The difference between independent and in-house surveys

If you are planning some customer satisfaction surveys and you are not sure whether to keep the project as in-house surveys or whether to outsource, you are not alone.  There are many businesses that have this dilemma.  

On the one hand do you have the skills in-house and on the other hand how much is it going to cost to outsource?  Of course what you really want is to get a great result, so which route will be best for you?  

Let's first look at what defines a customer satisfaction survey.  If you are already a pro-active company and from time to time telephone your customers along the lines of:   

Is everything alright, are you happy with everything, is there anything more that we can do for you....?  

That's great, however that's not a customer satisfaction survey.  A customer satisfaction survey takes the customer through logical steps, creates an environment of trust, gives the customer time to answer accurately and provides you with powerful and meaningful information.  

Your customers are more likely to tell an independent company about their satisfaction levels than they are to tell you how they feel.  The independent approach sanitises the process, keeps it impartial and customers can choose to remain anonymous.  

Think about the survey in three parts.  Firstly there is the design.  The Virtual Business Centre can design customer satisfaction surveys. Next there is the actual gathering of the information, and the final stage is the analysis and reports.  To produce reports we use SNAP which will provide you with graphs, bar charts, pie charts and as well as the pretty stuff some amazing analysis.  

Looking at this in-house-vs-independent question for carrying out customer satisfaction surveys, can you be really sure that you are getting an objective impartial result with an in-house approach?    

The reason that The Virtual Business Centre is often contracted as an independent company to conduct customer satisfaction surveys is so that the analysis cannot be corrupted and that the results are as true as possible.  

For more information about how we can help please call us on 01666 511340, use our contact form or email enquiries@virtualbusinesscentre.com