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Why Should You Conduct Client Satisfaction Surveys?

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 by Sherrie Mersdorf
I came across this definition of a client survey on CSM that I think is useful:

A customer survey is a systematic and objective process of gathering, recording, and analyzing data to help make better marketing decisions.

I might disagree with the fact that a client feedback form is automatically objective, but with the right client survey question creation and survey method it a client survey can be pretty close to completely objective. What the definition does not point out is just because you conduct a client satisfaction survey, decisions wont be made for you. You need to take steps to analyze survey results after the data collection. Customer surveys give you the opportunity to review customer and client feedback and analyze results to get you going down the right decision making path.

So what can conducting client satisfaction questionnaires help you do?

• Better define your target market
• Learn more about existing clients
• Learn how customers, prospects and the market perceive your offerings
• (Re)Position your offering in your organization's industry
• Identify features/benefits you should be promoting

We have some tips for how to analyze survey data - which is the goal of your client satisfaction right? To be able to analyze survey responses and use the data to make decisions.

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