Customer advocates are constantly confronted with the challenge of getting people engaged in their company's voice of the customer program, right? Sure! But at one of our recent forums I found that this may be the least of their issues.
Here's what we did. With about 40 customer advocates present we used an electronic voting tool and asked them about their toughest challenge related to engaging their people. The big winner -- keeping people engaged! See the results below, straight from my notebook.
When you think about it, I suppose it makes sense. There are lots of people who will agree to help out, listen to your pitch, or even serve on a task force. Getting them there is easy part. Keeping their interest and getting them to place customer initiatives as a priority – that’s the bigger challenge.
That's one of the reasons is can be so difficult to lead voice of the customer programs. You have to be part strategist, part recruiter, part pitchman, and part organizer. You have to convey the importance of your program and keep working to keep everyone focused on the details of improving customer loyalty to achieve better business results.
Here's what we did. With about 40 customer advocates present we used an electronic voting tool and asked them about their toughest challenge related to engaging their people. The big winner -- keeping people engaged! See the results below, straight from my notebook.
When you think about it, I suppose it makes sense. There are lots of people who will agree to help out, listen to your pitch, or even serve on a task force. Getting them there is easy part. Keeping their interest and getting them to place customer initiatives as a priority – that’s the bigger challenge.
That's one of the reasons is can be so difficult to lead voice of the customer programs. You have to be part strategist, part recruiter, part pitchman, and part organizer. You have to convey the importance of your program and keep working to keep everyone focused on the details of improving customer loyalty to achieve better business results.
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