Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty

The importance of customers & understanding customer needs is an aspect of CRM (Customer relationship management). that needs to be understood well and embedded deep into the culture of an organisation and its Business Philosophy.

Studying customer complaints & feedback helps understanding the customer better.

There are two types of customers:
Industrial Market, i.e. B2B
Consumer Market,
i.e. B2C

Below are the Characteristics of B2B Market:
1. Fewer Buyer
2. Larger Buyer
3. Geographically Concentrated
4. Derived demand
5. Long Negotaition Period
6. Relatively High Value
7. Multiple Buying Influences
8. After Sales Service

Below are the Characteristics of B2C Market:
1. Friendly Buyer
2. Negative Pessimist Buyer
3. The Procrastinator
4. Mr. 'Know it all'
5. The Dealer.

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