Latent needs make or break customer perception While studies concerning the role of our subconscious do not entirely concur, they all quote an influencing factor between 75 percent and 95 percent. Given the magnitude of that role, why do the vast majority of surveys aimed at improving customer experience explicitly ask customers what matters to […]
One of the benefits of my job is that I get to formulate driver analyses for all kinds of organizations. In turn, this provides me with wonderful, useful insights which many people find interesting. Today, I’d like to share the insights from a recent analysis of call and e-mail drivers of customer satisfaction. As a […]
Many a document has been written in recent years on how customers can be made so happy that they will sing your praises. Virtually all these visions are based on the emotional experience which makes the difference. Matthew Dixon and others have already suggested an alternative perspective, with their account of the importance of convenience […]
Back in 1989, my hero Frederick F. Reichheld was busy proving that loyal customers and loyal employees can be translated into cold hard dollars. He not only considered research in which customers simply indicated their intention to be loyal, but also showed that organizations who focus on loyal customers and loyal employees demonstrate enormous differences […]
I’m still confronted with organizations who are really struggling to design their customer surveys, almost on a day-to-day basis. That’s pretty logical, seeing as most of the people responsible for tackling this within the organization, have no research background. Combine that with the popularity of simple, ‘I like’-type research applications made popular by Facebook, etc, […]
