The Customer Confidential Podcast

The Story Behind the Smiley Face

Fred Reichheld and Rob Markey share the inspiration behind the Net Promoter System®'s signature smiley face icons.

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The Story Behind the Smiley Face
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Long before social media and online surveys, shopkeepers relied on a simple measure of customer sentiment: whether their customers were smiling.

In this short episode, Fred Reichheld and I share the story behind the Net Promoter System’s signature smiley face icons, and discuss how one number can become a powerful learning tool for inspiring change.

You can listen to our discussion on iTunesStitcher or through the player above.

 Net Promoter®, Net Promoter System®, Net Promoter Score® and NPS® are registered trademarks of Bain & Company, Inc., Fred Reichheld and Satmetrix Systems, Inc.

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