It has become accepted wisdom in the CX community for brands to delight or ‘wow’ their customers. But the truth is, delighting your customers may not necessarily build loyalty or raise revenue. That’s not to say that the effort to delight is useless but you need to get a few things right first. David Lucy, …
Providing customers with a connected and frictionless experience requires a full understanding of the end-to-end customer journey. Where does it start, where does it end, and what happens along the way? What are the customers’ goals, needs, and pain points at each stage of that journey? The customer journey is the complete sum of experiences that …
Rod has a fifteen plus year career working for a variety of mid-tier and large global organisations, designing, and implementing customer experience (CX) strategies. Recently, he co-founded Humind – a new CX design and consultancy collective, aimed at helping organisations to discover, design, and deliver experiences with the human in mind. In this interview, Rod …
Customers use a variety of channels to interact with organisations to purchase the goods and services they want. They expect their experience when dealing with a brand to be seamless and personalised to their needs. The biggest challenges brands face in delivering seamless omnichannel customer experiences are internal silos and disconnected customer journeys, according to …
Customers want personalised services tailored to their individual needs and expectations. However, according to research from Twilio, consumers don’t trust brands to keep their personal data secure and to use it responsibly. To provide highly personalised service, brands must have a greater understanding of their customers’ needs, purchasing histories and preferences. In other words, they need to …
There’s a tendency to frame CX problems or digital transformation challenges in strictly technical terms. Organisations have thrown vast amounts of money at technology to solve a problem. Most, if not all significant CX challenges, however, are behavioural and cultural rather than systems and technology. Every CX problem is about addressing behaviour, according to …
As a result of the pandemic, we have seen customers dramatically shift to online channels. These days most customer journeys start online even if they may finish via a physical channel. It’s why Australian businesses are prioritising digital experiences and adopting what’s referred to as a digital-first mindset. Customers expect seamless, fast, and consistent digital …
The #1 trend in CX for 2022, according to recent research by Freshworks, is the need for businesses to adopt a digital-first mindset. Mark Atterby (MA), Editor of CXFocus talks to Ben Pluznyk (BP), Director & Country Manager, ANZ for Freshworks, about this and the other trends covered in the research. The five key trends …
Perhaps one of the biggest lessons learned through the pandemic is the immense value of human contact and the importance of empathy. When people feel connected to others and understood, their interactions are more meaningful and likely to elicit positive responses. When we consider digital transformation efforts, there is often a focus on the technology …
Over the last couple of months various industry pundits, analysts, and vendors have published their lists of CX Trends for 2022 and beyond. A quick search on Google will display a very wide and often conflicting range of customer experience predictions for 2022. During a recent CX Focus webinar Rebecca Wilson facilitated a panel discussion …