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Blog:Announcing Forrester's Outside In Awards

We are pleased to announce that the nomination period has opened for a new Forrester award program: The Outside In Awards! Forrester’s Outside In Awards are inspired by our recent book on...

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Report:Lessons Learned From 1,500 Website User Experience Reviews

Since 1999, Forrester has used its Website User Experience Review methodology to evaluate the user experience of 1,500 websites spanning business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B)...

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Report:The State Of VoC Programs, 2012

VoC Programs Are Developing But Still Don't Deliver Enough Value

Companies use voice of the customer (VoC) programs to collect and analyze customer feedback, make customer experience improvements, and track the results of those improvements. In order to assess how...

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Blog:Build VoC Support From The Top Down . . . And From The Bottom Up

There’s no question that executive support can make or break a voice of the customer (VoC) program. With an executive (or several) onboard, VoC teams can get the funding and tools that they...

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Blog:Forrester’s Voice Of The Customer Awards 2012 — Nomination Period Begins March 5th

It’s that time of year again. We’re already in the midst of planning our annual Customer Experience Forum, and now we’re gearing up to collect and evaluate nominations for our Voice...

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Blog:Lessons Learned From 1,500 Website User Experience Reviews

After more than 12 years of evaluating website user experience, Forrester reached a major milestone — completing 1,500 Website User Experience Reviews. That's more than 100 reviews per year...

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Report:Lessons From Forrester's 2012 Voice Of The Customer Award Winners

A Look Inside The Voice Of The Customer Programs At Barclaycard US, Cisco, And Vanguard

This year, Forrester recognized three winners of its fourth annual Voice Of The Customer Awards: Barclaycard US, Cisco Systems, and The Vanguard Group. Each of the winning voice of the customer (VoC)...

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Report:Top Ways To Combat Survey Fatigue

Customer experience professionals depend on surveys for their voice of the customer (VoC) and customer experience (CX) measurement programs. But with so many surveys coming at each individual...

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Report:How Consumers Complain About Poor Service

Time To Get Serious About Social Voice Of The Customer

Most consumers have gotten poor service at some point in the past year. Among that group, the vast majority told friends or family about their disappointing experiences. To understand the causes of...

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Blog:Announcing Forrester's 2012 Voice Of The Customer Award Winners

We just announced the winners of Forrester’s 2012 Voice Of The Customer Awards (VoC) at our Customer Experience Forum this afternoon. We received roughly 40 nominations, and yet again, we...

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Blog:Countdown: T Minus Two Weeks Until The VoC Award Winners Announcement!

Where will you be at 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26th? I know where I’ll be: announcing the winners of Forrester’s annual Voice Of The Customer Awards at Forrester’s Customer...

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Blog:Avoid The "All Listen And No Action" VoC Program Trap

Voice of the customer (VoC) data is alluring. Once you start to collect customer feedback, there's always something more you could be gathering. You think: What else can I learn? What else are...

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Report:Digital Design Projects And Spending, 2012

Customer Experience Professionals Share Plans For Design Tools, Budgets, And Staffing

During the past few years, Forrester has seen tremendous momentum for digital design projects as digital touchpoints proliferate. And the trend held true this year, too: A recent survey of...

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Report:How To Craft User Goals For Expert Evaluations

Expert evaluations test user scenarios and then evaluate the experience based on a set of heuristics. To get the best results from these evaluations, customer experience professionals need to craft...

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Report:Best And Worst Of Website Experience, 2011

Benchmarks: The Digital Customer Experience Improvement Playbook

This report is an update to "Best And Worst Of Website User Experience, 2011" originally published on November 18, 2011. This report outlines how customer experience professionals can benchmark...

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Tool:VoC Program Self-Assessment Criteria

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Report:Websites That Don't Support Customers Waste Millions

Business Case: The Digital Customer Experience Improvement Playbook

This report is an update to "Web Sites That Don't Support Customers' Goals Waste Millions" originally published on February 17, 2010. To understand the effect of poor website usability, Forrester...

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Blog:Your Customers Are Complaining. Do Something About It

I'm about to start a gut renovation of my kitchen, which, of course, is an incredibly stressful — not to mention expensive — project. For cabinets, we got a recommendation for a...

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Blog:Hear From Outside In Award Winners At Forrester’s Customer Experience Forum On June 25

The nomination period has officially closed for the new Forrester Outside In Awards for customer experience excellence. The companies nominating themselves have done their hard work, and now...

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Report:How To Build Your Voice Of The Customer Program

Voice of the customer (VoC) programs require structure and follow-through to be effective at driving customer experience (CX) improvements. CX pros need to know how good their programs are, how they...

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Blog:The Top 10 Pieces Of Advice From Voice Of The Customer Leaders

I was flipping through the 2012 Forrester Voice of the Customer Award nomination forms the other day, and I realized that I’ve been unwittingly holding on to an valuable resource — all...

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Blog:Voice Of The Customer Programs Don't Deliver Enough Value

Many of the conversations I have with clients about voice of the customer (VoC) programs center on ways the programs can improve and best practices they can adopt. What I think is really underlying...

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Blog:A Cure For Customers' Survey Fatigue

You just bought something at your favorite store. You walk out with a skip in your step thinking about when you might wear this new purchase. You give into your compulsion to check your email on your...

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Blog:Voice Of The Customer Awards 2012 — Deadline Extended To Friday, April 6th!

Good news for those of you requesting extensions: We heard you, and we're extending the deadline for Forrester's Voice Of The Customer Award submissions to Friday, April 6th at 5:00 p.m. ET....

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Report:The Right Website Experience Success Metrics

Performance Management: The Digital Customer Experience Improvement Playbook

This report is an update to "What Are The Right Web Customer Experience Success Metrics?" originally published on July 20, 2011. Good website customer experience metrics fulfill two purposes:...

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