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Managing Customer Relationships and Building Loyalty

Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

Services Marketing 6/E

Chapter 12 - 1

Overview of Chapter 12
 The Search for Customer Loyalty  Understanding the Customer-Firm Relationship  The Wheel of Loyalty  Building a Foundation for Loyalty  Creating Loyalty Bonds  Strategies for Reducing Customers Defections  CRM: Customer Relationship Management

Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

Services Marketing 6/E

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The Search for Customer Loyalty

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Why Is Customer Loyalty Important to a Firms Profitability?


 Customers become more profitable the longer they remain with a firm:
Increase purchases and/or account balances
Customers/families purchase in greater quantities as they grow

Reduced operating costs


Fewer demands from suppliers and operating mistakes as customer becomes experienced

Referrals to other customers


Positive word-of-mouth saves firm from investing money in sales and advertising

Price premiums
Long-term customers willing to pay regular price Willing to pay higher price during peak periods
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How Much Profit a Customer Generates Over Time (Fig 12.1)


(Year 1=100)
350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0

Year 1
Credit card

Year 2
Industrial laundry

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5
Auto servicing

Industrial distribution

Source: Based on reanalysis of data from Fredrick R. Reichheld and W. Earl Sassar, Jr., Zero Defections: Quality Comes from Services, Harvard Business Review 68 (Sep.-Oct. 1990), pp. 105111. Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 12 - 5

Why Customers Are More Profitable Over Time (Fig 12.2)


Profit from price premium Profit from references Profit from reduced op. costs Profit from increased usage Base Profit/Loss Loss 1 2 3 4 Year 5 6 7

Source: Why Are Customers More Profitable Over Time from Fredrick R. Reichheld and W. Earl Sassar, Jr., Zero Defections: Quality Comes from Services, Harvard Business Review 73 (Sep.Oct. 1990): p. 108. Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 12 - 6

Assessing the Value of a Loyal Customer (1)


 Must not assume that loyal customers are always more profitable than those making one-time transactions
 Costs
Not all types of services incur heavy promotional expenditures to attract a new customer Walk-in traffic more important at times

 Revenue
Large customers may expect price discounts in return for loyalty Revenues dont necessarily increase with time for all types of customers

Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

Services Marketing 6/E

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Assessing the Value of a Loyal Customer (2)


 Profit impact of a customer varies according to stage of service in product life cycle
 For example referrals and negative word-of-mouth have a higher impact in early stages

 Tasks
 Determine costs and revenues for customers from different market segments at different points in their customer lifecycles  Predict future profitability

Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

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Measuring Customer Equity: Lifetime Value of Each Customer


 Acquisition revenues less costs
 Revenues (application fee + initial purchase)  Costs (marketing + credit check + account set up)

 Projected annual revenues and costs


 Revenues (annual fee + sales + service fees + value of referrals)  Costs (account management + cost of sales + write-offs)

 Value of referrals
 Percentage of customers influenced by other customers  Other marketing activities that drew the firm to an individuals attention

 Net Present Value


 Sum anticipated annual values (future profits)  Suitably discounted each year into the future
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Gap Between Actual and Potential Customer Value


  What is current purchasing behavior of customers in each target segment? What would be impact on sales and profits if they exhibited ideal behavior profile of:
 (1) buying all services offered by the firm,  (2) using these to the exclusion of any purchases from competitors,  (3) paying full price?

 

How long, on average, do customers remain with firm? What impact would it have if they remained customers for life?

Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

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Understanding the Customer-Firm Relationship

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Relationship Marketing (1)


 Transactional Marketing
 One transaction or a series of transactions does not necessarily constitute a relationship  Requires mutual recognition and knowledge between the parties

 Database Marketing:
 Includes market transaction and information exchange  Technology is used to
(1) identify and build database of current and potential customers (2) deliver differentiated messages based on customers characteristics (3) track each relationship to monitor cost of acquiring that customer and lifetime value of resulting purchases

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Relationship Marketing (2)


 Interaction Marketing:
 Face-to-face interaction between customers and suppliers representatives  Value is added by people and social processes  Increasing use of technologies make maintaining meaningful relationships with customers a marketing challenge
For example, self-service technology, interactive websites, call centers

 Network Marketing:
 Common in b2b context where companies commit resources to develop positions in network of relationships with stakeholders and relevant agencies

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Relationships with Customers (Fig 12.1)


Type of Relationship between the Service Organization and Its Customers Nature of Service Delivery Continuous Membership Relationship Cable TV Insurance policy College enrollment Discrete Transactions Subscriber phone Theater subscription Warranty repair No Formal Relationship Radio station Police Lighthouse Pay phone Movie theatre Public transport

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The Wheel of Loyalty

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The Wheel of Loyalty

(Fig 12.4)

3. Reduce Churn Drivers


Conduct churn diagnostic Address key churn drivers
Enabled through:  Frontline staff  Account managers  Membership programs  CRM Systems

1. Build a Foundation for Loyalty


Segment the market Be selective in acquisition Use effective tiering of service. Deliver quality service.

Implement complaint handling and service recovery Increase switching costs

Customer Loyalty

Build higher level bonds

2. Create Loyalty Bonds


Give loyalty rewards Deepen the relationship

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Building a Foundation for Loyalty

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Customer Needs and Company Capabilities


 Identify and target the right customers
 How do customer needs relate to operations elements?  How well can service personnel meet expectations of different types of customers?  Can company match or exceed competing services that are directed at same types of customers?

 Should result in a superior service offering in the eyes of those customers who value what firm has to offer

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Searching for ValueNot Just Volume


 Focus on number of customers served as well as value of each customer
 Heavy users who buy more frequently and in larger volumes are more profitable than occasional users  Avoid targeting customers who buy based on lowest price

Firms that are highly focused and selective in their acquisition of customers grow faster Right customers are not always high spenders
 Can come from a large group of people that no other supplier is serving well

Different segments offer different value

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Effective Tiering of Service The Customer Pyramid (Fig 12.5)


Good Relationship Customers Platinum Gold Iron Lead Poor Relationship Customers
Which segment costs us time, effort, and money, yet does not provide return we want? Which segment is difficult to do business with? Which segment sees high value in our offer, spends more with us over time, costs less to maintain, and spreads positive word-of-mouth?

Source: Valarie A Zeithaml, Roland T Rust, and Katharine N. Lemon, The Customer Pyramid: Creating and Serving Profitable Customers, California Management Review 43, no. 4, Summer 2001, pp.118142. Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 12 - 20

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The Customer Satisfaction Loyalty Relationship (Fig 12.7)


Apostle
100

Zone of Affection

Loyalty (Retention)

80

Zone of Indifference
60

Near Apostle

40

Zone of Defection

20

Terrorist 0
1 2 3 4 5

Very Dissatisfied Dissatisfied


Source: Adapted from Thomas O. Jones and W. Earl Sasser, Jr., Why Satisfied Customers Defect, Harvard Business Review, November-December 1995, p. 91. Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

Neither

Satisfied

Very Satisfied

Satisfaction
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Creating Loyalty Bonds

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Strategies for Developing Loyalty Bonds with Customers (1)


 Deepening the relationship
 undling/cross-selling services makes switching a major effort that customer is unwilling to undertake unless extremely dissatisfied with service provider  Customers benefit from consolidating their purchasing of various services from the same provider  See Research Insights 12.2: How do customers see relational benefits?
One-stop-shopping, potentially higher service levels, higher service tiers, etc.

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Strategies for Developing Loyalty Bonds with Customers (2)


 Reward-based Bonds
 Incentives that offer rewards based on frequency of purchase, value of purchase, or combination of both  Financial bonds
Discounts on purchases, loyalty program rewards (e.g., frequent flier miles), cash-back programs

 Non-financial rewards
Priority to loyalty program members for waitlists and queues in call centers: higher baggage allowances, priority upgrading, access to airport lounges for frequent flyers

 Intangible rewards
Special recognition and appreciation, tiered loyalty programs

 Reward-based loyalty programs are relatively easy to copy and rarely provide a sustained competitive advantage

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Strategies for Developing Loyalty Bonds with Customers (3)


 Social Bonds
 ased on personal relationships between providers and customers  Harder to build and imitate and thus, better chance of retention in the long term

 Customization Bonds
 Customized service for loyal customers
e.g., Starbucks

 Customers may find it hard to adjust to another service provider who cannot customize service
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Strategies for Developing Loyalty Bonds with Customers (4)


 Structural Bonds
 Mostly seen in b2b settings  Stimulate loyalty through structural relationships between provider and customer
Joint investments in projects and sharing of information, processes and equipment

 Can be seen in b2c environment too


AirlinesSMS check-in, SMS e-mail alerts for flight arrival and departure times

 Difficult for competition to draw customers away when they have integrated their way of doing things with existing supplier

Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

Services Marketing 6/E

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Creating Customer Bonds by Membership Relationships and Loyalty Programs (1)


 Transform discrete transactions into relationships
 Discrete transactions: Each usage involves payment to service supplier by an essentially "anonymous" consumer  Membership cards: Capture transactions, communicate customer preferences to frontline  Loyalty reward programs increasingly used by all businesses in response to competition
Frequent fliers programrewards dominated in miles

 Customers may get frustrated with reward programs


For example: Feel excluded from rewards program because of low balances, rewards seen as having little value, cumbersome redemption process

 Dont lose sight of broader goals of offering high service quality, nor allow service to other customers to deteriorate

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Create Customer Bonds by Membership Relationships and Loyalty Programs (2)


 How customers perceive reward programs
 rand loyalty versus deal loyalty  Buyers value rewards according to:
Cash value of redemption award Range of choice among rewards Aspirational value of rewards Amount of usage required to obtain award Psychological benefits of belonging to reward program

 Timing
Send customers periodic updates on account status and progress towards particular milestones

Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

Services Marketing 6/E

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Strategies for Reducing Customer Defections

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Analyze Customer Defections and Monitor Declining Accounts


 Understand reasons for customer switching  Churn diagnostics common in mobile phone industry
 Analysis of data warehouse information on churned and declining customers  Exit interviews:
Ask a short set of questions when customer cancels account; in-depth interviews of former customers by third party agency

 Churn Alert Systems:


Monitor activity in individual customer accounts to predict impending customer switching Proactive detention effortssend voucher, customer service representative calls customer

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What Drives Customers to Switch? (Fig 12.9)


Service Failure/Recovery
Core Service Failure
Service Mistakes Billing Errors Service Catastrophe

Value Proposition
Pricing
High Price Price Increases Unfair Pricing Deceptive Pricing

Service Encounter Failures


Uncaring Impolite Unresponsive Unknowledgeable

Service Switching

Inconvenience
Location/Hours Wait for Appointment Wait for Service

Response to Service Failure


Negative Response No Response Reluctant Response

Competition
Found Better Service

Others
Involuntary Switching
Customer Moved Provider Closed
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Ethical Problems
Unsafe Cheat Hard Sell Conflict of Interest
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Source: Adapted from Susan M. Keaveney, Customer Switching Behavior in Service Industries: An Exploratory Study, Journal of Marketing 59 (April 1995), pp. 7182.

Addressing Key Churn Drivers


 Delivery quality  Minimize inconvenience and nonmonetary costs  Fair and transparent pricing  Industry specific drivers
 Cellular phone industry: Handset replacement a common reason for subscribers discontinuing servicesoffer proactive handset replacement programs

 Reactive measures
 Save teams: Specially trained call center staff to deal with customers who want to cancel their accounts  Be careful about how save teams are rewarded

Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

Services Marketing 6/E

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Other Ways to Reduce Churn


 Implement effective complaint handling and service recovery procedures  Increase switching costs
 Natural switching costs
For example, changing primary bank accountmany related services tied to account

 Can be created by instituting contractual penalties for switching


Must be careful not to be perceived as holding customers hostage High switching barriers and poor service quality likely to generate negative attitudes and word of mouth

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CRM: Customer Relationship Management

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Integrated Framework for CRM Strategy (Fig 12.10)

Strategy Development Process

Value Creation Process

Multi-Channel Integration Process

Performance Assessment Process

Information Management Process

Source: Adapted from: Adrian Payne and Pennie Frow, A Strategic Framework for Customer Relationship Management, Journal of Marketing 69 (October 2005): pp.167176. Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz Services Marketing 6/E Chapter 12 - 35

Integrated Framework for CRM Strategy Development

 Strategy Development
 Assessment of business strategy  Business strategy guides development of customer strategy

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Integrated Framework for CRM Strategy: Value Creation

 Value Creation
 Translates business and customer strategies into specific value propositions for both customers and firm Customers benefit from priority, tiered services, loyalty rewards, and customization Company benefits from reduced customer acquisition and retention costs, and increased share-of-wallet  Dual creation of value: Customers need to participate in CRM to reap value from firms CRM initiatives

Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

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Integrated Framework for CRM Strategy: Multi-Channel Integration

 Multi-Channel Integration
 Serve customers well across many potential interfaces  Offer a unified interface that delivers customization and personalization

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Integrated Framework for CRM Strategy: Performance Assessment

 Performance Assessment
 Is CRM system creating value for key stakeholders?  Are marketing and service standard objectives being achieved?  Is CRM system meeting performance standards?

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Integrated Framework for CRM Strategy: Information Management

 Information Management
 Collect customer information from all channels  Integrate it with other relevant information  Make useful information available to the frontline  Create and manage data repository, IT systems, analytical tools, specific application packages

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Common Objectives Of CRM Systems (1)


(Service Perspectives 12.3)

 Data collection
 Customer data such as contact details, demographics, purchasing history, service preferences, and the like

 Data analysis
 Data captured is analyzed and categorized  Used to tier customer base and tailor service delivery accordingly.

 Sales force automation


 Sales leads, cross-sell, and up-sell opportunities can be effectively identified and processed  Entire sales cycle from lead generation to close of sales and aftersales service can be tracked and facilitated through CRM system

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Common Objectives Of CRM Systems (2)


(Service Perspectives 12.3)

 Marketing automation
 Mining of customer data enables the firm to target its market  Goal to achieve one-to-one marketing and cost savings, often in the context of loyalty and retention programs  Results in increasing the ROI on its marketing expenditure  CRM systems also enable the assessment of the effectiveness of marketing campaigns through the analysis of responses

 Call center automation


 Call center staff have customer information at their fingertips and can improve their service levels to all customers  Caller ID and account numbers allow call centers to identify the customer tier the caller belongs to, and to tailor the service accordingly
For example, platinum callers get priority in waiting loops
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Common Failures in CRM Implementation


 Service firms often equate installing CRM systems with having a customer relationship strategy  Challenge of getting it right with wide-ranging scope of CRM  Common reasons for failures
      Viewing CRM as a technology initiative Lack of customer focus Insufficient appreciation of customer lifetime value (CLV) Inadequate support from top management Failure to reengineer business processes Underestimating the challenges in date integration

Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

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Key Issues in Defining a Customer Relationship Strategy


   How should our value proposition change to increase customer loyalty? How much customization or one-to-one marketing and service delivery is appropriate and profitable? What is incremental profit potential of increasing share-ofwallet with current customers? How much does this vary by customer tier and/or segment? How much time and resources can we allocate to CRM right now? If we believe in customer relationship management, why havent we taken more steps in that direction in past? What can we do today to develop customer relationships without spending on technology?

  

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Summary of Chapter 12: Managing Customer Relationships and Building Loyalty (1)
 Customer loyalty as an important driver of profitability for service firms so firms need to
 Assess value of loyal customer  Narrow gap between actual and potential customer value

 To understand the customer-firm relationship, firms should establish a relationship with customers by creating membership relationships  Four types of marketing
    Transactional marketing Database marketing Interaction marketing Network marketing

Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

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Summary of Chapter 12: Managing Customer Relationships and Building Loyalty (2)
 Wheel of Loyalty shows how firms can:
 Build a foundation of loyalty  Create loyalty bonds  reduce churn drivers

 Building a foundation of loyalty involves:


 Good fit between customer needs and capabilities  Searching for value, not just volume  Tiering services effectively  Obtaining customer satisfaction through service quality

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Summary of Chapter 12: Managing Customer Relationships and Building Loyalty (3)
 Customer loyalty bonds include:
    Reward-based bonds Social bonds Customization bonds Structural bonds

 Bonds can also be created through membership relationships and loyalty programs  Strategies for reducing customer defections include:
 Analyzing customer defections and monitoring declining accounts  Addressing key churn drivers  Implementing effective complaint-handling and service recovery procedures  Increasing switching costs

Slide 2007 by Christopher Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz

Services Marketing 6/E

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Summary of Chapter 12: Managing Customer Relationships And Building Loyalty (4)
 Customer relationship management (CRM) is a whole process by which relations with customers are built and maintained.  An integrated CRM system includes
    Strategy development process Value creation process Multichannel integration process Performance assessment process

 Cresting a successful CRM program requires understanding common failures in CRM implementation and knowing how to get it right

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