Year: 2025

B2B Customer Experience Research: Methods, Data and the Role of AI

Key Takeaways Customer experience research is evolving rapidly—especially for B2B companies, where their high-value relationships demand precision insights. That’s why earlier this month, for our B2B CXPA Roundtable, I hosted Matt Egol, Jack-Morgan Mizell, and Gillian Salerno-Rebic to explore the possibilities and limitations of using AI for research. I posed questions to the group to get […]

May 19, 2025

Email Survey Best Practices

Your Reply-To Address Matters! An essential email survey best practice is this: Use a Reply-To email address that actually works. Too many companies send surveys from a Do-NOT-Reply address which frustrates customers and lowers response rate. At Interaction Metrics, we develop surveys, launch them, and make sense of the data—using a reply-to email address that […]

May 14, 2025

22 Best Practices for Surveys: Tips for Writing, Design, and Analysis

Key Takeaways: You’ve probably been on the receiving end of a bad survey. Maybe it asked you to rate a delivery you never received. Or it forced you to choose between three irrelevant response options, none of which applied to you. Or perhaps you actually took the time to explain a problem in your own […]

May 1, 2025

What Is Customer Effort Score (CES) & Why Does It Matter?

Key Takeaways Customer Effort Score (CES) measures how hard it is for your customers to get help from your customer service teams. And if you’ve ever had a hard time canceling a subscription or fixing a billing issue, you know exactly why it matters. Has this ever happened to you? You clicked through five help […]

April 24, 2025

17 Alternatives To Qualtrics: Key Features & Use Cases Compared

Key Takeaways: Qualtrics is the industry standard for customer experience surveys. But that doesn’t mean it’s the right fit for everyone. If you’re a large enterprise with a team of analysts and a six-figure budget, it might be perfect. But for most companies? It might be too expensive, clunky, or bloated with features you’ll never […]

April 18, 2025

60+ Different Survey Types & Methods (and When to Use Them)

Key Takeaways: A lot of businesses collect customer feedback—but do they turn it into real insight, or just a stack of random data? An even bigger question: do they actually know which types of customer satisfaction surveys best match their goals? At Interaction Metrics, we start with what you need to learn, who you need […]

April 10, 2025

How to Increase Customer Retention: 15 Proven Strategies That Work

Key Takeaways What Is Customer Retention and Why Does It Matter? Customer retention may sound like business jargon, but really, it’s just the art of keeping your customers happy enough that they stick around. Think about your favorite coffee shop. Maybe they offer you a punch card where you earn a free coffee after ten […]

March 27, 2025

The Best CX Software Of 2025

Just as customer satisfaction surveys reveal gaps in happiness, the right customer experience software bridges them; It helps you meet customers where they are and deliver personalized support every step of the way. Today’s rising CX demands mean AI, omnichannel engagement, and deep personalization are no longer “nice-to-have” in your customer data platform—they’re essential features […]

March 20, 2025

How Can Sentiment Analysis Be Used to Improve Customer Experience?

Key Takeaways: Sentiment analysis reveals the emotions your customers feel—but knowing how they feel is only useful if you know why they feel the emotion in the first place. If you want to improve customer experience, you need more than just emotional data. You need to know what customers are actually saying so you can […]

March 13, 2025

How to Improve Your NPS Score: 21 Strategies

Key Takeaways Your Net Promoter Score (NPS) isn’t just another number—it’s a direct reflection of customer trust and customer loyalty. A high NPS means happy customers who are eager to spread the word about your business, fueling growth and strengthening your brand reputation. But here’s the problem: too many companies chase a better NPS the […]

February 21, 2025

Top Customer Satisfaction Survey Companies of 2026

Last Updated: April 2, 2026 Key Takeaways: A great customer satisfaction survey company does more than send a form and count answers. It helps a business ask better questions, hear the right customers, and understand what the feedback means. The right partner helps you measure customer satisfaction in a way that is credible, useful, and […]

January 31, 2025

Mastering Customer Journey Mapping: Strategies for Success

Looking back on 2024, one question stands out in the world of customer experience (CX): How do companies get to the bottom of their customers’ journeys—in ways that spark bottom-line success? In December’s CXPA B2B Roundtable hosted by Martha Brooke, and featuring Dave Seaton, that very question took center stage. The discussion highlighted the synergy […]

January 8, 2025