
Voice of Customer (VOC) is not just NPS anymore
Does your Voice of Customer (VOC) programme use Net Promoter Score as its one and only metric? Chances are you’re missing out on valuable insights that could be helping your business.
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Does your Voice of Customer (VOC) programme use Net Promoter Score as its one and only metric? Chances are you’re missing out on valuable insights that could be helping your business.

What separates a great Voice of Customer (VOC) programme from an average one? It comes down to how well it is embedded within a business. If you want to get the most out of the insights your VOC is generating, grow the programme’s ROI, and drive commercial results, actioning your VOC insights across your business is a must.

Voice of Customer has transformed massively since its proliferation in the 90s. Now able to ingest, analyse and act on a myriad of customer interactions and insights, the explosion of potential for VOC is almost unrecognisable from its distant 90s relative.

Like many industries, insights and market research has undergone significant change in the last thirty years. As new technologies have come online, we’ve been able to fine tune processes, speed up data gathering and analysis, and ultimately, probe deeper to find more meaningful insights to empower organisations.

As marketing and brand strategies increasingly shift online to engage digitally led younger audiences, brands can’t afford to lose relevance with older, less digitally driven segments. Success lies in recognising – and strategically responding to – generational differences within the market.

Since large language models (LLMs) exploded onto the scene in 2022, we’ve seen a steady shift in how consumers are researching brands and products online. According to a report from Yext , nearly two-thirds (62%) of consumers trust AI to guide brand choices, matching traditional search during key decision-making moments.

Before you make any decision around your business, be it people, investment, strategy or customers, you need to understand its impact. As the proverb goes: look before you leap.

As far as business KPIs go, Net Promoter Score is a simple metric. It's easy to implement through customer surveys and also easily understood across all levels of a company, from frontline staff through to boardroom execs. Because of this, it’s no surprise that businesses around the world love it, including us!

For the last twenty years, brand love has been a popular strategy in the marketing sphere. However, when it comes to giving brands an effective understanding of how to drive consideration and purchase, it often comes up short.

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