Full disclosure: I’m a big fan of Ting, I’m happy to report, especially when combined with a free Google Voice number. More on my recommended setup below*
Second, Ting appears to be using (below) a pretty classic “Net Promoter Score®” model, based on Bain & Company’s The Ultimate Question 2.0.
Let’s dig in:
First, the email: here’s mine in Gmail:
Misc Notes:
- Notice they include zero as an option, as per best practices
- Notice the question is worded to include the brand. The above highlighting is mine due to my gmail search and was not included in the original email.
- I like the simple, undirected “very unlikely” “very likely” guides.
- Also, the blue underlined links make it very clear they are clickable.
Next, the survey itself:
Notes:
- Clear and simple
- The bottom area – “Would it be ok if we shared your feedback with others?” and the 3 options only shows if I’m a 9 or 10. Nice, clear, simple, understandable wording.
- The default “more detail” tip-text shows a bit more personality and warmth.
IF you rate it 0 to 6, you’ll see…
and if you rate it 7 or 8 – a “Passive” in the Net Promoter System®, you’ll see…
Finally, the thank-you page. Nothing fancy, just a thanks and note of appreciation. This could have been a chance to upsell / cross-sell, and since they knew it was a positive review, added social sharing, referral tools – like our software does. Maybe I’m biased, but a happy customer probably would have referred / shared right then and there.
While I’m a big fan of the Net Promoter System® I do think the system can be improved upon for marketing – more important than what people _say_ they’ll do is what they _actually_ do. Actual referrals and actual promotion is more important than someone who says they will promote and refer.
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*If you switch to Ting, I’d love it if you’d use my affiliate URL at https://zn2flt1aaj4.ting.com/ – they’ll flip me some bucks on phone credit. I really did rate them a 10, which is saying a lot, before even deciding to write this post. They truly earn it. Also, money is not why I recommend them, I use them personally, as does my son, and my bill went from $74/mo @ At&t to ~ $23/mo @ Ting. I have not been paid to endorse them.
Related to that I’m a big fan of (Free!) google voice – my one number rings my house land-line (via $50 one-time Obihai, allows old-school phones to work over the internet), my mobile (Ting), and my computer(s). Voicemail is transcribed and all in one place, and if I travel even overseas, I can still get calls with no interruption. Last, Ting, via Sprint towers, on a nexus at least, shows only my Google Voice number (just install the free google voice app on any android and it’ll “take over”) – so people only see (and call back) the correct google voice number. I was not paid by Google voice either – just a fan and it’s a slick setup, compared to having to dial in for voicemail and/or multiple separate voicemails.
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