BOB in The Netherlands

I recently gave the keynote address at the Custon Customer Congress in The Netherlands. The presentation highlighted how B2B companies can improve their customer loyalty. A copy of the presentation can be found here. For the Dutch reader, you can find a summary of my presentation online at ITCommercie (note regarding my picture for the article: I was totally sober for the presentation).

True Test of Loyalty - Article in Quality Progress

Read the study by Bob E. Hayes, Ph.D. in the June 2008 edition of Quality Progress magazine titled The True Test of Loyalty. This Quality Progress article discusses the measurement of customer loyalty. Despite its importance in increasing profitability, customer loyalty measurement hasn’t kept pace with its technology. Using advocacy, purchasing and retention indexes to manage loyalty is statistically superior to using any single question alone. These indexes helped predict the growth potential of wireless service providers and PC manufacturers. You can download the article here.

Customer Loyalty 2.0 Article in Quirk's Marketing Research Review

Read the study by Bob E. Hayes, Ph.D. in the October 2008 edition of Quirk's Marketing Research Review magazine titled Customer Loyalty 2.0: The NPS Debate and the Meaning of Customer Loyalty. The article summarizes the NPS methodology, including its developers’ claims and opponents’ criticisms. Additionally, this paper includes research that examines the meaning of customer loyalty as it is measured through survey questions. You can view the article online here or you can simply download a pdf version of the article here.

Measuring Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty (3rd Edition)!

Updated book on measuring customer satisfaction: Measuring Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty (3rd Edition).

Bob E. Hayes, Ph.D. updates his best-seller about how to construct, evaluate, and use questionnaires, and adds a new chapter on customer loyalty.

Included are two different methods of sampling and determining an appropriate sample size for reliable results; the reliability and validity of results; real examples of customer satisfaction measures and how they can be used; guidelines for developing questionnaires; scale development; the concept of quality; frequencies; sampling error; two methods of determining important service or product characteristics as perceived by the customer; discussion on the measurement and meaning of customer loyalty, and methods for loyalty-based management.

Readers will gain a sound grasp of the scientific methodology used to construct and use questionnaires utilizing the author's systematic approach. They will be able to pinpoint and focus on the most relevant topics, and study both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of questionnaire design and evaluation. These and many more important scientific principles are presented in simple, understandable terms.

Buy the new book here.