Needing (and Reading) Feedback

Today in MarketingProfs, Jackie Huba and Ben McConnell address customer feedback -- and the fear that many leaders face while seeking and considering input and ideas from customers. To help combat that fear, the authors recommend 10 "golden rules" of customer feedback.

• Believe that customers possess good ideas
• Gather customer feedback at every opportunity
• Focus on continual improvement
• Actively solicit good and bad feedback
• Don't spend vast sums of money doing it
• Seek real-time feedback
• Make it easy for customers to provide feedback
• Leverage technology to aid your efforts
• Share customer feedback throughout the organization
• Use feedback to make changes quickly

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