“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” -- Bill Gates
Negative feedback from customers can be a hard pill to swallow. It often feels unjust, unhelpful and inaccurate. Even the most professional business owners can be defensive and emotional in the face of criticism. And while business owners may intellectually know negative customer feedback is critical to improving their business -- a 10-percent increase in Net Promoter Score (NPS) can correlate with a six to seven-percent increase in revenue -- the hard bit is constructively incorporating it.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/254553/
Time was when getting feedback from a customer was a process so complex, it was akin to getting blood out of a stone. Thankfully, we don’t live in those times.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/251743/
All entrepreneurs know that customer insights are invaluable to product design and continued improvement. However, acquiring and organizing useful feedback is easier said than done and developing a strategy can be a daunting task. But it needs to be done.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/247671/
Bill Gates once famously said “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
While it’s a poignant quote, it doesn’t mean unhappy customers are your goal (there’s only so much positive spin Silicon Valley can put on failure). Prevention, as always, is the best medicine. With that in mind, here are 7 of the most common customer feedback nightmares Product Managers face and a few sharp strategies for avoiding them.
https://community.uservoice.com/blog/customer-feedback-nightmares/
Following more revelations about fraudulent customer reviews, how can your business benefit from online reviews without falling foul of the fakes?
A BBC investigation has revealed that fake online reviews are being openly traded on the internet.
https://www.mycustomer.com/experience/voice-of-the-customer/customer-reviews-best-practices-to-beat-the-frauds-and-build-trust/
Exciting things are happening within your company and you want your customers and prospects to know about it! Whether it’s sharing new product updates, announcing new customers or sharing your latest blog posts, newsletters are a great way of keeping a wider audience in the loop with your business’ latest developments. And if done the right way, email newsletters can serve as a critical digital marketing asset. But how do you know if the content, design and overall message you’re sending out in your newsletters is ‘right way’? Well you can’t really know unless you’re using feedback surveys in your email newsletters…
https://mopinion.com/how-to-use-feedback-surveys-in-email-newsletters/
Long gone are the days when customer complaints went directly to a customer care call center or cluttered email inbox. Nowadays, if you’re a business owner, your customers expect—and demand—an immediate response. Meet the answers to their prayers: social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter or review sites like Yelp. So, do you know how to respond to negative customer feedback on social media?
https://www.blackenterprise.com/how-to-respond-to-negative-feedback/
From helping you to avoid a crisis and retain customers to predicting your clients’ future needs, listening to your audience is a critical part of growing a successful business brand. Thankfully, you don’t have to spend a gazillion dollars on survey tools and consultants to figure out what your customers think about your products or services.
http://www.blackenterprise.com/get-customer-feedback/
If you are not focused on receiving and using customer feedback, you are missing out on an amazing growth tool. Gathering customer feedback throughout the entire customer journey is of great importance to the buyer life cycle, marketing campaigns and the entire customer experience. As focuses shift to improving this experience, continuous feedback will be required.
According to a recent study, 86% of buyers will pay more for a better customer experience. And by 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator. How do you get the best experience? By listening to the customer, of course.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnewman/2018/04/10/want-better-customer-experience-combine-crm-and-customer-feedback/#609ae22f3fbb/
Marketing success depends on many factors. You need accurate consumer research to build your branding strategy, engaging content to delight your audience, a firm grasp of behavioral economics, and a near-mystical ability to intuit how people will weigh your message against those of your fiercest competitors. In the digital age, marketers can't win without mastering data, analytics, and automation.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariyayao/2018/04/10/14-ways-machine-learning-can-boost-your-marketing/#1a9941be11b6/
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