PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 27, 2019

No matter how talented you are as a customer experience professional , you need a team to create a world-class VoC program. IT should be your best friend in making your VoC program happen— as long as you keep an eye on the costs. If not, look to your company's business analytics and/or business intelligence department.

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PeopleMetrics

JUNE 17, 2020

Every organization has a different level of VoC maturity. Some companies have had VoC in place for many years, while others are just getting started. Where you start with VoC depends on your level of maturity. In many cases, the customer experience has completely shifted to digital modes. Click checklist to enlarge ).

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PeopleMetrics

MARCH 16, 2020

Taking action on an individual customer response to a survey about a recent experience is the most direct evidence of ROI for VoC programs. Alerts allow companies to recover lost customers, recognize star employees and generate new leads. If the customer answers, “Yes,” the recognize alert is triggered. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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PeopleMetrics

JULY 24, 2019

Yes, you should tie compensation to your Voice of Customer (VoC) program ( it’s the best way to get your people to actually use it! ). There are many creative ways to tie VoC to compensation, but one of the most common ways is do it through a bonus program. Looking for ways to tie compensation to VoC? Sean holds a Ph.D.

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PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 7, 2019

For almost any initiative in business, the way to convince leadership to invest is to show them a return on investment (ROI). In turn, the best way to secure executive sponsorship in VoC is to demonstrate that improving the customer experience pays big returns. Then begin to create your own internal business case for VoC.

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PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 21, 2018

As we discussed in Lesson #5 , NPS is important to include in your VoC program, but if you’re running a transactional VoC survey, you need other ways to measure the most recent customer experience alongside NPS. You must combine NPS with an individual measure of the customer experience in a transactional VoC survey.

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PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Unless you’re working in a very small company, the full spectrum of VoC responsibilities are usually too much for one person. Often, people think they can create a world-class VoC program themselves using a low-end technology tool, but this can be risky ?— In most cases, you are going to need a VoC partner to help you.

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VOC CEM Business Administration Machine Learning 60

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Let’s start with the obvious… if survey health is poor, nothing else you do with your VoC program will matter. A good transactional VoC survey can be completed in a short amount of time. If providing feedback takes longer than the actual customer experience, you have a major problem! So what is a healthy survey?

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PeopleMetrics

MARCH 4, 2020

Closing the loop arguably drives the greatest ROI with VoC programs. Here's how it works: when an individual customer has a problem, the front line of the operation is notified and can follow up to make things right. The ability to immediately follow up and resolve customer issues is reason enough to invest in VoC.

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PeopleMetrics

MAY 24, 2018

After months of brainstorms , meetings, late nights and deadlines, I am thrilled to announce that my first book, Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold , will be available for purchase on Amazon starting Tuesday June 19th, 2018. Many companies collect customer feedback, but very few act on what they hear.

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PeopleMetrics

APRIL 9, 2018

Voice of Customer (VoC) programs (also known as Customer Experience Management (CEM) programs) are becoming the single source of truth for most organizations with regard to how the customer feels about their experience with a given company. can all be folded into a VoC program to get answers fast.

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VOC CEM Close the Loop Business Administration 70

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 8, 2020

It is possible for a company to really change their culture with a well designed VoC program. But to do so, VoC has to be more than complaint management. You should leverage positive customer feedback as well! You’re basically connecting the customer experience with employee engagement. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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CEM VOC Business Administration Machine Learning 78

PeopleMetrics

JULY 31, 2018

No matter how you are listening to customers (solicited, unsolicited, verified, observed), the data you will ultimately collect will be one of two types: structured or unstructured. Structured Feedback. Structured customer feedback is the most common, the easiest to deal with, and super important in spite of this lesson’s title.

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PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 31, 2018

Customer service is part of the overall customer experience, not the entire customer experience. It is vital to understand the difference between CX and CS as you implement Voice of the Customer (VoC). Customer experience is the sum of all experiences, interactions, or touchpoints a customer has with a company.

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PeopleMetrics

MAY 28, 2020

Setting up a process and using a professional alert management system to continuously follow up with at-risk customers will generate ROI on your VoC investment. There is no doubt that reducing churn one customer at a time is a great reason to invest in VoC. How RCA Works. Contact PeopleMetrics: About the Author.

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PeopleMetrics

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Simply put, communication is the next make-or-break element of a successful VoC program. A great VoC program communicator has the same mindset as a marketing professional. You have to think about marketing VoC to your organization the same way you would market a new product or service to your customers.

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VOC CEM Business Administration Machine Learning 54

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 18, 2019

One year ago today, I launched my book, Listen or Die: 40 Lessons that Turn Customer Feedback into Gold ( check it out on Amazon! ). The goal of the book was to share best practices on how to create a great Voice of Customer (VoC) program. Customers want things to be easy with as little friction as possible.

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PeopleMetrics

MAY 4, 2020

Recover alerts are the core of any advanced VoC program. Recover alerts immediately identify the customers who have had a recent poor experience. Recover alerts can be triggered off NPS, a specific question asking if there was a problem, or any other question where a negative response means the customer had a poor experience.

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Close the Loop VOC CEM NPS 78

PeopleMetrics

JULY 10, 2018

In my business, and throughout this book, I recommend accomplishing customer centricity by using an organization-wide, customer listening program called Voice of the Customer (VoC). VoC gathers customer feedback during, or soon after, an experience. Customer Touchpoints.

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PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 7, 2018

An important metric in any successful VoC program is NPS , or Net Promoter Score. You should know a lot about NPS before you begin VoC. NPS has become so popular, and so widely used, that it truly has become the ultimate question in the VoC world. The following is an excerpt from Listen Or Die by Sean McDade, PhD.

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