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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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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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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: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:Surveys Are Here To Stay

By Maxie Schmidt-Subramanian and Adele Sage  Allow us to paint a vision of the future for you: After interactions with your favorite companies, no one asks you how you liked...

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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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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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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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Tool:VoC Program Self-Assessment Criteria

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Report:End-Of-Life: The Forrester Wave™ EFM Vendors, Market Insights Platform Providers

After evaluating two categories of enterprise feedback management (EFM) vendors in Q3 2011, Forrester will no longer cover the vendor market landscape in the same way. This report explains why the...

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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:Take Our Survey About Your Digital Experience Improvement Projects Planned For 2013

It’s time again for our annual survey about all of the digital customer experience improvements, redesigns, and new digital experiences you’re working on this year. Please consider taking...

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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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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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Report:End-Of-Life: The Forrester Wave™ EFM Satisfaction And Loyalty Solutions

After evaluating two categories of enterprise feedback management (EFM) vendors in Q3 2011, Forrester will no longer cover the vendor market landscape in the same way. This report explains why the...

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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: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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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: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: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: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: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: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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Client Inquiry:Does Forrester Have Updated Website Drop-Off And Abandonment Metrics?

I found a reference to some 2009 research by Forrester that says that people will abandon a website if it takes more than 3 seconds to load a page. Do you know if this has been updated?