by Annette Franz | Jan 13, 2021 | customer experience, customer feedback, feedback, survey design, surveys, Uncategorized, voice of customer
Author and businessman Harvey Mackay once said: “You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen – not just money, but respect.” Those words could not be truer when it comes to customer experience and to your business. Listening (to customers) is one of the most...
by Annette Franz | Feb 19, 2020 | customer expectations, customer experience, customer feedback, employee feedback, feedback, survey design, surveys, Uncategorized, voice of customer, voice of employee, voice of partner
I originally wrote today’s post for Eptica. It appeared on their blog on June 13, 2019. Problem Statement: Brands have been running Voice of the Customer programs for years, but customer experience has generally not improved. How can brands make sure that their...
by Annette Franz | Jul 31, 2019 | customer feedback, feedback, market research, survey design, surveys, Uncategorized
Being a CX professional is hard enough; misinformation just makes our work more challenging. Misinformation or confusing information by a person with a ton of followers and a ton of influence makes our work even more challenging. Over the weekend, Seth Godin published...
by Annette Franz | Apr 17, 2019 | listening, survey design, surveys, voice of customer
Image courtesy of Pixabay This is the second of a two-part series on common VoC program mistakes. In case you missed the first post in this series, you can find it here. Note that I haven’t prioritized or categorized these mistakes, but take a close look at each...
by Annette Franz | May 23, 2018 | analytics, closed-loop process, customer feedback, data, feedback, survey design, surveys
Image courtesy of Pixabay Do you close the loop with customers after they provide feedback? Many companies listen to customers, but a big chunk of these companies don’t do anything with the feedback or follow up with customers about what they heard. What a...
by Annette Franz | Oct 11, 2017 | feedback, survey design, surveys, voice of customer, voice of employee
Image courtesy of PixabayI originally wrote today’s post for CallidusCloudCX. It appeared on their blog on March 24, 2017. There’s a lot of talk about improving the customer experience.And there’s a lot of talk about using surveys to listen to...