Winter Update

December 9, 2016

Winter Update

We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season! This month we're welcoming The Broken Yolk Cafe, Orange CA to our growing list of restaurant onsite mystery shop evaluations. We are also pleased to welcome Hampton Homes and Oakdale Homes from Farmers Branch Texas who will be using our telephone and video real estate secret shopper program.

 Advanced Feedback is excited to welcome Carnitas' Snack Shack in the San Diego CA area. They will be using our onsite mystery shopping services in order to help with customer service and team evaluations for their restaurants and bar. BASIS Educational Ventures in Scottsdale AZ joined to use our educational onsite secret shopping services for their BASIS Independent Schools in CA, NY and VA.

Winter Update! March, 2016

March, 2016

Winter Update!

Advanced Feedback welcomes Crown Plaza Charlotte, Charlotte NC and Residence Inn Alexandria Old Town South at Carlyle in VA, both conducting hospitality mystery shopping. We are also pleased to welcome Blue Ocean Robata, Blue Smoke Sushi, and Love Boat Sushi locations in San Diego, CA using our restaurant secret shopper program. And a welcome to Procter & Gamble's Mr. Clean Car wash locations in Georgia and Texas using our mystery shopping services.

Morongo Casino Resort & Spa Extends Mystery Phone Shopping Service to PBX Department

Southern California casino expands telephone mystery shopping services to their PBX department in order to further enhance the customer experience for their front lines.

SAN DIEGO, CA, May 17, 2013 – Advanced Feedback, Inc. a San Diego based mystery shopping company that provides video, onsite and telephone skills evaluations nationally and in neighboring Canada and Mexico. Welcomed the addition of another Morongo Casino Resort & Spa department this year. The mystery shopping firm has been working with the Cabazon, CA casino since 2012.

Account Manager, Geoff Gladu of Advanced Feedback said, "We are very pleased with this new expansion and owe it all to Matt Huber their Revenue & Reservations Manager. We have been working closely with Matt throughout his career since 2006 mostly providing reservation and PBX department services.” He also commented “We look forward to providing Connie Aragon (PBX Manager) the same high quality of service and support both today and in the future."

The casinos Reservation and PBX departments rely on telephone mystery shops to monitor each operator’s customer service telephone skills. Mystery shoppers pose as potential customers and call inquiring about such things as rates, availability, special events, gaming, amenities, services, specials and much more. Telephone attendants are scored based on a number of criteria, such as rapport building, determining needs, building value, appointment / reservation offers, overcoming resistance, friendliness, helpfulness and professionalism.

Advanced Feedback provides next business day and even same day reporting to Morongo Casino Resort & Spa. These results include the agent's individual phone shop report and recorded call; all accessible via online streaming and smart phone apps. This immediate feedback allows for encouragement, corrective training and counsel to take place if needed.

To learn more about telephone mystery shopping visit  http://advancedfeedback.com/services-mystery-shopping-company.html

Welcome to team Advanced Feedback, Caffe Italia!

Advanced Feedback, Inc. is proud to welcome Caffe Italia in Little Italy – San Diego to our list of onsite restaurant mystery shop evaluations! http://www.advancedfeedback.com/restaurant.html

Advanced Feedback takes Mystery Shopping to Canada

Mystery shopping is not just a U.S. based practice. Advanced Feedback provides mystery shopping not only in the states but also in Canada and Mexico.

(Archive - advancedfeedback.com - SAN DIEGO, CA, Feb 19, 2009) – A long time provider of telephone and onsite mystery shopping, Advanced Feedback now provides both services in Canada. "Our presence in Canada was first established when we started using French speaking Canadians to meet the needs of one of our multi-national clients", says Zachary Hooker, President of Advanced Feedback. Inc. "For most secret shopping programs to be successful it is important to recruit and train shoppers that reflect the clients target market – even regional dialects can be a tip-off if the business typically caters to their immediate locale."

During their first few years supporting Canadian businesses with secret telephone shops, Advanced Feedback made all calls from their San Diego location. As the volume increased the mystery shopping firm established a system to use local Canadians, routing the recorded phone shops through their in-house servers. "Our clients use Advanced Feedback's recorded phone shops, Feedback-24 alerts, phone skills tips, and monthly performance trend reports to monitor and train telephone agents. In these times of economic uncertainty it is absolutely essential to turn all inbound calls into appointments, reservations, or sales. You simply can't afford to lose a lead due to poor phone skills" proclaims Zachary.

Advanced Feedback conducts mystery shopping programs in all states, Mexico, and Canada. For more information visit www.AdvancedFeedback.com

Advanced Feedback extends mystery shopping to canine pals too!

(Archive- advancedfeedback.com Feb 05, 2009) Advanced Feedback, Inc. has extended their mystery shopping services to their local neighborhood Humane Society, who was originally concerned that the mystery shopping company was too big for the single location.

As stated by Nicole Campos, Customer Relations Manager, “I appreciate all of your help while we develop a program that best suits us and within what your company can do. I realize that it is a little different than what you normally do considering the nature of our business and that we only have one location.” After working closely with her dedicated Account Manager, the two companies were able to tailor a program to fit Nicole’s exact needs.

The San Diego based company now conducts both weekly phone shops and a monthly onsite mystery shop offering valuable feedback in a timely manner. Phone shops are placed to help make sure that each incoming call is forwarded to the correct department is important. Phone shops help get pet related questions answered correctly while capturing the quality and level of the customer service by targeting each of the Humane Societies eight departments. These calls range in a number of different scenarios and are valuable to Nicole due to the frequency of the calls, which are delivered to her by email including the recording and a detailed survey within 24 hours.

These phone shops help keep the employees on their toes and provide the required level of customer service to all guests, both two legged and four. The onsite mystery shop conducted each month not only targets a specific department but also the main facilities. With a full summary of the details, along with an easy to understand scorecard, the information allows Nicole to visualize from the customer’s point of view. When asked about the program after six months of use, Nicole stated, “We are very happy with the shop results and are finally able to really use a lot of the data we have collected for training and new hires.”

At http://www.advancedfeedback.com you can learn how this mystery shopping firm is able to customize and tailor their services to fit your needs.

Secret Shopping Enters Brave New World

Legislation Prompts Increased Use of Mystery Shopping Into Healthcare and Government Realms

(Archive - advancedfeedback.com - SAN DIEGO, CA, Apr 15, 2009) – Traditionally, mystery shopping has been thought of in terms of the private sector, but increasingly public entities have turned to this service for monitoring compliance with regulations or measuring customer service levels (though the latter is primarily found in the UK.) As a result of legislation passed last year (HR 6331) that might be changing, says Kurt Adams, Senior Accounts Director of Advanced Feedback, a leading provider of telephone monitoring services. "It may the dream come true for many Americans" who wish for greater accountability and higher customer service levels from their government, commented Mr. Adams.

While the law passed last year deals with Medicare Advantage and how it is marketed to the public, it may be a portent of things to come, he speculated. (Specific concerns were allegations of 'bait and switch', 'misrepresentation' and 'misconduct' on the part of agents and brokers.) "It could well be that this model could be a harbinger of things to come. In this case, both the government and private agencies have seen the wisdom of using secret shopping as a means for ensuring compliance, but our hope is it will be used to increase customer service awareness as well", he concluded.

Advanced Feedback, Inc. is proud to welcome Meat Market Miami and the Courtyard Marriott - Miami Airport - Champions Sports Bar. Both are located in Miami, FL to our list of onsite bar and restaurant mystery shop evaluations.

Twenty Percent of Hotel Guests Report Problems with Their Stay

Negative word of mouth spreads faster than positive word of mouth. With 43% of guests who will not likely return to a hotel in the future, this is an eye opener.

According to Hotel and Motel Management more than 20% of guests who have spent more than $250 a night said that they had experienced some sort of problem during their visit. Furthermore, guests who experience a problem are 43% less likely to return in the future.

With this relationship between problems reported and decreased guest loyalty, it is pertinent to keep service up to par to avoid losing market share. Unhappy guests tend to tell others about their experience even more than guests who have had a positive experience. This means that negative word of mouth spreads faster than positive word mouth and has the potential to significantly hurt occupancy rates.

The solution: Keep as many guests satisfied as possible. As a hotel manager you should be sure to know about your guests experiences. Make note of both the good experiences and the bad in order to pinpoint areas of improvement and reward employees for exceptional behavior.

“The solution to keeping on top of guest experiences lies in having a consistent system in place to monitor their satisfaction” commented Tori Stetson, Account Manager at Advanced Feedback, a San Diego based Customer Experience Management firm. “Mystery Shopping and Guest Surveys are a great place to start. Here at Advanced Feedback we even customize the program to suit not only the needs of your particular property, but also your budget, eliminating obstacles to getting started”.
-Archive advancedfeedback.com SAN DIEGO, CA, March 2nd 2007-

Onsite Polling Success!

Advanced Feedback is excited to add onsite polling to our list of services! We've just completed a round of brand image polls for one of our restaurant clients considering a major logo change. A big thank you to our Las Vegas and Orlando onsite polling teams for helping us execute this project!
- learn more at: http://www.advancedfeedback.com/services-phone-shop.html

Welcome New Clients!

Advanced Feedback, Inc. is proud to welcome the RM Champagne Salon in Chicago - bringing us to four "Element Collective" venues. We also welcome Aloft Hotels (WXYZ Bar) in Texas and Wisconsin.
- Learn more about our mystery shopping company and services at: http://www.advancedfeedback.com/services-phone-shop.html

Advanced Feedback Welcomes a New Customer

Advanced Feedback is proud to announce that TEG Property Management has signed up for our latest On-Demand Phone Shops service for their various San Diego properties. If you are interested in a low cost, contract free service please visit http://advancedfeedback.com/phone-shop-store-2.html for more information and samples.

Phone Shops On Demand

Our on-demand phone shop service provides a no minimum, no contract, cost effective option for businesses of any size or budget. With on-demand phone shops, we call, report, and record all in the same day! This service has proven invaluable for all business managers needing to observe and analyze staff phone skills. Give it a risk-free try today!

Sample Surveys Posted

Calling all restaurants! We have recently posted some of our award winning surveys. Interested in how Advanced Feedback can help drive your goals? Click here to view them.

Video Mystery Shopping

We are very proud to report on the success of our video mystery shopping services. Discount Tire, one of our largest clients, continues to lead their industry in customer service excellence. Here at Advanced Feedback, we are excited to help our clients take control of their reputation and drive customer service goals. Stop by our new page to see the benefits of this ground-breaking technology!