Net Promoter Score (NPS)
A metric measuring customer loyalty and satisfaction based on likelihood to recommend a company to others.
In-Depth Explanation
Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a customer loyalty metric based on one question: "How likely are you to recommend us to a friend or colleague?" (0-10 scale). It's widely used for benchmarking customer satisfaction.
NPS calculation:
- Promoters (9-10): Loyal enthusiasts
- Passives (7-8): Satisfied but unenthusiastic
- Detractors (0-6): Unhappy customers
NPS = % Promoters - % Detractors Range: -100 to +100
NPS best practices:
- Follow up with open-ended "why"
- Close the loop on detractor feedback
- Track trends over time
- Segment by customer type
- Benchmark against industry
AI enhancements:
- Automated sentiment analysis of comments
- Predictive NPS from behavior
- Theme extraction from feedback
- Churn correlation analysis
Business Context
NPS provides a simple, standardized measure of customer health that correlates with growth and retention. US industry NPS benchmarks provide useful comparison points for American businesses.
How Clever Ops Uses This
We help American businesses implement and analyze NPS programs, using AI to extract insights from feedback comments and benchmark against US industry standards.
Example Use Case
"A US retailer analyzing NPS comments with AI to discover that shipping delays from USPS and UPS are the top driver of detractor scores, prioritizing logistics improvements and alternative carrier strategies."