CX & Customer Success resources

Want to see a quick comparison of “insightful” analysis vs. merely showing data?  I saw this poll presented the other night: Now imagine if the same poll were presented the…MORE >

Cool quote from Blynn Buckley at Cloudera, a dear client and incredible program manager: “I always think of non-responders like the part of an iceberg you can’t see — there…MORE >

    Averages are just so… well, average.  What do you think about the family in this cartoon:  You wouldn’t dream of treating your kids like this, would you?  Yet…MORE >

Let’s keep this one short and let the 3-panel cartoon show the story that we’ve all experienced, but often encourage in our own companies. Who among us enjoys a service…MORE >

Is your Net Promoter survey looking for truth so your company can improve? Or are you merely fishing for compliments? Your customers know the difference.  Do you? The literature is filled with…MORE >

A prospective client recently posed this question:  My CEO continues to focus on NPS, but it’s so volatile and so we’re looking for ways to smooth it out so we…MORE >

Utilization ≠ Adoption Welcome to the second installment of this series about accelerating growth in B2B. I started this series by illustrating how retention is the cornerstone of growth and…MORE >

Editor’s note: Here’s a quick one-sentence recap of part one: Giving bonuses based on feedback scores and focusing on good feedback scores are generally bad ideas. If you didn’t read it,…MORE >

You want to show management that you are a valued employee and produce results that contribute to your company’s growth.  You’ve got an idea. How about offering a bounty to customer-facing…MORE >

“Survey” is a 4 letter word. Welcome to the final installment of this 3-part series about improving client relationships. In this installment we’ll discuss how to improve the rates of response…MORE >

“The odds of hitting your target increase exponentially when you aim at it.” Editor’s note: Here is a quick one-sentence recap of part one: not including non-respondents (the disengaged) in…MORE >

I have some sad news. If you are running a Net Promoter program in a B2B firm, your NPS isn’t being all that faithful to you. Why?  Because you’re ignoring…MORE >