Allegiance Blog

It’s important to put all of VOC scores and feedback into the broader context – how well do you do stack up against your competitors? I’m talking about benchmarking, which means making comparisons to help you understand the perception of your business relative to the competition in the minds of your customers.

Most companies with Voice of the Customer programs are struggling to gain insights from survey and feedback data. The right technology is ideally suited to bring all VOC and operational data together, to easily pinpoint relevant trends, and to reveal actionable insights.

As companies begin to embrace social media, many are using a ‘ready, fire, aim” approach. Companies should first create clear policies and determine if and how they will respond and what they intend to do with the feedback data.

We hear it from businesses every day – how can they gather customer feedback from surveys, social media, Web, e-mail, call centers, etc. and respond quickly to avoid losing customers? And what is the best way to turn feedback into insights that can be acted upon to improve their business? Allegiance conducted blind focus groups [...]

Not long ago, when customers had an issue with poor product or service, they had limited options. Either they could write a letter using pen and paper, or they could make a phone call hoping to talk with someone who could make a difference. Getting the company’s attention was only the beginning. Getting a response [...]

My last business trip resulted in no less than four feedback opportunities: the airline, the hotel, the rental car company and the travel agency.  Each of these organizations sought my feedback to help improve my customer experience.  Marvelous! It seems every time I buy a product or service, the provider offers the opportunity to give them [...]

Social media is here. Your customers are talking. And they’re talking publicly. Twitter has a large user base and provides a simple application and interface to get you started. What should you do? 1. Search Twitter for your company’s name, brands, products, or services 2. Search Twitter for your competitor’s company name, brand, products, or [...]

I was recently interviewed by Tom Hoffman of the 1to1 Blog about the growing use of smartphones and how it is affecting the collection of customer feedback. In the interview, I mentioned that it is important to first realize that today’s customers are in charge of the conversation. They want to speak to the company [...]

The best source of information about the quality of your products, service delivery, and processes is, of course, your customers. So you create a voice of the customer program to ensure you get that valuable insight. Sometimes, however, what customers tell you isn’t always easy to hear. Pardon the cliché, but that negative feedback is [...]

Capitalizing on customer feedback requires more than the occasional sending of surveys in response to ad hoc business needs. It requires a strategic and ongoing dedication to hearing, listening, understanding and acting upon the VOC through a formal program built upon actively listening to customers and regularly taking a pulse of their level of engagement. [...]