OWW - KWI - mobilification of customer sat 10-17

“Mobilification” of
customer satisfaction at Orbitz
TMRE, October 2014
About Orbitz: A Global Travel Leader
•  One of the largest and most sophisticated e-commerce websites in the world, with a
fully developed in-house global technology platform
•  Three main businesses: 1) Direct-to-consumer travel product booking, 2) Corporate
managed travel solutions to businesses of all sizes including IBM, Burger King and
GameStop, and 3) Private label technology and distribution services for some of the
most recognizable brands in the world like American Express, Capital One and
Southwest
•  Headquartered in Chicago, IL with major offices in the UK, France, Switzerland,
Sweden, Hong Kong, Mexico and Australia, and advanced analytics and technology
teams in Sunnyvale, CA and India
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About Knowledge Wave International:
•  Boutique BI firm specializing in …
‒  Customer experience optimization
‒  Healthcare
‒  Mobile customer experience
•  Broad customer base – KWI supports more than
1mm C-SAT surveys monthly
‒  Analysis and reporting on structured and
unstructured data
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‒  Social customer sentiment
‒  Significance analysis and predictive modeling
Why adapt surveys for mobile?
What are the trends in device ownership?
Device Ownership among
Online Travel Bookers
100%
80%
2012
2013
2014
60%
40%
20%
0%
5
PC
Smartphone
Source: Proprietary Orbitz Mobile Research, 2012-14
Tablet
ereader
How often are consumers booking hotels on a
mobile device?
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*Source: Internal Orbitz transactional data
How has email readership changed due to this
channel shift?
100%
80%
Email Opens by Device Type
39%
27%
60%
40%
20%
26%
35%
0%
December 2012
7
23%
Source: Proprietary Orbitz data, 2012-14
50%
June 2014
Desktop
Webmail
Mobile
At Orbitz, we survey our customers at various
touchpoints to understand opportunities for improvement
How survey is delivered Site
Experience
Today’s focus
Overall
Customer
Experience
Customer
Service
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Booking
Experience
We have evolved our satisfaction program over
time to comprehend these channel shifts…
2007
Begin post-service
satisfaction tracking
2011
Begin post-sales
satisfaction tracking
Survey designed for big
screen
Survey designed for big
screen
Functional on small
screen but not optimized
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2013-14
Analyze effect of mobile
adapted survey
experience
Test, validate, and
migrate to mobileoptimized survey
experience
So we tested two versions – mobile-adapted and mobileoptimized and compared to the original desktop survey
Device Detec(on Survey Rendering Desktop only; Not
mobile adapted/
optimized
Mobileadapted
Mobileoptimized
Assumes Desktop
þ
þ
þ
Desktop version
only
Touch-­‐
friendly No
Ques(on types 10
All types
þ
General by device
type
Responsive;
Specific to
individual device
þ
þ
All types, just as
desktop, but
readability may be
compromised
Fewer and shorter
question and answer
text, fewer open-ends,
less complex
questions types
Original survey renders fine on a desktop browser,
but mobile-adapted can be hard to read
Desktop
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Mobile
The mobile-optimized survey improves
readability and ease of response
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In our testing, we measured both response and
survey variables to look for significant differences
Did 50/50 split tests to compare results on:
•  Survey completion rates
•  Mix of mobile vs desktop completions
•  Survey answers like Net Promoter Score and ease of
use
•  Profiles of responders
…and now for the results!
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So, what happened when we
“mobilified” our surveys?
How did completion rates change?
100%
95%
Survey Completion Rates
% completed out of all starts
90%
85%
80%
76%
82%
75%
70%
65%
60%
55%
50%
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Original (Q4 2013)
Optimized (Q1 - Q2 2014)
What was driving the increase in completion
rates?
Survey Completion rates by Device Type
% completed out of all starts
100%
95%
90%
85%
80%
75%
70%
65%
60%
55%
50%
Desk
top
Mobi
le
Not
optimized
August 2013
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Mobileadapted
Q4 2013
Mobileoptimized
Q1 2014
How did our mix of completions change
by device type?
Device used to complete survey
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
23%
2013 Q4
30%
33%
2014 Q1
2014 Q2
Desktop
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Mobile
What happened with Net Promoter Scores?
Net Promoter Score
May be some impact on
tracking, but trade-off
for better experience
and data
Desktop
Mobile
Not
Optimized
August 2013
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Mobileadapted
Q4 2013
Mobileoptimized
Q1 2014
Were there any changes in perceived ease of
use of Orbitz?
% Very/somewhat easy to use site/app
Original Mobile
survey for Mobile
booking
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Original Desktop
survey for Desktop
booking
Optimized Mobile
survey for Mobile
booking
Optimized Desktop
survey for Desktop
booking
We see differences in who uses mobile for surveys, which
likely is improving representativeness
Gender by Survey type
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Mal
e
Age by Survey type
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
55 +
35 54
18 34
Desktop Mobile
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In conclusion, after our testing…
•  Changes in response metrics were neutral to slightly positive and
survey changes mainly neutral which gave us confidence to shift all of
our satisfaction surveys to offer the mobile-optimized experience
ü Took opportunity to simultaneously optimize desktop survey experience to
be more focused and engaging
•  Now we design most other research efforts with “mobile first”
perspective as that is where customers are
ü Standard use of sniffer for most studies to deliver right experience to
respondents
ü Starting with shorter mobile survey then recruit to finish on desktop for
more complex questions, led to increased survey engagement and
completion
ü Although still some exceptions – conjoint, eyetracking, large format stimuli,
etc which are not easily converted to mobile-optimized but anticipate
development here as well
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THANK YOU AND QUESTIONS