Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too.
Customer Effort Score or Customer Satisfaction? by Martin Powton
(CustomerThink) Customer Effort Score is a popular metric used to measure customer service satisfaction using one single question. The principle behind this is that companies create loyal customers by reducing customer effort.
My Comment: “Customer Effort” is a great way to measure the convenience of when a customer needs to connect with a company for help or to have a problem solved. The insight won’t tell you if your customers love you or not, but it will give you an idea of how efficient you are in managing the support experience. When you make it easy – as in minimal or no