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 …

Why you need a ‘Customer Centric’ culture to succeed at customer experience

The ability of a business to deliver an exceptional experience to customers is dependent on one thing – it’s culture. Successful CX requires a culture that puts the customer at the heart of every decision and action made. Unfortunately, for most organisations, that’s easier said than done. You can build as many customer journey maps …

IoT in 2021 – Capitalising on your Data

The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to transform businesses as developing technology presents benefits to every vertical. From a business standpoint, there are two major forces at play right now. IoT adoption is leading to an increase in data volumes, while advancements in the likes of 5G is leading to increasing network speeds that can …

John Holland gets onboard with Customer Experience (CX)

With $5 billion in annual revenue, John Holland builds and operates transport infrastructure across Australia, including Sydney Metro and Melbourne Metro trains. Director of Customer Experience Yvette Mihelic, explains how the concept of ‘customer experience’ became vital to the way the company operates. John Holland needs to cater for the requirements of two types of …

Gumtree helping customers succeed in the second-hand economy during COVID

Gumtree helps local buyers and sellers to connect and exchange goods and services across Australia. When COVID struck Gumtree had to make drastic changes to its operating model and how it serviced its customers. Amanda Behre, Head of Marketing, explains how Gumtree leveraged its data and customer insights to engage and connect with the communities …

From despair to prosperity: Reimagining the future of Australia’s auto Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the world. While many of the changes posed by this global crisis have never been seen before – others were predictable and perhaps, expected. The alarming pandemic has accelerated the rate of digital transformation in the Australian auto-industry, revolutionising the experience of purchasing and maintaining a new car. With …

Can Behavioural Economics solve your customer experience problems?

By applying the principles of behavioural economics, organisations can greatly improve the effectiveness of their Customer Experience (CX) strategy. As well as providing deeper insights into consumer behaviour, behavioural economics can greatly assist the human orientated design of customer interactions and touchpoints. In the past, consumer behaviour was analysed with the assumption that people optimised …

Contact Energy – Using CX as the Trojan Horse for digital transformation

At the beginning of 2020 New Zealand’s Contact Energy appointed Tighe Wall as Chief Digital Officer, to take charge of their digital transformation journey. CXFocus editor Mark Atterby, talks to Tighe about Contact Energy’s success in driving enterprise wide change and improving the end-to-end customer journey. Established some twenty years, Contact Energy has built an …