How to Measure Your Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT)

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What is customer satisfaction score?

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A customer satisfaction score indicates how satisfied your current customers are with your product or

service.

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Why should you measure customersatisfaction score?

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This metric shows how happy your customers were with the whole process: from finding out how to contact you, the actual conversations and also any follow up

correspondence you might have sent.

Why should you measure customersatisfaction score?

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It also helps identify pain points in order to see which aspects of your support could be improved.

You can get an indication of the quality of replies, too. You can use this information to identify what aspect of

your support you can improve.

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How to measure yourcustomer satisfaction score

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It can be measured a variety of ways, but the most common is a transactional rating after contacting

support.

How to measure yourcustomer satisfaction score

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After a support conversation, send your customer a quick one-question survey.

You might pose the following question:

“How would you rate your recent experience with our help desk?”

With the options: “Bad” or “Good”.

*Tip - the shorter the survey, the more likely you are to get responses.

How to measure yourcustomer satisfaction score

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How to measure yourcustomer satisfaction score

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Check CSAT benchmark in your industry

Source: American Customer Satisfaction Index

Energy UtlitiesHealth Care & Social AssistanceInformationTransportationAccomodation & Food ServicesManufacturing/Durable GoodsManufacturing/Nondurable GoodsFinance & InsuranceRetail TradePublic Administration/GovernmentE-CommerceE-business

Sector76.477.671.273.878.581.279.575.176.865.181.773.4

201474.375.168.87478.378.876.774.874.863.979.574.4

2015-2.70%-3.20%-3.40%-0.30%-0.30%-0.30%-3.50%-0.40%-2.60%-1.80%-2.70%1.40%

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Number of“Good” responses

Total number ofsurveys received

X 100 = CSAT %

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So you’ve got yourcustomer satisfaction score…

Now what?

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Low customer satisfaction score?

Less than your industry average

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Low customer satisfaction score?

Less than your industry average

What this means:

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Low customer satisfaction score?

What this means:This indicates that your customer support interactions

need improvement.

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Less than your industry average

What to do:

Low customer satisfaction score?

Less than your industry average

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Ask your customers for more feedback to pinpoint areas that you need to work on.

Once you’ve got this insight, make sure you act on it to improve customer satisfaction.

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What to do:

Low customer satisfaction score?

Less than your industry average

Keep tracking your CSAT over time.If it starts to go down even more, or stays consistently low in spite of your e�orts, you may need rethink your

support strategy.If it’s on the way up, keep doing what you’re doing!

What to do:

Low customer satisfaction score?

Less than your industry average

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High customer satisfaction score?

More than your industry average

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What this means:

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High customer satisfaction score?

More than your industry average

Awesome job! Your customers are happy with short-term interactions with you.

Now’s a good time to measure your performance over the longer-term.

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What this means:

High customer satisfaction score?

More than your industry average

What to do:

High customer satisfaction score?

More than your industry average

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Consider measuring your customer e�ort score and Net Promoter Score.

These will tell you how loyal your customers are and how likely they are to recommend you to friends and

colleagues.Now’s a good time to measure your performance over

the longer-term.

What to do:

High customer satisfaction score?

More than your industry average

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Your guide to all the customer support metrics thatmatter, and how to calculate them.

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