Building Customer Relationships Chapter 7
Why are customer relationships Important to services marketing?
What is Relationship Marketing (RM)? Principles and standards that: Create stable links between exchange partners Create effective, cost-efficient measures to engage long-term customer commitment. Create stronger relations between a customer and the salesperson/organization.
Relationship Marketing Defined There are numerous suitable definitions for RM. For our purposes, we will define RM as: Creating, developing and sustaining exchanges of value between parties whereby exchange relationships evolve to provide continuous stable links.
Relationship Marketing,…..From 4Ps to 4Cs Price Cost to Customer Place Convenience Product Customers needs and wants Promotion Communication
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Discussion Question # 3, page 182
Simple return on Relationship Model Customer Satisfaction Customer Retention Service organization’s success
Two Viewpoints on Relationships Customer/buyer viewpoint Service provider/sellers viewpoint
Customer/buyer’s Viewpoint Benefits for engaging in relationships include: Reduces choice and search alternatives Initiates and builds trust Social bonds through communication
Service provider/ sellers Viewpoint Benefits include: “locking” up the customer/buyer (retention) Positive word of mouth Customer commitment Increase in purchase rates (may include secondary products)
Strategies for Building Relationships Core Service Provision: service foundations built upon delivery of excellent service: satisfaction, perceived service quality, perceived value Switching Barriers: customer inertia switching costs: set up costs, search costs, learning costs, contractual costs Relationship Bonds: financial bonds social bonds customization bonds structural bonds
Levels of Relationship Strategies Stable pricing Volume and frequency rewards Bundling and cross selling 1. Financial bonds Integrated information systems Continuous relationships Excellent service and value 4. Structural bonds 2. Social bonds Joint investments Personal relationships Shared processes and equipment 3. Customization Bonds Social bonds among customers Anticipation/ innovation Customer intimacy Mass customization
Discussion Question # 6, page 183