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. The real work begins when you take action to improve those metrics. But knowing the score is just the starting point.

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Lumoa

JANUARY 3, 2023

Surveys are one of the most useful tools out there for gathering quick feedback from customers, and understanding what motivates them. But with great power comes great responsibility – if you’re going to get the results you need to make critical business decisions, it’s important that your survey design is done well!

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 18, 2017

This week we feature an article by Martha Brooke who writes about how to execute a customer satisfaction survey that gives you the data you need. Surveys can give you a lot of data that you can use to improve virtually any part of your organization. – Shep Hyken. I know you get asked to take surveys all the time, because I do.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 13, 2025

The Importance of Measuring Customer Satisfaction Customer satisfaction is more than just a feel-good metric. Customer feedback, when combined with satisfaction metrics, becomes a powerful tool for shaping business decisions. At its core, satisfaction metrics are the compass for strategic planning.

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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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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

There are multiple customer satisfaction metrics that your business can use to get answers to questions like “Is my customer satisfied?” Customer satisfaction metrics help you back your customer-centric mindset and identify areas (both positive and negative) responsible for leaving an impact on the overall brand experience.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 2, 2021

But as is the case with other organizations, customer service has its fair share of myths about what customers want, which metrics to track, and how to perform the responsibilities of a front-line agent. Misconception #3: Speed is the most important customer service metric. It’s how you handle that feedback that makes a difference.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

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. Of course, these surveys aren’t a foolproof way to improve customer service experience. What is an After-Call Survey? 5 Reasons to Use After-Call Surveys.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 15, 2019

The Types of Data for Your Metrics. Peppers says there are two different types of data that feed your metrics: Voice of Customer (VOC) Data: Peppers calls these metrics interactive data, meaning your customer interacts with you through a poll. Some examples are Net Promoter Score ® (NPS) or Customer Satisfaction surveys.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

It requires more than surveys or changing how you answer the phone. However, the silver lining in the gloomy cloud, as Thompson puts it, is that these companies do see improvement in metrics like customer satisfaction ratings, increased revenue, lower costs, and more employee engagement than in the past.

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ProProfs Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

For this, all you need to do is conduct a brand awareness survey! What Is a Brand Survey? A brand awareness survey helps you gauge how familiar your ideal customers are with your brand as compared to your competitors. The best part is these surveys can be created and shared online with tools like ProProfs Survey Maker. .

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Customer satisfaction and net promoter scores are helpful metrics, but the after-call survey is the most immediate resource. And how should you structure your survey? Keep reading—we’ll guide you through everything you need to know to write a successful after-call survey! What is an After-Call Survey For?

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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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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This is often a tough act to balance: rapidly scaling up business while still providing personalized customer service. 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. But we believe it can, and should, be done.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 18, 2019

Most metrics only look at recommendation potential and satisfaction instead of examining customers’ motivation. Survey questions need to be redesigned to allow the customer to voice the issues that matter to them rather than giving data the company wants. This phenomenon is known as “survey fatigue.” What is content marketing?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 6, 2018

Disney Store uses a tool that pops out a short survey once in a while during the buying process to understand the customer’s thoughts. The Net Promoter Score is a metric that measures the average likelihood for a customer to refer your business to their friend or family. NPS tracking.

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Hodusoft

DECEMBER 11, 2024

From Automation to Personalization: How AI is Shaping the Future of CX Would you be surprised to know that one out of every two customers would switch brands following just one bad customer experience (CX)? This survey by Emplifi found that 86 percent of customers said that they will leave their favorite brand after only two to three bad CX.

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Interaction Metrics

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This blog will explore how to improve customer service, common pitfalls to avoid, and metrics that ensure your efforts are on the right track. How to Measure Customer Service Quality Through Workshops Use customer service surveys before and after workshops to gauge their impact. Research shows that customers are 2.4

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ProProfs Blog

APRIL 17, 2020

But without numbers or metric data in hand, coming up with any new strategy would only consume your valuable time. For example, you need access to metrics like NPS, average response time and others like it to make sure you come up with relevant strategies that help you retain more customers. So, buckle up. 1: Customer Churn Rate. #2:

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TeleDirect

MARCH 20, 2025

With customers increasingly expecting fast, efficient, and personalized support, call centers must adopt best practices and innovative strategies to meet these demands. Focus on First-Call Resolution (FCR) First-call resolution is one of the most important metrics for measuring call center performance.

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SharpenCX

DECEMBER 13, 2021

To get you started, we’ve compiled a few useful metrics and tactics to ensure your remote agents are engaged, motivated, and successful in their at-home offices. Here are a couple ways to do so: Send Out Surveys: It can be hard to ask for honest feedback. Use agent satisfaction surveys to help quantify agent sentiment and happiness.

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Interaction Metrics

MARCH 27, 2025

At Interaction Metrics, our approach to increasing customer retention is informed by the real problem with most customer feedback surveys: theyre impersonal, ineffective, and often ignored. Unlike the typical survey approach, our surveys are built on three key principles: reciprocity, real listening, and scientific rigor.

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Solvvy

JULY 8, 2022

Quantitative metrics allow you to assign a number to the current state, compare it to the past, and track your company’s progress toward your goals. Managers can use those metrics to guide strategy improvements and employee training. When and how to use those metrics. However, not everything is easy to measure.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 18, 2019

Given the current state of technology, your strategic goals must now go beyond improving metrics. Customer Experience will be the primary focus for successful operations in 2019 but is that “unwavering commitment to better CX” controlled by smaller metrics that don’t have a big effect on the experience as a whole?

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 24, 2025

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. Prioritizing Actions That Matter Most AI doesnt just identify problemsit helps prioritize them by predicting which fixes will have the greatest impact on CX and CS metrics.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Unfortunately, Reichheld says too many organizations use NPS as a stick or a metric for earning bonuses. He says that any time you link a survey-based score to someone’s career or compensation, bad things happen. He says that the financial metrics most companies use for valuations point you toward the wrong investments.

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Kayako

AUGUST 12, 2022

Customers still want personalized service even if they aren’t coming into the store. What consumers really want is personalization in the customer service experience. In fact, 79% say personalized service is more important than personalized marketing. What Is Personalized Customer Service?

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Feedback collection and analysis Teach your team how to conduct surveys and interviews with customers. Stakeholder collaboration This person should be adept at collaborating with other departments like sales, marketing, product, and support to ensure a seamless customer experience.

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TeleDirect

MARCH 20, 2025

Personalize Each Interaction Address customers by name and refer to previous interactions to make them feel valued and recognized. Monitor and Analyze Performance Metrics Regularly track KPIs such as customer satisfaction scores (CSAT), average handle time (AHT), and call abandonment rates to identify areas for improvement.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 12, 2018

The belief is based on personal expertise or experience. It’s based on my personal experience because I use Apple products all the time. We find it reveals different information than a survey question. To predict behavior with accuracy, you must discover a particular set of beliefs. Objective findings are verifiable facts.

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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. Keep reading to learn how to effectively capture the attendee experience with post-event surveys. In this post, we’ll cover: What is a post-event survey? Why send post-event surveys?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 13, 2018

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. The reasons are obvious: surveys help your business understand the emotional and psychological factors that drive customer behavior and affect your metrics.

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delighted

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s crucial to survey customers at various points throughout their buying journey, especially after they make a purchase. Post-purchase surveys allow businesses to collect valuable insights about their marketing efforts, the products or services they provide, and the overall customer experience. What is a post-purchase survey?

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A Comprehensive Guide to Net Promoter Score: History, Calculation Formula, Survey Tips If you are an entrepreneur or a business professional, you probably know what the term ‘Net Promoter Score’ means. The fairly new metric, which turns 21 this year, is widely used across the globe to calculate customer loyalty.

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CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Martech Alliance, 2021) Nearly half (48%) of survey respondents said the customer experience they deliver falls below or significantly below their customers’ expectations. Marketing Metrics, 2010) Increasing customer retention rates by 5% increases profits anywhere from 25% to 95%. (Acquia, 2019) 78.5%

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