Customer Service Survey

In order to optimize your free consultation, please complete this survey. The better we understand your business challenge, the more effective and efficient we can be in our conversation.

1. Does your company monitor its customer service levels?

    Choose one:
    Yes
    No (Go to question #3)

2. If yes, how do they monitor the service levels provided to your customers?

    Choose all that apply:
    Surveys sent to customers
    Random monitoring of inbound customer service calls
    Other

3. How does the service you provide to your customers compare to the service provided by your competitors?

    Choose one:
    Superior to competitors
    About the same as competitors
    Inferior to competitors

4. What action does your company take to ensure customer service quality?

    Choose one:
    No action
    Sets quotas for customer waiting time, call length and number of inbound calls taken by each employee
    Distributes educational materials/reference guides to employees
    Offers employee incentives
    Surveys customers
    Other

5. Does your company measure customer loyalty (defined as a customer's resistance to defecting to your competitor if a better deal is offered in the short term)?

    Choose one:
    Yes
    No

6. Which of the following do you feel are the most important ways to ensure customer loyalty?

    Choose all that apply:
    Unique product/service
    Quality product/service
    Professionalism of sales personnel
    Quality of customer service support
    Competitive pricing
    Other

The following is a list of recognizable brand names. Please indicate your attitude toward this brand by marking the box that best describes your feeling about this brand.

7. Lexus:

    Choose one:
    Would avoid this product/service at any price
    Would use if price was less than competition
    Would use if price was equal to competition
    Would pay a premium for this product/service
    Would pay substantial premium for this product/service

8. Gap:

    Choose one:
    Would avoid this product/service at any price
    Would use if price was less than competition
    Would use if price was equal to competition
    Would pay a premium for this product/service
    Would pay substantial premium for this product/service

9. AOL:

    Choose one:
    Would avoid this product/service at any price
    Would use if price was less than competition
    Would use if price was equal to competition
    Would pay a premium for this product/service
    Would pay substantial premium for this product/service

10. Hewlett-Packard:

    Choose one:
    Would avoid this product/service at any price
    Would use if price was less than competition
    Would use if price was equal to competition
    Would pay a premium for this product/service
    Would pay substantial premium for this product/service

11. MCI:

    Choose one:
    Would avoid this product/service at any price
    Would use if price was less than competition
    Would use if price was equal to competition
    Would pay a premium for this product/service
    Would pay substantial premium for this product/service

12. Do you feel there is a correlation between the morale of customer service employees and the level of service provided to your customers?

    Choose one:
    Yes
    No

13. Do you measure employee attitudes and morale in the customer service department?

    Choose one:
    Yes
    No

14. On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 signifying a very low impact and 5 a significant impact, to what extent do you think the level of service provided to your customers affects your company's sales revenue?

    Choose one:
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5

15. What do you feel is the most important leverage point for improving your company's customer service levels?

    Choose one:
    Hiring more qualified employees
    Reducing workload
    Improved employee training
    Improved supervisor training
    Development of incentive programs
    Improved employee morale
    Improved product/service quality
    Other

16. How would you like an AdGap Research Consultant to contact you for your free consultation?

    Choose one:
    
    I do not want to be contacted at this time.

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