Is creating a great employee experience a waste of time and money?

Organisations that understand the link between happy engaged employees and happy engaged customers will exceed in the experience economy. Yet Customer Experience (CX) and Employee Experience (EX) strategies are often not aligned to the detriment of both employees and customers. Forrester defines EX in the context of how positively employees perceive the organisation’s environment, culture, …

Airlines and government information hotlines fail to meet the needs of up to one in three callers

COVID-19 transformed the way we work across industries and the call centre environment is no exception. In fact, call centre agents became the critical front liners of many organisations. They quickly scrambled to shift operations so tens of thousands could work from home, while simultaneously dealing with an unprecedented surge in calls, many of which …

Where does the customer journey end?

From Telstra Enterprise. End-to-end customer experience is the journey a customer takes from their initial thoughts or considerations to the actual purchase of a product. But the journey doesn’t end there! A customer’s initial buyer experience may have been sensational. The website was easy to navigate and the checkout process was simple and streamlined. But …

Teaching the machine to serve our customers

In recent years the customer experience landscape has seen the emergence of chatbots, virtual digital assistants, and AI. By automating repetitive tasks these tools have saved costs, allowing humans to focus on more complex issues. The long term impact of AI and machine learning applications, however, is potentially tremendous and far reaching. Machine learning refers …

Why Australian organisations need more CCXPs (Certified Customer eXperience Professionals)

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic businesses are increasingly prioritising customer experience over product and pricing as a means to differentiate their brand. As a result, customer experience skills and competencies are in high demand across most if not all industry sectors in Australia. Jobs with customer experience in the title are proliferating across …

Why have ‘customer success’ programs become so important

Ensuring your customers receive maximum value and enjoyment out of the products you sell them is a critical component of their overall experience with your brand. The term ‘Customer Success’ refers adopting a proactive approach to providing solutions and answers for your customers. Along with ‘Customer Experience’, ‘Customer Success’ has become increasingly popular over recent …

We’re targeting you – personalisation vs segmentation

Personalisation is one of the most important aspects of creating a great great customer experience. Today’s customers expect a personalised experience when dealing with brands. Highly personalised customer experiences driven by data analytics about current customers are difficult for competitors to imitate. The challenge lies in: who are we actually trying to personalise for? All too often …

The future of Voice-of-Customer: is the feedback survey on the way out?

This article was originally published on http://www.sproutstrategy.com.au Critical to most CX programs is having a Voice-of-Customer (VoC) component or process which allows companies to understand exactly what their customers want. Traditionally, this process has been heavily reliant on customer feedback surveys. Companies that excel at customer experience, however, use much more than feedback surveys to …