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What "success metrics" do you recommend for managing the Customer Experience?

A client is implementing a CRM solution, with a high-level goal of Improving the Customer Experience.

What metrics have you seen used successfully, or do you recommend, to track and manage the ROI for a CRM project?

Thanks in advance, for your insightful response!

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Larry Streeter
VP Customer Support, Constant Contact
Posted on Sept. 8, 2011
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As we already track the standard Customer Satisfaction and Net Promoter statistics on our customer base, we're now working on the development of a Customer Engagement Index to help us better understand the current level of engagement a customer has with our products and services at any point in time. Using this index, we can also see where any customer needs additional guidance on the core functionality of our product and coach them to use to the fullest capacity.

Over time, deeper engagement (we believe) will gain us more share of wallet, longer tenure, and more referrals!

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Jim Watson
Jim Watson Replied on Sept. 8, 2011

Thanks Larry - great response, and especially useful for a SaaS provider, where engagement with the product is a key leading indicator of the relationship viability, and stability of that revenue stream.

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Nick poulos
Problem Solver, chrysalis marketing
Posted on Sept. 8, 2011
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@Jim, you probably know all there is to know about this, but in case you do not.
In the '90's before Net Promoter became defined as we know it today, there was a disagreement between the authors.
One loss to us as practitioners was the loss of what was called "Customer at risk analysis". the partner to the precursor of Net Promoter, is a man by the name of John Goodman at TARP (and, no: definitely not the troubled asset, etc).
This is one adjunct to the questions of willingness to refer and intent to repurchase. It allows you to stack rank issues, quantify them and then repair them based upon value to customer and company. hope that helps. best, nick

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Jim Watson
Jim Watson Replied on Sept. 8, 2011

Thanks Nick - You've given me more credit than I deserve, as I had not known of the saga between the authors of the NPS - but now I do! The "Customer at Risk Analysis is also new to me, but I see the relationship to NPS -

Thanks again, Nick.

Jim

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Nick poulos
Nick poulos Replied on Sept. 8, 2011

jim, hi: glad to add a little bit more to the true tale of how all this got into place. I was fortunate enough to be working with a lot of the talent at or from the B-School even tho my degrees are in Literature, Criticism, and the Classics, rotflol.
best, ngp

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