plan a free online demo here.
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