
{"id":2726,"date":"2021-01-07T18:15:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T07:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.whispir.wpengine.com\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2025-02-24T20:42:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T09:42:22","slug":"the-power-of-staff-and-customer-feedback-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whispir.com\/en-us\/the-power-of-staff-and-customer-feedback-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of automated staff and customer feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"ts-h3 text-primary | mt-[1.14em] first:mt-0\">Why two-way conversations are the key to quality feedback<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">With many organizations now having pivoted to digital\/remote working environments, the need to capture clear and constructive feedback is more important than ever. Whether it be between your business and your customers or between stakeholders within an organization, feedback is the communication vessel of insight and information. Without it, growth stagnates and opportunity drifts by.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">Feedback, positive and negative, is vital to the development of staff and customers alike. Real-time feedback provides clear expectations that staff and customers set on an organization, and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">This type of communication also helps to establish benchmarks and expectations that can be optimized into achievable targets for all involved. Feedback offers confidence to customers and staff, resulting in genuine growth. Both in culture and revenue.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ts-h3 text-primary | mt-[1.14em] first:mt-0\">Cutting through the noise of the digital world<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">Leaving a large gap in person-to-person interaction within the office, the majority of individuals now possess some level of residence in the virtual world. Our phones are connected to an indeterminate amount of apps, web pages, and algorithms. Each text message, email, and social media post vying for our attention and time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">This increasing amount of competition in gaining individuals\u2019 attention means the amount of noise has risen dramatically. This noise is one of the key challenges businesses and organizations face in engaging people to gain insight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">When it comes to feedback, the drivers lay in three critical business areas, each one addressed with two-way communication channels.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ts-h3 text-primary | mt-[1.14em] first:mt-0\">Engagement<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">Businesses and organizations seeking feedback tend to fall into the first trap of feedback gathering. One-way communication for measuring success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">For example,\u00a0in an attempt to quantify job satisfaction, you might ask,\u00a0<span class=\"italic\">\u201cUsing the keypad on your phone, with a scale of one to five &#8212; how happy are you with our internal communications?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0While this angle seeks to achieve the desired outcome of information, it fails to reach its potential as a genuine employee engagement moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">Asking the individual\u00a0<span class=\"italic\">how<\/span>\u00a0they want to engage with feedback gives them the authority to illustrate what is important to them, and therefore, important to you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">Using multiple pathways that customers and employees can navigate through allows you to control what kind of feedback you gain, but also allows genuine feedback to be given.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">Using the Whispir workflows studio allows you to create automated workflows with as many pathways as you need to propel your people through the right journey. Were they happy with their customer service?\u00a0<span class=\"italic\">No?<\/span>\u00a0Then prompt them to fill out a contact sheet where one of your customer service consultants can reach out to them and address the problem proactively.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ts-h3 text-primary | mt-[1.14em] first:mt-0\">Performance<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">The high-value customer experience (CX) is proving to be a leading indicator of business\/organization growth.\u00a0As our value systems move away from commodity value to organizational\/experience value, so too does the need for feedback on that value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">Using customized feedback forms and digital channels like SMS and email as the vessel for communications allow businesses and organizations to have a genuine two-way communication system where feedback is given, reviewed, and most importantly, discussed.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ts-h3 text-primary | mt-[1.14em] first:mt-0\">Retention<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">So often, the failure of customer service is to speak and not listen. Customers and staff alike often grade the business\/organization they are engaging with based on reputation and their own experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">Asking for their input can mean the difference between a one-time customer and a brand-loyal ambassador.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">The same applies to staff. A lack of feedback opportunities means businesses and organizations lose the chance to avoid voluntary departures of their staff and lose out to the financial costs of talent search to fill the void left within the organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">Smaller businesses tend to suffer higher negative retention rates. For instance, labor turnover for the year of 2019 in\u00a0<a class=\"underline font-bold text-body text-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/labour\/employment-and-unemployment\/participation-job-search-and-mobility-australia\/latest-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australia saw the top 10\u00a0<\/a>industries consist of: hospitality, real estate, administration services, utilities, construction, retail trade, wholesale trade, and varied professional services such as consulting firms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">This is where Whispir\u2019s web-based forms facilitate the conversation of feedback. Which can help you create far-reaching communication workflows touching on every individual within your audience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ts-body text-primary mt-[1.5em] first:mt-0\">Learn how the Whispir platform is a modern, efficient way communication can be achieved in your B2B or B2C workplace. You can also\u00a0<a class=\"underline font-bold text-body text-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/campaign.www.whispir.com\/whispir-workflows-staff-customer-feedback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download our guide to staff and customer\u00a0<\/a><a class=\"underline font-bold text-body text-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/campaign.www.whispir.com\/whispir-workflows-staff-customer-feedback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feedback<\/a><a class=\"underline font-bold text-body text-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/campaign.www.whispir.com\/whispir-workflows-staff-customer-feedback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0forms<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why two-way conversations are the key to quality feedback With many organizations now having pivoted to digital\/remote working environments, the need to capture clear and constructive feedback is more important than ever. Whether it be between your business and your customers or between stakeholders within an organization, feedback is the communication vessel of insight and 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