PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Your customer experience management (CEM) system is up and running. You are actively listening to your customers and have an impressive 20% survey response rate. All signs point to a successful Voice of Customer (VoC) program. Do your customers know that you’re actually listening to them? That’s great!

Close the Loop 117

Close the Loop Net Promoter Score Hospitality Hospitality 117

CX Journey

MAY 23, 2018

Many companies listen to customers, but a big chunk of these companies don't do anything with the feedback or follow up with customers about what they heard. Remember the old Gartner stat: 95% of companies collect customer feedback. Why don't companies act on the feedback or close the loop with customers?

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Close the Loop VOC CEM Start-ups 61

CX Journey

JANUARY 19, 2017

Without them, your customer experience will be stuck in the same rut it's always been in. Take your customer feedback, and do something with it. A few proximate posts include: What Role Does Intuition Play in Customer Experience Is Proactive Customer Service Still a Moment of Truth?

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CEM Innovation VOC Customer Feedback 57

Lumoa

MARCH 20, 2018

Long-term actions are based on the analytics results of the customer feedback. Later, communicate the changes and improvements you’ve done based on customer feedback back to your customers. In both cases follow-up is a necessity, not a choice, if you want to build strong relationships with your customers.

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Confirmit

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Customer experience management combines all the processes an organization has in place to monitor and improve customer interactions, regardless of the channel or medium customers use to get in touch. CEM has become a key differentiator for today’s businesses, as products and services have become increasingly commoditized.

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Customer Experience Management Customer Experience VOC CEM 45

Confirmit

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Customer experience management combines all the processes an organization has in place to monitor and improve customer interactions, regardless of the channel or medium customers use to get in touch. CEM has become a key differentiator for today’s businesses, as products and services have become increasingly commoditized.

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Customer Experience Management Customer Experience VOC CEM 40

SurveySensum

APRIL 21, 2023

It’s a customer experience management platform that helps companies make customer feedback actionable. Set up notifications to address feedback to close the loop. Text analytics helps understand customer feedback, gauge satisfaction levels, and identify areas for improvement.

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Text Analytics Start-ups Social Media Customer Feedback 52

Waypoint Group

MAY 18, 2016

Thinking of feedback only with regard to a survey. The humble survey has been considered a key piece of customer feedback since we came up with the idea of using it to ask people what they thought. See if you can recognize any of these common mistakes, but most importantly, learn how you can initiate change to fix them.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience B2B Start-ups Sales 40

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 29, 2020

In my last blog post , I wrote about how to build a VoC program depending on the maturity of your current program. Given the changes in customer expectations across all industries brought about by COVID-19, it is now essential that you rethink your VoC program with a “beginners mind.”. Now, your customers need to feel safe.

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VOC CEM NPS Business Administration 120

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 4, 2019

Who are your customers? The answer to this question is key to creating a world-class VoC program. B2B companies usually have a smaller number of customers (typically called “clients”) who often pay a significant amount for products or services, while B2C companies usually have many customers with a lower comparative price point.

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VOC B2C B2B CEM 122

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

When VoC software platforms emerged, everything changed. PeopleMetrics and others in the industry could now offer the same type of customer satisfaction programs at a third of the cost of previous methods—and deliver results in real time through our software. Everyone Wins with VoC. Switching from CSAT to VoC. Continuous.

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VOC CEM Business Administration Machine Learning 94

PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 27, 2019

No matter how talented you are as a customer experience professional , you need a team to create a world-class VoC program. IT should be your best friend in making your VoC program happen— as long as you keep an eye on the costs. They can be very helpful in connecting the dots and making sense of customer feedback.

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VOC Legal CEM Pharmaceutical 81

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 17, 2020

Every organization has a different level of VoC maturity. Some companies have had VoC in place for many years, while others are just getting started. Where you start with VoC depends on your level of maturity. In many cases, the customer experience has completely shifted to digital modes. Click checklist to enlarge ).

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VOC CEM Touchpoint Business Administration 83

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 16, 2020

Taking action on an individual customer response to a survey about a recent experience is the most direct evidence of ROI for VoC programs. Alerts allow companies to recover lost customers, recognize star employees and generate new leads. If the customer answers, “Yes,” the recognize alert is triggered.

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VOC CEM Close the Loop Business Administration 77

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 19, 2021

With texting & video chat being more popular than ever, it’s imperative that your customer feedback program keeps up to date on the way your customers want to speak with you. Read our CEO's book Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold" [link]. In this PeopleMetrics LIVE! YouTube: [link].

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CEM VOC Customer Feedback Voice of the Customer 118

PeopleMetrics

JULY 23, 2018

The best VoC programs are squarely focused on integrating all types of customer feedback related to the customer experience. The result is that VoC becomes the single source of truth for all experiential customer feedback. And a key part of making this happen is your VoC software platform.

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VOC Customer Feedback Mystery Shopper CEM 72

PeopleMetrics

JULY 13, 2020

In my last blog post , I offered 5 recommendations for re-opening your VoC program in light of COVID-19 closures. In this blog post, I am offering a bonus recommendation for reopening your VoC program: Include video in your surveys. Video is what most engages customers. Contact PeopleMetrics: About the Author. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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VOC CEM Business Administration Machine Learning 71

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 10, 2021

Collecting customer feedback is one thing. Measuring and managing that customer feedback is quite another! And if you want to be customer-centric, you need to make sure you're doing all three. Read our CEO's book Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold" [link]. YouTube: [link].

Customer Feedback 71

Customer Feedback CEM VOC Voice of the Customer 71

PeopleMetrics

APRIL 9, 2018

Voice of Customer (VoC) programs (also known as Customer Experience Management (CEM) programs) are becoming the single source of truth for most organizations with regard to how the customer feels about their experience with a given company. can all be folded into a VoC program to get answers fast.

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VOC CEM Close the Loop Business Administration 70

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 7, 2019

In turn, the best way to secure executive sponsorship in VoC is to demonstrate that improving the customer experience pays big returns. Then begin to create your own internal business case for VoC. Public information is the first place to begin and often the only place to start if you have no VoC in place.

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VOC CEM Close the Loop Business Administration 70

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 21, 2018

As we discussed in Lesson #5 , NPS is important to include in your VoC program, but if you’re running a transactional VoC survey, you need other ways to measure the most recent customer experience alongside NPS. You must combine NPS with an individual measure of the customer experience in a transactional VoC survey.

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VOC NPS CEM CX 82

PeopleMetrics

JULY 24, 2019

Yes, you should tie compensation to your Voice of Customer (VoC) program ( it’s the best way to get your people to actually use it! ). There are many creative ways to tie VoC to compensation, but one of the most common ways is do it through a bonus program. Looking for ways to tie compensation to VoC?

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VOC CEM NPS Business Administration 61

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 31, 2018

Customer service is part of the overall customer experience, not the entire customer experience. It is vital to understand the difference between CX and CS as you implement Voice of the Customer (VoC). Customer experience is the sum of all experiences, interactions, or touchpoints a customer has with a company.

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CEM Customer Service Touchpoint CX 117

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 4, 2020

Closing the loop arguably drives the greatest ROI with VoC programs. Here's how it works: when an individual customer has a problem, the front line of the operation is notified and can follow up to make things right. The ability to immediately follow up and resolve customer issues is reason enough to invest in VoC.

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Close the Loop VOC CEM Business Administration 83

PeopleMetrics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

However, market research and Voice of the Customer (VoC) are not the same. In fact, certain key principles of market research actually hold back VoC and the value that some companies get out of their VoC programs. Market Research vs. Voice of the Customer (VoC). Voice of the Customer. Let me explain.

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VOC CEM Voice of the Customer Business Administration 225

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Unless you’re working in a very small company, the full spectrum of VoC responsibilities are usually too much for one person. Often, people think they can create a world-class VoC program themselves using a low-end technology tool, but this can be risky ?— In most cases, you are going to need a VoC partner to help you.

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VOC CEM Business Administration Machine Learning 59

PeopleMetrics

JULY 31, 2018

No matter how you are listening to customers (solicited, unsolicited, verified, observed), the data you will ultimately collect will be one of two types: structured or unstructured. Structured Feedback. Structured customer feedback is the most common, the easiest to deal with, and super important in spite of this lesson’s title.

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Text Analytics VOC Unstructured Data CEM 79

PeopleMetrics

MAY 28, 2020

Setting up a process and using a professional alert management system to continuously follow up with at-risk customers will generate ROI on your VoC investment. There is no doubt that reducing churn one customer at a time is a great reason to invest in VoC. How RCA Works. Contact PeopleMetrics: About the Author.

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CEM VOC Business Administration Machine Learning 87

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Let’s start with the obvious… if survey health is poor, nothing else you do with your VoC program will matter. A good transactional VoC survey can be completed in a short amount of time. If providing feedback takes longer than the actual customer experience, you have a major problem! So what is a healthy survey?

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VOC Double-Barreled Question CEM B2C 61

PeopleMetrics

MAY 4, 2020

Recover alerts are the core of any advanced VoC program. Recover alerts immediately identify the customers who have had a recent poor experience. Recover alerts can be triggered off NPS, a specific question asking if there was a problem, or any other question where a negative response means the customer had a poor experience.

Close the Loop 77

Close the Loop VOC CEM Business Administration 77

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 8, 2020

It is possible for a company to really change their culture with a well designed VoC program. But to do so, VoC has to be more than complaint management. You should leverage positive customer feedback as well! You’re basically connecting the customer experience with employee engagement. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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CEM VOC Business Administration Machine Learning 77

PeopleMetrics

JULY 17, 2018

As noted previously, the term VoC is frequently used to describe the measurement of the customer experience; so is the term customer experience management (CEM). A consulting firm mentioned in the introduction, Forrester , coined a third term: customer feedback management (CFM). Market Research vs. VoC.

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VOC CEM CX Customer Feedback 209

PeopleMetrics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Read our CEO's book Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold" [link]. Explore our CX solutions, designed to deliver a consistent experience every time. your dedicated account manager brings 20+ years of CX expertise into your program, with unlimited users to give everyone access to CX insights: [link].

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PeopleMetrics

JUNE 28, 2021

A Voice of the Customer (VoC) program driven by thoughtful and thorough strategic planning will not only help you achieve your customer experience objectives -- it has the power to positively transform your business time and time again. Read our CEO's book Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold" [link].

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CX Customer Experience CEM VOC 77

PeopleMetrics

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Simply put, communication is the next make-or-break element of a successful VoC program. A great VoC program communicator has the same mindset as a marketing professional. You have to think about marketing VoC to your organization the same way you would market a new product or service to your customers.

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VOC CEM Business Administration Machine Learning 54

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 7, 2018

An important metric in any successful VoC program is NPS , or Net Promoter Score. You should know a lot about NPS before you begin VoC. NPS has become so popular, and so widely used, that it truly has become the ultimate question in the VoC world. The following is an excerpt from Listen Or Die by Sean McDade, PhD.

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PeopleMetrics

MAY 24, 2018

After months of brainstorms , meetings, late nights and deadlines, I am thrilled to announce that my first book, Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold , will be available for purchase on Amazon starting Tuesday June 19th, 2018. Many companies collect customer feedback, but very few act on what they hear.

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Customer Feedback CEM VOC Business Administration 54