Category: Customer Feedback Surveys

Top Questions to Ask in Your Customer Questionnaires

If you’re a Customer Success Director, Head of Customer Support, VP of CX, or charged with customer retention, this article will help you pick the right type of customer feedback questionnaire—because bottom line, don’t you want honest, actionable data you can use? Let’s start with the basics. How is a survey different from a questionnaire? […]

February 23, 2026

What is a Good Net Promoter Score (NPS)?

Key Takeaways: Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a specialized customer loyalty metric that measures the likelihood of a customer recommending a brand to a friend or colleague on a scale of 0 to 10. 66% of companies: This is the proportion of Fortune 1000 companies that rely on Net Promoter Score to benchmark their performance […]

February 6, 2026

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 […]

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

17 Alternatives To Qualtrics: Key Features & Use Cases Compared

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 use. The […]

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 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

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

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

From a Data Die-Hard: How to Write Good Survey Questions

Does your company issue customer surveys, but you’re not getting the insights you need? Read on for a quick class on how to write good survey questions that result in objective, actionable data. Are you looking to improve your data right away and don’t want to read this entire post? Here are three tips I […]

April 13, 2024