E91–Business Decisions Based on Overreacting&How to Avoid Doing It - a podcast by Mat Siltala & Dave Rohrer

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Business Decisions Based on Overreacting & How to Avoid Doing It
The initial idea for this episode was spurred by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's Oscars Performance but it is much more than that. For businesses focusing on data, customer feedback, market research and more can still make decisions based on what a single person or small group of people think. Does your company work like this?


  • CEO asks 2 people or one person, everything changes hours/days/weeks before a big launch.

  • 5 people on twitter have an issue but none of you 1,000 other customers don't like it.

  • The press today looks to make stories out of nothing, does your company do the same?

  • One person in a project or company comes along at the 11th hour and makes a suggestion - everything changes.

  • A single investor and only them suggests something, do you do it?


One suggestion we have for companies is to plan ahead with capturing data around your service, product, sales, social media, customer feedback, etc. Do you send out monthly or quarterly calls for feedback from your customers? Do you have a team or part of the process where you try and extract various levels of feedback from partners or clients?

Depending on your business it might make sense to look at using Net Promoter Score (NPS) to help give you data that you can track.

So what can you do to get ahead of things?

  • Capture and track NPS scores

  • Monitor social media

  • Talk monthly with customer service, account managers, sales reps, servers, and others on the front lines that interact with customers

  • Talk to product managers and back office staff that focus on putting out a product

  • Review assessment and inventory

  • Launch post mortem

  • Have a plan on how to handle a bad product launch, review, feedback, social/pr fire

  • Focus on fixing and not fighting

  • Alert customers of changes to a product, app, UI/UX early.

  • Use email, talk to your customers.


What platforms should you consider watching? While there are likely some industry specific sites for your business here are some that at the least you should watch:

  • Twitter

  • Facebook

  • Google Reviews

  • LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and similar

  • Instagram

  • Forums

  • Yelp, Tripadvisor, and similar


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