Customer Effort Score (CES)

A survey measure of how much effort a customer had to expend to get something done.

Why effort predicts better than sentiment

Satisfaction measures how someone feels; effort measures friction they experienced. Friction is closer to the behaviour that produces churn, and it points at a specific fixable interaction rather than a mood.

Ask immediately after the interaction

CES asked in a quarterly survey measures memory. Asked after a support resolution or an onboarding step, it measures the step.

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