Free Checklist · 12 Points
Customer Signal
Audit.
Where is your customer feedback hiding right now? Find every channel. Find every silo.
Date: _______
Owner: _______
Product: _______
Owner: _______
Product: _______
For each channel below: confirm whether you're capturing it, centralizing it, and using it for product decisions. Most teams are surprised by gaps in points 7–12.
- 01App Store reviews — iOS + Android. Are you ingesting them? How often?CapturedCentralizedSources:
- 02Support tickets — in your help desk and email. Are themes surfaced or just resolved?CapturedCentralizedTool:
- 03Slack #E8C97Ack channels — internal + customer. Who reads them? Who tags?CapturedCentralizedChannels:
- 04Sales call notes — objections, feature asks, lost-deal reasons. Where do they land?CapturedCentralizedTool:
- 05Customer Success conversations — QBRs, renewal calls, churn interviews.CapturedCentralizedTool:
- 06In-product feedback widgets — do you have one? What % of users use it?CapturedCentralized% users:
- 07Public roadmap submissions — Canny / portal / GitHub Issues / Discourse.CapturedCentralizedTool:
- 08Reddit / X / community — competitors named, your product named.CapturedCentralizedTool:
- 09Survey data — NPS, CSAT, custom. Are open-ended responses readable + searchable?CapturedCentralizedTool:
- 10User interview transcripts — tagged by theme? Searchable across interviews?CapturedCentralizedTool:
- 11Competitor signal — their reviews, their changelog, their pricing changes.CapturedCentralizedMethod:
- 12The "human router" — is one person manually relaying feedback between teams? (This is the silent silo.)Yes (risk!)NoWho:
Score
Channels captured (out of 12): ______ Channels centralized: ______
Lower than 8 captured? You have a customer signal problem, not a prioritization problem. Fix capture first.