Customer Experience
Read blog articles and stories on how to measure customer experience, how to identify what you need to improve and how to analyze feedback data to understand your customer needs.

5 Keys to Turn Customer Surveys into Action and Results: Key #1 Paid Members Public
Key #1: Let customers talk! (Ask open-ended survey questions) Companies know that customer feedback matters. There are more cost-effective (sometimes even free!) services than ever to solicit that feedback. However, too many businesses struggle to turn this feedback into action. In other words, they collect valuable data — then do nothing

The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing CX Teams In 2019 Paid Members Public
Earlier this month I attended the CXPA conference in Salt Lake City. CXPA or the Customer Experience Professionals Association is an organization dedicated to cultivating the CX profession. Check them out. The conference brings together CX experts from a variety of industries to talk about pressing issues affecting teams and

Four Ways Insurers can Leverage AI Powered Text Analytics Paid Members Public
Thematic participated in the OnRamp Insurance Conference in snowy Minneapolis last month. The event brought together some of nations premier insurers, investors and startups to discuss innovation occurring in fin-tech and insure-tech. Many of the insurance providers have even established corporate venture capital arms to invest in the technology and

How To Perform Churn Analysis - [Free Guide & Templates] Paid Members Public
“I need a churn analysis! We recently launched a new way of delivering our product and customer churn is a major pain!” — a concerned friend. Since I co-founded customer feedback company Thematic, friends who work on software products often ask me how to effectively use churn analysis to identify, fix

How top YC companies use customer insights to drive product roadmap Paid Members Public
Interview with Arianna McClain, Director of UX at Cruise Alyona: Arianna, you’ve had an amazing career in such a short time. You worked for IDEO and led user experience and customer insights at DoorDash and Cruise, two of the most successful YC companies. How did you get into this

The untold love story between churn and customer feedback loops Paid Members Public
Customer churn can be a nightmare, but controlling it is key to the long-term survival of your business. Why? Because repeat customers lead to higher profits for your business as they are associated with higher sales.

The key to Customer Experience excellence - effective listening Paid Members Public
Take a look at some of the best practices for customer inquiry and learn how to take action on what you hear.

Don’t let customer satisfaction surveys tarnish your brand Paid Members Public
The idea of customer satisfaction surveys originated with good intent. Businesses wanted to know how their customer’s felt so they could make things better. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, things went wrong. Now, customers are surveyed incessantly. Some companies hound their buyers for responses after every interaction and then