Comments on: Ignore the “Net” in NPS: Manage Promoters and Detractors Independently https://6sigma.com/ignore-net-nps-manage-promoters-detractors-independently/ Six Sigma Certification and Training Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: GP https://6sigma.com/ignore-net-nps-manage-promoters-detractors-independently/#comment-25810 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:10:40 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=11090#comment-25810 This is an interesting question, but hardly an indictment of the Net in NPS. Do you have any other data that supports your implication that a “Day 4” type organization might be as successful as (or more successful than) the lauded “Day 3”?

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By: Peter Johnston https://6sigma.com/ignore-net-nps-manage-promoters-detractors-independently/#comment-25809 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 14:56:11 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=11090#comment-25809 Your explanation of social media shows how an old-fashioned mindset can trip up new thinking.
It is a bit like deciding that the sun revolves round the earth with you at the centre of the universe.

People don’t log on to social networks to broadcast to you or receive broadcasts from you. They log on to talk with eachother. It is peer-to-peer networking, not a medium between company and customer.

Your people graphic shows 60/20/20 detractor, fence sitter/promoter.
It misses out that probably 80% plus of the time they don’t even know of your existence. More than that – they don’t care.
How can they promote you if they don’t know you exist?

Social is pivotal in many decisions. It is where people tell others about “cool stuff” they’ve bought, creating envy and desire in others. It is where people who have a vaguely defined problem find brands which could be solutions. And it is where people who are working towards a purchase decision get warned off bad products or untrustworthy companies.

For a company it is also where you build a reputation as guys who can, who go the extra mile and who listen and produce what people want. Treating it as a sales channel is putting blinkers on a horse then asking it to do dressage.

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By: Thomas Cox https://6sigma.com/ignore-net-nps-manage-promoters-detractors-independently/#comment-25808 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:07:06 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=11090#comment-25808 Great points — aggregate metrics can feel handy, and (almost) always hide data. NPS looks like an over-simplification, and you do a terrific job of explaining exactly how and why. Lesson: keep your atomic data handy!

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