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Understanding customer retention.

Tags : customers, strategies, retention, advertising, selling, marketing, branding, product.
Industry : Consumer Durables, IT Products
Functional Area : Product Development, Branding, Consumer Sales, Strategy Execution
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Everyone wants to retain their existing customers. Few companies, however, are implementing positive strategies aimed at retention. Most companies are organized for acquisition. Their advertising and sales programs are designed to find and   promote their products and services to new customers. The companies are organized on a product or brand basis, not on a  customer segment basis. While they all have customer service departments, and most have a customer service toll free  number, they lack an integrated marketing strategy that is directed at retention, and that defines retention as the   measurement of success.

So lets discuss about How to build a customer retention strategy & how to implement customer retention which can ensure success.

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Customer retention 
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 New customers
By : Savita Dalvi
Srinivas suravajhala  |  Argues in support of  "Customer retention"  |  1 year ago
I strongly believe they are not mutually exclusive. Retaining the customers does not mean that there need not be a strategy for luring the new customers. Luring the new customers also required to stay ahead in the race and to spread your base in...
amit jain  |  Argues in support of  "New customers"  |  2 years ago
I am in markting from last 10 years. As per my obervation new customer is must to increase your business and brand.It help to increase your business and market reach.No one can row without new customer. Existing customers help u in repeated...
Purvi Ghosh  |  Argues in support of  "Customer retention"  |  3 years ago
Before you spend your time and money going after new customers and clients you do not currently have a relationship with consider the following statistics:     * Repeat customers spend 33% more than new customers.     * Referrals among repeat...
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1 BY CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS
2 Keep the brand young forever
By : Deepa Narayan
Omkar Nandi  |  Added idea  "Keep the sparks flying"  |  2 years ago
Finding new ways everytime to delight your existing customer, may be small or large but must bring a sense of belonging and pride to the customer
vineet  |  Added idea  "Screw your competition before, that screw you."  |  2 years ago
A human nature is that most of us are Greedy (not just only in terms of money). Customer never satisfy with what they get. They always expect for more the next time they shop. There could be a strategy to extend the possitive gap between the...
Abhijit Mudya  |  Supported idea  "BY CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS"  |  2 years ago
I corelate this with the the service industry, Anyways, now a days even products are sold as service..how many of us have bought a Car or a Cell Phone, without going through service or warranty cards? Once the cometition increases and the market...
 
 
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1 Touch base frequently
2 Infusionsoft
By : Ajit Khan
Hemanth kumar  |  Supported idea  "Touch base frequently"  |  3 years ago
i would agree on the same.It depends on the type of product usage and frequency of usage.Products which are in non-consumer durable category will have the answer in the product itself.Whereas in the consumer durable category,the feedback and...
Gary L. Spencer  |  Added idea  "Infusionsoft"  |  3 years ago
I believe Infusionsoft works well to retain customers, a recent report suggested that email marketing will become a major part in creating new and existing business for small business owners. Infusionsoft combines CRM + email marketing + ecommerce...
 
 
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1 Consumer spending
2 Satisfaction of the customer
By : Radha Sharma
SATHISH PONNUSAMY  |  Added idea  "Continuously understanding his needs and exceeding his expectations."  |  3 years ago
Its a continuous ongoing business process, track his needs regularly, and strive to exceed his needs and expectations.This tracking will also bring complaints / dissatisfied feedback,which will be great opportunity to rectify and strengthen the...
Kavitha Shankar  |  Added idea  "Consumer spending"  |  3 years ago
In my view, as markets become saturated and customers have so much more to choose from, share of wallet becomes increasingly important. It is cheaper and more profitable to increase your share of what the customer spends in your sector, than to...
 
 
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1 It can be a two-way targeted communication channel
2 Helpful to regular buyers and refering others
By : Renu Iyer
Ajay Ziz  |  Added idea  "for any mnc "  |  3 years ago
market / s :: fight till the last person/any kingdom available in the universe
Dharmena Prajapati  |  Added idea  "It can be a two-way targeted communication channel"  |  3 years ago
The high cost of personalized customer communication has also been an obstacle to effective real-time marketing. In my experience, telemarketing has traditionally been the outbound marketing channel of choice for the mobile network operators, but...
 
 
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1 Satisfied vs retained customers costs
2 Both are required
By : Meena Deshmukh
aniketskale  |  Supported idea  "Good after sale service"  |  3 years ago
yes shalabh m agreed with u ..major point is proper selling. if proper selling done then customer retained and provide more customers as well
harshika sarbajna  |  Supported idea  "Both are required"  |  3 years ago
I agree with Balaji here. Retaining old customers is required for sustaining the business;and acquiring new customers isssential to grow it vertically. You cant choose between the two or it will either lead to stagnation or ultimate demise. Take...
NITIN DEOLE  |  Supported idea  "Satisfied vs retained customers costs"  |  3 years ago
yeasss!! True!!  infact the companies become great by retaining customers rather than finding new customers. If a customer is retained he relies on product/service a business offers, it means that business is customer focused is truly engaged in...
 
 
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Petrol 
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 Diesel
By : Somnath Barik
Michael Daniel  |  Argues in support of  "Diesel"  |  2 years ago
Mileage generally relates with the Diesel Variants..and moreover now a days Diesel Engines Are More Refined and Zippy.
Arvind Shastry  |  Argues in support of  "Petrol"  |  2 years ago
Somnath I agree that petrol diesel prices are hiking. But this debates makes no sense. Customer wants mileage but can't tell whether it can be a petrol or diesel. It depends on the vehicle the customer uses. So give some sides that can be debated. 
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Market research help understanding expectations 
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 No need to research for customer expectations
By : Major Vikas Shekhawat
Anoop Dhopte  |  Argues in support of  "Market research help understanding expectations"  |  2 years ago
Small but funny story:  A disappointed salesman of Coca Cola returns from his Middle East assignment.  A friend asked,  "Why weren't you successful with the Arabs?"  The salesman explained, "When I got posted in the Middle East , I was very...
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