If you’re a small business owner, online reviews can be a blessing or a curse. They’re great when you’ve got enough reviews—and if they’re positive. But things can change fast. Just one negative review can cost a business up to 30 customers.
https://www.allbusiness.com/company-online-reviews-manage-117153-1.html/
Getting to the top of your industry is no easy task, but staying there is a whole different ballgame. Those at the top do, however, have one thing in common: They understand the value of a winning customer experience (CX) strategy, and they measure it effectively to produce a CX currency that can be utilized by executives and team members at every level of the company.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2017/08/21/how-listening-to-customer-feedback-can-help-you-maintain-your-place-at-the-top/#4427d2712483/
When you use the phrase “capturing the voice of the customer”, many immediately think you’re referencing a survey designed for direct feedback. But today there are more channels than ever for the customer to engage with brands. Although survey feedback can be nicely packaged and easy to digest, it’s important to make sure you’re listening to customers in all of the many ways they give feedback.
https://customerthink.com/heres-what-you-can-learn-from-even-the-craziest-customer-feedback/
Have you ever tried a new paella recipe and when you excitedly ask your best friend how it tastes, they only say, “Great!”
Does it really, or are they just being nice? Why is it so hard to get an honest answer?
This is a question that also plagues the minds of small business owners. Getting honest customer feedback can be like pulling teeth.
The right recipe of using the right channels, offering incentives and making it fast and easy for your customers to do so, lets you receive the honest feedback you have been craving.
https://www.business2community.com/customer-experience/how-to-get-honest-customer-feedback-and-use-it-02071019/
Metrics are a foundational element of every Customer Experience (CX) program. With all the metrics available–including industry-standard ones and internally-developed ones–it can be hard to determine which ones to track on a regular basis.
https://customerthink.com/do-you-know-your-ratio-of-positive-to-negative-cx-feedback/
An H&M spokeswoman said: “Following customer feedback, we are taking the steps to change our womenswear measurements to be in line with UK sizing, for example the previous measurements and fit of a size 12 will now be the measurements of a size 10.
https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/business/hm-to-change-womenswear-sizes-following-customer-feedback/
Are you getting the most out of your customer feedback? How can you ensure your feedback will transfer to solid actionable insights that make a difference to your business?
Here, I share some common mistakes I’ve seen companies do when collating and analyzing feedback, in my role as CEO for Thematic, and beyond. Make sure you’re not committing these faux pas. Once you’ve got the deep insights that are also accurate, they can transform your business strategy.
http://customerthink.com/12-big-mistakes-when-collecting-and-analyzing-customer-feedback/
Developing a successful mobile app can be a demanding task that requires a lot of thought and understanding of what the customer needs. So what better way to explore what the customer needs than to ask them directly? Customer feedback makes that all too simple. So get started and try one of our free mobile app survey templates from the Survey Marketplace!
https://mopinion.com/mobile-app-survey-templates/
A warm welcome is one of the quickest ways to endear your business to customers and make a lasting impression. However, ensuring that this backed up by a consistently reliable experience is what will win customer loyalty according to the woman behind the hospitality industry’s leading customer experience analyst.
https://www.hotelowner.co.uk/18397-customer-feedback-use-it-or-lose-it/
Every industry strives to improve their customers’ experience with their products and services. Adopting a customer first strategy is therefore in many company objectives. Unfortunately it rarely goes beyond the theory in many organisations, so I decided to help out with these six suggestions.
Hospitality is perhaps one of the most visible industries where customer satisfaction, or lack of, is quickly shared with the world. It is true that without satisfaction, customers will not return to a hotel or restaurant. And they will almost certainly share their (bad) experiences with anyone who will listen.
Hospitality is also one of the industries that receives the most comments online, thanks to TripAdvisor and other booking sites. There is no hiding from their clients for hospitality! While I empathise, it’s not all bad news. This is because it also means that great service will also be more quickly seen online. Therefore you can make changes and see the results almost immediately, or at least far quicker than in most other businesses.
Read full article.
http://customerthink.com/fundamentals-of-a-customer-first-strategy-for-every-industry/
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