Three trends your business can use to get ahead for now, for tomorrow, and for the day after Marcin Łaszkiewicz, Deloitte
Nov 16, 2014
Three trends your business can use to get ahead for now, for tomorrow, and for the day after
Marcin Łaszkiewicz, Deloitte
Three trends to look out for…
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User experience
Mobile payments
Internet of Things
For now… For tomorrow… Watch this space…
User experience
• Is the one thing many businesses can improve
• So why is it important?o We have to be there…
o And act rapidly on the desire to purchase
o …instead of pushing customers away
o … after the hard work’s been done.
• Look after revenue
• Maintain customer relationship User
experience
Buying travel insurance…
Can either be as easy as one…
• The quote process can be started immediately from the front page
• Material that’s of interest to the target market helps build a connection to the customer
…two
• Straight after submitting a quote on the front page, the customer is already on step 2 of 3
• The difference between each offer is clearly shown, in a transparent manner
• The customer can now easily chose the offer that best suits them.• There is a clear call to
action (buy now) for each of the options
…three.
• A quick login option for existing customers is offered
• Both email and SMS notification functionality is available
• Payment details are entered immediately. This avoids another page load and further reducing dropouts / lost leads.
• The purchase is complete within 2 screens of the landing page.
Or it can take five steps…
• Simple ‚web form’ approach to completing data.
• Repeated questions about the number and age of insured persons
• 5 steps to purchase• Could be cut down to reduce drop outs1a 1b
• And if the customer gets their maths wrong…
…and a lot of heartache. 3 more steps to go…
2
• How can a customer compare the different levels of cover and their cost side by side?
• The cost updates…• But only after ‚zapisz’
is clicked each time
Comparing taps and swipes on mobile platforms
€ Check account balance
Check last transaction
Transfer money
Find a branch or ATM
Leading Polish bank 1
Leading Polish bank 2
1 taps
5 taps
16 taps
1 tap
4 taps
5taps
14 taps
1 tap
15 taps
17taps
33 taps
1 tap
18 taps
19taps
32 taps
1 tap
(including typing in amount) (Includes SMS confirmation)
So what can I do?
• Start with the customero User centric approach
o Understand who your users are
o What problems they are trying to solve
o How they use your product
• Test earlyo E.g… low-fi prototypes
• Test ofteno During design, and in production
• Invest in UX, and build capability.
User experience
And now on to mobile payments…
• Is something we’re quite ahead with in Poland… but it’s still developing.
• So why is it important?o Growth of mobile
o Growth of e-commerce
o Convergence of digital and physical.€
Mobile payments
The environment for m-payments is facilitating growth
…as does the development of mCommerce
Mobile payments are growing globally
Value of global mobile payments
Smartphones in Poland
Polish e-commerce market value
2009 2012 2013
PLN 12B
PLN 22BPLN 26B
6M 8M
2012 2013
Mobile environment in Poland facilitates m-payment development
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It’s a competitive, crowded, and exciting market…
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Virtual or contactless payments
New Plus offer
MyWallet
Orange Cash
PeoPay
iKasa (Biedronka)
IKO+
Stickers
So what can I do?
• Evaluate your options – do you have a plan?
• Make sure you let your customers use mobile paymentso In the physical world
o In e-commerce, while shopping from a mobile device
• …and ensure they can they do it easily (Remember UX!)€
Mobile payments
And a few of words on a trend for the future…
tablets
phones
Street lamps adjusting lighting based on current conditions and your preferences
Smart buildings that feed power usage data to utilities … and adjust their own usage
Cars that send back diagnostic information
Medical sensors – sending information back for analysis by physicans
• 8B internet connected devices today
• 10B by 2016…and 50B by 2020
• USD 14 Trillion impact globally
Environmental sensors checking air and water quality
• All this has implications for e-commerce
• The Estimote example…
To wrap up…
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User experience
Mobile payments
Internet of Things
Act now! Get ready… Watch out…