John Abram, Paul Hawkes

The Seven Myths of Customer Management (eBook, PDF)

How to be Customer-Driven Without Being Customer-Led

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this lively and readable book, the authors argue that in recent years far too much has been made of customer satisfaction, and that this has come at the expense of hard-edged consumerism. Whether or not "the customer is king," the first rule of business is to make money. Pragmatic and practical, the book destroys seven key myths about customer management that have gained almost folkloric status, and provides a step-by-step action plan for linking customer service with commercial goals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470858813
• Artikelnr.: 37299665

Autorenporträt

John Abram began his career selling industrial textiles to major customers in industries as diverse as mining, water treatment and pollution control. He was promoted to head the firm's business development functions in the UK, where he was responsible for introducing one of the earliest examples of automated customer management systems used in the UK. He was recruited by American Express in 1978 and appointed Marketing Manager, with responsibility for Cardmember recruitment and retention, as well as cross-sales of complementary products and services. In 1981, backed by a leading publishing firm, he started his own business promoting a range of products and services to entrepreneurs and business managers. In 1984, he bought out his original backers and took the business on to become a significant innovator in the promotion of investment products by phone and post, being the first in the country to sell personal pension plans direct to consumers. Paul Hawkes joined American Express Card Division in 1975 and subsequently became Marketing Manager for the merchant network in the UK and Ireland. In 1979, he moved to Time-Life Books and was promoted to become European Marketing Vice President, responsible for mail order and retail marketing and sales, new product development and co-publishing relationships across 14 countries within Europe and Africa. He was a director of the British Direct Marketing Association and a Council Member of both the Association of Mail Order Publishers and the Mail Order Publishers' Authority; and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is now a director of the Virtual Partnership Ltd. John and Paul co-founded Abram, Hawkes plc in January 1987, the UK's foremost consultancy specialising in marketing and customer management; or, more simply, advising and assisting organisations on how to grow revenues and build customer profitability. They sold the company at the beginning of 2000 to Valoris, a major European consulting firm.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. The seven myths of customer
management: Debunking some established wisdoms. The Dangers of Customer
Leadership. What's Actually Happening? Myth 1: Customer Retention is the
Key to Increased Profitability. Myth 2: Divesting Unprofitable Customers
Will Increase Profitability Overall. Myth 3: Customer Satisfaction Leads to
Customer Loyalty. Myth 4: Repeat Purchase is the Same as Customer Loyalty.
Myth 5: Organisations Should Develop Relationships with their Customers.
Myth 6: One-to-one Marketing is the Ultimate Goal. Myth 7: Technology is
the Primary Enabler of Customer Focus. A Different Approach. 2. Testing the
water: Understanding where you are today. Picking Up Customer Signals.
Business-to-Business Customers. What Research Does Not Tell You. New
Technology, New Danger. Substituting Benchmarking for Thought. Ten Ways to
Gain Real Customer Insight. 3. Look before you leap: Developing a customer
focused strategy. What is customer-focused strategy? Strategy in Context.
Developing Customer Focused Strategy. Appraising the world outside. Seeking
to be different. Leading on Cost. Focusing on markets or customers. The
Customer Lifecycle. Deciding and Evaluating Alternatives. Action Planning.
4. Measuring your way to success: Allocating resources for maximum effect.
The failure of Measurement. Customer attitude Measures. Customer Retention
Measures. Customer Value Measures. The Failure of Management Information
Systems. Towards Customer Value. Customer Value Analysis in Action. The
Pitfalls and Problems. The Benefits of value-based Management. 5. Don't
Keep it too Simple, Stupid: The need for a Segmented Approach. Segment or
Die! Understanding Customers' Needs and Motivations. Collecting the
Data. From Data to Intelligence. From Intelligence to Hypothesis. From
Hypothesis to Appraisal. From Appraisal to Strategy. From Strategy to
Results. Pitfalls and Problems. Segmentation: A Postscript. 6. Lining up
the Ducks: Aligning the Company for Customer Focus. Aligning Finance.
Aligning Product Strategy. Aligning the Proposition: From Product to
Profit. Brand Alignment. Aligning Distribution. Aligning Customer
Communications. Customer Loyalty Programmes. Alignment: A Postscript 7. Are
You the Problem? The Role of Leadership in Creating Customer Focus.
Data-less Decision-making. The Pitfalls of Project Teams. Best Practice is
Sometimes Best Left Alone. Incentivising Inappropriate Behaviour.
Technology Turmoil. Everybody Embraces Change Enthusiastically.
Reorganising for Focus. Changing a Light Bulb. 8. Bringing the Focus Alive:
A Practical Action Plan. An Action Plan for Customer Focus. Managing the
Customer Focus Process. The Internal Review. Customer Dynamics and Needs.
Segment Objectives and Propositions. Customer Management Objectives,
Strategy and Tactics. Channel Strategies and Implementation. Testing and
Performance Measurement. Customer and Market Knowledge Management. Change
Planning. Technology Strategy. Index.

Rezensionen

"...is a stimulating canter through some marketing mantras, dismantling them fairly and frankly before suggesting alternatives..." (Marketing, 16 October 2003)