NPS is important. It gauges a customer\u2019s overall satisfaction with a product or service and their loyalty to the brand. It is also used as a predictor of business growth. When your company\u2019s NPS is high (or higher than the industry average), you know that you have a healthy relationship with customers who are likely to support the brand, fuel word of mouth, and generate a positive growth cycle.<\/p>\n
So, what constitutes a good Net Promoter Score, and why? Comparing NPS results for your company versus your competitor can benefit your business through better customer experience knowledge. However, you first have to understand what a \u201cgood\u201d NPS means.<\/p>\n
What is a Good NPS Score?<\/h2>\n
Can you just come up with a \u201cgood\u201d NPS figure? An NPS rule of thumb is that a score higher than 0 is considered good; higher than +50 is deemed to be excellent; more than 70, world-class. A more relevant comparison is your organization\u2019s placement next to peer group benchmarks. Anything around or above average can be considered \u201cgood,\u201d which helps you understand where you stand in the marketplace.<\/p>\n
Some companies publicly advertise their NPS with shareholders as evidence of their company\u2019s success. For instance, 1-800 Contacts<\/a><\/strong>, the original direct-to-consumer disruptor of the vision industry and today\u2019s largest sellers of contact lenses, serves millions of loyal customers who have rewarded the brand with an NPS in the 80s.<\/p>\n If you choose to benchmark yourself against others, be aware that average scores vary widely across industries. Some industries provide less than excellent customer experiences, but they continue to thrive. The anomaly can happen when a company offers a critical service or has very little competition, such as utilities or cable providers.<\/p>\n If a benchmark for your industry doesn\u2019t exist, benchmark against yourself. NPS isn\u2019t just a score but a system to drive significant improvement in your products, services, and customer experience. This system helps you uncover and close the loop with unsatisfied or unhappy customers and address real-time issues.<\/p>\n All of this means you can\u2019t judge a company only by their NPS without considering their relative performance within the industry. Some businesses with an NPS of 30 might turn out to be the worst in the industry, and others may rank among market leaders. For example, customer experience in healthcare<\/strong><\/a> will have different benchmarks compared to customer experience in banking<\/a><\/strong>. Health insurance had an NPS average right around 3 in 2020, compared to an NPS average around 20 for direct and multichannel banks in 2020. (See a comprehensive list of Net Promoter Scores for 250 U.S. organizations across 14 industries in the Forrester report Net Promoter Benchmarks, 2020)<\/a><\/strong>. These industries differ in many ways, and their customer satisfaction and insights are measured on multiple levels that may or may not be parallel with the sectors.<\/p>\n Industries have been using their NPS to guide customer satisfaction for a significant period of time, so any increase or decline in NPS can be accurately analyzed. In Forrester\u2019s 2020 NPS benchmark report referenced above, healthcare insurance<\/a><\/strong> was one of ten industries that saw a considerable positive shift from 2019 to 2020. \u201cHealth insurers increased NPS the most (by 7.5 points), which boosted the industry from negative NPS territory into single positive digits,\u201d states the analyst research firm report. This rise was driven in part by a 10-plus-point increase by six health insurers, including the top three largest by membership: UnitedHealthcare<\/a><\/strong>, Anthem<\/strong><\/a>, and Aetna<\/a><\/strong> are the top three health insurance companies by membership.<\/p>\n NPS survey numbers can highlight the need for more robust handling of the customer experience. While it seems that not only are customers generally not as happy, they\u2019re also not afraid to voice their opinion about what they want and need from companies with which they choose to do business. However, this is also an opportunity to take all of that customer feedback and bring a creative focus to retaining customers to remain loyal and help expand the business.<\/p>\n Getting answers to help calculate your NPS is about being fast and easy to implement. The single question asked to determine NPS\u2014\u201dOn a scale of 0-10, how likely are you to recommend to a friend?”\u2014can be accomplished in a variety of ways. If you want to ask in-the-moment feedback, an NPS survey can take the form of a pop-up notification or social media poll after a customer interacts with your company online. Or, you can collect survey results through an email follow-up survey, which can be launched and managed through an email survey service. The SundaySky Video Platform<\/a><\/strong> includes standardized survey questions for the viewer to give post-video feedback, and can be configured to ask the NPS question. Below is an example of an NPS survey question that accompanies a SundaySky video experience for the healthcare insurer Kaiser Permanente<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n The NPS survey question can be slightly modified based on what you’re using it to measure: the company, brand, product, service, or even a digital tool at that moment (like a website, mobile app, or video). It’s customary and helpful to provide a blank field where customers can elaborate on why they gave the answer they did. Although open-ended feedback doesn’t impact the overall NPS, it provides an idea of areas of improvement to focus on to raise your overall score.<\/p>\n Answers to the NPS survey will result in numbers for detractors, passives, and promoters. Your NPS is the percentage of promoters minus the percentage of detractors. Here\u2019s how to calculate the percentage:<\/p>\n Any NPS score below 0 indicates that a business has more detractors than promoters. Here\u2019s where industry NPS benchmarks (like the ones mentioned above) are useful. While an NPS score of -3 may seem bad, it\u2019s hard to interpret it without comparable scores from peers in your industry\u2014if the industry average were -10, the score does not look as bad. However, a negative NPS is a sign that a business (or an industry overall) has work to do to improve the situation, reduce the number of unhappy customers, and generate more promoters.<\/p>\n Your NPS is a number you can compile and track regularly, not only for the whole company but for each product, store, customer service team, or digital experience. You can also track NPS for customer segments, geographic units, or functional groups. NPS helps everyone focus on the goals of creating more promoters and fewer detractors.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve calculated your NPS and run an analysis of the score, the next big question is: how do you use this information to serve your customers better and improve your Net Promoter Score? Here are a few simple ways you can begin to improve your NPS:<\/p>\n What constitutes a good Net Promoter Score, and why? Comparing NPS results for your company versus your competitor can benefit your business through better CX knowledge. However, you first have to understand what a \u201cgood\u201d NPS means — as well as some tips on how you can improve it. 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How to Calculate Your NPS<\/h2>\n
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What Are Some Ways to Improve NPS?<\/h2>\n
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Here are some additional resources to explore on how to use video to increase NPS and to improve the customer experience:<\/h3>\n
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