Martha Brooke, CCXP

Here Are the 5 Standards of Excellent Customer Listening

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 […]

May 29, 2019

Interactive Data is the Future, Here’s Why

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, […]

May 15, 2019

Customer Experience Speaker, Martha Brooke Presents at 2 Conferences this Month

April 2019: Catch customer experience speaker, Martha Brooke at 2 national conferences: Operations Summit in Columbus, OH and the Smart Customer Service track of CRM Evolution in Washington, DC. Both conferences focus on the latest technologies and strategies driving the customer experience. The first day of Operations Summit, on April 9, in a Master Class […]

April 4, 2019

Gallup Says Engagement Matters, What Are You Doing About It?

For years, Gallup Research has reported on the impact of employee engagement on profits. Meanwhile, they’ve also reported on the dismal state of employee engagement; employees simply don’t care about their work as much as employers would hope. For instance, in 2013, Gallup Research found that more engaged employees have 21% higher productivity, 37% less […]

March 27, 2019

Want Feedback? Make It So Simple a Kid Could Do It

I like taking customer surveys and do so nearly every time I have useful feedback to share. Perhaps it’s because I’m in the survey business. Or perhaps it’s because I like to feel “heard” as a customer. Either way, I’m a sucker for a survey. I usually buy my groceries at Whole Foods or Safeway. […]

March 14, 2019

Customer Surveys: Pros and Cons, and How to Do Them Right

Popular platforms (like SurveyMonkey and SurveyGizmo) are great for survey deployment—but only after you’ve carefully designed and vetted your questions. Make sure to account for the numerous difficulties and problems that can arise in survey design.

February 27, 2019

Interaction Metrics Issues Gold Customer Experience Award

The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. has been recognized for its customer experience excellence with the prestigious Interaction Metrics Gold Award.To achieve the Gold Award, nearly 100 aspects of Yaskawa were analyzed using statistically-valid samples derived from customer feedback surveys sent to End-Users, Distributors, OEMs, and Yaskawa employees.The customer experience metric used to evaluate Yaskawa’s success is QCI™ Score (Quality of Customer Interaction).

February 25, 2019

How to Use a Research Mindset to Avoid Huge Survey Blunders

Listening to your customers is smart—as long as you ask thoughtful questions that elicit useful insights. Unfortunately, when it comes to customer surveys, too many companies go through the motions, conducting customer surveys just to say they did it. That’s a big, BIG blunder. To avoid this, customer experience teams need to establish clear goals and put on their research hats. This means tackling customer experience with a research mindset.

February 19, 2019

Answering NPR: Why 5-Star Rating Systems Don’t Work

For anyone who hasn’t used a ridesharing app, once you’ve arrived at your destination, the app asks you to rate your driver between 1 and 5 stars. These ratings are said to provide valuable information, but if customers aren’t sharing what they really think what’s the point?

January 15, 2019