✓ Voice of the Customer: From Feedback to Action Webinar [REGISTRATION OPEN]

Customers are more empowered than ever, and organizations must continue to find ways to capture and leverage valuable customer feedback to improve products, services, and the customer experience. I'm thrilled to announce that Cvent is hosting a webinar on June 20th with Aberdeen Senior Research...read more

Tasty Satisfaction Treats: Feedback Tips for Restaurateurs

If there were one industry that could truly benefit from consumer insight research, it is the restaurant industry. Granted there are the giants of the industry, e.g. McDonalds or Chik-fil-A, that have teams dedicated to dissecting every aspect of the customer experience, but the biggest gains can...read more

Fast Follow Up Matters (Best in Class Secret is Instant Alerts)

Think about your own experiences, when you are unhappy with a product or service and tell the company, what do you expect to happen? If you're thinking, "Nothing. Companies don't listen to customer feedback" I wouldn't blame you. But I hope you're more like me: I expect a response. But not a generic...read more

20 Most Popular Posts of 2012

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

Festive Friday: Do You Know What Your Customers Are Thinking This Holiday Season?

You dress your dogs up for the holidays and you’re convinced they love their Santa outfits, the jingle bells around their neck, or whatever it is they might be wearing. They looks so cute and festive that you “ooo and awe” over them, take their pictures (while bribing them with a treat to sit still)...read more

I have a Cat NOT a Dog! Tips for Building Customer Relationships

Vicki L. James over at Loyalty Hound is the doting mother of two kittens and a recently enrolled member of a customer loyalty program at one of her area pet stores. Why then, was she so disgruntled to receive a personalized mailer from said pet store with savings claiming to be "just for her"? The...read more

Are You Ready to Make Lemonade? Steps to Customer Complaints Around

Talk doesn’t cook rice, or so an ancient Chinese philosopher said. In the realm of customer satisfaction, both of these quotes hold sway. I was reminded of this in a recent post by Dana Vaille of Chadwick Martin Bailey. Dana was expressing her discontent about a recent purchase she had made. The...read more

Using Technology to Effectively Conduct Text Analysis

My name is Jonathan Wilson and I am a Product Consultant supporting the Web Survey tool. The Open Ended - Comment Box question can be one of the most effective means of collecting respondent feedback. However, analyzing these comments can often be an overwhelming process for survey authors,...read more

Revisited: The 6 Steps of the Market Research Process

A few years ago, I wrote a post titled, Market Research Process: 6 Steps to Project Success. It's one of those posts that is constantly one of the most viewed posts on the blog. Because it's one of the most popular posts of all time, I think it's time to give it a refresh. So for our first Throwback...read more

Analytics and BI are top priorities for CIOs in 2012

According to recent research by Gartner, the top priorities for CIOs in 2012 include analytics and business intelligence. This makes perfect sense as companies realize they need to leverage their internal and external data sources to better compete in rapidly changing markets. Analytics, including...read more
The Rise of the Smart Phone: Are you Leverging Mobile? 10 Tips for Mobile-Friendly Survey Creation