We recently collected feedback about Equifax using our #BrandsInOneWord approach to measuring attitudes. This method requires each respondent to provide one word that best describes a particular brand. Next, applying our sentiment lexicon to the words, we calculate a Brand Sentiment Index. The #BrandsInOneWord results for Equifax appear below. Equifax is Equif*cked The Equifax brand has […]
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To be Successful at Data Science, Think Batman, Not Superman
I recently made a Batman analogy when discussing the topic of data science with some colleagues. In this post, I will explore this analogy further. Last week, a group of data professionals, including Jennifer Shin, Dion Hinchcliffe, Joe McKendrick, Joe Caserta and me, sat down with theCube‘s Dave Vellante and John Walls for a panel discussion on the topic of […]
Why You Need to Adopt Data Science and Machine Learning in your Customer Experience/Success Program
A study of 80+ companies showed that analytical leading companies (those who use analytics to gain a competitive advantage), more so than analytical lagging companies, leverage their data differently. Analytical Leaders focus their analytics to improve customer loyalty while Analytical Laggards focus their efforts primarily to reduce enterprise costs. Additionally, Analytical Leaders, compared to Analytical […]
Demystifying Data Science For All
I’m all for helping educate the world about the power of data and analytics. I believe that the power of data science can help businesses and citizens understand how the world works. Data science capabilities can help business leaders leverage their vast amounts of data to get insights to improve how they manage their business […]
Customer Analytics Best Practices: Free White Paper
We surveyed 80+ customer-centric professionals in companies with formal customer-centric programs (e.g., customer experience, customer success) to determine the state of analytics in customer programs as well as identify what analytical leading companies (companies who use analytics to gain a competitive advantage) do differently in their customer programs compared to their analytical lagging counterparts. We […]
State of Analytics In Customer Programs: Customer Loyalty Focus, Machine Learning Adoption and the Data Science Skill Gap
A new customer analytics survey of 80+ companies provides a look into the state of analytics in customer programs. Only 32% of respondents are satisfied with their company’s use of analytics to create a competitive advantage. The use of multiple survey methods is the most common practice across companies (80% of companies). The use of […]
Three Problems with Customer Surveys and How to Fix Them
Customer surveys are the foundation of many CX programs. Improvements in the content of these surveys, however, have not changed for decades. Businesses now have a plethora of data sources to help them understand their customers. The use of these Big Data sources will necessarily impact the type of questions you need to ask in […]
25 Data Science Terms Every Customer Professional Needs to Know
We live in a Big Data world, one in which everything is quantified. As a result, customer-centric professional (e.g., customer experience, customer success) are increasingly using the practice of data science to extract value from these data. As the field of data science evolves, more terms are being used to define the process by which […]