PeopleMetrics

MAY 24, 2018

After months of brainstorms , meetings, late nights and deadlines, I am thrilled to announce that my first book, Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold , will be available for purchase on Amazon starting Tuesday June 19th, 2018. Many companies collect customer feedback, but very few act on what they hear.

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Feedback CEM Chief Customer Officer ROI 54

PeopleMetrics

JULY 23, 2018

The best VoC programs are squarely focused on integrating all types of customer feedback related to the customer experience. The result is that VoC becomes the single source of truth for all experiential customer feedback. Solicited & Unsolicited Feedback. Solicited Feedback. solicited.

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Feedback CEM Hotels Software 72

PeopleMetrics

MAY 13, 2020

PeopleMetrics’ Employee Experience tools can help managers and executives identify breakdowns in communications, which is especially important today. In addition to gathering employee feedback, PeopleMetrics helps analyze intra-team communications and map how information moves through your organization. Listen to your team.

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Employee Experience Communication CEM e-support 116

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 4, 2020

Closing the loop may not sound like a big deal, but fifteen years ago, when CX measurement was owned by market research, this kind of individual customer feedback was not reported on — and it wasn’t shared with the employees who could respond to the feedback and resolve issues. Contact PeopleMetrics: About the Author.

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ROI CEM Software Customer Experience Management 83

PeopleMetrics

APRIL 9, 2018

Like many of my peers, I too broke into the customer experience space by way of the market research world—working at a large firm on a variety of highly valuable market research programs before founding PeopleMetrics in 2001. The single source of truth. Unanswered questions.

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CEM Marketing Voice of Customer Video 70

PeopleMetrics

JULY 13, 2020

Make sure you or someone on your team watches each and every video that a customer shares. Use this feedback to make changes to improve feelings of safety or to improve other areas of the customer experience. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold.

CEM 71

CEM Video Social Media Survey 71

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 4, 2019

B2B companies usually have a smaller number of customers (typically called “clients”) who often pay a significant amount for products or services, while B2C companies usually have many customers with a lower comparative price point. Enter something called customer lifetime value, or CLV for short. Prioritizing Action.

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B2C B2B CEM Airlines 122

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Suddenly, a client could take immediate action on customer feedback , rather than waiting six to eight weeks on CSAT survey results. With the ability to send immediate feedback, engage in dialogue with the company, and see quick results, customers have benefited as well. Empowered Customers. Everyone Wins with VoC.

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CEM Software Feedback Call Center 94

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 31, 2018

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. This is an excerpt from Listen Or Die by Sean McDade, PhD.

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CEM Customer Service Touchpoint Exercises 117

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 8, 2020

You should leverage positive customer feedback as well! Recognize alerts acknowledge when an employee does something special or extraordinary to improve the customer experience. A recognition program based on customer feedback is a powerful way to increase employee engagement and create a customer-centric culture.

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CEM Infographics Employee Engagement Culture 78

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 29, 2020

It’s important that customers feel like they can provide feedback on their overall experience, even during these times. Use the open-ended feedback from your NPS Safety question to eventually add other questions about safety to your survey. Did anyone deliver exceptional service? What did they do? Gearing up to reopen?

CEM 121

CEM NPS Hotels Survey 121

PeopleMetrics

MAY 28, 2020

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. Contact PeopleMetrics: About the Author.

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Analysis CEM ROI e-support 87

PeopleMetrics

JULY 29, 2020

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. Contact PeopleMetrics: About the Author.

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Survey Net Promoter Score CEM How To 71

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 1, 2018

But with the way that we're looking at customer feedback data these days, you'd have to be a little crazy to manage your business without knowing specifically what your customers’ experience was every single day for two main reasons: 1. The 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback into Gold.

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Measurement CEM Touchpoint Video 97

PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 27, 2019

In addition to IT, you’ll need assistance to help you understand what all of this customer feedback means. They can be very helpful in connecting the dots and making sense of customer feedback. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold.

CEM 82

CEM Telecommunications Software Analytics 82

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 18, 2019

One year ago today, I launched my book, Listen or Die: 40 Lessons that Turn Customer Feedback into Gold ( check it out on Amazon! ). The goal of the book was to share best practices on how to create a great Voice of Customer (VoC) program. Over the past year, another lesson has emerged that I would like to share with you.

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CEM Chatbots Voice of Customer Software 48

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 21, 2018

For more about measuring CX in transactional surveys (plus a bonus checklist), complete the form below: Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform.

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NPS Measurement CEM Survey 82

PeopleMetrics

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Some of our clients also have daily or weekly team briefings to keep everyone current with what’s going on with the customer experience and VoC. Once customer feedback via VoC begins to roll in, you are not done! Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold.

Communication 54

Communication CEM Touchpoint Software 54

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 12, 2018

If you have a large organization, I can guarantee that you're going to have variability in customer experience between your very best locations (or work groups or entities) and your worst locations (or work groups or entities). Don’t just look at the customer experience survey feedback or social review feedback that you're receiving.

Net Promoter Score 70

Net Promoter Score CEM Video Hotels 70

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 16, 2020

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. Contact PeopleMetrics: About the Author.

CEM 78

CEM ROI Contact Center Survey 78

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. I was inspired to write this book because of another great book that most of you have probably heard of - Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business by Forrester. Measuring customer experience is critical to we do here at PeopleMetrics.

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CEM Video Measurement Software 70

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 29, 2019

If providing feedback takes longer than the actual customer experience, you have a major problem! So, if you’re measuring a customer experience that normally lasts three minutes using a survey that takes ten minutes, it’s time to go back to the drawing board. For B2B , we see response rates as high as 50%.

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Survey CEM B2C Measurement 61

PeopleMetrics

JULY 24, 2019

Are you collecting enough customer feedback to define your goals effectively? B2C companies with thousands or millions of customers, for instance, should make sure that their benchmark goals are based on robust customer feedback. Perhaps employees should focus on something other than NPS ?

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CEM How To Hotels NPS 61

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 17, 2020

Moments of truth may involve the aforementioned digital experience (web site visit, chat with customer service, app experience), calling into a contact center, and of course, traditional in-person experiences. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold.

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CEM Touchpoint NPS Survey 83

PeopleMetrics

JULY 10, 2018

When leaders of a company fail to explain or provide specific examples of what it really means to be customer-centric, employees often see these words as little more than corporate platitudes. Companies feel obligated to go on record as being customer-centric. VoC gathers customer feedback during, or soon after, an experience.

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Customer Centricity CEM Touchpoint Social Media 66

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback into Gold. Sean McDade founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and he is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. As CEO, he guides the company’s vision and strategy.

Marketing 67

Marketing CEM Advertising Video 67

PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 28, 2021

I joined in 2001 when I started the company on January 26, 2001 - so it's 20 years today the company was founded. Audrey Squaresky: I'm Audrey Squaresky - I'm the Director of Customer Experience here at PeopleMetrics. Madeline: Alright, so Sean - you have been here from the very very beginning in 2001.

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Feedback Customer Experience ROI Industry 62

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 7, 2018

It can provide excellent insight into the overall relationship you have with your customers, but it falls short in measuring how well the most recent experience went. Used as the only metric in transactional VoC surveys, valuable customer experience feedback may fall through the cracks.

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NPS Net Promoter Score CEM Metrics 70

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback into Gold. Sean McDade founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and he is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. Visit our YouTube channel to see all of the videos in the series.

Hospitality 64

Hospitality CEM e-support Competitive Advantage 64

PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 12, 2019

See PeopleMetrics’ Employee Experience page to see how we can help gather, analyze, and act on employee feedback). You can include employees in planning company events by collecting feedback from every employee , or asking a certain dedicated employee to volunteer to help plan an event. Make it formal: write a letter.

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Banking CEM Employee Experience Rewards Programs 91

PeopleMetrics

JULY 31, 2018

No matter how you are listening to customers (solicited, unsolicited, verified, observed), the data you will ultimately collect will be one of two types: structured or unstructured. Structured Feedback. Structured customer feedback is the most common, the easiest to deal with, and super important in spite of this lesson’s title.

Analytics 79

Analytics CEM Telecommunications Hotels 79

ClearAction

MARCH 20, 2020

This is especially powerful when you look at the patterns among voice-of-the-customer from various sources. And even more so when you connect the dots to employee feedback and operational data. A fabulous source of voice-of-the-customer is your contact center recordings of voice, chat and other interactions.

Customer Centricity 62

Customer Centricity Voice of Customer Customers Financial 62

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 7, 2019

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. Contact PeopleMetrics: About the Author.

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Leadership ROI CEM How To 70

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Especially if that change can be perceived as more difficult by your customers. Collecting feedback continuously on the customer experience will give you the information you need to know which touch points are working and which ones need change. Listen to your customers! They won’t let you down.

Airlines 66

Airlines CEM Travel Software 66

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. Contact PeopleMetrics: About the Author.

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Tools Survey CEM ROI 60

PeopleMetrics

APRIL 28, 2015

Between 2001 and 2013, the number of large banks grew by 29% while small banks shrank by 24% (from 8,263 to 6,279) (Source: Mercatus Center at George Mason University (c) April 2014 The Financial Brand ). Joe shared some statistics that would make less-intrepid bank executives contemplate a career change.

Banking 48

Banking Customer Experience How To Financial 48

PeopleMetrics

MAY 4, 2020

These are also the people who can benefit the most from hearing the customer’s pain and using that information to improve the experience in the future. They are also part of the “democratizing of customer feedback” that is so important in creating a customer-centric culture. Alert Management.

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Management CEM Hotels Customer Centricity 78