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Lesson #8: VoC Is Not The Same Thing As Market Research, But They're Converging

PeopleMetrics

Market research was developed a century ago to measure the effectiveness of advertisements and products. However, market research and Voice of the Customer (VoC) are not the same. In fact, certain key principles of market research actually hold back VoC and the value that some companies get out of their VoC programs.

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#CXSecrets: Use Your VoC Program to Quickly Answer Strategic Market Research Questions

PeopleMetrics

Do you know any CX professionals who started out in market research? 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. Market research roots.

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CX Secrets: The Importance of Aligning CX with Marketing

PeopleMetrics

Customer Experience often lives within Marketing, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the two are always aligned. There is even more room for disparity when CX lives in departments other than Marketing. At PeopleMetrics, we advise our clients to bring customer experience together with marketing. Know Your Meme.

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5 Strategies for CX Excellence

PeopleMetrics

This one comes as a shock to many who are used to anonymous market research surveys, but customers in 2020 WANT you to know if they had a poor experience and EXPECT you to follow up to make it right. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform.

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Customer Support Outsourcing Philippines: Cynergy BPO – Revolutionizing Tech-Driven Customer Experience

CSM Magazine

Ralf Ellspermann, CSO of the advisory firm, and a multi-awarded BPO executive, has been a cornerstone of the Philippine outsourcing landscape since its early days in 2001.

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Lesson #2: CX Measurement Is Hot, But It's Not What You Think It Is

PeopleMetrics

As I mentioned in Lesson 1 and will dive into deeply in Lesson 8, VoC is not market research. Market research provides answers to a specific question and provides those answers in the aggregate. Market Research vs. VoC. Without a doubt, the job of market researchers is important; it’s just very different than VoC.

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Industry Pioneer Stephan Dietrich Joins Optimove Board: “The stars are aligning”

Optimove

Optimove is serious about providing the best, all-in-one Customer-Led Marketing solutions to any brand looking to grow the right way via their existing customers. In 2001, he co-founded his brainchild Neolane, making him one of the early pioneers of the marketing technology industry. But merely saying that is easy.