In addition to NPS and CES, you can consider using CSAT as an important performance indicator of your customer experience management. What exactly is CSAT and what can you do with it? In this article, we explain the meaning of CSAT, as it is a widely used and simple survey method to measure customer satisfaction. What can CSAT, the Customer Satisfaction Score, do for you? <\/p>\n
CSAT stands for Customer Satisfaction. When measuring customer satisfaction, customers evaluate their experience, a product, a procedure, or a service. The following question will be asked: <\/p>\n
How satisfied are you about product x \/ service x \/ procedure x?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Make sure that the satisfaction about something is well defined, specific, and clear for the respondents. CYS uses a short 4 question research method, based on the Root Cause Analysis where you don\u2019t just measure the CSAT score but also why the customer gave you this score with three simple follow-up questions. Those questions, an open answer-box, and the categorized follow-up questions, are the most valuable. The customer gives real-time feedback that can be used for improvement, coaching, and adjustments in your company. <\/p>\n
How do you measure CSAT Score?<\/h2>\n
The CSAT is comparable to a school report grade. Respondents are asked to give a grade about a specific aspect. This is represented in a grade on a 1 to 10 scale. The score (the average) is shown as an absolute number. The score indicates how satisfied or dissatisfied your customers are with a specific experience, product, or service. Because it is expressed as an average between 1-10, the CSAT score is easy to pretend and recognizable. You can also choose a 5-point scale, where 1 represents \u2018very dissatisfied\u2019 and 5 is the highest possible score representing \u2018very satisfied\u2019. <\/p>\n
A little note: the CSAT methodology can differ per country. In the Netherlands, it is common to use a 1 to 10 scale as a grade, but in other countries like the UK they are more used to the 1 to 5 scale. Keep this cultural bias in mind when you want to compare CSAT results from different countries. <\/p>\n
When to use CSAT?<\/h2>\n
CSAT is used specifically in situations where asking for a recommendation makes no sense or is not appropriate, for instance when evaluating health or governmental institutions or when there is no competition.<\/p>\n
Not sure whether you should use CSAT or not? Contact one of our experts at CYS to help you and your organization with your questions about measuring customer satisfaction and customer experience. <\/p>\n
How can you improve your CSAT score?<\/h2>\n
The CSAT score is used by organizations to measure satisfaction at a specific touchpoint. But how can you improve customer satisfaction? There are many tips, but listening to the Voice of the Customer is especially important. Don’t focus too much on the score. The story behind the score tells you much more. Why are your customers satisfied or why not? Your customers’ feedback is the most valuable input for improvements. And make sure you close the feedback loop by helping your customers until the end. With a smile, of course. <\/p>\n
Some disadvantages of using CSAT<\/h2>\n
There are some pitfalls if you only use the customer satisfaction score as your customer feedback survey. The CSAT score is perfect for a quick short-term measurement of customer satisfaction, but CSAT doesn’t say much about customer loyalty. For example, you can’t really measure whether a customer will recommend your organization or not. To determine if a customer is willing to stay, you’re better off using an NPS measurement. A CSAT score is quite limited when it comes to the relationship with your customer, because it measures at a specific touchpoint on a specific day. But if satisfied customers are the norm, CSAT is a great KPI to use. <\/p>\n
By measuring customer satisfaction using CSAT, you can indirectly ask your customers how your company is performing on certain aspects. The power of a survey lies not so much in the KPI, but more in the follow-up questions and analysis, which allows you to influence it in a positive way. <\/p>\n
Want to know more about measuring and managing customer experience?<\/h2>\n
CYS specializes in this! Feel free to contact us for a chat over a good cup of coffee. If you want to know more about measuring and managing customer experience through the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as NPS, CES, or CSAT, download our free e-book with examples taken directly from real-life cases. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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