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Lesson #8 Revisited: The Convergence of VoC and Market Research in the Age of AI

PeopleMetrics

In Listen or Die , I highlighted the distinct purposes of Voice of Customer (VoC) programs and market research. While VoC focuses on real-time, operational feedback from all customers, market research traditionally delivers strategic insights based on a sample of customers. In 2017, these two disciplines were starting to converge.

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Guest Post: Are Customer Surveys the Best Way to Receive Feedback About Your Brand?

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Jacob Borgeson is the Product Marketing Director at Khoros where he helps brands understand how communities can help their businesses. He shares the challenges and limitations of using surveys to gather feedback about customer experience. Surveys will always be a critical component of a brand’s customer engagement strategy.

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10 Ways to Listen to Customers Without Surveys

CX Accelerator

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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Lesson #17 Revisited: The Survey Is Dead. Long Live the Survey! (And AI is Helping)

PeopleMetrics

Theres been plenty of talk about the death of surveys, but lets be clearsurveys are far from dead! I am sure many of you can appreciate this given the number of surveys you probably receive on a weekly or even daily basis. Surveys are evolving into smarter, more dynamic tools for capturing customer feedback.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement. Marketing and sales teams are feeling pressured to deliver authentic messaging to buyers at every point of their customer journey. New tactics to acquire data to reach marketing goals.

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Is Customer Experience Really The New Marketing? Join The debate!

Beyond Philosophy

The topic: Is Customer Experience the new marketing, or is it an entity on its own? Sherman, a director of Customer Experience and employee engagement at a global organization by day and the founder of DoingCXRight.com by night, says that Customer Experience is the new marketing, replacing and usurping it. Complete this short survey.

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Top Customer Satisfaction Survey Companies of 2025

Interaction Metrics

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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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities. But is it delivering real results?

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The Health of the Contact Center: Are You Ready for 2019?

A survey of 1,000 contact center professionals reveals what it takes to improve agent well-being in a customer-centric era. This report is a must-read for contact center leaders preparing to engage agents and improve customer experience in 2019.

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Executive Report: The Customer Data Too Often Overlooked by the C-Suite

A recent Calabrio research study of more than 1,000 C-Suite executives has revealed leaders are missing a key data stream – voice of the customer data. Download the report to learn how executives can find and use VoC data to make more informed business decisions.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?

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The Challenges of Omnichannel: Why so Many Contact Centers Struggle with Digital Self-Service

To find how contact centers are navigating the transition to omnichannel customer service, Calabrio surveyed more than 1,000 marketing and customer experience leaders in the U.S. about their digital customer communication strategies. Read the report to find out what was uncovered.

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Customer Perceptions of the Community Experience

We surveyed more than 600 consumers from three major English-speaking markets the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, to gain an understanding of their perceptions of the community experience. What is most important when interacting with a brand, and what is the ideal experience they’re looking for?

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.