Are you staying safe? How are you feeling? With staggering societal upheaval, you probably want to understand how your partners, staff, and distributors are responding to COVID-19. Do they have enough PPE? Where do they see things headed? A survey is a great way to capture these insights… IF it’s done well. One company told […]
The Los Angeles Times (Sunday, Feb 23, Business Section) describes me as “a vocal critic of survey culture.” Am I? Only sort of. It’s true, I often see companies pestering their customers with biased surveys. It’s also true I see many companies gleaning grossly gamed data from their surveys. But at the same time, when […]
Have you ever wondered if those surveys companies relentlessly send are biased or missing the point? You’re right. Most surveys are so flawed they’re broken.
Last year, I wrote about how Whole Foods asks customers to take their survey in a disorganized way. I also examined an Alaska Airlines Read more…
Lately, at Interaction Metrics, we’ve been discussing the difference between striving to optimize and striving to improve. Specifically, should you optimize your customer experience or improve it? I’ve come down on the side of customer experience optimization because improvement is just too vague. For instance, many of us equate service and manufacturing quality with the Japanese […]
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Every day, everywhere, companies send email surveys, smiley face surveys, or call to request our customer feedback. It’s overwhelming. However, as we enter the holiday season, let’s acknowledge that when an associate is incredibly helpful, it’s nice to be able to say “thanks!” Consider when an associate goes the extra mile: it feels good to […]
The prevalence of SurveyMonkey and other DIY survey platforms has made it cheap to implement customer satisfaction surveys. And while these platforms might be right for you, before you jump in, hit pause and think your DIY strategy through. With a DIY Customer Survey, some of the areas you’ll need to address are: data accuracy […]
This morning, my rep texted me from the shop where my car is serviced: “You’ll receive a survey from us. It would mean a lot to me if you completed it. We hope you recommend us.” I get he wants a positive review, but this is an example of clear survey bias. Essentially, my rep […]
In the United States, healthcare is a $3.5 trillion a year market and employs 1 in 8 Americans. For a market with huge impact and under tremendous scrutiny, you would expect medical organizations to take an interested, data-driven approach to measuring the patient experience (PX). In other words, you would expect their patient surveys to […]
Catch Martha Brooke next week at the 2019 CCW Vegas Conference where you can book time with her at the Brilliance Clinic, join her Advanced Customer Feedback session, and take part in 3 Roundtables Martha is leading with Medallia’s Rachel Lane. On June 26th, Martha leads an Executive Club Track session on Expert Customer Feedback. […]
In the last decade I’ve seen and run a lot of Customer Listening programs. Here’s the one thing I know for sure: high quality Customer Listening always meets the same 5 standards. Meeting these standards achieves dependable, high-insight data. Failing to meet these standards often steers companies off course. These 5 standards are not an […]
Interactive Data Motivates Teams Measuring the customer experience is crucial, but visualizing that measurement with interactive data is equally important. Here’s why: dynamic data motivates teams to take action and facilitates collaboration across departments. Without productive next steps there is no customer experience improvement, much less customer experience transformation. So, whether you use customer surveys, […]
On April 24th, catch Customer Experience Speaker, Martha Brooke at the CX Analytics Summit held at the Porsche Experience Center in L.A. Hosted by Interaction Metrics’ partner CallMiner, Martha will lead the workshop “Practical Ways to Improve Your Customer Listening“. Workshop Description It’s hard to take a step without being asked to take a customer […]