Outline different methods of acquiring customers via electronic media Evaluate different buyer behaviour amongst online customers Describe techniques for retaining customers and cross-and up-selling using new media.
What is the balance between online and offline investment for customer acquisition? What technologies can be used to build and maintain the online relationship? How do we deliver superior service quality to build and maintain relationships?
summarizes product purchased, searching behaviors, feedback form about site and product
Lower cost
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mail or viewing web pages cost less than using physical mail Information need to be sent to those customers who have expressed a preference for it, resulting in fewer mail-out.
Permission marketing is about seeking the customers permission before engaging them in a relationship and providing some thing in exchange Customers agree to be involved in an organization’s marketing activities, usually as a result of an incentive Godin (1999) suggests that dating the customer involves: Offering the prospect an incentive Using the attention to teach Reinforce the incentive Offer additional incentive
A summary of an effective process of online relationship building
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Customer profiling
To engage a customer in an online relationship, the minimum information that need to be collected in an online form is an e-mail address Customer profile details each customers product interest, his role in the buying decision For the customer to give this information a company will have to offer an incentive, establish trust and credibility.
Variation in UK media consumption in hours (bars) compared to percentage media expenditure (squares)
Figure 9.5
Source: Compiled from EIAA (2005) and IAB (2005)
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Assessing marketing communication effectiveness
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Volume or number of visitors Quality or conversion rates to action Cost (cost per click) Cost (cost per action or acquisition) Return on investment Branding metrics Lifetime-value-based ROI
Measures used for setting campaign objectives or assessing campaign success increasing in sophistication from bottom to top
Figure 9.6
Figure 9.7
An example of effectiveness measures for an online ad campaign
Percentage who consider the different information sources as important when researching/considering a product or service
Figure 9.8
Source: BrandNewWorld: AOL UK/Anne Molen (Cranfield School of Management)/Henley Centre, 2004
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Online marketing communications
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Search-engine marketing (SEM)
Search-engine optimization
Frequency of occurrence in body copy Number of inbound links Title HTML tag Meta-tag
A customer-to-customer interaction delivered via e-mail groups, web-based discussion forums or chat Choices of developing community for B2C
Purpose
Position Interest
Activity segmentation of a site requiring registration
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Lifetime value modeling
Lifetime value analysis enables marketers:
Plan
and measure investment Identify and compare critical target segments Measure the effectiveness Establish the true value Make decisions about products and offers Make decisions about the value of e-CRM
Identify customer lifecycle groups Identify customer profile characteristics Identify behavior in response and purchase Identify multi-channel behavior Tone and style preference