ShepHyken

MARCH 30, 2025

Survey Shuffle to AI Shuffle: Medallia Wants to Reshape the CX Deck by Dom Nicastro (CMSWire) It starts with hiring right to begin with, Hyken said. Good people must then be properly trained and empowered to take care of customers. This is where consumer feedback proves invaluable. It creates special and unforgettable moments.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

To what extent will a company go to try to get customer feedback ? Is it an incentive to fill out a survey? At the end of a project with a customer, she sends an email requesting the customer take a short survey. So, what constitutes a bribe to get feedback? You want feedback. Is it a simple email request?

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 16, 2019

I’m all for getting customer feedback. Ask customers on the way out of a store, call them on a phone or send follow-up surveys via email. I wrote about surveys a few years ago. The gist of that article was about getting more customers to fill out those surveys. Don’t wait two weeks to send the survey.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 26, 2017

As a result, much of the surveying is about employee happiness, fit, alignment, meaningful work, commitment to company goals, and productivity. The questions in these ‘new age’ employee surveys address such key areas as:: – Organizational stakeholder-centric leadership. Cultural readiness for stakeholder-centricity.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The head of the service department mentioned I would be getting a survey emailed to me and asked if I would take a few minutes to complete it. Sure enough, a day later the email survey showed up in my inbox. I will always remember the first survey. So, I started the survey. I was tired with this survey.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Why does a company send out a customer satisfaction survey? In the weekly Super Amazing Show I do with Brittany Hodak, we talked about surveys. Here is a shortened version of his comment: “Saying, ‘Short surveys are better,’ is a bit like saying tall people are better at basketball.

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CCNG

JUNE 5, 2024

I am thrilled that the vast majority of organizations have started to realize that it is important to get feedback from their customers. In this article, I would like to discuss some of the common mistakes made in conducting customer surveys and then lay out how a complete customer feedback program should be organized.

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ShepHyken

JULY 23, 2021

Most online employee training software includes collaboration tools such as file sharing, discussion groups, and virtual meetings. Inspires Creativity via Discussion Forums and Feedback . Moreover, they can share feedback with one another and brainstorm ideas together. . Here’s why: . Simplify Employee Skill Development .

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ShepHyken

MARCH 31, 2021

Focus on Feedback. Create a survey to learn what your customers want and expect from you. The shorter the survey , the higher the percentage of response you’ll get.? . For information on The Customer Focus customer service training programs, go to www.thecustomerfocus.com. Conduct a Focus Group.

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CCNG

MARCH 4, 2021

With the increased demands, Covid thrust upon contact center organizations, SymTrain, in conjunction with CCNG, sponsored a survey on the impact of converting to remote work. The survey results led to this white paper on the 5 Reasons Performance-Based Training In Contact Centers Requires Automation.

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CCNG

MAY 6, 2021

If simulation training isn’t part of your training regimen now, it will be soon. Today I’m going to show you why I’m so confident that simulation training is in your future and how you can approach the process to gain the most benefit for your call center. We had just come from training and hadn’t received much practice.

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 16, 2025

In Lesson #3 of Listen or Die , I wrote about the power of Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs to act as a single source of truth for all customer feedback. How AI is Beginning to Transform VoC AI is starting to reshape how VoC platforms collect, process, and analyze feedback. Heres a few trends that are happening now: 1.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Ramping up your customer service game is easy with training videos – they provide the perfect toolbox for your team to consistently impress customers. Training videos can be a real game-changer, offering an accessible and flexible way to reinforce your message. Utilize surveys or feedback forms to gather insights from your staff.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 10, 2019

Voice of the Customer Surveys: Expert Tips for Creating Effective Surveys & Must-Ask Questions for Gaining Valuable Insights by CallMiner. My Comment: I’ve been paying attention to how good companies are getting feedback (in the form of customer surveys). And, they can’t do it on their own.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 20, 2024

According to a Deloitte survey, brands that have achieved customer centricity are 60% more profitable than those that haven’t. Learn more about Shep’s customer service and customer experience keynote speeches and his customer service training workshops. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

He writes about designing a compelling customer experience process and training your team to implement it. You’ll primarily need: Time for training new CX processes. Regularly update training materials based on customer feedback. What does a “well-designed customer success program” even look like?

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PeopleMetrics

MARCH 4, 2025

If you are a CX or market research professional, your VoC programs successand likely your jobdepends on the health of your transactional surveys. So, you have mapped your touchpoints, conducted a relationship survey, piloted your transactional survey, and trained your key users.

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Vistio

OCTOBER 15, 2024

High turnover rates can be costly for companies, both in terms of training new hires and in the potential loss of institutional knowledge and customer satisfaction. For example, by analyzing training data, companies can discover how an agent’s initial experience in the organization may influence their longevity.

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Interaction Metrics

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Is your survey a customer listening vehicle? On this episode of the ‘Amas Talks’ podcast, Amas and Martha agreed that if you’re considering how to improve surveys, a survey audit is the first step toward excellent survey design. Or could it be improved? Amas: You’ve been around this space forever.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Now, think about how many ripe opportunities you have to ask for customer feedback. Through after-call surveys. You might confuse them with net promoter score or cSAT, but post-call surveys are a much more specific way to gather real-time feedback. What is an After-Call Survey? 5 Reasons to Use After-Call Surveys.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 8, 2020

There are plenty of ways to get feedback. You can survey customers over the phone, via email, in focus groups and more. You can get objective and subjective feedback. I could go on and on about the different ways to measure your customer’s feedback. What a great way to do research and get feedback!

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 20, 2025

These advanced systems have transformed how we process, interpret, and act on unstructured feedback. Deeper Understanding of Context and Nuance In 2017, machine learning excelled at identifying patterns and classifying feedback. Example: Imagine an airline using an LLM-powered VoC platform to analyze feedback.

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Analytics Airlines Feedback Surveys 118

ShepHyken

JUNE 3, 2019

7 Must-Know Types of Customer Survey Questions with Tips and Examples by Delighted. Delighted) In this post, we’ll break down the 7 types of survey questions and answer scales, and the pros and cons of each. My Comment: This list focuses on different types of survey questions. Customers are getting survey fatigue.

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ShepHyken

MAY 10, 2021

As a result, qualitative surveys, like Net Promoter Score, end up missing critically important feedback. Go to The Customer Focus™ to learn more about our customer service training programs. Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, professional speaker, and New York Times bestselling business author.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 21, 2020

The challenge with feedback and reviews is they are frequently solicited but infrequently completed. It also means that you don’t get a representative sample of surveys. Moreover, the team found this across a wide range of domains, including the participant’s willingness to respond to sensitive questions in a survey.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Typically, the customers who answer surveys are either very angry or very happy with your organization. When you hear good feedback and read positive testimonials, put that data into your process so that all your customers can have the same amazing experience. Are customer surveys worth it? Why is voice of customer so important?

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

My Comment: I’m often asked about the best survey questions. I believe quantitative survey questions, such as NPS, CSAT, etc., can give you numbers but the verbatim answers that come with qualitative feedback questions (open-ended questions) can give you some incredible insights. But, are you asking the questions the right way?

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 20, 2020

The challenge with feedback and reviews is they are frequently solicited but infrequently completed. It also means that you don’t get a representative sample of surveys. Moreover, the team found this across a wide range of domains, including the participant’s willingness to respond to sensitive questions in a survey.

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Call Design

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

If agents don’t have proper training and tools, they are not only unable to do their jobs, but may be damaging your brand. Continuous Training . Continuous training is key to a contact centre’s longevity and performance. As technology and social circumstances change, training procedures must also keep up to date.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 29, 2021

” Or, it might be, “implement this measurement system and collect all feedback from different parts of the customer journey. Our Customer Service department did a customer survey every year. The long and short of it is nothing changed in the customer feedback from year to year. Then you can look at it in real-time.”

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Prior to my arrival at XGS, the company had trained its focus on the flooring space and had kicked off an ambitious growth phase. . Through a variety of surveys and feedback forums, XGS realized that we had some work to do to create an internal culture that drove employee engagement and satisfaction.

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ProProfs Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The answer lies in the formulation of an employee engagement survey that captures the pulse of your employees around the parameters: peer interaction, work culture, job challenge, career prospects, etc. With an employee engagement survey, you can gauge the challenges faced by your employees at the earliest. What Is Employee Engagement?

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

When its time to hire and train your first customer support representative (CSR), the process might feel overwhelming. Here, we will walk you through every step of training your first customer support rep, ensuring they represent your start-up with professionalism, empathy, and efficiency. Avoid overly complicated explanations.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

While traditional feedback forms and online surveys are effective, they often miss capturing the sentiment of customers while their experience is still fresh. Thats where feedback kiosks step in. Feedback kiosks are physical devices placed within your store that allow customers to share their opinions instantly.

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