{"id":2887,"date":"2016-08-02T09:42:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T09:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2018-12-18T07:41:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T07:41:54","slug":"negative-feedback-handling-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/negative-feedback-handling-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Negative Feedback: How To Handle The Inevitable Criticism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of business, negative customer feedback is a  given.<\/p>\n<p>There is no way to avoid it, but there is a positive aspect  to this. Believe it or not, negative feedback from customers can be a good  thing. <\/p>\n<p>Scratch that, it can be a great thing!<\/p>\n<p>Most companies consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/demystifying-customer-psychology\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>customer  psychology<\/strong><\/a> tough to understand. If you receive negative feedback, really  listen to it; try to find the underlying cause of the problem. Once the problem  is clear, then go ahead and come up with a solution. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYour most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">\u2014 Bill Gates<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It might seem like a bitter pill to swallow at first, but once  you think about it you will realize it&rsquo;s a chance to improve. Listening to  customers helps narrow down any glaring issues in your sales, marketing,  strategy, supply chain, pricing points, and operations. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Harvard Business Review<\/strong><\/a>, a 10% rise in your Net  Promoter Score can result in a <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2009\/12\/closing-the-customer-feedback-loop\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>6%-7%<\/strong><\/a> jump  in revenue. Bottom line is, be glad you have unhappy customers. <\/p>\n<p>Getting defensive or emotional is not a good idea. There are  many ways to fine-tune your response strategy; here are some tips from the  experts to help you out.<\/p>\n<p>In the slides, you will find:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ebookdwnbut\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cta-button\">Online Survey Creator<\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>11 tips and tricks for dealing with negative  customer feedback<\/li>\n<li>11 useful statistics that highlight the  importance of dealing with negative feedback <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/k4lHDk80H6PyNI\" width=\"595\" height=\"485\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" layout=\"responsive\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of business, negative customer feedback is a given. There is no way to avoid it, but there is a positive aspect to this. Believe it or not, negative feedback from customers can be a good thing. Scratch that, it can be a great thing! Most companies consider customer psychology tough to understand. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[327],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-satisfaction-survey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2887"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4230,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887\/revisions\/4230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}