Chapter 10 Flashcards
One Key Purpose of the Marketing Plan
To develop and maintain long-term customer relationships
*Definition of Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
*A business philosophy aimed at defining and increasing customer value in ways that motivate customers to remain loyal
About retaining the “right” customers
Groups Involved in CRM
- Customers
- Employees
- Supply Chain Partners
- External Stakeholders
Shifts from Acquiring Customers to Maintaining
Customers - Clients
Mass Marketing - One-to-One Marketing
Get New Customers - Keep Current Customers
Discrete Transactions - Continuous Transactions
Increase Market Share - Increase Share of Customer
Based on Groups - Based on Individuals
Homogeneous Group Needs - Heterogeneous Needs
Short-Term Focus - Long Term Focus
Standard Products - Mass Customized Products
Lowest-Cost - Value-Based
Relationship Capital
Stems from the value generated by the trust, commitment, cooperation and interdependence among relationship partners.
*Stages of Customer Relationship Development
Intensity
- Awareness
- Initial Purchase
- Repeat Customer
- Client
- Community
* 6. Advocacy
Increasing the Share of Customer
Abandon all old notions of acquiring new customers and increasing transactions to focus on more fully serving the needs of current customers
5 Changes in Business Relationships
- Roles of the Buyers and Sellers
- Increase in Sole Sourcing
- Increase in Global Sourcing
- Increase in Team-Based Buying Decisions
- Increase in Productivity Through Better Integration
*Quality
Relative term referring to the degree of superiority of a good or service compared to a competitor or standard.
*Is NOT value
Core Product of Service Offerings
Components
- People
- Process
- Physical Evidence
Supplemental Products
Goods or services that add value to the core product
Often the difference between two products lies here
Why Businesses Struggle with Product Quality
- Customers have high expectations
- Most products are in mature markets
- Little differentiation
How Businesses can Improve Quality
4 Standout Issues
- Understand Customers’ Expectations
- Translate Expectations into Quality Standards
- Uphold Quality Standards
* 4. Do NOT Overpromise
*Perceived Value
*Perceived Value = (Core Quality + Supplemental Quality + Experiential Quality) / (Monetary Costs + Non-monetary Costs)
Transactional Cost
Immediate financial outlay or commitment that must be made to purchase the product