Definitions
Craig Conway,President and CEO,PeopleSoft
Every time a customer approaches your business, they arrive with
an expectation. It may be a service need,or a new product interest,
but in every case they have an expectation that accompanies their
interest in your business.What happens next will form a
experience that will shape their behaviour. A good experience will
increase their loyalty or it may accelerate their tendency to
purchase. A bad experience may transfer their business to your
competitor.The ability to recognize this process and to actively
manage it becomes the basis for Customer Relationship
Management.
Scott Fletcher, President and COO, Epipeline
At its core, CRM is an enterprise-wide mindset, mantra,and set of
business processes and policies that are designed to
acquire,retain,and service customers.Broadly speaking,CRM
includes the customer facing business processes of marketing,
sales and customer service. CRM is not a technology. Technology
is a CRM enabler.Innovative and proactive companies, adopt
customer centric business processes and leveraging technology
these companies better serve their customers by providing better
product and delivering personalized services.
Brent Frei, President& CEO, Onyx Software
It is a comprehensive set of processes and technologies for managing
the relationship with potential and current customers and business
partners across marketing, sales and service regardless of the
communication channel. The goal of service is to optimize customer
and partner satisfaction, revenue and business efficiency by building
the strongest possible relationship at an organizational level.
Successful CRM requires a holistic approach to every relationship
with the entire organization sharing and contributing to that view.
Ronni T Marshak, Senior vice president,
Patricia Seybold Group
Establishing and managing customer relationships is first and
foremost a strategic endeavour, not a technology category, Just as
a company establishes goals, strategies and plans and objectives, it
has to determine how customer relationships will be better served
at each level. Technology fits only at the tactical level. Every
company’s game plan constitutes the G-SPOT
Goals Strategies Plans Objectives Tactics
Profitability
Establish
long-term
customer
relationships
Invest
in
CRM
Technologies
Achieve
60%
Customer
retention
Implement
24/7
call
center
CRM CRM CR
M
CR
M
The CRM G-SPOT
Definition
• Customer Relationship Management is a business
strategy to select and manage customers to
optimize long-term value.CRM requires a
customer-centric business philosophy and culture
to support effective marketing,sales and service
processes.CRM applications can enable effective
Customer Relationship Management, provided
that enterprise has the right leadership, strategy
and culture.
Business Intelligence vs. CRM
• Display customers
who visit one of the
video store of XYZ co.
• Display a list of
customers who have
lodged a complaint for
the past 30 days.
• Once a month for the
next six months send
direct mails
solicitation to
customers who are
most likely to rent the
next months feature.
• Contact all high value
customers who have
lodged a complaint.
BI/ CRM (contd)
• Analyze the top five
most popular office
supplies and compare
approved vendors’
prices to prices of
other potential
suppliers.
• Identify the top five
purchased office
supplies and trial run
an automated Web
Request For Quote
System for limited
quantities to check
price improvement.
Strategies for Building Relationships
People
People includes both the internal
customers as well as external customers.
Commitment to any programme can only
be garnered through acceptance of the
inherent merits.CRM as a philosophy
should be accepted by all the employees.
Second group of people that is the
external customers should also be made
aware of the company’s commitment to
their welfare through integrated
marketing.
Processes
It involves a logical sequence of
activity, right from the need
identification of potential
customers to need fulfillment.
Need fulfillment includes the
correct translation of customers
desires into tangible benefits,
experiences, etc. All these activities
require synchronized processes and
zero communication gaps.
Efficient processes bridge the gap
between expectation and
performance
Product
As a product is available in the
market, it has to be upgraded
continuously to match the changing
needs of the customers.
Companies should not over
promise and under deliver,as
customers become disenchanted
with the company.
Many companies loose out on their
customers because they fail to live
up to expectations created by
themselves.
Organization
Organizations should be active
entities and should be highly
proactive to changes in the
environment.
The responsive and learning nature of
the organization must build
confidence in the minds of the
customers.
The organization of the organization
should also be fault-free, so that slips
between the cups and lips are
minimal.
Concentration On Competitors
Isolated companies are standalone
entities, and have an ostrich tendency.
An organization must focus constant
attention on the competitors’
performance, their strategies and style
of operation and compare it with their
own performance.
The organization should be in a
position to ascertain the actions of the
competitors, and should have a backup
strategy to counter the offensive.
Customer analysis
Customers here means present
customers and potential customers.
Analysis should encompass the
current consumption pattern of these
customers, their behaviour,etc.
This would indicate why a customer
behaves in a particular way, what
would be the retention tactics,
loyalty parameters etc.,
Cost analysis
Focus of the organization should be on
the cost of production, cost of providing
the service, avenues of cost reduction,
etc.,
The whole objective of the organization
should be to deliver value for the money
taken from the competitors.
Even if the company is charging extra
than the competitors, the customers
should be aware of the extra benefits that
they are getting for the extra money
given.
Environmental Analysis
The whole environment will give an
idea about the change in social,
cultural,political and technological
scenario.
Accordingly the needs ands
preference of the customers will
change.
Customers up to a certain point of
time would concentrate on life
maintenance needs and then to life
changing need sand then to life
enhancing needs.
Gatherin
g Info,
Storing
Info
Processi
ng Data
Service/
Support
SFA
Marketing
Automation
Customer
Company
Gather
Customer
Data
Analyze
Data
Formulate
strategy
based on
analysis
Taking
action
Customer
Behaviour
Customer
Experience
Interaction
With
Company
CRM Processes
Customer Acquisition
Considerations
1 Focused Approach: Companies have to understand their target
markets and also their psychographics.
▪Knowers: This set of people just know about the product without any
specific attitude towards the product
▪Preferrers: People who know about the product and have specific
preferences also.
▪Indifferent:
▪Rejecters: These people mentally reject the organizations offerings and
are far away from the acquisition process.
2 Providing a win-win situation:
Offerings should be so designed as to be advantageous for both the
parties. Customer acquisition is facilitated in such a scenario as
customers believe that they are getting value for money.
3 Attempt to minimize FUD(Fear Uncertainty Doubts)
The organization must effectively plan to minimize FUD that might
occur in the mindsets of the customers, during the course of
acquisition.
4 Projection Of Benefits and not Products:
Process Of Acquisition
It involves the following stages
•Enquiry: The prospective buyer undertakes a detailed
enquiry with regard to different aspects pertaining to the
organization, product, nature of transaction, etc.,
•Interaction: After storing the information, the prospect
interacts with the organization and obtains additional
information, and clarifies already gathered information
•Exchange:The terms of exchange, mode of delivery and
other things related to exchange are sorted here.
•Co-ordination: Co-ordination means the discussions are
converted into order, through synch-marketing.
•Adoption: The acquisition process is complete with
adoption of the product or service by the prospect, who
becomes a customer.
Influences On Acquisition
•Type Of Buying: There are two different types of
buying-rational and emotional. The former is a systematic and
logical while the latter is based solely on impulse. In rational
buying customer would logically graduate from one stage to the
other while in emotional it may not be the case.
•Type Of Product: Different categories of consumer products
and industrial products will have different acquisition
behaviour.
•Type Of Customers: If the customer is an individual his/her
behaviour will be different from an organization. Also affecting
the acquisition will be the fact whether the acquisition is for
first time or not.
Influences On Acquisition
• Economic Environment:The operations of
the competing forces, supply and demand
conditions, purchasing power etc.,will affect
the process.
• Contextual Operations:The context of
operation refers to the prospect’s previous
experience, urgency, specific benefit
expected etc.,
Customer Interaction
Management(CIM)
Routes to CIM
Online
Routes
•Interactive
website
•E-mails
•Web
Communities
•Chat Rooms
Offline
routes
•Telephones
•Fax
•Face to Face
Interaction
•Mails, etc.
Outsourcing
Customer Retention
Customer Retention is the process of keeping
customers in the customer inventory for an
unending period by meeting the needs and
exceeding the expectations of those customers.
It is the approach of converting a casual
customer into a committed loyal customer.
In today’s competitive environment, the focus
of the company is more on customer retention
than on customer acquisition.
What is Customer Retention?
Why is Customer retention
preferred?
• Customer by chance
• Customer by occasion
• Customer by choice
• Customer by repetition
• Customer by loyalty
Contd.
Conversion of a transactional relationship to a relationship
tied up with emotion and commitment will help the
organization in the following ways
• An asset
• An ambassador
• An experience shaper
• A knowledge provider
• A resource provider
• A partner
• A spokesperson
Acquisition/Retention
• Focus is on acquiring
relationship
• Demographic, psycho
graphic profile of the
customers are
important.
• Customer is driven by
offer and incentives.
• Focus is on nurturing
relationship
• In addition past and
present transactional
profiles become
important.
• In addition type and
extent of relationship
maintained is focused
on.
Acquisition
Dissatisfaction Satisfaction
Retention
Attrition
Defection
Reacquisition
Loyalty
Stages Of Retention in The
Customer Life Cycle
Sequences In The Retention
Process
• Exploring: customers are explored on the basis
of parameters like value given to the company in
terms of frequency of purchase, profit margin, etc.,
• Evaluating: Detailed analysis of explored
customers is done. Purchase history is an
important parameter.
• Establishing Strategies: Appropriate strategies
are formulated according to the customer type.
• Examining Feedback: Result of implemented
strategies are monitored periodically.
Customer Attrition
Attrition is the process of gradually
weaving down.This is the stage
where the customer begins to
question his continued patronage
with the product or service, or the
provider of the goods or service.
Attrition if not arrested leads to
defection.Attrition signals must be
carefully monitored.
Attrition Signals
• Increase in the number of complaints.
• Decrease in the frequency of contacts.
• Decrease in personal visits.
• Decrease in enquiries
• Decrease in the volume of business.
• Increase in the perceptual differences between
customers and organization on various issues.
• Decrease in the number of active buyers.
Customer Lifecycle Marketing
Attention
Capturing
Selling &
Value
Creation
Maintaing
&
Sustaining
Reach
Acquisition
Conversion
Retention
Mass Mktg
Strategies
Segment
Based
Strategies
Loyalty
Programmes
CLC Phases Marketing
Strategies
Objectives of mktg Strategies
Customer Loyalty
Relationship Through Loyalty
Understanding Brand: Brand
plays a key role towards attracting
and retaining sustainable
relationship with customers.Brand
represents the combination of
tangible and intangible attributes
of a customer looking for
satisfying his core as well as
augmented needs.Brand is an
identification that reveals what
attributes are embodied in it. These
are the attributes with which the
customer will identify himself
with.
Process Of Brand Choice:The process
will take the following sequence.
Total Brands
Awareness Brands
Considered Brands
Choice Brands
Decided Brands
Customer Loyalty and The
Types:Customer loyalty may fall into
several type that includes
•Loyalty towards brands
•Loyalty towards stores
•Loyalty towards organization
•Loyalty towards sales persons and
•Loyalty towards any other related
aspect in the process of sales and
consumption.
Customer Lifetime Value
• It is also written as CLTV or LTV and is
defined as the present value of all net
payments during the complete life of the
customer with the organization.
• Customer relationships are considered to be
investments and acquiring a customer is like
acquiring a new asset, which will generate
future revenue.
Contd.,
• Therefore to evaluate CLV all the future
revenues and costs need to be assessed.
• CLV is the present value of all future
purchases by the customer minus the costs
to be incurred by the company.
• It is calculated by assessing all future
purchases and then discounting these figures
to bring to the present value.
Application of CLV
• Allocation of Resources: allocating resources to a
particular customer or segment of customer, the
organization can be in a better position to target
the customer, which will be profitable in the long
run.
• Customer selection: If the expected cash flows
from the relationship with the customer have a
present value of 1000 INR, then the company
should not spend more than INR 1000 to acquire
the customer.
Contd.,
• Segmentation: customer profiling based on
CLV can help in categorizing and offering
different marketing and service initiatives.
E.g., different facilities for HNI customers.
• Customer Equity: It is the total of the
discounted cash flows in future from
customers and future customers within a
certain planning period. CE= ∑CLV
Contd.,
• Merger and Acquisition: strategic
decisions based on the CLV can be far more
accurate as it represents the future scenario.
• Marketing Campaigns: it would focus the
marketing campaigns, as it would address
questions like Which customer acquisition
campaign deserves more or less money?
How much should the company spend to
acquire or retain a customer? Etc
Recurring
revenues(+)
Recurring
Cost(-)
Net
Margin
Discounted
Net margin
Probability of
retention
Expected
Cumulative
Margin(+)
Acquisition
Cost(-)
Lifetime
Value
Calculating CLV
• Ex1 the cost of acquisition of a customer is
Rs 2500 and it cost Rs 500 per year to retain
that customer. The revenue from the
customer is Rs 100 in the first yr, Rs 1500
in 2nd
and thereafter it is Rs 200 every year.
If the discount rate is 15% compute lifetime
value of a customer considering the life of
the customer to be 5 yrs.
Year Customer
Revenue (B)
Retention
Cost(C)
Net Cash
Flow(B-C)
Discounted
Cash flow
Computation of CLV
Case B
A DTH service provider tracks customers who use its service
facility. The initial cost of provisioning the service is Rs
5000/- and revenue coming in is Rs 8,000/- in the first year,
Rs 4500/- in the second year margins, Rs 5,000/- third year
margins and Rs 5,200/- in the fourth year. Assume the
discount rate is 20%. The probability of retention of the
customer during these four years is 0.9, 0.8, 0.6 and 0.3
respectively. If the cost of provisioning the service is Rs 1000,
1200, 1300 and 1400 during these four years, calculate the
CLV.
Year Customer
Revenue
Retention
Cost
Net Cash
Flow
Discounted
Cash Flow
Probabili
ty of
retention
Expected
DCF
A B C D=(B-C) E F G=E X F
Computation of CLV
Process Of Brand Loyalty
Brand Awareness
Brand Familiarity
Brand Recognition
Brand Image Formation
Brand Conviction
Brand Selection
Brand Loyalty
Brand non-recognition
Brand Rejection
Loyal Customer Ladder
A customer reaches the status of loyal customer by passing
through a series of stages, which are as follows;
Customer By Loyalty
Customer By Influence
Customer By Repetition
Customer By Choice
Customer By Occasion
Customer By Chance
Strategies to prevent defection and recover
lapsed customer
Total Knowledge about Customer Behaviour; The
organization should have complete knowledge
about the behaviour patterns, migration patterns of
target customers.
Interactive Communication System; The system of
communication should be transparent, and interactive.
Special Promotion Campaign; Whenever the signals
of customer defection is noticed, it is essential to
formulate special promotions to attract the likely
defectors and potential customers.
Developing Barriers to Exit; The organization should carefully
evolve barriers to exit like
✔Emotional appeal
✔Lifetime utility
✔Social relationship
✔Concessional Price schemes
✔Innovative Approach
✔Reducing Risk
✔Holistic Approach
✔Commitment
Customer Win Back Approach; The organization should introduce
reward based programmes, rewarding employees who are actively
involved in customer win back programs.
Developing Bondage With Customers; The bondage should be
developed using professionalism as a tool, so that the customer is
linked to the organization in view of the professional expertise
and service that the organization will provide.
Improvement of value delivery system; Value Delivery System
consists of the entire process right from the time the customer has
expressed a need for the product, to the time the customer has
received the service.
Benchmarking Of Services; In an attempt to win back customers,
organization can benchmark its practices against the best practices
available in the industry.
Continuous Improvement; The organization should continuously
improve its status in terms of quality, trust, credibility, capability,
confidence, and communication.
Value Orientation Frame( Richard Whilseley,
Diana Hasson)
Low Need Of Info High
Low
High
Nee
d
for
rela
tion
ship
Relationship
Oriented
Partnership
Oriented
Transaction
Oriented
Information
Oriented
Transaction Oriented
The focus of the company is profit and not
long term relationships. This can be seen
in the case of convenience goods
Loyalty management
• It is a tool for rewarding customer
engagements leading to long term
relationships and improved profits.
• It is highly effective in preventing customer
churn in today’s competitive environment.
• Since we are in the information age, access
to information has resulted in customer’s
becoming more demanding and less loyal.
Contd.,
• The customer doesn’t think twice in shifting
to other brands resulting in a new breed of
customers called the “brand-swingers”
• These category of customers give
preference to only one aspect i.e., more
value.
Customer Loyalty
• The term is used to describe the
post-purchase behaviour of customers,
whether they go for repeat purchase of the
same brand/ service offered by an orgn over
a period of time.
• The objective is not only repurchase but a
positive word of mouth and a strong bond
between customer and product.
Fig:Graduation of customer organization
relationship
Customer
Prospect
Client
Support
Advocate
Partner
CLC
Customer
Profiling
Customer
Experiences &
Expectations
Fig: Ideology of
Loyalty Mgmt
Customers
Touch
Points
Customer
Database
Customer
Profiling
Selected
Customer
Segments
Integration with
CRM Solution
Loyalty
Program
Data
Capturing
Interactions
Data Analysis
Fig: Architecture Of Loyalty Management
Types Of loyalty Programs
• Appreciations:
• Rewards
• Partnership
• Rebate
• Affinity
Stages In CRM Implementation
How to juggle
the act?
INFRASTRUCTURAL
Provides common data,content&other infrastructural
services, Includes back office applications,
OPERATIONAL
Creates customer profile repository to be
shared across mktg.sales&service
functions
ANALTYTICAL
Cust data analyzed on the basis
of internal&external data
COLLABO
RATIVE
Stages Of CRM
• Operational
• Analytical
• Collaborative
Operational
It is the first stage of CRM . This stage is transaction
related. Here the customer interfaces with the company
through different media call centres, internets etc., The
customer gets the required information about the co.
and the co. gets the required information about the
customer.
CRM applications are in internationally outsourced call
centers and also in companies that have high number
of customer interaction, e.g., mobile services, banking,
etc.,
Operational(CONTD.)
Global companies like GE,
GM, Ford etc., have already
implemented CRM. In India
companies like BPCL,Asian
Paints,ICICI Bank have
implemented CRM and have
been able to increase their
revenue and profits with
high level of customer
satisfaction.
• Customer Service Management
• Managing Campaigns
• Enterprise Marketing Automation
• Sales Force Automation
• Sales Management system
Analytical CRM
It is a super set customer database with internal
& external data analyzed to create
segmentation, develop marketing programmes
and campaigns and measure tactics.For e.g.,
Sudarshan chemicals, a chemical supplier to
companies like Asian Paints, focuses on
analyzing customer data and sales information,
for providing customized products to Asian
Paints.
Collaborative CRM
It focuses on realizing the capabilities and
potential in the environment and along with the
customers implementing marketing programmes
and strategies.The main focus is on B2B
transaction. E.g., Maruti Udyog has a
collaborative CRM with its ancillary makers.
Marico industries has a functional collaboration
with Parachute and Saffola brands respectively
Components Of Operational
CRM
Sales Force Automation:
Customer Service and Support
Enterprise Marketing Automation
Sales Force Automation
SFA automates some of the companies critical sales
sales force management functions.For e.g., lead
account management, contact mgmt, quote mgmt.,
forecasting, sales administration, keeping track of
customer preferences, buying habits and
demographics as well as sales staff performance.
SFA tools are designed to improve field sales. Key
infrastructural requirements of SFA are mobile
synchronization and integrated product
configuration. Software available includes Leads360
e-automation, etc.,
Customer Service and
Support(CSS)
CSS automates some service request complaints,
product returns and information requests.
Traditional internet help desk and traditional
inbound call centers support for customer inquiries
are now evolved into customer interaction centers
using multiple channels like web, phone,fax, face
to face,etc., Key infrastructural requirements for
CSS includes computer telephone integration,
which provides high volume processing capability
and reliability.
Operational CRM (contd.)
•Integrated CRM software is also called front office
solutions because they deal directly with the
customer. Many call centers use CRM software to
store all their customer details. When the customer
calls all the information can be retrieved
•CRM solutions can also be used to allow customers
to perform their own service via a variety of
communication channels. For e.g. checking of bank
account using WAP phone
Enterprise Marketing Automation
EMA provides information about the business
environment including competitors industry
trends and macro environment variables. It is
the execution side of campaign and lead mgmt.
The intent of EMA application is to improve
marketing campaign efficiencies. Functions
include demographic analysis and variable
segmentation and predictive modeling occur on
the analytical side

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  • 1.
    Definitions Craig Conway,President andCEO,PeopleSoft Every time a customer approaches your business, they arrive with an expectation. It may be a service need,or a new product interest, but in every case they have an expectation that accompanies their interest in your business.What happens next will form a experience that will shape their behaviour. A good experience will increase their loyalty or it may accelerate their tendency to purchase. A bad experience may transfer their business to your competitor.The ability to recognize this process and to actively manage it becomes the basis for Customer Relationship Management.
  • 2.
    Scott Fletcher, Presidentand COO, Epipeline At its core, CRM is an enterprise-wide mindset, mantra,and set of business processes and policies that are designed to acquire,retain,and service customers.Broadly speaking,CRM includes the customer facing business processes of marketing, sales and customer service. CRM is not a technology. Technology is a CRM enabler.Innovative and proactive companies, adopt customer centric business processes and leveraging technology these companies better serve their customers by providing better product and delivering personalized services.
  • 3.
    Brent Frei, President&CEO, Onyx Software It is a comprehensive set of processes and technologies for managing the relationship with potential and current customers and business partners across marketing, sales and service regardless of the communication channel. The goal of service is to optimize customer and partner satisfaction, revenue and business efficiency by building the strongest possible relationship at an organizational level. Successful CRM requires a holistic approach to every relationship with the entire organization sharing and contributing to that view.
  • 4.
    Ronni T Marshak,Senior vice president, Patricia Seybold Group Establishing and managing customer relationships is first and foremost a strategic endeavour, not a technology category, Just as a company establishes goals, strategies and plans and objectives, it has to determine how customer relationships will be better served at each level. Technology fits only at the tactical level. Every company’s game plan constitutes the G-SPOT
  • 5.
    Goals Strategies PlansObjectives Tactics Profitability Establish long-term customer relationships Invest in CRM Technologies Achieve 60% Customer retention Implement 24/7 call center CRM CRM CR M CR M The CRM G-SPOT
  • 6.
    Definition • Customer RelationshipManagement is a business strategy to select and manage customers to optimize long-term value.CRM requires a customer-centric business philosophy and culture to support effective marketing,sales and service processes.CRM applications can enable effective Customer Relationship Management, provided that enterprise has the right leadership, strategy and culture.
  • 7.
    Business Intelligence vs.CRM • Display customers who visit one of the video store of XYZ co. • Display a list of customers who have lodged a complaint for the past 30 days. • Once a month for the next six months send direct mails solicitation to customers who are most likely to rent the next months feature. • Contact all high value customers who have lodged a complaint.
  • 8.
    BI/ CRM (contd) •Analyze the top five most popular office supplies and compare approved vendors’ prices to prices of other potential suppliers. • Identify the top five purchased office supplies and trial run an automated Web Request For Quote System for limited quantities to check price improvement.
  • 9.
    Strategies for BuildingRelationships People People includes both the internal customers as well as external customers. Commitment to any programme can only be garnered through acceptance of the inherent merits.CRM as a philosophy should be accepted by all the employees. Second group of people that is the external customers should also be made aware of the company’s commitment to their welfare through integrated marketing.
  • 10.
    Processes It involves alogical sequence of activity, right from the need identification of potential customers to need fulfillment. Need fulfillment includes the correct translation of customers desires into tangible benefits, experiences, etc. All these activities require synchronized processes and zero communication gaps. Efficient processes bridge the gap between expectation and performance
  • 11.
    Product As a productis available in the market, it has to be upgraded continuously to match the changing needs of the customers. Companies should not over promise and under deliver,as customers become disenchanted with the company. Many companies loose out on their customers because they fail to live up to expectations created by themselves.
  • 12.
    Organization Organizations should beactive entities and should be highly proactive to changes in the environment. The responsive and learning nature of the organization must build confidence in the minds of the customers. The organization of the organization should also be fault-free, so that slips between the cups and lips are minimal.
  • 13.
    Concentration On Competitors Isolatedcompanies are standalone entities, and have an ostrich tendency. An organization must focus constant attention on the competitors’ performance, their strategies and style of operation and compare it with their own performance. The organization should be in a position to ascertain the actions of the competitors, and should have a backup strategy to counter the offensive.
  • 14.
    Customer analysis Customers heremeans present customers and potential customers. Analysis should encompass the current consumption pattern of these customers, their behaviour,etc. This would indicate why a customer behaves in a particular way, what would be the retention tactics, loyalty parameters etc.,
  • 15.
    Cost analysis Focus ofthe organization should be on the cost of production, cost of providing the service, avenues of cost reduction, etc., The whole objective of the organization should be to deliver value for the money taken from the competitors. Even if the company is charging extra than the competitors, the customers should be aware of the extra benefits that they are getting for the extra money given.
  • 16.
    Environmental Analysis The wholeenvironment will give an idea about the change in social, cultural,political and technological scenario. Accordingly the needs ands preference of the customers will change. Customers up to a certain point of time would concentrate on life maintenance needs and then to life changing need sand then to life enhancing needs.
  • 17.
  • 18.
    Customer Acquisition Considerations 1 FocusedApproach: Companies have to understand their target markets and also their psychographics. ▪Knowers: This set of people just know about the product without any specific attitude towards the product ▪Preferrers: People who know about the product and have specific preferences also. ▪Indifferent: ▪Rejecters: These people mentally reject the organizations offerings and are far away from the acquisition process.
  • 19.
    2 Providing awin-win situation: Offerings should be so designed as to be advantageous for both the parties. Customer acquisition is facilitated in such a scenario as customers believe that they are getting value for money. 3 Attempt to minimize FUD(Fear Uncertainty Doubts) The organization must effectively plan to minimize FUD that might occur in the mindsets of the customers, during the course of acquisition. 4 Projection Of Benefits and not Products:
  • 20.
    Process Of Acquisition Itinvolves the following stages •Enquiry: The prospective buyer undertakes a detailed enquiry with regard to different aspects pertaining to the organization, product, nature of transaction, etc., •Interaction: After storing the information, the prospect interacts with the organization and obtains additional information, and clarifies already gathered information •Exchange:The terms of exchange, mode of delivery and other things related to exchange are sorted here. •Co-ordination: Co-ordination means the discussions are converted into order, through synch-marketing. •Adoption: The acquisition process is complete with adoption of the product or service by the prospect, who becomes a customer.
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    Influences On Acquisition •TypeOf Buying: There are two different types of buying-rational and emotional. The former is a systematic and logical while the latter is based solely on impulse. In rational buying customer would logically graduate from one stage to the other while in emotional it may not be the case. •Type Of Product: Different categories of consumer products and industrial products will have different acquisition behaviour. •Type Of Customers: If the customer is an individual his/her behaviour will be different from an organization. Also affecting the acquisition will be the fact whether the acquisition is for first time or not.
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    Influences On Acquisition •Economic Environment:The operations of the competing forces, supply and demand conditions, purchasing power etc.,will affect the process. • Contextual Operations:The context of operation refers to the prospect’s previous experience, urgency, specific benefit expected etc.,
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    Routes to CIM Online Routes •Interactive website •E-mails •Web Communities •ChatRooms Offline routes •Telephones •Fax •Face to Face Interaction •Mails, etc. Outsourcing
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    Customer Retention isthe process of keeping customers in the customer inventory for an unending period by meeting the needs and exceeding the expectations of those customers. It is the approach of converting a casual customer into a committed loyal customer. In today’s competitive environment, the focus of the company is more on customer retention than on customer acquisition. What is Customer Retention?
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    Why is Customerretention preferred? • Customer by chance • Customer by occasion • Customer by choice • Customer by repetition • Customer by loyalty
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    Contd. Conversion of atransactional relationship to a relationship tied up with emotion and commitment will help the organization in the following ways • An asset • An ambassador • An experience shaper • A knowledge provider • A resource provider • A partner • A spokesperson
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    Acquisition/Retention • Focus ison acquiring relationship • Demographic, psycho graphic profile of the customers are important. • Customer is driven by offer and incentives. • Focus is on nurturing relationship • In addition past and present transactional profiles become important. • In addition type and extent of relationship maintained is focused on.
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    Sequences In TheRetention Process • Exploring: customers are explored on the basis of parameters like value given to the company in terms of frequency of purchase, profit margin, etc., • Evaluating: Detailed analysis of explored customers is done. Purchase history is an important parameter. • Establishing Strategies: Appropriate strategies are formulated according to the customer type. • Examining Feedback: Result of implemented strategies are monitored periodically.
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    Customer Attrition Attrition isthe process of gradually weaving down.This is the stage where the customer begins to question his continued patronage with the product or service, or the provider of the goods or service. Attrition if not arrested leads to defection.Attrition signals must be carefully monitored.
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    Attrition Signals • Increasein the number of complaints. • Decrease in the frequency of contacts. • Decrease in personal visits. • Decrease in enquiries • Decrease in the volume of business. • Increase in the perceptual differences between customers and organization on various issues. • Decrease in the number of active buyers.
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    Customer Lifecycle Marketing Attention Capturing Selling& Value Creation Maintaing & Sustaining Reach Acquisition Conversion Retention Mass Mktg Strategies Segment Based Strategies Loyalty Programmes CLC Phases Marketing Strategies Objectives of mktg Strategies
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    Relationship Through Loyalty UnderstandingBrand: Brand plays a key role towards attracting and retaining sustainable relationship with customers.Brand represents the combination of tangible and intangible attributes of a customer looking for satisfying his core as well as augmented needs.Brand is an identification that reveals what attributes are embodied in it. These are the attributes with which the customer will identify himself with.
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    Process Of BrandChoice:The process will take the following sequence. Total Brands Awareness Brands Considered Brands Choice Brands Decided Brands
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    Customer Loyalty andThe Types:Customer loyalty may fall into several type that includes •Loyalty towards brands •Loyalty towards stores •Loyalty towards organization •Loyalty towards sales persons and •Loyalty towards any other related aspect in the process of sales and consumption.
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    Customer Lifetime Value •It is also written as CLTV or LTV and is defined as the present value of all net payments during the complete life of the customer with the organization. • Customer relationships are considered to be investments and acquiring a customer is like acquiring a new asset, which will generate future revenue.
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    Contd., • Therefore toevaluate CLV all the future revenues and costs need to be assessed. • CLV is the present value of all future purchases by the customer minus the costs to be incurred by the company. • It is calculated by assessing all future purchases and then discounting these figures to bring to the present value.
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    Application of CLV •Allocation of Resources: allocating resources to a particular customer or segment of customer, the organization can be in a better position to target the customer, which will be profitable in the long run. • Customer selection: If the expected cash flows from the relationship with the customer have a present value of 1000 INR, then the company should not spend more than INR 1000 to acquire the customer.
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    Contd., • Segmentation: customerprofiling based on CLV can help in categorizing and offering different marketing and service initiatives. E.g., different facilities for HNI customers. • Customer Equity: It is the total of the discounted cash flows in future from customers and future customers within a certain planning period. CE= ∑CLV
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    Contd., • Merger andAcquisition: strategic decisions based on the CLV can be far more accurate as it represents the future scenario. • Marketing Campaigns: it would focus the marketing campaigns, as it would address questions like Which customer acquisition campaign deserves more or less money? How much should the company spend to acquire or retain a customer? Etc
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    Calculating CLV • Ex1the cost of acquisition of a customer is Rs 2500 and it cost Rs 500 per year to retain that customer. The revenue from the customer is Rs 100 in the first yr, Rs 1500 in 2nd and thereafter it is Rs 200 every year. If the discount rate is 15% compute lifetime value of a customer considering the life of the customer to be 5 yrs.
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    Year Customer Revenue (B) Retention Cost(C) NetCash Flow(B-C) Discounted Cash flow Computation of CLV
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    Case B A DTHservice provider tracks customers who use its service facility. The initial cost of provisioning the service is Rs 5000/- and revenue coming in is Rs 8,000/- in the first year, Rs 4500/- in the second year margins, Rs 5,000/- third year margins and Rs 5,200/- in the fourth year. Assume the discount rate is 20%. The probability of retention of the customer during these four years is 0.9, 0.8, 0.6 and 0.3 respectively. If the cost of provisioning the service is Rs 1000, 1200, 1300 and 1400 during these four years, calculate the CLV.
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    Year Customer Revenue Retention Cost Net Cash Flow Discounted CashFlow Probabili ty of retention Expected DCF A B C D=(B-C) E F G=E X F Computation of CLV
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    Process Of BrandLoyalty Brand Awareness Brand Familiarity Brand Recognition Brand Image Formation Brand Conviction Brand Selection Brand Loyalty Brand non-recognition Brand Rejection
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    Loyal Customer Ladder Acustomer reaches the status of loyal customer by passing through a series of stages, which are as follows; Customer By Loyalty Customer By Influence Customer By Repetition Customer By Choice Customer By Occasion Customer By Chance
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    Strategies to preventdefection and recover lapsed customer Total Knowledge about Customer Behaviour; The organization should have complete knowledge about the behaviour patterns, migration patterns of target customers. Interactive Communication System; The system of communication should be transparent, and interactive. Special Promotion Campaign; Whenever the signals of customer defection is noticed, it is essential to formulate special promotions to attract the likely defectors and potential customers.
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    Developing Barriers toExit; The organization should carefully evolve barriers to exit like ✔Emotional appeal ✔Lifetime utility ✔Social relationship ✔Concessional Price schemes ✔Innovative Approach ✔Reducing Risk ✔Holistic Approach ✔Commitment
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    Customer Win BackApproach; The organization should introduce reward based programmes, rewarding employees who are actively involved in customer win back programs. Developing Bondage With Customers; The bondage should be developed using professionalism as a tool, so that the customer is linked to the organization in view of the professional expertise and service that the organization will provide. Improvement of value delivery system; Value Delivery System consists of the entire process right from the time the customer has expressed a need for the product, to the time the customer has received the service.
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    Benchmarking Of Services;In an attempt to win back customers, organization can benchmark its practices against the best practices available in the industry. Continuous Improvement; The organization should continuously improve its status in terms of quality, trust, credibility, capability, confidence, and communication.
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    Value Orientation Frame(Richard Whilseley, Diana Hasson) Low Need Of Info High Low High Nee d for rela tion ship Relationship Oriented Partnership Oriented Transaction Oriented Information Oriented
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    Transaction Oriented The focusof the company is profit and not long term relationships. This can be seen in the case of convenience goods
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    Loyalty management • Itis a tool for rewarding customer engagements leading to long term relationships and improved profits. • It is highly effective in preventing customer churn in today’s competitive environment. • Since we are in the information age, access to information has resulted in customer’s becoming more demanding and less loyal.
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    Contd., • The customerdoesn’t think twice in shifting to other brands resulting in a new breed of customers called the “brand-swingers” • These category of customers give preference to only one aspect i.e., more value.
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    Customer Loyalty • Theterm is used to describe the post-purchase behaviour of customers, whether they go for repeat purchase of the same brand/ service offered by an orgn over a period of time. • The objective is not only repurchase but a positive word of mouth and a strong bond between customer and product.
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    Fig:Graduation of customerorganization relationship Customer Prospect Client Support Advocate Partner
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    Types Of loyaltyPrograms • Appreciations: • Rewards • Partnership • Rebate • Affinity
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    Stages In CRMImplementation How to juggle the act?
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    INFRASTRUCTURAL Provides common data,content&otherinfrastructural services, Includes back office applications, OPERATIONAL Creates customer profile repository to be shared across mktg.sales&service functions ANALTYTICAL Cust data analyzed on the basis of internal&external data COLLABO RATIVE
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    Stages Of CRM •Operational • Analytical • Collaborative
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    Operational It is thefirst stage of CRM . This stage is transaction related. Here the customer interfaces with the company through different media call centres, internets etc., The customer gets the required information about the co. and the co. gets the required information about the customer. CRM applications are in internationally outsourced call centers and also in companies that have high number of customer interaction, e.g., mobile services, banking, etc.,
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    Operational(CONTD.) Global companies likeGE, GM, Ford etc., have already implemented CRM. In India companies like BPCL,Asian Paints,ICICI Bank have implemented CRM and have been able to increase their revenue and profits with high level of customer satisfaction.
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    • Customer ServiceManagement • Managing Campaigns • Enterprise Marketing Automation • Sales Force Automation • Sales Management system
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    Analytical CRM It isa super set customer database with internal & external data analyzed to create segmentation, develop marketing programmes and campaigns and measure tactics.For e.g., Sudarshan chemicals, a chemical supplier to companies like Asian Paints, focuses on analyzing customer data and sales information, for providing customized products to Asian Paints.
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    Collaborative CRM It focuseson realizing the capabilities and potential in the environment and along with the customers implementing marketing programmes and strategies.The main focus is on B2B transaction. E.g., Maruti Udyog has a collaborative CRM with its ancillary makers. Marico industries has a functional collaboration with Parachute and Saffola brands respectively
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    Components Of Operational CRM SalesForce Automation: Customer Service and Support Enterprise Marketing Automation
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    Sales Force Automation SFAautomates some of the companies critical sales sales force management functions.For e.g., lead account management, contact mgmt, quote mgmt., forecasting, sales administration, keeping track of customer preferences, buying habits and demographics as well as sales staff performance. SFA tools are designed to improve field sales. Key infrastructural requirements of SFA are mobile synchronization and integrated product configuration. Software available includes Leads360 e-automation, etc.,
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    Customer Service and Support(CSS) CSSautomates some service request complaints, product returns and information requests. Traditional internet help desk and traditional inbound call centers support for customer inquiries are now evolved into customer interaction centers using multiple channels like web, phone,fax, face to face,etc., Key infrastructural requirements for CSS includes computer telephone integration, which provides high volume processing capability and reliability.
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    Operational CRM (contd.) •IntegratedCRM software is also called front office solutions because they deal directly with the customer. Many call centers use CRM software to store all their customer details. When the customer calls all the information can be retrieved •CRM solutions can also be used to allow customers to perform their own service via a variety of communication channels. For e.g. checking of bank account using WAP phone
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    Enterprise Marketing Automation EMAprovides information about the business environment including competitors industry trends and macro environment variables. It is the execution side of campaign and lead mgmt. The intent of EMA application is to improve marketing campaign efficiencies. Functions include demographic analysis and variable segmentation and predictive modeling occur on the analytical side