<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Allegiance &#187; customer relationships</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.allegiance.com/blog/category/customer-relationships/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.allegiance.com</link>
	<description>Voice of Customer Intelligence</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 23:54:59 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator>
<xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" />
		<item>
		<title>Bringing Unsanctioned Surveys to Heel</title>
		<link>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/bringing-unsanctioned-surveys-to-heel/1067</link>
		<comments>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/bringing-unsanctioned-surveys-to-heel/1067#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customer relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer surveys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer relationship management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survey Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voice of the Customer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.allegiance.com/?p=1067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The names we give them vary from company to company: rogue, unofficial, unsanctioned, ghost, one-off. Voice of Customer (VOC) experts appreciate the power of a neat customer feedback strategy. But in many organizations, there is no central authority governing how, when and why customers are surveyed. 
When your customers are surveyed in a disjointed, illogical and inconsistent manner, both your VOC initiative and your customer relationships suffer.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/bringing-unsanctioned-surveys-to-heel/1067/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>VOC Insight &#8211; Imperative to B2B Success?</title>
		<link>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/voc-insight-imperative-to-b2b-success/1042</link>
		<comments>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/voc-insight-imperative-to-b2b-success/1042#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Stefanus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customer relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voice of the Customer (VOC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voice of the Customer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.allegiance.com/?p=1042</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Customer relationships are dynamic, never static.  Customers’ perceptions and beliefs are continuously evolving. Each customer interaction with your company (either direct or indirect) has the power to strengthen, weaken, or destroy customer relationships. Can you afford the risk of not capturing your customers’ voices on a regular and consistent basis? 
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/voc-insight-imperative-to-b2b-success/1042/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Do you know why your customers really buy?</title>
		<link>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/do-you-know-why-your-customers-really-buy/816</link>
		<comments>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/do-you-know-why-your-customers-really-buy/816#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cottle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customer feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer relationships]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.allegiance.com/?p=816</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Too many businesses focus solely on the minds of customers and forget the importance of connecting emotionally – to customers’ hearts. What drives their passion, loyalty and engagement?

Customers make decisions about staying or leaving a business relationship based upon a multitude of factors – and attitude and emotion play major roles. By collecting feedback in real time, and at all possible customer interaction points, a company can learn firsthand what customers think when interactions happen and why customers become emotionally charged.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/do-you-know-why-your-customers-really-buy/816/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>VOC from the Front Lines</title>
		<link>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/voc-from-the-front-lines/443</link>
		<comments>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/voc-from-the-front-lines/443#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customer engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voice of the Customer (VOC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enterprise Feedback Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Net Promoter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voice of the Customer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.allegiance.com/?p=443</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/voc-from-the-front-lines/443/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Retaining Customers &amp; Growing Customer Advocacy</title>
		<link>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/retaining-customers-growing-customer-advocacy/415</link>
		<comments>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/retaining-customers-growing-customer-advocacy/415#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Mathie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customer experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer loyalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer retention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer satisfaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voice of the Customer (VOC)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.allegiance.com/?p=415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new research report from industry analyst firm Aberdeen Group called "Customer Experience Management: Engaging Loyal Customers to Evangelize Your Brand" reveals how organizations that achieve superior performance in customer retention and customer satisfaction grow and harvest customer advocates. In this blog post, the author shares some of the key findings from the report, and also discusses the role that customer feedback plays in these initiatives. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/retaining-customers-growing-customer-advocacy/415/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rebuilding Customer Trust</title>
		<link>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/rebuilding-customer-trust/367</link>
		<comments>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/rebuilding-customer-trust/367#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Caruso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customer loyalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer satisfaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer trust]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.allegiance.com/?p=367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Trust is at the core of every relationship. In the aftermath of the economic crisis, our common challenge in bringing business relationships out of the proverbial tank and back into the light is renewing a level of trust with our customers, employees, and shareholders. Here are three tips on how to do that. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/rebuilding-customer-trust/367/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Customer Loyalty &amp; the Banking World</title>
		<link>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/customer-loyalty-the-banking-world/385</link>
		<comments>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/customer-loyalty-the-banking-world/385#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Mathie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allegiance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer loyalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.allegiance.com/?p=385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone who's been watching TV or reading the news lately knows that banks have certainly had their fair share of challenges lately. But what's been interesting to watch is how those challenges and the fall out from big bank failures and the economic crisis have impacted bank and credit union customer loyalty and engagement levels.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/customer-loyalty-the-banking-world/385/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The VOC, CRM, &amp; CEM Convergence</title>
		<link>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/the-voc-crm-cem-convergence/378</link>
		<comments>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/the-voc-crm-cem-convergence/378#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cottle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customer experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer satisfaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer surveys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voice of the Customer (VOC)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.allegiance.com/?p=378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the Gartner CRM conference, presenters discussed the convergence between CRM, marketing, voice of the customer (VOC) and customer experience. There’s no doubt that business leaders are getting more savvy, but so is the technology. And, as business practitioners, we have the opportunity to use advanced technology to accomplish things that we have wished would happen for years. In the end though, the "raising of the game" by all practitioners and leaders must happen, too. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/the-voc-crm-cem-convergence/378/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Customer Feedback Part 2: It Pays to Listen</title>
		<link>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/customer-feedback-part-2-it-pays-to-listen/281</link>
		<comments>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/customer-feedback-part-2-it-pays-to-listen/281#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Mathie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customer feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer loyalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer retention]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.allegiance.com/?p=281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this blog post, the author discusses how if you listen to customer feedback, it can show you where and how to gain a competitive advantage, and even improve your customer loyalty and engagement. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/customer-feedback-part-2-it-pays-to-listen/281/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Customer Feedback: The Key to Creating More Value</title>
		<link>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/customer-feedback-the-key-to-creating-more-value/252</link>
		<comments>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/customer-feedback-the-key-to-creating-more-value/252#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Mathie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allegiance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feedback articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.allegiance.com/?p=252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the work that we do here at Allegiance, we occassionally come across a company that is afraid to ask for or collect feedback from their customers or employees for fear of what those individuals might say--or that the only feedback that they'll receive will be negative.

While this is a natural human concern, it isn't a concern that typically matches up with reality. 

Read this blog post to learn more about why collecting customer feedback is crucial to creating more value for your customers. 
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.allegiance.com/blog/customer-feedback-the-key-to-creating-more-value/252/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Page Caching using disk: enhanced

Served from: www.allegiance.com @ 2012-05-21 03:07:09 -->
