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.

Bob Caruso, Managing Director, Endeavor Management, recently gave a presentation on the “Voice of the Customer (VOC) Initiative Success: Win Friends and Influence the C-Suite and Board.” As part of this presentation, he shared insights about how successfully defeating the opposition relates to The OODA Loop, a military strategy initially developed by Colonel John Boyd, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and military strategist. Read the full blog to learn more.

The Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) market continues to grow, even amidst the current economic environment. The underlying cause of this growth appears to be increased customer retention through real-time voice of the the customer (VOC) programs. And there was certainly a lot of talk about this at the recent Gartner CRM conference in London. The fact that this is being talked about so much is evidence that the market has matured significantly in the past 12 months. The author of this blog, Chris Cottle, VP of Marketing for Allegiance, believes that the next big step for VOC programs will lie within the analytical side. Read this blog to find out why and also learn more about what this side will mean for businesses.