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How Can Sentiment Analysis Be Used to Improve Customer Experience?

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 identify key […]

March 13, 2025

How to Improve Your NPS Score: 21 Strategies

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 wrong way—bombarding […]

February 21, 2025

Top Customer Satisfaction Survey Companies of 2026

Last Updated: April 2, 2026 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 tied to […]

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

Analyzing Open Ended Survey Questions—Is AI Your Solution?

Analyzing open ended survey questions is the single most fruitful method for getting meaningful, honest feedback. Employees and customers can express themselves through text and say what’s really on their minds in a way that’s impossible through structured rating questions. Open-ends are your ‘gold’ but extracting the gold is challenging, which is why companies look […]

December 10, 2024

7 Quick Tips To Improve Customer Service

Improving customer service is more crucial than ever in 2024. Research shows that customers are 2.4 times more likely to stick with a brand when their issues are resolved quickly, yet over half will abandon companies that fail to anticipate their needs. This blog will explore how to improve customer service, common pitfalls to avoid, […]

November 21, 2024

How to Improve Surveys: Amas Tenumah Interviews Martha Brooke

Is your survey a customer listening vehicle? Or could it be improved? 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. The audit ensures your questions are sufficiently powered to achieve robust insights—and […]

November 11, 2024

Customer Service Strategy: Your Brand in Action

If you ask your marketing team, “What’s our brand?” they’ll give you principles wrapped up in a snappy slogan. Ask them how they allocate their budget, and they’ll list ads, social media, and conference costs. But if you ask them what their customer service strategy is, you’ll probably get blank stares. Here are two realities […]

September 10, 2024

Your Customer Feedback Dashboard: More Than Just a Pretty Face

Your customer feedback dashboard is a powerful tool when used strategically. But dashboards are easy to underutilize and under-impress. Here’s our quick guide to getting the most out of your customer feedback dashboard. Customer Feedback Dashboards: Strengths & Limitations No doubt dashboards will make your business life easier but they do have some strengths and […]

August 29, 2024

How a Customer Service Consulting Firm Can Grow Your Company

Each interaction your customers have with your company’s representatives gives them either a positive or a negative view of your company. In other words, your customer service is either promoting your brand or driving your customers away. If you’re not sure how your customers perceive your customer service, it’s time for a customer service consulting […]

August 15, 2024

The Science of CX Surveys: Greg Kihlström Interviews Martha Brooke

In this episode of the Agile Brand podcast with Greg Kihlström, Martha Brooke discusses the science of CX surveys. Martha touches on why most customer experience programs aren’t scientific, how you can become more scientific in your approach, and when and how to use AI in your survey program. The Science of CX Surveys, Summarized: […]

July 29, 2024

Customer Experience Research Firms: What to Look for and Why It Matters

Last Updated: May 8, 2025 Looking for a customer experience research firm? The best firms go beyond surface-level feedback to deliver data you can act on—helping you retain customers, boost loyalty, and stand out from competitors. Here’s how to find the right partner and what makes research firms like Interaction Metrics different. At Interaction Metrics, […]

May 16, 2024