Contact Centre Optimisation – Rethinking the Customer Experience

Discussion with Jarvous Freeman, leading US authority on CX and contact center optimization,  on how to leverage the contact center to create lifelong customers. Freeman has spent his entire career in this space and has seen it all. Name the largest enterprise contact centers, and he’s probably run them. Contact center optimization is his passion. …

The foundations of a modern data-driven organisation

Customer 360 is essential to connecting with customers As many of us know only too well, key to knowing our customers is listening to them, connecting with them both directly and indirectly, through an ever-increasing number of communication channels.  Keeping ahead of today’s connected consumer is a complex business. It involves combining disparate but connected …

Business-to-Business Customer Experience

B2B (Business-to-Business) customer experience receives less attention than its B2C counterpart and can often struggle for attention against other corporate priorities. B2B brands who embrace CX, however, can seize the opportunity to make more revenue and profits. Paul Robertson, Marketing Director at Inspectorio, believes creating positive customer experiences in a B2B context can be more …

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank aims to become Australia’s bank of choice

The Bendigo and Adelaide bank wants to become the bank of choice for Australia within the next five years. Megan Papadopoulos, head of consumer connection, explains how their Customer Experience (CX) and digital transformation strategy is critical to the bank achieving its goals. The bank was formed by the merger of Bendigo Bank and Adelaide …

Boosting customer loyalty through personalised banking experiences

Personalisation has become an important aspect of creating a great customer experience. Customers now expect seamless personalised experiences when dealing with their bank and if they aren’t satisfied with their current institution, an alternative provider is only a click away. The move to greater personalised experiences has gained momentum during COVID.  Banks are looking to …

The Omni-channel Experience: Strategy versus buzzword

An omni-channel experience is about providing a seamless experience across all service and communication channels. Regardless of how or when or how often a customer wants to interact with a brand, they can. Over the years, however, omni-channel has become an over-used buzzword employed by vendors to sell technology and software. Rather than a strategy …

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, …