ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

This week we feature an article by Christa Heibel who writes about how important employee feedback is to a successful customer service experience and high CSAT ratings. – Shep Hyken. In my past experience as both a consultant and owner/operator of a BPO, I understand that CSAT surveys tend to get all the attention. It’s an Inside Job.

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 29, 2025

While VoC focuses on real-time, operational feedback from all customers, market research traditionally delivers strategic insights based on a sample of customers. Surveys are anonymous, sample-based, often lengthy, and delivered via a report in weeks/months. Surveys are short, continuous, and usually operationally focused.

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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

OCTOBER 20, 2024

According to a Deloitte survey, brands that have achieved customer centricity are 60% more profitable than those that haven’t. My Comment: We wrap up this week’s roundup with an excellent article about some important trends in the customer service and CX world. Customers’ expectations continue to rise. Average won’t cut it.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 1, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Arvind Kumar, head of product marketing at Zonka Feedback , an all-in-one customer feedback and survey management software. He writes about the future of digital customer experience and explores the CX predictions and trends for 2022. Customer Feedback and Reviews.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 10, 2018

When I checked my email the next morning, there was a survey from the hospital. This absurd question made me aware of how many surveys I actually receive. Survey Overload. In those days, customer surveys played an important role in getting feedback from people who had done business with you.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 13, 2018

Before Soliciting Feedback. CCW’s report confirms that the customer feedback survey remains a centerpiece of the “voice of the customer” strategy: 63 percent of respondents call it a priority. At its most basic, a survey is any set of questions you ask your customers and invite them to respond.

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Interaction Metrics

JANUARY 31, 2025

Finding the right customer satisfaction survey company can make or break your ability to measure customer satisfaction and gain actionable insights. This guide covers the top customer satisfaction survey companies of 2025. The top picks and honorable mentions explicitly offer customer satisfaction surveys and operate within the U.S.,

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 30, 2025

When I wrote Listen or Die in 2017, we were witnessing a major shift in how businesses captured customer feedback. The VoC Revolution: A Quick Refresher Remember those clunky CSAT telephone surveys? Turns out, customers were more honest on social media than they were in survey feedback channels.

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 23, 2025

When I wrote Listen or Die in 2017, I made the case that NPS is invaluable for understanding the overall health of your customer relationships, but its not enoughespecially in a transactional VoC survey. AI excels at finding patterns and trends that humans might miss, uncovering hidden opportunities to enhance CX.

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PeopleMetrics

MARCH 18, 2025

In fact, they might be even more crucial today because they're public surveys available to everyone online. Customer reviews still rely heavily on real human interactions and genuine feedback from real experiences. Additionally, proactively using VoC surveys to prevent negative social reviews before they happen is still best 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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CCNG

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The technological advancements of recent years have paved the way for transformative trends that are reshaping how contact centers operate, deliver services, and engage with customers. Performance Monitoring and Feedback: Monitor agent performance to identify improvement areas and provide clear, actionable feedback promptly.

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 31, 2025

Who you servebusinesses or consumersshapes everything about how you collect, analyze, and act on customer feedback. But what has changed is how AI is transforming both B2B and B2C VoC, helping companies capture insights more efficiently, analyze feedback at scale, and prioritize the right actions faster than ever before.

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 20, 2025

Machine learning allowed businesses to analyze thousands (or even millions) of comments, uncover trends, and act. These advanced systems have transformed how we process, interpret, and act on unstructured feedback. How LLMs Improve This: LLMs, trained on massive datasets, have revolutionized how we understand unstructured feedback.

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VirtualPBX

OCTOBER 17, 2024

What Are Automated Phone Surveys? Automated phone surveys are a common tool businesses use to collect feedback from customers. These surveys give businesses real-time insights into the quality of their service and customer experience. How Do Call Surveys Work?

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CX Accelerator

JUNE 8, 2020

Surveys are a great way to listen to the voice of the customer, so don’t misconstrue the title of this article as being “anti-survey.” Problems occur, however, when surveys become the only way we listen to customers — especially when you consider that a good survey response rate is in the realm of 20-30%.

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ProProfs Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

It’s no secret that customer feedback is the lifeblood of all major brands and corporations. Talk to any marketer, and they will tell you at least 4 or 5 different ways to collect customer feedback. What they will also tell you is how hard it is to get actionable customer feedback. 5 Effective Ways to Analyze Survey Data.

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ProProfs Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

What if I tell you that you could achieve the same by sending out business surveys questions while spending negligible time and money. . And this could be simply done by conducting business surveys. Collecting feedback via business surveys not only helps you advance your business, but also helps save a lot of time, money, and effort.

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delighted

APRIL 1, 2024

One way to measure attendee satisfaction is by surveying them after the event with the right post-event survey questions. Even negative feedback can alert you to what needs to change in order to make your events more successful. Keep reading to learn how to effectively capture the attendee experience with post-event surveys.

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ProProfs Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2020

As a result, it’s not surprising to see businesses chase customer feedback through interviews, surveys, questionnaires, and more. Even some expert marketers make the grave mistake of considering surveys and questionnaires as the same and often use them interchangeably. Now let’s take a look at surveys. .

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 3, 2021

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. For example, employee turnover dropped more than 100 percent quarter over quarter and we are continuing that impressive trend. . Voice of Customer.

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customer sure

JANUARY 20, 2025

Whether its tailored product recommendations, forms that are pre-filled rather than blank, how-to guides that are context-sensitive rather than general, or customised survey follow-ups where youve taken the trouble to investigate that persons prior contacts personalisation makes customers more engaged and less frustrated, and this builds loyalty.

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Balto

MARCH 3, 2025

Post-call surveys trigger automatically, and results feed into performance dashboards. Performance metrics show that agents supported by automation tools resolve issues faster and receive better customer feedback scores. This success creates a positive feedback loop, boosting morale and workplace satisfaction.

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ProProfs Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

That’s why every brand needs to understand the importance of customer experience and how to leverage the collected customer feedback to continually improve it. . As a brand, you need to make sure that they are treated well and get what they want to get exceptional customer feedback in return. . Offer product tours.

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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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ShepHyken

MARCH 18, 2019

My Comment: If you’ve read my work and these weekly roundups, then you know that I’m a fan of the NPS survey. It’s one thing to implement the survey to get feedback. It’s another to properly use that feedback. CX in 2019: Top Customer Experience Trends to Keep on Your Radar by Gavin James.

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PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

When I originally wrote about the need for external VoC partners , the main debate was whether companies should invest in a full-service VoC solution or manage the process themselves with a basic survey tool. A good VoC partner can tell a story based on customer feedback and helps set priorities. Today, the conversation has evolved.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 2, 2021

However, according to Stella Connect’s Customer Service Trends for 2021 report , 80% of survey respondents prefer to talk to a real support agent, versus figuring out the issue with self-service options. It’s how you handle that feedback that makes a difference.

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Fonolo

MAY 27, 2021

Employee feedback is critical for businesses who want to understand their employees’ opinions and attitudes towards work, and improve their business policies and processes. Measuring engagement through surveys allows for employees to feel heard. That’s why agent engagement surveys are so important. Shorter is better.

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ShepHyken

JULY 26, 2019

Gain feedbacks in real-time – Feedbacks have always been a must! Try capturing feedbacks in real-time. Post-interaction surveys and similar customer experience tools can be delivered using a variety of automated tools through email and calls. Much less price-sensitive.

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 24, 2025

Root Cause Analysis Across Touchpoints As I have mentioned in recent blog posts , AI-powered text analytics dives into unstructured feedback to reveal whats driving customer sentiment. It can analyze survey comments, social media posts, in-depth customer interview transcripts and support tickets to uncover pain points in both CX and CS.

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CCNG

JULY 12, 2023

It may not surprise you that the next day I got a survey, they wanted my feedback! They already know my feedback, they already know I missed my connection. Here is a disturbing new trend, machines in airport bathroom you get to touch AFTER using the bathroom. After every call, email, purchase, there’s a survey.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 27, 2021

The drastic changes in customer behavior and online trends make it a daunting task to keep a customer base happy and loyal. Another survey suggests that 68% of the participants will stick to a brand only if their experience is commendable. Seeking feedback from the customers helps a company to segregate the experience on these phases.

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Fonolo

MARCH 25, 2021

Satisfaction surveys are one of the best ways to gain insight into how you can improve your employee experience. While tricky, agent satisfaction surveys can help you come close. Once you have your areas of focus, you can begin building your agent satisfaction survey! How to Create a Great Customer Perception Survey.

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Interaction Metrics

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Analyzing open ended survey questions is the single most fruitful method for getting meaningful, honest feedback. This in turn, allows you to uncover answers to questions you might not have even thought to ask about in the ‘main’ parts of your surveys. Simply reading through comments isnt practical.

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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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