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Relationship Marketing
Definition-
Marketing activities that are aimed at developing and managing trusting and long-
term relationships with largercustomers.
In relationship marketing, customer profile, buying patterns, and history
ofcontacts are maintained in a sales database, and an account executive is assigned to one or
more major customers to fulfill theirneeds and maintain the relationship.
Introduction
Relationship marketing is a strategy designed to foster customer loyalty, interaction and long-
term engagement. This customer relationship
management (CRM) approach focuses more on
customer retention than customer acquisition.
Relationship marketing is designed to develop
strong connections with customers by providing
them with information directly suited to their needs
and interests and by promoting open
communication. This approach often results in
increased word-of-mouth activity, repeat business
and a willingness on the customers part to provide
information to the organization.
Relationship marketing contrasts with transactional marketing, an approach that focuses on
increasing the number of individual sales. Most organizations combine elements of both
relationship and transaction marketing strategies.
Relationship marketing was first defined as a form of marketing developed from direct response
marketing campaigns which emphasizes customer retention and satisfaction, rather than a
dominant focus on sales transactions.
As a practice, relationship marketing differs from other forms of marketing in that it recognizes
the long term value of customer relationships and extends communication beyond intrusive
advertising and sales promotional messages.[
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With the growth of the internet and mobile platforms, relationship marketing has continued to
evolve and move forward as technology opens more collaborative and social communication
channels. This includes tools for managing relationships with customers that go beyond simple
demographic and customer service data. Relationship marketing extends to include inbound
marketing efforts, (a combination of search optimization and strategic content), PR, social media
and application development.
Development
Relationship marketing refers to a short-term arrangement where both the buyer and seller have
an interest in providing a more satisfying exchange. This approach tries to dis ambiguously
transcend the simple post purchase-exchange process with a customer to make more truthful and
richer contact by providing a more holistic, personalized purchase, and uses the experience to
create stronger ties.
According to Liam Alvey,[1] relationship marketing can be applied when there are competitive
product alternatives for customers to choose from; and when there is an ongoing and periodic
desire for the product or service.
Modern consumer marketing originated in the 1960s and 1970s as companies found it more
profitable to sell relatively low-value products to masses of customers. Over the decades,
attempts have been made to broaden the scope of marketing, relationship marketing being one of
these attempts. Arguably, customer value has been greatly enriched by these contributions.
The practice of relationship marketing has been facilitated by several generations of customerrelationship management software that allow tracking and analyzing of each customer's
preferences, activities, tastes, likes, dislikes, and complaints. For example, an automobile
manufacturer maintaining a database of when and how repeat customers buy their products, the
options they choose, the way they finance the purchase etc., is in a powerful position to develop
one-to-one marketing offers and product benefits.
In web applications, the consumer shopping profile can be built as the person shops on the
website. This information is then used to compute what can be his or her likely preferences in
other categories. These predicted offerings can then be shown to the customer through cross-sell,
email recommendation and other channels.
Relationship marketing has also migrated back into direct mail, allowing marketers to take
advantage of the technological capabilities of digital, toner-based printing presses to produce
unique, personalized pieces for each recipient through a technique called "variable data printing".
Marketers can personalize documents by any information contained in their databases, including
name, address, demographics, purchase history, and dozens (or even hundreds) of other
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variables. The result is a printed piece that (ideally) reflects the individual needs and preferences
of each recipient, increasing the relevance of the piece and increasing the response rate.
Scope
Relationship marketing has also been strongly influenced by reengineering. According to(process) reengineering theory, organizations should be structured according to complete tasks
and processes rather than functions. That is, cross-functional teams should be responsible for a
whole process, from beginning to end, rather than having the work go from one functional
department to another. Traditional marketing is said to use the functional (or 'silo') department
approach. The legacy of this can still be seen in the traditional four P's of the marketing mix.
Pricing, product management, promotion, and placement. According to Gordon (1999), the
marketing mix approach is too limited to provide a usable framework for assessing and
developing customer relationships in many industries and should be replaced by the relationship
marketing alternative model where the focus is on customers, relationships and interaction over
time, rather than markets and products.
In contrast, relationship marketing is cross-functional marketing. It is organized around
processes that involve all aspects of the organization. In fact, some commentators prefer to call
relationship marketing "relationship management" in recognition of the fact that it involves much
more than that which is normally included in marketing.
Martin Christopher, Adrian Payne, and David Ballantyne[2] at the Cranfield School of
Management claim that relationship marketing has the potential to forge a new synthesis
between quality management, customer service management, and marketing.
Satisfaction
Relationship marketing relies upon the communication and acquisition of consumer requirements
solely from existing customers in a mutually beneficial exchange usually involving permission
for contact by the customer through an "opt-in" system.[3] With particular relevance to customer
satisfaction the relative price and quality of goods and services produced or sold through a
company alongside customer service generally determine the amount of sales relative to that of
competing companies. Although groups targeted through relationship marketing may be large,
accuracy of communication and overall relevancy to the customer remains higher than that of
direct marketing, but has less potential for generating new leads than direct marketing and is
limited to Viral marketing for the acquisition of further customers.
Retention
A key principle of relationship marketing is the retention of customers through varying means
and practices to ensure repeated trade from preexisting customers by satisfying requirements
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above those of competing companies through a mutually beneficial relationship[3][4] This
technique is now used as a means of counterbalancing new customers and opportunities with
current and existing customers as a means of maximizing profit and counteracting the "leaky
bucket theory of business" in which new customers gained in older direct marketing oriented
businesses were at the expense of or coincided with the loss of older customers.[5][6] This
process of "churning" is less economically viable than retaining all or the majority of customers
using both direct and relationship management as lead generation via new customers requires
more investment.[7]
Many companies in competing markets will redirect or allocate large amounts of resources or
attention towards customer retention as in markets with increasing competition it may cost 5
times more to attract new customers than it would to retain current customers, as direct or
"offensive" marketing requires much more extensive resources to cause defection from
competitors.[7]However, it is suggested that because of the extensive classic marketing theories
center on means of attracting customers and creating transactions rather than maintaining them,
the majority usage of direct marketing used in the past is now gradually being used more
alongside relationship marketing as its importance becomes more recognizable.[7]
It is claimed by Reichheld and Sasser[8] that a 5% improvement in customer retention can cause
an increase in profitability of between 25 and 85 percent (in terms of net present value)
depending on the industry. However Carrol, P. and Reichheld, F.[9] dispute these calculations,
claiming they result from faulty cross-sectional analysis. Research by John Fleming and Jim
Asplund indicates that engaged customers generate 1.7 times more revenue than normal
customers, while having engaged employees and engaged customers returns a revenue gain of
3.4 times the norm.
According to Buchanan and Gilles,[10] the increased profitability associated with customer
retention efforts occurs because of several factors that occur once a relationship has been
established with a customer.
The cost of acquisition occurs only at the beginning of a relationship, so the longer the
relationship, the lower the amortized cost.
Account maintenance costs decline as a percentage of total costs (or as a percentage of
revenue).
Long-term customers tend to be less inclined to switch, and also tend to be less price
sensitive. This can result in stable unit sales volume and increases in dollar-sales volume.
Long-term customers may initiate free word of mouth promotions and referrals.
Long-term customers are more likely to purchase ancillary products and high margin
supplemental products.
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Customers that stay with you tend to be satisfied with the relationship and are less likely
to switch to competitors, making it difficult for competitors to enter the market or gain market
share.
Regular customers tend to be less expensive to service because they are familiar with the
process, require less "education", and are consistent in their order placement.
Increased customer retention and loyalty makes the employees' jobs easier and more
satisfying. In turn, happy employees feed back into better customer satisfaction in a virtuous
circle.
Relationship marketers speak of the "relationship ladder of customer loyalty". It groups types of
customers according to their level of loyalty. The ladder's first rung consists of "prospects", that
is, people that have not purchased yet but are likely to in the future. This is followed by the
successive rungs of "customer", "client", "supporter", "advocate", and "partner". The relationship
marketer's objective is to "help" customers get as high up the ladder as possible. This usuallyinvolves providing more personalized service and providing service quality that exceeds
expectations at each step.
Customer retention efforts involve considerations such as the following:
1. Customer valuation Gordon (1999) describes how to value customers and categorize
them according to their financial and strategic value so that companies can decide where to
invest for deeper relationships and which relationships need to be served differently or even
terminated.
2. Customer retention measurement Dawkins and Reichheld (1990) calculated acompany's "customer retention rate". This is simply the percentage of customers at the beginning
of the year that are still customers by the end of the year. In accordance with this statistic, an
increase in retention rate from 80% to 90% is associated with a doubling of the average life of a
customer relationship from 5 to 10 years. This ratio can be used to make comparisons between
products, between market segments, and over time.
3. Determine reasons for defection Look for the root causes, not mere symptoms. This
involves probing for details when talking to former customers. Other techniques include the
analysis of customers' complaints and competitive benchmarking (see competitor analysis).
4. Develop and implement a corrective plan This could involve actions to improve
employee practices, using benchmarking to determine best corrective practices, visible
endorsement of top management, adjustments to the company's reward and recognition systems,
and the use of "recovery teams" to eliminate the causes of defections.
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A technique to calculate the value to a firm of a sustained customer relationship has been
developed. This calculation is typically called customer lifecycle value.
Retention strategies may also include building barriers to customer switching. This can be done
by product bundling (combining several products or services into one "package" and offering
them at a single price), cross selling (selling related products to current customers), crosspromotions (giving discounts or other promotional incentives to purchasers of related products),
loyalty programs (giving incentives for frequent purchases), increasing switching costs (adding
termination costs, such as mortgage termination fees), and integrating computer systems of
multiple organizations (primarily in industrial marketing).
Many relationship marketers use a team-based approach. The rationale is that the more points of
contact between the organization and customer, the stronger will be the bond, and the more
secure the relationship.
Application
Relationship marketing and traditional (or transactional) marketing are not mutually exclusive
and there is no need for a conflict between them. A relationship oriented marketer still has
choices at the level of practice, according to the situation variables. Most firms blend the two
approaches to match their portfolio of products and services. Virtually all products have a service
component to them and this service component has been getting larger in recent decades.
Internal marketing
Relationship marketing also stresses what it calls internal marketing, or using a marketing
orientation within the organization itself. It is claimed that many of the relationship marketing
attributes like collaboration, loyalty and trust determine what "internal customers" say and do.
According to this theory, every employee, team, or department in the company is simultaneously
a supplier and a customer of services and products. An employee obtains a service at a point in
the value chain and then provides a service to another employee further along the value chain. If
internal marketing is effective, every employee will both provide and receive exceptional service
from and to other employees. It also helps employees understand the significance of their roles
and how their roles relate to others'. If implemented well, it can also encourage every employee
to see the process in terms of the customer's perception of value added, and the organization's
strategic mission. Further it is claimed that an effective internal marketing program is a
prerequisite for effective external marketing efforts. (George, W. 1990)
The six markets model
Christopher, Payne and Ballantyne (1991) from Cranfield University goes further. They identify
six markets which they claim are central to relationship marketing. They are: internal markets,
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supplier markets, recruitment markets, referral markets, influence markets, and customer
markets.
Referral marketing is developing and implementing a marketing plan to stimulate referrals.
Although it may take months before you see the effect of referral marketing, this is often the
most effective part of an overall marketing plan and the best use of resources.
Marketing to suppliers is aimed at ensuring a long-term conflict-free relationship in which all
parties understand each other's needs and exceed each other's expectations. Such a strategy can
reduce costs and improve quality.
Influence markets involve a wide range of sub-markets including: government regulators,
standards bodies, lobbyists, stockholders, bankers, venture capitalists, financial analysts,
stockbrokers, consumer associations, environmental associations, and labor associations. These
activities are typically carried out by the public relations department, but relationship marketers
feel that marketing to all six markets is the responsibility of everyone in the organization. Eachmarket may require its own explicit strategies and a separate marketing mix for each.
Three Phases of Relationship Marketing
A successful business puts great effort into developing a relationship with its customers. People
support businesses they know, like and trust. Relationship marketing puts an emphasis on
attracting and retaining customers by meeting their needs. Mastering relationship marketing can
result in customer retention, word-of-mouth referrals, business growth and profitability. There
are three main phases to relationship marketing.
Visibility
Creating consistent visibility with your target market and key partners creates brand awareness.
This comes from creating effective content and engaging promotion strategies that attract your
target market. A relationship is built by getting to know each other. Showcase what your
business has to offer and learn more about your customer; by doing so you create a rapport with
each other. This can be accomplished through social media, blog posts, video or email
marketing, white papers and reports.
Credibility
Credibility comes from building trust with your target market. Your potential customers' trust
determines if they will support and refer your business. Are you who you say you are? Can your
customer trust your product or service? Are your solutions and strategies adding value to their
lives? Be creative, consistent and genuine in your efforts to show you care about their
challenges. Integrity in your business has a direct reflection on the quality and reliability of your
organization.
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Profitability
The profitability of your business is a measure ofthe value you provide. If you arent profitable,
then determine how you can create more value for your customer. That is determined by
researching and engaging with your customer; ask them what works and what does not. You may
learn that your customer does not feel valued or heard. Learn more about what they want, and
create experiences, products and services that give them the results they desire.
Repeat
Continue to create consistent visibility, honest credibility and profitability, by engaging and
improving how you connect with your customers. Retaining business relationships with previous
customers opens the door to referrals. This means you can consistently attract new business and
maintain old business. Retaining customers allows your business to be innovative in creating
new products and services that add value to your target market. Relationship marketing should
never have an ending and should continue to evolve throughout every aspect of the customersexperience.
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Introduction
Establishing and maintaining good relationships with customers provided few problems in the
past when businesses were small and customers were identifiable by sight rather than by an IDnumber or code. The Manager of the small business knew each of his customers, understoodtheir value to him in terms of how much they spent and how often, remembered theiridiosyncrasies and their preferences. Customer relationship management was a term unknownbut a practice adhered to if business was to be successful.
Today, the sheer size of businesses and organizations and the wide range of customers meansthat good customer relationships must be explicitly managed if they are to be successful. Thus,the concept of Customer Relationship Management or CRM has arisen. Customer RelationshipManagement may be defined as:
Soutiman Das Gupta (2005)
One way that large businesses can have at hand the necessary customer information needed tomaintain good customer relationships is through the use of technology. There are, indeed,many sophisticated CRM systems that attempt to manage customer data and even thecustomer experience.
CRM technology enables
information about the customer to be stored in databases
businesses to analyse that data, pull out customer preferences and make clear theirbehaviour
easy access to that data across departments that may be widely geographicallydispersed
easy access for customers in terms of online transactions
speedy personalized communications that enable the customer to feel valued and
special even though in reality they may be just one of hundreds of thousands ofcustomers
Definitions of CRM
CRM is a business and marketing strategy that integrates technology,process and all business activities around the customer.
...a management strategy that enables an organisation to becomecustomer-focussed and develop stronger relationships with its clientele. Ithelps piece together information about customers, sales, marketingeffectiveness, responsiveness and market trends.
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Feinberg & Kadam (2002)
There are, however, multiple definitions of CRM and the actual definition may vary according tothe particular department or industry defining the concept.
On the next few pages we will look at CRM in HEIs and FECs. It may be that for educationalinstitutions it feels more appropriate to use the term Partner Relationship Management. The
cultural difference between the corporate world and the education sector may call for a differentapproach. This point is highlighted by the Corporate Projects Manager from one HEI:
Whilst we must ensure that we first and foremost we have a financiallysustainable institution there are loads of relationships we foster becausewe measure benefits in many other ways which have more to do with our
place in society our mission and our shared values. The problem at themoment is the language is very corporate and the general impression isleft that what CRM is about is putting a very large vacuum hose into aclients pockets and sucking until there is nothing left but fluff. We need tobe on the look out to develop our own CRM language in the sector. I thinkthe concept of mutuality between the HEI's and Constituents is important.
Using a definition that suits your organization is important. However, whatever definition youdecide upon, it is useful to keep the following quote in mind.
Keep the technological aspects of CRM in perspective as the means, notthe end. Think successful corner shop as an underlying principle. There,a working memory of customers, supported by two-way dialogues, iswhat enabled effective customer relationship management.
The compo nents of CRMLets look now at the components of a CRM system and how it might work in practice. Below isan example of a CRM implementation in a Local Authority (National Project Guide, 2004)
The diagram below shows how the implementation of CRM enables customers to be connectedto front and back office and possible third parties.
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The central component of a CRM solution is generally the creation of asingle shared customer database allowing information to be collectedonce but used many times. The sharing of this customer data across theauthority, in conjunction with the functional tools provided by a CRMsolution, allows the authority to make gains in both efficiency and
effectiveness.National Project Guide (2004)
A unified view of the customer
The advantages of a unified view of the customer, compared with the more traditional approachare also illustrated in the following diagram from Rodgers and Howlett (2000).
Traditional structure
Characteristics:
Silo of information
Different views of customer, even in front office
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Limited communication among departments
No transparency through supply chainain
Unified view of the customer
Characteristics:
Departments linked around same data can be tied to marketing campaigns
Visibility across enterprise
Better customer service
More effective front- and back-office operations
A case-study is available describing how CRM has been used successfully within an HEIto provide a unified view of thestudent through the integration of student records,finance and personnel systems.
CRM and other industries
Although the cultures and working practices of other organizations may be quite different fromthose of HEIs and FECs, it can still be useful to look at how they have implemented CRM andthe benefits they have obtained. The examples that follow are taken from the banking, airline,hotel and amusement park industries.
The Banking Industry
Banks are a long way along the CRM route, recognizing the need to target customers effectivelyand to identify the value of particular customers and the investment needed to gain their loyalty.
They use technology
to collate accurate, up-to-date information on customers to target products and services to coincide with the life-stages of customers.
to provide greater customer access to products and services (24-hour banking)They need effective processes:
to ensure transactions are safe
to reassure customers that their transactions are safe
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to consolidate multiple records for individual customers
to alleviate distress when errors do occur eg the AIB banking group assigns to groups ofcustomers designated Relationship Managers to deal with grievances and to provide amore personalized service
Case study: CRM usage in the banking industryThe Airline Industry
The airline industry is extremely competitive and while safety record, image, price and flightconvenience are undoubtedly influences on passenger behaviour, it is service that is the realdifferentiator (Enterprise Information, 2005).
The airline industry uses technology
to allow customers to find out travel information such as flight availability and cost offlight.
To allow customers to book flights online
To allow customers to check-in online at any time and from anywhere.
To collect information about individual customers preferences and buying behavior
To identify profitable customers
To build loyalty by rewarding profitable customers
To increase sales
The processes that allow the airlines to implement all of this are only apparent to the customerwhen technology fails! The people element may become apparent when the technology andthe processes fail! So, for example, when Terminal 5 failed, blame was placed on
Technical errors (technology)
Mechanical failures (technology)
Lack of system testing (processes)
Poor communication(processes)
Complacency (people)
Refusal to listen (people)
Lack of training (process)
Inadequate contingency plans (process)
Case study: CRM usage in the airline industryThe Hotel Industry
Customer service has always been a high priority for the hotel industry.
The hotel industry uses technology
Develop sophisticated websites that allow potential customers to view their facilities
To enable online booking
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To collect information about individual customers preferences
To use the data they have collected to offer loyalty packages to profitable customers.
Processes have to be in place to ensure that all staff from manager to receptionist, from kitchenstaff to cleaner all have the necessary training and information to provide a seamless,consistent and individualized service to their customers.The people element becomes apparent when individual members of staff fail to showcommitment to the processes designed.Commitment can be encouraged by other processes that enable staff to feel valued andrewarded.
This is less easy to overcome, however, when there is a conflict of interest, as can occurbetween franchiser, management company and owner of hotel.
Case study: CRM usage in the hotel industry
The Amusement Park Industry
Even Mickey Mouse uses CRM!
Case study: CRM usage in the amusement park industryKey points to remember about CRM
Good Customer Relationship Management involves people, processes andtechnology
The IT infrastructure integrates disparate customer data and enables a betterunderstanding of customers
Efficient processes are essential if the data is to be used effectively
Well-trained and committed staff ensure the smooth running of the system
Partner Relationship Management may feel a more appropriate term to use thanCRM. Choose a definition that suits your particular institution
Be aware of cultural constraints
Learn from others who have travelled further down the road of CRM
Now that you are familiar with the concept of CRM we shall look at it in more detail inthecontext of Higher and Further Education.
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