by February 25, 2013
There comes a time when those of us in consumer and B2B market
research realize that we are not just the messengers, the conduit
for the voice of the customer, but we also are the change agents.
This realization came to me some time ago, but was reaffirmed while
reading the book Outside In by Harley...read more
by February 21, 2013
The season of Valentine’s brings out the best in some and the worst
in others. Many of us find ourselves reminiscing about first dates
and whether or not the date led to a meaningful relationship. The
same romantic wonderings can be applied to the customer – company
relationship. When cast in this...read more
by February 21, 2013
LinkedIn can be an excellent platform not only for networking, but
also for holding meaningful discussions with others in your line of
work. A member of the Customer Experience Management LinkedIn Group
posed this discussion question to her fellow CRM-minded members:
How are we actually defining...read more
by January 26, 2013
On occasion a survey comes my way that illustrates, either with
excellence or lack of vision, good online survey design. The
illustration below comes from a customer satisfaction survey
provided by a regional grocery store to their online community. The
table speaks to one dimension of the...read more
by January 7, 2013
While we highlight the most popular posts from a given month in our
newsletter, one of my favorite activities is to look back and see
what posts were the most popular overall each year. Keeping with
tradition, here's a look back across the 20 most popular posts of
2012! Customer Loyalty Month: 25...read more
by December 1, 2012
The ability to respond in a timely fashion is one of the primary
advantages of an online survey platform. Most projects do not have
the level of sensitivity that customer satisfaction surveys do
therefore in most cases immediate attention is not required.
However, when assessing a customer’s level...read more
by November 26, 2012
Measuring customer satisfaction is as much art as it is science.
The mix of art and science varies, but one thing is for sure as we
enter the 2012 holiday shopping season a great deal of attention
will be paid to how satisfied customers are with their shopping
experience. Retail surveys will be...read more
by August 16, 2012
Survey research is often used to ‘quantify’ an executive’s gut
feeling. This is one of consumer and B2B marketing research’s
primary functions, and certainly one that it excels at. With that
said it is still possible to go down a path that provides accurate
data that answers the wrong...read more
by July 10, 2012
To surprise and delight should be the goal of all marketers. As a
philosophy it is bound to increase customer satisfaction and
ultimately lead to increased customer retention and quite
potentially enhanced profitability. I had such an experience at the
grocery store recently. After agonizing over...read more
by July 5, 2012
Tom Smith recently published a list of the top ten reasons
customers rated retailers poorly in customer service. The
BIGinsight.com survey asked 6,000 adults what store had the worst
customer service and why. While the first half of that
questionnaire would probably be beneficial for big box stores...read more
