How well is your business engaging its customers? Whether you’re promoting your brand, developing loyalty, or providing service, customer engagement is a complex beast. That’s why it’s good to be prepared.

For your benefit, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of essential customer engagement statistics. Read ahead for all 25.

Mobile Engagement

1. Unique clicks are 15% higher on websites that are optimized for mobile. (Formstack)

2. 57% won’t recommend businesses featuring a mobile site that’s designed poorly. (Formstack)

3. The average conversion rates for smartphone users are 64% higher than desktop users. (Formstack)

4. When making purchasing decisions while shopping, 79% of mobile users rely on SMS messaging that they’ve opted into in order to assist them. (99Firms)

5. Mobile has become the preferred method for checking email, with 67% of customers using their smartphones to do so. (99Firms)

6. Out of every 3 minutes spent online, 2 are spent on a mobile device. (99Firms)

7. The vast majority of time spent on social media (80%) is on a mobile device. (comScore)

8. When searching for a local business via mobile, 88% will either call or go to the business within 24 hours. (Nectafy)

9. When entering a store, 64% of customers don’t mind retailers identifying them via their mobile devices, as long as they receive a personalized experience. (BRP Consulting)

Loyalty

10. 20% of your current customers will generate 80% of future profits. (CustomerThermometer)

11. Repeat customers spend 33% more than new ones. (CustomerThermometer)

12. Increasing customer retention by only 5% can lead to a 25% increase in profit. (Bain & Company)

13. 75% of loyal customers will make brand recommendations to their family and friends. (InMoment)

14. For 37% of shoppers, it takes more than 5 purchases to become loyal to a brand. 33% consider themselves loyal after 3 purchases, 17.65% after 4 purchases, and 12.35% after 2 purchases. (Yotpo)

15. More than half of customers (52.3%) will join a loyalty program. (Yotpo)

16. 55.3% of customers develop loyalty because of the product. 25.7% develop loyalty because of great deals. (Yotpo)

17. 33% of customers strongly agree (44% agree and 20% are neutral) that the quality of customer service is a significant factor in the development of loyalty. (Loyalty360)

Customer Service

18. 86% of adults in the U.S. will actually pay more to receive better quality customer service. (RightNow)

19. Following a negative customer experience, 26% vented frustration by making a negative post on social media. Of those who received a response, 57% had positive reactions to the company. (RightNow)

20. If a customer service issue is resolved fairly, even when the result doesn’t necessarily favor the customer, between 60 and 75% will still do business with the company. (CustomerThermometer)

21. On average, dissatisfied customers will share their experience with 11 others. (CustomerThermometer)

22. A pleasant customer service representative was key to 68% of recent positive service experiences. (American Express)

23. A customer service representative’s knowledge or resourcefulness was key for 62% of those surveyed. (American Express)

24. For simple inquiries, over 60% of customers opt for a digital self-serve tool, with 24% using a website, 14% using a mobile app, 13% using a voice response system, and 12% using online chat. (American Express)

25. For more complex issues, 23% seek a face-to-face interaction and 40% prefer a real person on the phone. (American Express)

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