Nobody likes to hear bad news, but successful companies recognize that negative feedback is a vital mechanism for improving their products and customer service. So when they hear that there’s bad news that customers aren’t telling them, many companies assume it is product or service-related. They should be asking another question, though. Why aren’t customers […]
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Tomorrow is Fine. Free is Fine. What Else Can You Do?
Customer Insight: How Logistics Raises the Bar on Customer Expectations Ask any customer shopping online when they want their order delivered, and it’s a good bet they’ll answer ‘tomorrow’. Thanks to masters of logistics like Amazon and Zappos, customers have come to expect 2-day or even 1-day shipping, sometimes at no cost. They want things […]
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Why Do We Lose Customers?
Every business knows the value of keeping their customers. Yet despite companies’ best efforts customers still leave, and the reason often feels like a mystery. Why do they go? They experience a problem This is by far the biggest reason customers move on. 68% to 73% of customers stop doing business with companies because they […]
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The Four Biggest Mistakes Companies Make When Implementing a Customer Measurement Program
Transform your customer insights by avoiding these common errors Technology and analytics have provided companies the means to understand their customers in ways they couldn’t have imagined even a few years ago. Almost every large organization invests heavily in customer measurement programs, yet many don’t achieve the customer insight they’re looking for. Why? It turns […]
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Making Your Customer Experience Research Matter
Find the difference between interesting and actionable insights By now, the notion that customer experience matters to market success is nearly universal. A 2016 Gartner survey found that 89% of companies expect to compete primarily on the basis of customer experience — up from 36% in 2012. Most companies make significant investments in customer research […]