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Guides, tools and articles on building relationships with customers to improve retention and loyalty. Understanding the lifetime value of a customer. Customer retention tools and ideas. How to measure success with customer relationships. Identify most profitable customers and retain them.

37 Resources
An Introduction to Relationship Marketing [21251] ?

Overview of customer relationship marketing on the Internet

Boosting Retention Through Targeted Communications [21451] ?

Case study of a telecommunication firm use of database marketing to create a retention program

Building a Customer Value Index [21452] ?

Case study (Caterpillar) of how to use database marketing to target customers by building a CVI

Building Customer Loyalty by Recognition [21453] ?

Basics of putting a phone relationship loyalty system together

Building Loyalty by Solving the Customer's Problems [21454] ?

Case study on using EDI to help build loyalty

Building Retention in Packaged Goods [21455] ?

Discusses how retention programs can be effective in certain niche markets of packaged goods

Building Successful Retail Strategies Using Customer Lifetime Value [21456] ?

Basics of and how to ascertain the Lifetime Value of a customer

Business Buying Behavior [29683] ?

12 part tutorial on business markets.

Buying Behavior [21428] ?

15 step tutorial on buying behavior

Comparing the Future Value of Customer Groups [21358] ?

Online tutorial on how to implement a simple future value scoring process on customer value

Consumer Buying Behavior [29682] ?

Tutorial on customer buying behavior and purchase decisions.

Customer Migration [21457] ?

Discussion of customer migration and how to capitalize on it

Customer Relationship Management: The Right Choice for Your Business? [25709] ?

Article discusses 3 benefits of CRM and steps to get started.

Customer Relationship Marketing on the Web [21432] ?

Discussion of online customer relationship marketing with examples

Customer Retention: Integrating Lifetime Value into Marketing Strategies [21363] ?

Discusses Lifetime Value (LTV) of customer with examples

Customer Specific Marketing [21458] ?

Article on why pricing & promotions should be different for different customers

Evaluating Strategy Using Lifetime Value [21461] ?

Case study of how to utilize customer lifetime value

Every Click They Make - Interpreting Customer Information from Web Log Files [21504] ?

Glean customer data from your Web site using server log records, questionnaires, and bulletin boards

Gender Identity in Consumer Behavior Research: A Literature Review and Research [pdf] [21522] ?

Academic paper evaluates whether gender identity research is still warranted

Get to Know Your Customers with a Customer Profile [21379] ?

Article with examples on how to develop a customer profile

How Lifetime Value is Used to Evaluate Customer Relationship Management [21464] ?

The interaction between LTV and CRM and why it is valuable

How Relationship Marketing Built Profits [21465] ?

Why building relationships with customers is profitable

How to Identify Your Most Profitable Customers [21378] ?

Article with examples to help you identify profitable customers

How to Measure CRM Success [21364] ?

Describes how to measure CRM with contrasts to database marketing

How to Measure CRM Success [21466] ?

Description of CRM measurement

How to Profit from Investing in Customer Relationships [21365] ?

Building business-to-business customer relationships

Managing Customer Segments [21470] ?

Ideas for different ways to segment customers and how to manage them

Measuring Customer Retention in Online Retailing [21362] ?

Discusses measuring customer retention

Relationship Marketing [21359] ?

Discusses customer relationship marketing basics

ROI, Profitability and Lifetime Value [21468] ?

Comparison of ROI, profitability and LTV of customers

Speeches on Database Marketing [21469] ?

How to create additional sales through database marketing

Systematically Varying Consumer Satisfaction and Implications for Product Choice [pdf] [21526] ?

Academic paper analyzes customer satisfaction and product choice

Targeting Markets Tutorial [29684] ?

Tutorial on target markets and market segmentation.

The Effects of Service Guarantees on External and Internal Markets [pdf] [21524] ?

Academic paper explains why, when, & how customers use service guarantees to evaluate service firms

The Value Of Customer Retention [21483] ?

Here's the basic philosophy

Warranties [21250] ?

Examples and descriptions of various warranty types


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