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April 22, 2026
Omnichannel Customer Experience: What It Is and How to Get It Right

What is omnichannel customer experience? Learn the difference from multichannel, why it matters, and how to collect feedback across every channel.

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April 22, 2026
SmartSurvey vs Qualtrics: Which Platform Is Right for Your Organisation?

Choosing between SmartSurvey and Qualtrics? We compare features, support, ease of use, and value to help you find the right survey and feedback management platform for your organisation.

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April 21, 2026
Data-driven customer experience: how to turn feedback into better decisions

Learn how to use customer experience data to make better decisions. Covers direct, indirect, and inferred data, plus a practical data to decision workflow.

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April 17, 2026
Customer Experience Strategy: A Step-by-Step Playbook for Getting It Right

Learn how to build a customer experience strategy step by step. Includes a practical CX Strategy Canvas, governance tips, and metrics to track progress.

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April 9, 2026
Why customer experience is important: the business case and the evidence

Why does customer experience matter? See the data on revenue, retention, and loyalty, plus a practical framework for building the CX business case at your organisation.

Five-step framework for improving customer experience – SmartSurvey
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March 27, 2026
How to improve customer experience: a practical step-by-step framework

Learn how to improve customer experience with a practical, step-by-step framework. Covers feedback collection, analysis, and turning insights into measurable CX improvements.

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February 14, 2026
What’s really driving satisfaction and churn in financial services

Learn why NPS/CSAT miss churn drivers, how thematic & sentiment analysis reveal root issues, and a framework to prioritise systemic problems and spot churn signals early.

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February 11, 2026
Map your customer journey for smarter feedback collection

Where should feedback live in your customer journey? Journey mapping turns vague intentions into a clear plan. Four questions are enough to identify your highest-value feedback opportunities.

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February 8, 2026
Three golden rules for collecting feedback that are actually useful

Getting people to complete a survey is only half the challenge. Three principles consistently separate high-performing feedback programmes from the rest.

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February 5, 2026
What guests really value: Use feedback to find and repeat your standout moments

Learn how to analyse positive guest feedback to find what creates standout moments, then turn those insights into repeatable actions across your operation.

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February 5, 2026
The feedback blind spot: surveys are only telling you part of the customer story

93% of consumers read reviews before buying, but most CX teams rely on surveys alone. Learn why the gap between survey data and public reviews is the biggest blind spot in your feedback programme.

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February 4, 2026
Collecting guest feedback at every stage of the journey (without survey fatigue)

Collect guest feedback across six journey stages without survey fatigue. A practical framework with what to ask, when, and how for hotels, airlines, and more.

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January 22, 2026
Going, Going, Gone: Delighted, a Mid-Market CX Staple is Shutting Down

Delighted is being sunsetted, tech speak for shutting down. If you’ve built your CX programme around the platform, it probably feels like your GPS just told you the road you’re on no longer exists.

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January 13, 2026
From weeks to seconds: how AI text analysis actually works

What becomes possible when analysis is near instant: you can act while feedback's fresh, survey more frequently, and catch problems before they explode.

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January 7, 2026
Why VOC insights don’t turn into action (and how to change that in 30 Days)

This guide breaks down the five patterns that kill Voice of Customer programmes and gives you a practical 30-day plan to fix them.

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December 8, 2025
What is Customer Effort Score?

Discover the importance of customer effort score (CES) in enhancing customer loyalty and satisfaction. Learn how to measure, interpret, and improve CES effectively.

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November 4, 2025
The Importance of Customer Feedback

Discover the importance, benefits and methods of obtaining customer feedback, to integrate it into business to grow satisfaction and drive improvement.

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November 3, 2025
Why Customer Experience Matters

Discover why Customer Experience (CX) is crucial for brand loyalty, trust, and growth. Learn how to enhance CX and its impact on business success.

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October 31, 2025
Customer Service Metrics And How To Measure Them

Learn key customer service metrics like CSAT, NPS, and CES, and discover how you can use survey software to track, analyse, and improve your customer experience.

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October 30, 2025
The Customer Exit Survey (Smart Ideas)

Discover how customer exit surveys provide critical insights into why customers leave and how to use this feedback to improve retention and growth.

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October 29, 2025
Customer Survey Examples: 15 Popular Use Cases

Discover some popular examples of customer surveys, their benefits, and how they can help improve products, services, and customer satisfaction.

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October 28, 2025
Customer Feedback Tools: A Quick Guide

Learn the importance of customer feedback, explore various feedback tools, key features to look for, and how to choose the right one for your business.

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October 27, 2025
Customer Effort Score Explained

Learn what Customer Effort Score (CES) is, why it matters, how to measure it, and practical tips to improve customer satisfaction and retention.

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October 26, 2025
What Is Customer Sentiment?

Discover the importance of customer sentiment, how it differs from satisfaction, and key strategies for measuring it to boost loyalty and business success.

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October 25, 2025
How To Get Customer Feedback

Learn how to effectively gather, analyse, and act on customer feedback to drive business growth, improve products, and enhance customer experience.

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October 24, 2025
What Is a Good Customer Effort Score?

Learn how to improve customer retention by reducing effort with Customer Effort Score (CES). Discover what makes a good CES and how to boost it.

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October 15, 2025
What Is Brand Equity?

Learn what brand equity is, why it matters, and how to measure it. Discover strategies to build trust, loyalty, and value for your brand.

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April 9, 2025
How to measure customer experience: metrics, methods, and a practical starter kit

A practical guide to measuring customer experience with NPS, CSAT, and CES including a starter kit checklist you can use this week.

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November 26, 2024
Event Metrics: What To Measure and When

Discover key event metrics to track before, during, and after your event to improve engagement, measure ROI, and make data-driven decisions.

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November 21, 2024
UK Public Consultation: Best Practice

Discover best practices for UK public consultations, from legal frameworks and stakeholder engagement to effective survey design and data compliance.

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November 19, 2024
Brand Metrics: What To Measure And Why

Discover key brand metrics to measure awareness, perception, loyalty, and equity. Learn how surveys offer insights for strategic brand growth.

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November 5, 2024
How Great Companies Get CX Right: Steps To Build And Measure What Really Matters

In this webinar, learn how top companies build & measure impactful CX, with expert insight on empathy, strategy and the traits of outstanding experiences.

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October 24, 2024
Ad Hoc vs Targeted Surveys: Understanding the Differences and When to Use Each

Discover the differences between ad hoc and targeted surveys, their benefits, limitations, and when to use each for effective data collection.

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