CX

Customer expectations in ANZ grow, but budgets decreasing: Freshworks
Customer expectations in Australia and New Zealand have increased by close to 60 per cent since February, ranking higher than the average in Europe (57 per cent), according to a new research conducted by Freshworks, the customer engagement software. While customer expectations have shot up, 54 per cent of leaders

Building trust through consent is an essential part of improving share of wallet
You can learn two things about a company that takes the privacy of its customers seriously, and gives them the opportunity to consent to how their data is used, says Aarron Spinley, Growth and Innovation Evangelist, SAP. “Some would say that it speaks to the company holding honorable values, and

Engage all areas of the marketing brain to improve the CX
In an increasingly competitive marketplace, and in recent months, in particular, digital channels and capabilities have been critical to success. Organisations need to engage all three areas of the corporate brain: customer intelligence, human intelligence and artificial intelligence. Marketers need customer intelligence not only to meet the needs of customers

Customer digital interactions on the rise but business technology needs to keep up
With the pandemic restrictions still in place, the majority of office workers have been sent to work from home. This disruption has added additional pressure for businesses to digitalise services. At the SAS and Which-50 webinar, The Role of the CMO at the Most Disruptive Moment, the panellists explained to

How Afterpay dealt with an increase in inquiries due to COVID-19
Afterpay faced a surge of inquiries from their customers worried about whether or not they could pay for their goods as COVID-19 restrictions closed down large parts of the Australian economy. During the Zendesk Showcase last week, Yvonne Gilmour, head of service delivery at Afterpay said the surge in inquiries

Four ways to deliver better customer experience during the pandemic
The current COVID-19 has exposed brands’ CX shortcomings and a lack of understanding of their customers, according to a Forrester analyst, who outlined a path of CX recovery. During the Zendesk Showcase, Riccardo Pasto, head of CX research ANZ at Forrester, said brands can not always avoid turbulence but when

Brands need to stop decorating and start renovating their CX: Forrester analyst
If organisations want to lead with experience they need to stop “decorating” and start “renovating” according to Maxie Schmidt-Subramanian, Principal Analyst, Forrester. During the virtual Forrester CX Sydney event, Schmidt-Subramanian said brands have behaved a little bit too much like they are redecorating because the customer experience strategy they came

Growth companies place higher value on customer feedback: Gartner CX Survey
Companies that have seen positive revenue growth collect more customer experience (CX) data than nongrowth companies, according to a recent survey by Gartner. The survey found that nearly 80 per cent of growth organisations use customer surveys to collect CX data, compared with just 58 per cent of nongrowth organisations.

COVER STORY: Contact Centres in the era of COVID-19
In polite and apologetic tones, Australian businesses are pleading with their customers to be patient. Optus is calmly letting web site visitors know it’s committed to keeping you connected, even though its Customer Care Team’s ability to respond is currently impacted. Covid-19 restrictions mean Telstra’s contact centres are operating with

Beware of Virtue Signaling or Outright Greed in Brand Communications About COVID-19
Like everyone else, marketing and communication professionals have had a challenging few weeks. As the pandemic expands, marketers and customer experience professionals have done their best to keep up with and bridge swiftly shifting consumer and brand needs.We rapidly transitioned from a period when brands debated if they should communicate about