{"id":705,"date":"2012-10-30T19:44:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T19:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\/blog\/?p=705"},"modified":"2012-10-30T19:44:22","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T19:44:22","slug":"are-you-listening-to-the-voice-of-the-customer-business-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=705","title":{"rendered":"Are you listening to the Voice Of the Customer?&#8230;.#business, #innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazysocialbuttons\" data-float=\"left\" data-buttons=\"google,twitter,facebook\" data-twshareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=705\" data-twtext=\"\" data-shareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=705\" data-fbhideflyout=\"false\" data-backgroundtype=\"light\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\/listening.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>One of the most difficult choices in New Product Development is in deciding <em><strong>what<\/strong><\/em> products to develop !<\/p>\n<p>Lot&#8217;s of us watch &#8220;Dragons Den&#8221; on TV and it&#8217;s pretty obvious some of the budding entrepreneurs believe they have a great idea but have never even considered asking their customers or potential customers what they think.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid wasting millions of dollars on products no one wants it is essential to listen to the Voice Of the Customer. (VOC)<\/p>\n<p>Companies involved in New Product Development &amp; Innovation need to establish effective methods to capture VOC.<\/p>\n<p>This can take many different forms such as surveys, telephone conversations, face to face interviews, feedback forms, Social Media strategies etc etc etc<\/p>\n<p>Whichever mix is used the information then has to be filtered and sorted to identify priorities for New Product Development. 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