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The Case for Social Media Monitoring

In response to overwhelming demand, I’ve written this to serve as a resource for those looking to justify the budget and resources needed to add social media monitoring to their existing customer feedback / market research programs.  All the organizations and corporations listed herein are trademarks of those respective companies. A Case Study:  Will the [...]

Is an overly narrow focus on customer satisfaction causing you to miss out?

While doing my Christmas shopping this past season, it seemed most every store had a survey they wanted me to take. Their clerks dutifully circled the survey website with their pen and told me about a juicy incentive to get me to fill it out. Since I’m in the business I decided to take all [...]

Webinar with VP of SAP’s Worldwide Mid-Market Division

Be sure to check out the Jan 21 webinar with Todd Rowe of SAP as he discusses why a survey is not enough for a complete VOC program. In this webinar, Todd will discuss: – The new role of surveys in the world of customer feedback / customer insight – New ways to listen to [...]

Is dropping job satisfaction killing American productivity and innovation?

Most of the CEO’s I speak with agree that innovation and improved customer service is the key that will help their company emerge from the recession stronger than their competitors. To accomplish this requires employees with good morale and solid productivity. The problem may be that if your employees are like 55% of American workers, [...]

VOC from the Front Lines

At a recent luncheon with Voice of the Customer (VOC) practitioners in Atlanta, the author of this blog, Matt Bowman, director of campaign marketing for Allegiance, noticed a few trends emerging from the conversation. This blog discusses those trends and also provides some insight on why those topics have emerged as “top of mind” items with today’s VOC practitioners.