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Introduction to e-CRM
E-CRM (Electronic Customer
Relationship Management)
Objectives
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
Core reference Chaffey
www.booksites.net/chaffey
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Issues for managers
• 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?
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E-CRM – a definition
E-CRM is:
• Applying…
Internet and other digital technology…
(web, e-mail, wireless, iTV, databases)
• to…
acquire and retain customers
(through a multi-channel buying process
and customer lifecycle)
• by…
improving customer knowledge, targeting,
service delivery and satisfaction
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Marketing applications of CRM
A CRM system supports the following marketing applications:
1. Sales force automation (SFA). Sales representatives are supported in
their account management through tools to arrange and record customer
visits.
2. Customer service management. Representatives in contact centres
respond to customer requests for information by using an intranet to
access databases containing information on the customer, products and
previous queries.
3. Managing the sales process. This can be achieved through e-commerce
sites, or in a B2B context by supporting sales representatives by recording
the sales process (SFA).
4. Campaign management. Managing ad, direct mail, e-mail and other
campaigns.
5. Analysis. Through technologies such as data warehouses and approaches
such as data mining, which are explained further later in the chapter,
customers characteristics, their purchase behaviour and campaigns can be
analysed in order to optimize the marketing mix.
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Three phases of
customer relationship management
Three phases of customer relationship management
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A summary of an effective process
of online relationship building
A summary of an effective process of online relationship building
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From old media to new media
1. From push to pull.
2. From monologue to dialogue.
3. From one-to-many to one-to-some and
one-to-one.
4. From one-to-many to many-to-many
communications
5. From ‘lean-back’ to ‘lean-forward’.
6. Form of tools changes.
7. Increase in communications
intermediaries.
8. Integration remains important.
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Offline and online communications
techniques for e-commerce
Offline and online communications techniques for e-commerce
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the
tools with AIMRITE
• Audience: can the target audience be reached?
• Impact: can message get through the clutter?
• Message: is message communication effective?
• Response: is responding easy (direct/indirect)?
• Internal management: can the tools be
managed readily by agency or internally?
• The End Result: What are the response rates, costs and returns?
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AIMRITE – Online advertising
Positive features
Negative features
Audience
Impact
Message
Response
Information
management
End Results
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The relationship between banner
ads and destination sites
The relationship between online ads and destination sites
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Skyscraper to microsite example
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Standard landing page
http://www.norwichunion.com/products/
insurance/travel/single_annual_travel.htm
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Online ads - effectiveness
• Instruct, not hope
• Evolve, not cycle
• Flash, not GIF
(Rich media)
• Use large ad formats
www.lemonad.com
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Brand the first frame
Brand top of skyscrapers
Ditch ‘Click here!’
High contrast
Use < 15 ad elements
Use large logos
Include a human face
www.avantmarketer.com
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AIMRITE – Search engine marketing
Positive features
Negative features
Audience
Impact
Message
Response
Information
management
End Results
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Search engine marketing
Premium Sponsorships (Position:CPM)
Adwords select(PPC)
Position: CPC and CTR
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1 Search engine registration
• What is it?
‘Timely submission of domain names, especially campaign-specific
names to key search engines’.
• The issues:
1. Representation. Are you registered on the main search
engines? Do you check continuously?
2. Time to register. Plan ahead and make use of paid inclusion
services to ensure that campaign-specific URLs can be found when
your campaign goes live.
3. New search engines. Search engines change in popularity – are
you listed with the latest ones?
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2 Search engine optimization (SEO)
• What is it?
‘Improving your competitive position in the search engine results
listings’.
• The issues:
1. It’s not just meta-tags. Ignored by most search engines –
keyword frequency in body copy, <title> tags, headings and links
are much more important.
2. Doorway pages. Creating special pages optimised for different
product-related keywords and search engines is a key technique
for high listings.
3. It’s a continuous process. Search engine algorithms,
popularity and competitor activity all change, so to stay
competitive, SEO demands continuous attention (Use an agency).
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Search engine indexing
Stages involved in creating a search engine listing
(Chaffey et al., Internet Marketing)
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3 Search engine advertising (PPC)
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What is it?
‘Keyword-based, paid for placements or sponsored links to increase your
prominence (Position based on bid)’.
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The issues:
1. SEO is not enough. Increasingly, SEO alone does not give sufficient
visibility in many search engines. Paid placements are necessary to ensure
visibility.
2. Is your PPC effective? As with any campaign, there are more and less
effective approaches. Case study shows that by rationalising PPC, sales per
day were doubled, while the cost per click was halved.
3. It’s a continuous process. Competitor activity varies, so automated bid
management tools need to be used to optimise the bids, with frequent
reviews of strategy effectiveness
(www.gotoast.com, www.bidbuddy.co.uk).
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Overture / Freeserve ad options
Bid: £1.50
Bid: £1.32
Bid: £1.31
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AIMRITE – Affiliates and links
Positive features
Negative features
Audience
Impact
Message
Response
Information
management
End Results
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Link building
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Affects ‘Page Rank’ or link popularity in Google
– Type primary keywords into Google
– Use “link:site name” or Optilink to find referrers
– Beat them: in number AND reputation (referring text)
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A structured link-building programme will reap benefits both in
terms of visitors and enhanced Google listings.
Reciprocal links are free, but are mainly practical for
intermediaries.
Online PR is another form of link building. Is this neglected?
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Affiliates
• What are they?
‘A commission based arrangement where referring sites
(publishers) receive a commission on sales by merchants’.
• ‘Affiliate networks’ such as Trade Doubler have over 400,000
companies across Europe. Used for financial services and travel
as well as retailers. MFI derives 8% of its online revenue from
affiliates
• Affiliates help expand reach through niche sites
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AIMRITE – E-mail marketing
Positive features
Negative features
Audience
Impact
Message
Response
Information
management
End Results
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Why e-mail marketing?
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Higher response rates
Shorter campaign creation
Faster response
Shorter overall cycle time
Lower costs
More precise targeting
Multiple messages to convert
More detailed testing and measurement
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OHT 9.30
Example
– rented
listlist
Examplee-mail
e-mail
– rented
© Marketing Insights Limited 2004
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Example e-mail house list
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Example e-mail multi-message campaign
Example of a campaign structure for an e-mail campaign.
From Chaffey et al. Internet Marketing.
Supplied by UK-based e-mail marketing specialists Harvest Digital
(www.harvestdigital.com)
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Reasons why businesses do not
buy supplies online
Reasons why businesses do not buy supplies online
Source: DTI (2002)
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The simple buying process
The simple buying process
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Online behaviours
• Directed information seekers. Will be looking for product, market or
leisure information such as details of their football club’s fixtures. This
type of user tends to be experienced in using the web and they are
proficient in using search engines and directories.
• Undirected information seekers. These are the users usually
referred to as surfers, who like to browse and change sites by
following hyperlinks. This group tends to be novice users (but not
exclusively so) and they may be more likely to click on banner
advertisements.
• Directed buyers. These buyers are online to purchase specific
products. For such users, brokers or cybermediaries who compare
product features and prices will be important locations to visit.
• Bargain hunters. These users want to use the find offers available
from sales promotions such as free samples or prizes.
• Entertainment seekers. Users looking to interact with the web for
enjoyment through entering contests such as quizzes.
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Responses to question:
‘How did you find the product website you
used to research a purchase?’
Responses to question: ‘How did you find the product website you used
research a purchase?’
Source: DoubleClick (2003b)
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RS Components web site
(www.rswww.com)
RS Components web site (www.rswww.com)
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Personalisation on Silicon.com
(www.silicon.com) for an IT manager audience
Personalization on Silicon.com (www.silicon.com) for an IT manager audience
Used with permission from CNET Networks UK Ltd. © 2001,
all rights reserved
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Permission marketing
• Interruption marketing
– To promote we must compete with many marketing
messages and cut into what the customer is currently
doing.
• Permission marketing
– Give customers the option to receive information if
they feel it will be of value to them.
Opt-in
Incentivise
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Opt-out
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What exactly is permission marketing?
Seth Godin: www.permission.com
B2B Example: www.microstrategy.com
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Opt-in
Based on initial incentive
Opt-out
Continue incentives through time to:
• Learn more about customer
• Tailor product offerings
• Sell more
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Permission marketing
vs SPAM
Reactions to permission marketing vs SPAM
Source: DTI (2000)
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IDIC
Source: Chaffey et al. (2003)
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Cisco site feedback options
(www.cisco.com)
Cisco site feedback options (www.cisco.com)
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Overview of the components of
CRM technologies
An overview of the components of CRM technologies
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Summary
– Outline different methods of acquiring
customers via electronic media
– Evaluate different buyer behaviour amongst
online customers (B2C, B2B)
– Describe techniques for retaining customers
and cross- and up-selling using new media
– Core reference Chaffey
www.booksites.net/chaffey
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