Customers today are used to self-service experiences and expect instant answers to almost all queries. Some customers do their research before contacting you, others are less prepared but still expect quick, accurate answers to their questions – and with the resources from digital channels available, it’s expected that you should be able to provide just …
In the past a brand’s reputation and success was built on the quality of its products and its ability to communicate its marketing message to a mass audience. These days its built on its ability to stay relevant to the ever-shifting needs and expectations of its customers. Brands that are slow to innovate and add …
Technology is dramatically reshaping the role of the contact centre and the tasks performed by contact centre agents. What will the contact centre of tomorrow look like? And what will be the role of the agents in the contact centre of the future? The first call centres emerged decades ago. Their primary role was to …
In the last 2 years, Australian Red Cross has redefined itself by becoming a customer centric organisation. Katrina Harrison, their Head of Customer Experience, explains the journey the organisation has taken and how that has impacted its vision and aims for the future. Main Picture: Katrina Harrison and her team. Established in 1914, Australian Red …
In the experience economy, great products and services are no longer enough to keep customers loyal. Best-run businesses know that feelings matter and brands live or die by the experiences they deliver. The problem is that eighty per cent of CEOs believe they offer a superior customer experience, but only eight per cent of customers …
Customer experience (CX) quality languished for the third year in a row, according to Forresters CX index from 2018. With firms failing to perform the core CX management activities and index scores for 2019 not looking promising, at first glance this may look like doom and gloom for the CX sector. However, this actually makes …
The decisions being made by AI algorithms and machine learning are having an increasing impact on our lives, our jobs and our businesses. AI promises exciting possibilities for a wide range of industries including healthcare, financial services, utilities, entertainment and so on. It will help us to design the products and services we will enjoy …
Two years ago Caroline Maillols was appointed by MedicalDirector, a leading provider of healthcare and practice management software, to take charge of their CX and digital transformation strategy. Caroline’s job was to change MedicalDirector from being a product centric company to a customer centric business. CXFocus talks to Caroline about the challenges and successes she …
Only 5% of customers with a problem will contact your organisation. The rest will just leave. Customer churn prediction based purely on analysing data from the contact centre or from customer satisfaction and NPS surveys, will provide a very limited view of what’s going on. Your analysis and churn prevention strategies will be skewed to …
Most brands understand that purchasing decisions are based more on how people feel rather than logic. According to Forrester, a customer’s emotional reaction to an experience impacts loyalty greater than the ease and efficiency of their interaction. But how do you measure how customers feel ? And what impact does this have on loyalty and …