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Pros and cons of the Net Promoter Score

Survey question developed in 2003 used by many companies, and increasing number of associations Related contentBuild better surveys Can the loyalty of your members be quantified in a single number? More associations are asking how likely someone would be to recommend membership to a colleague. The result is called the Net Promoter Score, a metric developed in 2003 by Fred Reichheld of Bain & Company, in collaboration with Satmetrix. Though thousands of companies have used the score, many researchers are cautious or even skeptical about its value. The formula uses rankings on a scale of zero to 10. The people who give a score of 9 or 10 are promoters, while people… Read More