Last week, right when I was feeling very sorry for myself because of the booster vaccine’s side effects and needed a pick me up, our Nespresso coffee machine stopped working. It started by being a little bit annoying; but, 48 hours later, it was really frustrating, and I was seriously considering quitting coffee or, at … Continue reading In hot water – A tale of service failure and recovery
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Level vs source of customer (dis)satisfaction
We sometimes think of customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction as two sides of the same coin. If a certain feature is present – say, courteous service – customers leave satisfied; if that same feature is absent, customers leave dissatisfied. So, to have happy customers, all we need to do is keep improving on that feature. … Continue reading Level vs source of customer (dis)satisfaction
Presentation on the challenges of using Twitter for sentiment analysis
As usual, I am sharing you with you my latest presentation. This one was on the topic of using Twitter for sentiment analysis, building on the work done with Yuvraj Padmanabhan (open access paper available here). I really don't want to put you off using Twitter for customer insight. On the contrary - it has lots … Continue reading Presentation on the challenges of using Twitter for sentiment analysis
Studying sentiment on Twitter is… complicated
Emotions are key to explain and anticipate consumer behaviour, and sentiment analysis offers marketers a way of measuring and summarising those emotions. Emotions displayed on social media conversations, in particular, are very appealing for research, as these platforms offer many opportunities to listen to the conversations in real time, with minimum disruption for the individuals … Continue reading Studying sentiment on Twitter is… complicated
About creativity, coffee and the need to think like a customer
Somebody told me about a very interesting TED talk on creativity. I was very intrigued, and decided to search for it when I got home. The person that mentioned the talk, said that the speaker discussed how starting to drink coffee (instead of beer) had had such a positive impact on creativity: people were lucid … Continue reading About creativity, coffee and the need to think like a customer
Sentiment analysis in less than 500 words
I am working on a paper and a presentation on sentiment analysis, and decided to put together this very short overview for you (procrastination, anyone?) Sentiment analysis is one of those topics permeating every area of a marketers’ life. The other day, a colleague even mentioned that he was doing some sentiment analysis of social media … Continue reading Sentiment analysis in less than 500 words
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