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 Read more…
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…
Portland, OR: Feb. 10, 2020 – For its proven customer experience excellence, Yaskawa America has won the Interaction Metrics 2019 Gold Award. This is the fifth year in a row, Yaskawa America has achieved this honor. To achieve the Gold Award, Interaction Metrics sent surveys to Yaskawa customers and employees. 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 Read more…
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 Read more…
The prevalence of Survey Monkey and other DIY survey platforms has made it cheap and easy 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 Read more…
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 what he wants, but this is NOT how to do a survey. Read more…
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 Read more…