PeopleMetrics

JULY 13, 2020

Use this feedback to make changes to improve feelings of safety or to improve other areas of the customer experience. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. Sean has over 20 years of experience helping companies measure and improve the customer experience.

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CEM 2001 Social Media Blog 71

PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 12, 2019

On the other hand, an exceptional employee experience leads to employees who pass on their enthusiasm to customers. In fact, customers are more likely to have a positive customer experience if they are served by passionate employees. Yet most office environments inspire apathy, not excitement. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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Banking CEM Employee Experience 2001 91

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. As CEO, he guides the company’s vision and strategy. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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CEM 2001 Call Center Feedback 94

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 as you make your VoC program because IT controls the most up-to-date information you need about the customer experience. The Information Technology (IT) Department.

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CEM 2001 Telecommunications Customer Experience Professionals 81

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 8, 2020

Recognize alerts acknowledge when an employee does something special or extraordinary to improve the customer experience. A recognition program based on customer feedback is a powerful way to increase employee engagement and create a customer-centric culture. Click infographic to enlarge ). Share this Image On Your Site.

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CEM 2001 Culture Customer Centricity 77

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 4, 2019

The sales force becomes a key touchpoint in the customer experience for B2B. B2B companies are smart to want to know what their clients think of their sales process and how the expectations that their sales force established compared to their actual experience. More confidence means you can create better customer experiences.

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B2C B2B CEM 2001 122

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Customer Experience often lives within Marketing, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the two are always aligned. At PeopleMetrics, we advise our clients to bring customer experience together with marketing. Sean has over 20 years of experience helping companies measure and improve the customer experience.

Marketing 67

Marketing CEM 2001 Advertising 67

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 17, 2020

The latter situation is applicable to almost all companies, as COVID-19 has no doubt changed something about the customer experience. In many cases, the customer experience has completely shifted to digital modes. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold.

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CEM 2001 Touchpoint NPS 83

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 4, 2020

In its most basic form, "closing the loop" means that your VoC software platform “alerts” people within the organization when something (usually negative) happened during the last customer experience. In my experience, loop closing makes transactional VoC the anti-market research. Download : The Closed-Loop VoC Process Map.

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ROI CEM 2001 Download 83

PeopleMetrics

MAY 28, 2020

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. As CEO, he guides the company’s vision and strategy. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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PeopleMetrics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

in person, digital) you have with your customers is key to delivering a memorable customer experience. Contact Center: an important touchpoint where customers call for more information or assistance. In Location: refers to an actual in-person customer experience, such as a retail store, restaurant, or hotel.

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Touchpoint Feedback CEM Contact Center 91

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 26, 2018

Consider this: if you were your customer and you got your organization's survey (or other mechanism to provide feedback), would it be a fantastic experience? Would you recommend that experience to others? Customer experience is cumulative. Every touchpoint counts towards the bigger picture. Print this article.

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Touchpoint Feedback CEM 2001 85

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 7, 2018

As a CX leader, do you ever feel like you're spending too much time setting up users and dashboards in your feedback management platform when you should be focusing on strategic ways for your organization to improve customer experience? basically all the different parts of your company who impact the customer experience.

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Feedback CEM Management 2001 76

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 21, 2018

This is really important in the customer experience space because now the anonymity of that feedback has pretty much gone away. In other words, if a customer has a poor experience and they put it in a survey, not only do they not mind if other people know about it, but they also expect someone to follow up and fix it.

Feedback 82

Feedback CEM 2001 Social Media 82

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 12, 2018

Business leaders use this all the time as a way to set standards for performance evaluation on metrics such as Net Promoter Score (NPS) or overall satisfaction; and many look to external benchmarking results as key indicators for how to improve customer experience. Interview the people who are delivering those fantastic experiences.

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CEM Net Promoter Score 2001 Hotels 69

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. The more effort a customer expends on resolving their issue, the more negative the customer experience.

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NPS Measurement CEM 2001 82

PeopleMetrics

JULY 29, 2020

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. Topic: Customer Experience. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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CEM Net Promoter Score 2001 Hotels 71

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 16, 2020

Or anything that would cause a customer to indicate at least one of these items: NPS below 7 (i.e., Poor overall customer experience on a recent visit. T hat a problem occurred during their most recent experience. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold.

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CEM 2001 ROI Contact Center 77

PeopleMetrics

JULY 24, 2019

Bonus programs do not need to include every employee either — in fact, bonuses are typically reserved only for the people who are accountable for the customer experience. There are usually too many employees for the customer experience leader to manage all individual bonuses tied to VoC. Don't forget non-monetary rewards.

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CEM 2001 Hotels NPS 61

PeopleMetrics

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I’ve seen companies do actual internal marketing campaigns, with posters in every office, intranet articles and blog posts written by executives, and town hall meetings — complete with skits demonstrating good and bad customer experiences! Communication should be ongoing. As CEO, he guides the company’s vision and strategy.

Communication 54

Communication CEM 2001 Touchpoint 54

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

I was inspired to write this book because of another great book that most of you have probably heard of - Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business by Forrester. Measuring customer experience is critical to we do here at PeopleMetrics. Purchase Outside In on Amazon. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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CEM 2001 Books Measurement 69

PeopleMetrics

MAY 4, 2020

But in a decentralized approach, you’re adding more responsibility to the company’s general managers and department heads whose job it is to deliver a great customer experience. The decentralized approach puts the follow-up in the hands of the people or department that is responsible for the customer experience.

Management 77

Management CEM Hotels 2001 77

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Today's CX Secret revolves around the notion of a "Customer Experience (CX) Mindset." High-end hospitality companies have owned the CX space for years because they maintain this mindset that every touch point they have with a customer has to be excellent. Photo by +Simple on Unsplash. Think through your touch points.

Hospitality 63

Hospitality CEM 2001 E-support 63

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 7, 2019

In turn, the best way to secure executive sponsorship in VoC is to demonstrate that improving the customer experience pays big returns. 2016) that provides compelling ROI evidence that CX matters, including the ability to charge a higher price when you deliver a better customer experience. Start with the facts.

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Leadership ROI CEM 2001 70

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 29, 2019

If providing feedback takes longer than the actual customer experience, you have a major problem! So, if you’re measuring a customer experience that normally lasts three minutes using a survey that takes ten minutes, it’s time to go back to the drawing board. Watch the clock. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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CEM 2001 B2C Measurement 61

PeopleMetrics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

VoC programs, with their continuous flow of real-time feedback from every customer (not just a sample of customers), are becoming the single source of truth for customer feedback, for both customer experience and, in some cases, market research teams. As CEO, he guides the company’s vision and strategy.

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CEM Marketing 2001 Advertising 225

PeopleMetrics

JULY 17, 2018

As noted previously, the term VoC is frequently used to describe the measurement of the customer experience; so is the term customer experience management (CEM). A consulting firm mentioned in the introduction, Forrester , coined a third term: customer feedback management (CFM). Market Research vs. VoC.

Measurement 209

Measurement CEM Telecommunications 2001 209

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 7, 2018

It can provide excellent insight into the overall relationship you have with your customers, but it falls short in measuring how well the most recent experience went. Used as the only metric in transactional VoC surveys, valuable customer experience feedback may fall through the cracks. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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NPS Net Promoter Score CEM 2001 70

PeopleMetrics

JULY 23, 2018

The best VoC programs are squarely focused on integrating all types of customer feedback related to the customer experience. The result is that VoC becomes the single source of truth for all experiential customer feedback. The goal is to create a consistent customer experience at every one of their locations.

Feedback 72

Feedback CEM 2001 Hotels 72

PeopleMetrics

MAY 24, 2018

Entrepreneurs looking for a crash course on how to best listen to customers and use that feedback to improve their business will benefit from the book as well. Moving VoC past data to a listening path that engages your organization and improves customer experiences is key. As CEO, he guides the company’s vision and strategy.

Feedback 54

Feedback CEM 2001 Chief Customer Officer 54

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 3, 2019

As the customer experience lead, you need to focus on how to improve the customer experience rather than managing a complex software process and providing technical support. A good value-added VoC partner can also help you identify specific things you can do immediately to improve the customer experience.

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CEM 2001 ROI Touchpoint 59

PeopleMetrics

JULY 31, 2018

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. As CEO, he guides the company’s vision and strategy. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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CEM Telecommunications Hotels 2001 79

PeopleMetrics

JULY 10, 2018

The more important question is this: “As an organization, what can we do today to put the customer first?”. And to really make this really real, each employee at a customer-centric organization should ask themselves this question: “What can I do today to create a better customer experience for our customer?”.

Customer Centricity 66

Customer Centricity CEM 2001 Touchpoint 66

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 18, 2019

Chatbots and endless IVR loops may scale, but they often do not deliver a great customer experience. Customers want things to be easy with as little friction as possible. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. In fact, it's often the opposite. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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CEM 2001 Books 2019 48