Sydney: January 16, 2022: Online marketplaces and ecommerce sites have enjoyed unparallelled growth during the pandemic. With this surge in demand comes a rise in customer service and swamped retailers are turning to outsource partners for help. Sharon Melamed, Founder of Matchboard, says her matching site has received a higher than ever number of outsourcing….
Note: the below interview was conducted in 2023 and Steve Culpeper has since moved to a new role. Please visit LinkedIn for up-to-date information. Education was one of the hardest hit sectors in Australia during Covid. Through an innovative approach to cost reduction and course delivery, Gradability – Australia’s largest dedicated graduate employability specialist –….
From the chaos of Covid has emerged a new paradigm for customer loyalty. This includes renewed value of a company’s position on social issues, particularly amongst Gen Z, as well as the increasing influence of contact centres in driving loyalty and retention. Based on two surveys of 650 customer experience professionals in ten countries, including….
Back in the good ol’ days, when life was oh so simple, most call centres were either inbound or outbound. Inbound teams dealt with customer service, and outbound teams focused on sales. In the last 20 years, the rise of omnichannel and the demands of customers have blurred the lines, and changed both functions completely…..
Note: the below interview was conducted in 2023 and Ayelet Mendel-Girin has since moved to a new role as Head of Digital and Customer Experiene at Angle Auto Finance. Please visit LinkedIn for up-to-date information. Ayelet Mendel-Girin is Head of Customer Experience at humm group, which received Canstar’s Outstanding Value Buy Now Pay Later Award….
BizCover is a market-leading online insurance service, with 170,000 SME customers across Australia and New Zealand. In this exclusive interview, CEO Michael Gottlieb talks about Bizcover’s winning approach to customer experience, and where the future opportunity lies. How does the customer experience at BizCover, differ from traditional insurance brokers? Most SMEs are time poor and….
While it may once have been seen as counter-intuitive, working from home is perceived as a way to unlock greater employee happiness and productivity. But it’s not the only way to uplift efficiencies. Managers can also leverage enhanced quality processes and training programs, outsource non-core work and deploy smart technologies. Some of the technologies covered….
With face-to-face meetings declining since Covid, producing a stand-out tender submission has never been more crucial for winning new business. A proposal that effectively demonstrates your understanding of what’s required, how you’ll provide a successful solution, and a clear picture of what your solution will deliver for the client, are all compelling reasons to choose….
This 16-page ebook presents invaluable strategies for CX leaders to prove value amidst a cost-cutting pandemic environment. Forrester has noted that while CEOs’ top 3 focus areas are revenue growth, profit growth and stock price, “many CX professionals struggle when it comes to proving the financial benefits of their projects and justifying their positions.” This….
Celeste Carnovale is Customer Care Centre Lead, Asia Pacific at Hertz. In this exclusive interview, she shares Covid learnings, cultural differences in customer service, and the big trend in contact centres. In what ways did customer service at Hertz change during Covid? As you can imagine, when the breakout initially happened, many customers had….
This KPI benchmarking report* is based on the average performance of a sample size of 2,200+ organisations around the world, from a wide range of industries. The pandemic has changed contact centre metrics across the board, and those examined include: – average talk time – average speed of answer – abandonment rate – hold time…..
In this article, we describe everything you need to know about RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), from models and services to cost and operational benefits! What is Recruitment Process Outsourcing? RPO is a form of outsourcing whereby one organisation contracts with a specialist company to handle all or parts of its talent acquisition and hiring process…..
In this exclusive interview with Matchboard, Glen Robinson takes us behind the wheel of Member Experience at Car Next Door (since rebranded to Uber Carshare) – Australia’s largest peer-to-peer car sharing platform and recognised as one of Westpac’s top 20 businesses of tomorrow. What are the key metrics you use to measure customer success and….
Outsourcing is the contracting of a service to a third party. The outsourcing industry is broken down into segments, the largest of which are BPO and ITO (collectively referred to by some as IT-BPO). These two segments are estimated to represent a global market value of US$700 billion. ITO is the larger of the two…..
Unlike many industries, business process outsourcing (BPO) has continued to grow through the pandemic. COVID-19 caused an increase in activity for banks, insurance companies, government agencies and so many others, who struggled to cope internally and turned to outsource partners for help. Increased comfort with remote working and the need for strong business continuity arrangements….
