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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Big Data is being touted as the next big thing for businesses. The benefits of Big Data are apparent in many areas, from search results and recommendation engines to customer experience management. By analyzing massive amounts of quickly expanding, diverse data, businesses are able to gain the insights they need to beat their competitors. A […]
I gave a talk last week on Big Data and Customer Experience Management and how Big Data will change how companies think about their Customer Experience Management programs. This talk was part of a larger webinar on competitive analytics that was co-sponsored by TCELab and Omega Management. Some of the content below appears on prior blogs but not in […]
When soliciting feedback from customers through formal surveys, we only receive a percentage of completed or returned surveys. This percentage (number of people who answered the survey divided by the number of people in the sample) is referred to as the response or completion rate. In practice, I have seen response rates as low as […]
Last week, I wrote about the data that the Federal government is giving away for free. Their intent is to encourage entrepreneurs and developers to build new and innovative products and services. I highly recommend you check out the data.gov site for data in such areas as energy and education and safety. After doing several searches on the data.gov site, I […]
Customer experience management (CEM) programs are no stranger to the use of data. CEM professionals use data to gain insight about their customers to help improve the customer experience and optimize customer loyalty. Not surprisingly, CEM programs typically rely on customer feedback as their main data source (e.g., social media, customer emails, tech support notes, […]
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