Retently

JANUARY 13, 2025

The secret to effortless customer experiences lies in understanding one simple truth: effort matters. Think about the last time you had to navigate a clunky website or deal with a long-winded support call. Thats where Customer Effort Score (CES) steps in to save the day. High scores mean youre on the right track.

Measurement 116

Measurement Tools Effort Score Multi-Channel 116

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Why is NPS ® going up or down? Customer Effort Score (CES) Customer Effort Score (CES) is a customer experience metric used to measure customer effort and customer satisfaction. Both groups of technologies can be utilized to make analytics more actionable. Why are your customers turning away from you?

Net Promoter Score 417

Net Promoter Score Customer Journeys Customer Experience Omni-Channel 417

Retently

MARCH 11, 2025

Data drives their decisions by monitoring NPS, CSAT, CES, and return trends, they identify pain points and push for actionable improvements. Then, its time to check product-specific reviews (Okendo, Yotpo, Junip, Amazon, or direct website feedback). NPS (Net Promoter Score) : Would you recommend us?

Ecommerce 115

Ecommerce Self Service Customer Experience Management 115

Lumoa

JUNE 14, 2023

You’ve designed your NPS survey and emailed it to all your customers—and the results are in… but not those you were expecting. When it comes to gauging customer sentiment and loyalty, few metrics enjoy such widespread acclaim as the Net Promoter Score (NPS). Does it spell doom for your business?

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NPS Effort Score Customer Centricity Loyalty 195

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 10, 2024

But it is notoriously challenging to connect our individual efforts to clear benefits and ROI, because CX can span so many areas. Defining What Customer Experience ROI Looks Like There are countless ways to show the value of your CX efforts. Dont worry: It does get easier with a solid strategy!)

ROI 143

ROI Customer Experience Customer Journeys Effort Score 143

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 6, 2021

How Can We Prioritize CX efforts? Ultimately, your CX team is there to help with overall governance and prioritization for your CX efforts. These might include simple objectives like “reduce customer wait times by 25%” or they might include broader goals like “reduce customer effort throughout the customer onboarding process.”

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Effort Score Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score Government 358

Calabrio

MARCH 5, 2025

Surveys and Feedback: Customer satisfaction (CSAT) scores, Net Promoter Scores (NPS), and post-interaction surveys. Companies that increased satisfaction scores by at least 20% delivered cross-sell rates by 15% to 25%. Transactional Data: Purchase history, order tracking, and payment information.

Analytics 130

Analytics Customer Experience Contact Center Effort Score 130

SurveySensum

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This is where Net Promoter Score comes into play. Using NPS in finance industry can get to the heart of why customers would or wouldn’t recommend them to others. In this guide, we’re going to take a deep dive into why NPS in banking industry is so important, how to work it out, how to use it to get better, and more.

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Banking NPS Financial Net Promoter Score 52

Calabrio

MARCH 22, 2025

Ultimately, they must all be working in concert with each other, united by clear planning and goal-setting, effective measurement and reporting, and holistic optimization efforts that drive continuousand comprehensivecontact center improvement strategies. They may focus on one particular area or team within the operation.

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Contact Center Management Strategy Call Center 130

InteractionMetrics

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Your Net Promoter Score (NPS) isntjust another numberits a direct reflection of customer trust and customer loyalty. A high NPS means happy customers who are eager to spread the word about your business, fueling growth and strengthening your brand reputation. Now, were here to share that knowledge with you. The result?

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NPS Net Promoter Score Strategy How To 52

Retently

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Typically, most brands focus on surveying just a couple of key touchpoints, like post-purchase NPS to measure customer loyalty, or post-helpdesk interaction CSAT to gauge service satisfaction. NPS surveys measure customer loyalty and advocacy by asking the question: “How likely are you to recommend our product/company to a friend?”.

Ecommerce 109

Ecommerce Survey Retail NPS 109

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2024

Leading customer experience efforts within a larger business strategy can offer a blueprint for fostering customer loyalty, enhancing customer (and employee) retention, and ultimately, driving brand loyalty. And these efforts can significantly impact business outcomes. CEM is no different, but tracking metrics alone is not a strategy.

ROI 260

ROI CEM Net Promoter Score Customer Experience 260

ECXO

DECEMBER 25, 2024

It can feel like a tug-of-war, where the push to scale revenue, grab a bigger slice of the market, and stay ahead of the competition sometimes clashes with the time, effort, and resources required to ensure customers feel valued and satisfied. Provide convenience and speed: Long wait times and cumbersome processes are deal-breakers.

Customer Experience 156

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Social Media e-support 156

Calabrio

MARCH 25, 2025

Survey tools, for instance, enable businesses to gather structured data through questionnaires, measuring metrics like NPS, CSAT, and CES. These tools often include automation features, such as automated survey distribution and real-time alerts for negative sentiment, allowing for timely responses and proactive customer engagement.

Software 130

Software Customer Journeys Tools Contact Center 130

GetFeedback

AUGUST 16, 2018

To measure customer happiness, turn to CSAT, CES, and NPS. Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) Score. Once customers respond, the average of their scores gives you the overall CSAT score. Your brand’s CSAT score indicates how satisfied or dissatisfied customers are with a particular service, product, experience, or interaction.

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Metrics Measurement Net Promoter Score Customer Service 199

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

AUGUST 19, 2020

For example, when the UI team meets their goal of simplifying the ordering process, it helps the support team reach their goal of limiting wait times. Depending on the feedback systems and metrics you have in place, a measurable version of this could be: Increase Promoters by 5%, as measured by our Net Promoter Score program.

Customer Experience 265

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score NPS Effort Score 265

GetFeedback

MAY 9, 2019

There is an array of metrics to choose from, but three that you will see come up time and time again are Net Promoter Score (NPS) , Customer Effort Score (CES) , and Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT). For a VoC program to work, you must identify the most important metrics to measure.

Customer Experience 337

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Effort Score Metrics 337

Comm100

APRIL 28, 2021

Understanding what you’re doing well is just as important as it can help you give positive reinforcement to your live chat agents and acutely channel your efforts for improvement. CSAT, or your Customer Satisfaction Score, is one of the best benchmarks for determining how happy your customers are with the service they have just received.

Measurement 146

Measurement Abandon Rate Net Promoter Score Wait Times 146

InMoment XI

JANUARY 4, 2024

Efficient Checkout Process Streamline the checkout process to minimize wait times and enhance convenience. Net Promoter Score (NPS) What it is: NPS is a widely used metric that assesses customer loyalty by asking a simple question: “How likely are you to recommend our brand to others?”

Retail 195

Retail Customer Experience Effort Score Social Media 195

Lumoa

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Criteria like your company’s Net Promoter Score (NPS) or Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) will give you a fair idea of what customers’ opinions are like. Customer effort score (CES), CSAT, and NPS are examples of metrics applicable in either case.

Strategy 195

Strategy Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score 195

Lumoa

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Criteria like your company’s Net Promoter Score (NPS) or Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) will give you a fair idea of what customers’ opinions are like. Customer effort score (CES), CSAT, and NPS are examples of metrics applicable in either case.

Strategy 195

Strategy Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score 195

Thematic

APRIL 1, 2025

For example, your objective might be “to improve our NPS (Net Promoter Score) by 10 points in the next year by addressing top customer pain points.” Clear objectives keep your efforts customer-centric and business-focused. Or surveys might highlight frustration due to long support wait times.

Customer Insights 62

Customer Insights Customer Journeys Strategy Social Media 62

InMoment XI

DECEMBER 13, 2024

A call center dashboard is a centralized digital interface providing real-time insights into call center performance. It enables call center management to monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) like call volume, agent effort score, and peak-hour traffic. It highlights areas of improvement.

Call Center 195

Call Center Contact Center Social Media Effort Score 195

Lumoa

AUGUST 8, 2023

Additionally, a well-executed VoC initiative also helps in enhancing customer retention, resulting in higher customer loyalty scores, reduced customer turnover, and increased customer lifetime value through repeat purchases. Net Promoter Score (NPS) question: This is a popular metric used to measure customer loyalty and satisfaction.

Analysis 195

Analysis Survey Feedback How To 195

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 17, 2023

However, many people with that understanding don’t invest the time, effort, or resources needed to actually take action on that understanding. Many leaders will nod along with this conversation, but they lack the true knowledge to put the right time, effort, or resources toward this understanding.

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Leadership Customer Experience Customer Centricity How To 259

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 28, 2017

My favorite metric was how they determined the incredible results of reducing wait time. So Comcast made dramatic efforts to improve the wait times and engaged their employees in the field to help. The result of reducing YEARS off the wait time for one region illustrates the power of customer experience!

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Case Study Airlines Conference Wait Times 152

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

How AI is Helping in the Growth Phase: Automating Text Analytics As I have mentioned in this blog series, AI can now analyze thousands of open-ended survey comments, identifying key themes and sentiment without manual effort. AI detects an increase in complaints about long check-in times, even though overall NPS scores remain stable.

Effort Score 62

Effort Score Touchpoint Financial Hotels 62

GetFeedback

JANUARY 27, 2020

You may notice errors in communication or confusion in task ownership as a result of teams working in silos, with the result that customers wait too long for service. It’s important to note that the problem—high customer wait times—is actually the end result of pain points in the employee experience.

How To 221

How To Customer Journeys Feedback Survey 221

Retently

MARCH 23, 2023

Since not all NPS® data is public, and most brands aren’t eager to publish their low Net Promoter Score, we’ve taken several steps to find reliable customer satisfaction data that we can use to compare brands: Whenever possible, we’ve sourced data from various NPS benchmarks to gain a picture of the general NPS range within an industry.

Net Promoter Score 97

Net Promoter Score Company NPS Effort Score 97

Kayako

MARCH 3, 2016

This metric, along with average resolution time, can show how effective your team is, and indicates how much effort your customers have to put in to get their issue resolved. A high average number indicates the queries are probably not going to the right person straight away, and indicates a high effort customer experience.

Metrics 120

Metrics Net Promoter Score Self Service Effort Score 120

Retently

MAY 2, 2023

The most widely used surveys to assess customer satisfaction levels are NPS , CSAT , and CES. What is NPS, CSAT, and CES? Before we get to the implementation itself, let’s define what exactly NPS, CSAT, and CES mean. NPS is one of the most popular metrics and measures customer loyalty.

Customer Journeys 133

Customer Journeys Survey Effort Score NPS 133

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

When the Marriot Marquis in Times Square, NYC introduced a new $11m smart elevator system to deal with elevator long wait times they ended up totally confusing and frustrating people. The key takeaways from this are that habits are natural for humans, can be changed if the timing is right, and are integral to building brands.

Net Promoter Score 167

Net Promoter Score Marketing CEM Social Media 167

SurveySensum

MARCH 12, 2025

Their passengers experience inconsistent check-in wait times, but identifying the root cause was challenging. For instance, Krab Airline collects post-flight satisfaction scores across different flights, revealing variations in passenger experience. Deep Dive Into Your NPS Data With Cross-Tab Analysis Through SurveySensum!

Analysis 52

Analysis Survey Airlines Net Promoter Score 52

InMoment XI

JANUARY 17, 2024

The guest experience encompasses all these touchpoints and is part of a larger strategic effort in which customer service plays a crucial part. This means that operators should double down on efforts to ensure that guests feel safe, secure, and clean. A single point of contact doesn’t determine the guest experience.

Guest Experience 195

Guest Experience Trends Hospitality Customer Journeys 195

NICE inContact

JANUARY 8, 2019

Call Center Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) is, together with other customer related measurements like Net Promoter Score (NPS) and Customer Effort Score (CES), among the most widely recognized and frequently used KPIs in the call center. The higher the percentage of positive customer feedback, the better your CSAT score.

Call Center 120

Call Center Customer Satisfaction Self Service Net Promoter Score 120

Russel Lolacher

JUNE 15, 2021

Much of that advice is a mix of score keeping; being more human and less of a dick; building relationships that matter; solving customer problems; leading with empathy; etc. You call it processing time. The customer sees it as wait time. All good and necessary. Make the employee feel special and appreciated.

Employee Experience 128

Employee Experience Customer Experience Customer Service Customer Journeys 128

SurveySensum

APRIL 28, 2023

And to ensure that you are effectively measuring and improving customer loyalty, NPS is the right metric for it! Many businesses use NPS as a tool to measure and improve customer loyalty. But how effective is NPS in customer service? To use NPS effectively in customer service, you need to go beyond just asking the NPS question.

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NPS Measurement Loyalty Customer Service 52