There seems to be a consensus among customer feedback professionals that business growth depends on improving customer loyalty. It appears, however, that there is little agreement in how they define and measure customer loyalty. In this and subsequent blog posts, I examine the concept of customer loyalty, presenting different definitions of this construct. I attempt […]
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One Thing You Need To Know About Statistics. Maybe Two
In my professional work, I use statistics to help businesses make sense of their data. By applying statistics to their wide array of business data, senior executives can gain deep insight about actions they can take to drive their business forward. Apart from this narrow application of statistics, I am a big believer that understanding statistics […]
The Hazards of Bad Data in Customer Experience Management [INFOGRAPHIC]
Customer experience management is a data-intensive effort. Relying on a variety of different data sources, businesses try to gain insight to optimize business process, improve outbound marketing efforts and maximize cross-channel understanding of their customers. It is important to consider the quality of your data. Poor data will lead to poor decisions about how to manage […]
Top 10 B.O.B. Blog Posts of 2012: Big Data, Patient Experience and Customer Metrics
The field of customer experience management (CEM) has seen much growth in 2012. I tried to keep pace with this growth which, I hope, is reflected in the content of my blog posts this past year. My posts included a variety of topics, ranging from how Big Data principles can help the field of CEM […]
Creating Loyal Customers for SaaS Companies [VIDEO]
Software as a Service (Saas) companies are particularly vulnerable to customer disloyalty. SaaS companies’ success depends on satisfying their customers on a regular basis or risk the possibility of loosing customers and engendering bad will in the marketplace. Consequently, customer experience management applies particularly well to Software as a Service companies due to the high-intensity […]
Three Customer Experience Management Tips for Startups
I was invited to give a talk last week at a local incubator (Eastside Incubator) on how startups can incorporate customer experience management into their companies. Thanks to Phuoc Do from 1001 Mentorsfor the invitation. The slides to my talk are at the end of this post. The content of the post below should provide […]
In the Absence of Data, Everyone is Right
I wrote a post last week that compared two ways to make decisions/predictions: 1) opinion-driven and 2) data-driven. I am a big believer of using data to help make decisions/predictions. Many pundits/analysts made predictions about who would win the US presidential elections. Now that the elections are over, we can compare the success rate for […]
The Value of Opinion versus Data in Customer Experience Management
Senior executives make business decisions based on different types of information. They can use their gut feelings to guide their decisions, they can use data to inform their decisions or they can use both. Executives’ decisions can be guided by their prior experiences or an examination of a whole host of business data to help […]