Alyona Medelyan PhD

Alyona has a PhD in NLP and Machine Learning. Her peer-reviewed articles have been cited by over 2600 academics. Her love of writing comes from years of PhD research.

Visualizing customer feedback: 3 alternatives to word clouds Members Public

I've previously written about why word clouds suck. Is there a better way of visualizing customer feedback? Yes, there is, and the best thing about it is, you can even use Excel to create these visualizations – if you represent the data correctly. In this post, you will learn three simple

Alyona Medelyan PhD
Alyona Medelyan PhD
Data analytics
NPS score diagram showing detractors, passives and promoters

The ultimate guide to NPS: how the Net Promoter Score helps you [+case studies] Members Public

NPS - or Net Promoter Score - measures how likely a customer is to recommend your products to others. Here’s what you need to know about this key to company growth.

Alyona Medelyan PhD
Alyona Medelyan PhD
AI & Tech

8 steps to perform an effective Net Promoter Score analysis Members Public

Is your Net Promoter Score Analysis effective? U.S. companies lose about $41 million every year due to bad customer service. In 2003, Fred Reichheld developed a new metric that would help measure and assess customer satisfaction – the Net Promoter Score (NPS). Net Promoter Score – Assessing Your Customers' Brand Loyalty

Alyona Medelyan PhD
Alyona Medelyan PhD
AI & Tech
Woman typing at her computer

What is customer sentiment analysis and why should your business care? Members Public

Have you wondered what customer sentiment analysis really is? Let’s get to the bottom of it. But first, let’s set some context. Customers are looking for positive experiences. Brands do too! “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget

Alyona Medelyan PhD
Alyona Medelyan PhD
Feedback Analysis
Tui billboard with a sarcastic slant

Sarcasm in customer feedback – how common is it? Members Public

Most people believe that text analytics solutions fail because sarcasm in customer feedback is very common. Somebody writes “Great service, yeah right!” and the dumb algorithm tags it as positive. So, whenever I speak on text analytics, someone in the audience will always ask: But how do you deal with

Alyona Medelyan PhD
Alyona Medelyan PhD
Feedback Analysis

Emotional analysis of customer feedback – the missing link Members Public

According to Bruce Temkin’s 2016 study, after a positive emotional experience, customers are 15 times more likely to recommend a company. 15 times more likely! That’s a huge difference. Not surprisingly, emotion analysis is receiving a lot of buzz. But do the current solutions deliver on the key

Alyona Medelyan PhD
Alyona Medelyan PhD
Customer Experience

The 5 major faults of word clouds Members Public

“Every time I see word clouds presented as insight, I die a little inside”, J. Harris, data journalist. If you are a manager, there is a high chance that you’ve encountered word clouds in reports on key company issues, such as customer service or employee satisfaction. I still remember

Alyona Medelyan PhD
Alyona Medelyan PhD
Customer Experience

Why word clouds harm insights Members Public

The picture above depicts Paul McCartney wearing a mullet [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Paul_and_Linda_McCartney.jpg] . This article criticizes word clouds,the mullets of the Internet [http://brittbrouse.com/2011/10/14/do-you-agree-that-word-clouds-are-the-mullets-of-the-internet/] . :-) > “Every time I see a word cloud presented as insight,

Alyona Medelyan PhD
Alyona Medelyan PhD
Feedback Analysis

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