Primary Research Solutions · CX & NPS Research

The score is a symptom.
We diagnose the cause.

Customer experience and NPS programmes that pair the number with the why — verified respondents, driver analysis, and follow-up interviews with the customers whose answers matter most.

B2B and consumer programmes
One-off baselines or recurring tracking

An NPS without driver analysis is a dashboard ornament. The useful question isn't "what's our score" — it's "what exactly would move it, and which customers should we call first."

Customer experience interview between a researcher and a client

Score

+ the why behind it

Beyond the Number

A score is a symptom. We diagnose the cause.

NPS and CX programmes that pair measurement with meaning — driver analysis plus follow-up interviews with the promoters and detractors whose reasoning matters most.

  • Verified respondents, honest sample sizes
  • Statistical driver analysis by segment
  • Paired promoter and detractor interviews
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When It Fits

Four jobs CX & NPS research does

Baseline and tracking

A rigorous first measurement of customer health — then consistent waves that show whether the initiatives you funded actually moved the drivers, not just the noise.

Churn and renewal risk — B2B

Account-level reads across your customer base that flag at-risk revenue while it's still saveable — with detractor interviews that tell your CS team exactly what to fix per account.

Journey friction diagnosis

Where exactly experience breaks — onboarding, support, billing, product — measured by touchpoint so investment goes to the stage that's actually bleeding loyalty.

Diligence-grade customer health

For investors: an independent NPS and churn-intent read on a target's customer base — fielded inside a diligence window, reported for the IC memo.

What You Get

The score, the drivers, and the voices behind both

Our differentiator is the pairing: quantitative measurement plus follow-up interviews with the promoters and detractors whose reasoning matters most — one programme, one report.

Typical programmes

100–300 survey responses plus 8–15 follow-up interviews, fielded over two to four weeks. Recurring waves scoped per cadence.

01

Programme designed around your decisions

NPS, CSAT, customer effort, journey-stage metrics — chosen and structured for what you'll actually do with the answers, not a templated questionnaire.

02

Verified respondents, honest samples

Your customer lists fielded with verification and quality control — or independent recruitment of category customers when you need an outside-in read, including on competitors.

03

Driver analysis, not just a topline

Which experience factors statistically separate promoters from detractors — by segment, account tier, and journey stage — so you know what to fix first and for whom.

04

Paired follow-up interviews

Structured conversations with selected promoters and detractors — the reasoning, the context, and the verbatims that turn a chart into a board-level narrative.

05

A report your team can act on Monday

Scores, drivers, at-risk flags, interview findings, and prioritised implications in one document — plus data tables and a debrief call with our research team.

The Process

From scope to action in four steps

A full baseline — survey plus interviews — typically completes in two to four weeks. Tracking waves repeat the methodology exactly, so movement means something.

1

Design the programme

Metrics, segments, sample structure, and interview plan — built around the decisions the findings will feed.

2

Field the survey

Customer lists or independently recruited respondents, with verification and in-flight quality control throughout.

3

Interview the voices that matter

Follow-up conversations with selected promoters and detractors, recruited from the survey with consent.

4

Report, debrief, and track

Consolidated findings with prioritised implications — and a consistent methodology ready for the next wave.

When the Why Needs More Room

Some customer stories deserve a full interview programme

When churn drivers or buying journeys turn out to be complex, a dedicated IDI programme goes deeper than survey follow-ups can — same project lead, same engagement.

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FAQ

CX & NPS — common questions

Something specific? Write to sales@astuteconnect.com — we respond within one business day.

Self-run NPS typically suffers low response rates, biased samples, and no driver analysis — a number nobody trusts internally. We bring fielding discipline, verified samples, statistical driver analysis, independent credibility, and the follow-up interviews a survey tool can't do.

Yes — with the right design. In small B2B bases we treat it as account intelligence rather than statistics: high response-rate fielding, account-level flags, and interviews weighted toward your highest-value relationships. We're honest about what the sample supports.

The credible way is to field the same instrument to independently recruited customers of competitors — which we can do. We don't compare your score against published industry numbers measured with different methods; that comparison misleads more than it informs.

Often enough to see the effect of changes, rarely enough that customers aren't fatigued — typically every six to twelve months for B2B, with event-triggered pulses where needed. More frequent isn't more rigorous.

Respondents are told the research is conducted on your behalf — attribution is by consent. Customers who prefer anonymity have their responses reported in aggregate only, which keeps the feedback honest.

Get the score — and what to do about it.

Tell us about your customer base and the decisions ahead — we'll design a CX programme that pairs the number with the why.

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