Relationship Marketing

Advocate, a person who not only buys the company's products but recommends them to others

One of the highest levels of loyalty a customer may develop to a marketing firm is that of:

Retaining; more expensive

Relationship marketing focuses more attention on _________ customers because new customers are _________ compared to existing customers

Create long-term, cost-effective links with individual customers for mutual benefit

Relationship marketing can help an organisation:

Relationship marketing

_____ is a strategy that entails forging long-term partnerships with customers

Relationship marketing

Frequent-flyer programs are an example of financial incentives to customers in exchange for their continuing patronage. After flying a certain number of miles or flying a specified number of times, the frequent-flyer program participant earns a free fligh

Large database of customers

Which of the following is NOT a necessary feature of relationship marketing?

Customer relationship management (CRM) systems

Software systems that provide all staff with a complete view of the history and status of each customer are called:

Customer Relationship Marketing

All marketing activities and strategies used to retain customers are called:

Customer satisfaction

A state of mind reached when the provision of goods or services meets or exceeds a customer's pre-purchase expectations of quality and service is called

Customer Acquisition

All marketing activities and strategies used by organisations to attract new customers are called

Customer Retention

All marketing activities and strategies used by organisations to keep current customers are called:

Customer relationship cycle

There are three stages that a customer moves through during their relationship with an organisation. These stages are customer acquisition, development and retention and are called the:

Perceived risk

What term refers to the real and imagined risks that customers consider when purchasing products and services?

Perceived value

A customer's estimate of the extent to which a product or service can satisfy their needs is known as:

Switching costs

All the direct and indirect costs incurred by buyers when they change supplier are known as

Trust

The degree of confidence that one person (or organisation) has in another to fulfil an obligation or responsibility

Core product/service-the bundle of attributes, features, and benefits which must reach competitive levels if a relationship is to develop; support services and systems; Technical performance; Elements of customer interaction; Affective dimensions of servi

Which of the following is a contributor to customer satisfaction?

Competing goals

A number of factors can be a cause of conflict between partners. When two organizations adopt marketing goals that are incompatible, this is an example of which type of cause of conflict?

Transactional exchanges

These types of exchanges are characterized by short-term, product- or price-oriented exchanges, between buyers and sellers coming together for one-off exchanges independent of any other or subsequent exchanges

Collaborative exchanges

These types of exchanges are characterized by a long-term orientation, where there is complete integration of systems and processes and the relationship is motivated by partnership and mutual support