Four marketing and management consultants advocate "pan-company marketing," a concept that emphasizes customers, service, and employee communication at all levels as the best means to command customer preference. Of probable interest to CEOs and their boards. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Creating A Company for Customers: How to Build and Lead a Market Driven Organization

Business & Money

McDonald, Malcolm

CHRISTOPHER, Martin

Knox, Simon

Payne, Adrian

Simms, Jane

Marketing & Sales

Financial Times Management

Marketing Plans for Services, Third Edition is written in a pragmatic, action-orientated style and each chapter has examples of marketing planning in practice. The authors highlight key misunderstandings about marketing and the nature of services and relationship marketing. 
The marketer is taken step-by-step through the key phases of the marketing planning process and alerted to the barriers that can prevent a service organization being successful in introducing marketing planning. Practical frameworks and techniques are suggested for undertaking the marketing planning process and implementing the principles covered. The world renowned authors also tackle key organizational aspects relating to marketing planning which can have a profound impact on its ultimate effectiveness. These include: marketing intelligence systems; market research; organization development stages; marketing orientation. Marketing Plans for Services is for marketers in the service sector and students of marketing. “Marketing Plans for Services is clearly the premier text in the field. From an explanation of ‘why’ services are driving all marketing activities to ‘measuring the results’, and all things in between, this new and updated text explains why and how ‘services’ are the key elements for most all 21st century organizations. Follow the masters of service marketing to marketplace success.” Professor Don Schultz, Northwestern University “McDonald, Frow and Payne have worked extensively with a wide range of service businesses across the globe in successfully realising their growth opportunities. This experience shows in this practical text which contains all one needs to know in developing and implementing successful marketing plans for service organizations. This book represents a tested roadmap for planning services marketing success and combines an excellent balance of key concepts, frameworks and tools with practical advice. Their proven step-by-step marketing planning system for services and the examples of marketing plans make this a ‘must have’ book that should be on the desk of any forward-thinking services marketer.” Mark Veyret, Global Business Development Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers “Marketing planning is crucial today where increased competition, complexity and the internet forces you to redefine your marketing strategy and focus more clearly on what is required to achieve improved results. If not, you will not succeed in meeting these challenges. McDonald, Frow and Payne are internationally recognized authorities in marketing planning and services marketing. Based on their extensive experience across in helping organizations from a wide range of service sectors, this book gives you the practical ‘how to’ skills to successfully implement strategic marketing plans.” Bob Barker, Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Digital Engagement, Alterian

Marketing Plans for Services: A Complete Guide

Frow, Pennie

wiley

The strategic emphasis in Relationship Marketing is as much on keeping customers as it is on getting them in the first place. The aim is to provide unique value in chosen markets, sustainable over time, which brings the customers back for more. Relationship Marketing emphasizes quality, customer service and marketing and how these can be managed towards closing the `quality gap' between what customers expect and what they get. The authors explore the process of developing and implementing relationship strategies and in so doing, signal a radical shift in marketing practice involving first the co-ordination of external (customer) markets and second, collaboration within internal (staff) markets in order to get the marketing mix right. The book is intended for all marketing managers coming to terms with doing business in turbulent markets and facing up to strategic quality and customer services issues. Well-presented comprehensive text Full of practical ideas, techniques and examples Emphasis is as much on keeping customers as it is on getting them in the first place

Relationship Marketing: Bringing Quality, Customer Service and Marketing Together (Cim Professional Development Series)

Ballantyne, David

Butterworth-Heinemann

This reader provides selected articles that highlight key concepts as well as giving industrial and service perspectives. It contains advice on how to achieve customer-consciousness in employees at every level.

Relationship Marketing for Competitive Advantage: Winning and Keeping Customers (Marketing Series. Professional Development)

Martin, Christopher

Peck, Helen

Chartered Institute of Marketin

Management & Leadership

A pragmatic guide to creating marketing plans for service firms, providing examples of all the aspects described. Walks through the process step by step, pointing out potential barriers and explaining the frameworks and techniques of each key phase. Also identifies organizational aspects that are not necessarily part of the plan but highly affect its implementation and success. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Marketing Planning for Services (Marketing Series: Professional Development)

Industries

Marketing Planning for Services

Marketing Planning for Services is the answer to the challenge of creating marketing plans that produce significantly improved bottom-line results. It is written in a pragmatic, action-orientated style and each chapter has examples of marketing planning in practice. The authors highlight key misunderstandings about marketing and the nature of services and relationship marketing. The marketer is taken step-by-step through the key phases of the marketing planning process and alerted to the barriers that can prevent a service organisation being successful in introducing marketing planning. Practical frameworks and techniques are suggested for undertaking the marketing planning process and implementing the principles covered. The world renowned authors also tackle key organisational aspects relating to marketing planning which can have a profound impact on its ultimate effectiveness. These include: marketing intelligence systems; market research; organisation development stages; marketing orientation. Marketing Planning for Services is for marketers in the service sector and students of marketing. - endorsed by the CIM - key authors

Routledge

Arranged in 6 sections, this title gives marketing practitioners and students critical examples of best practice from a variety of companies. Alongside 'Relationship Marketing: bringing quality, customer service and marketing together' and 'Relationship Marketing for Competitive Advantage: winning and keeping customers' this new title provides readers with insights into marketing in the 21st century. Major addition to relationship marketing literature Supports the relationship marketing titles that we already publish successfully Author team are amongst the UK's leading authorities in the sector

Relationship Marketing (Cim Professional)

Clark, Moira

The newly emerging area of relationship marketing has become a major focal point for leading-edge practitioners in their search for sustainable competitive advantage. This book, which complements the best-selling title Relationship Marketing, presents a selection of some of the best writing on the subject by experts from around the world. The editors have supplemented these articles with linking summaries and commentaries which together highlight the breadth of this important topic. Issues such as: *customer retention *employee satisfaction *supplier relations *management of service quality are all brought together to provide an integrated approach to the development of a relationship marketing strategy. Complements the best-selling title Relationship Marketing Presents a selection of some of the best writing on the subject by experts from around the world

Relationship Marketing for Competitive Advantage: Winning and Keeping Customers

Customer Relationship Management presents a ground-breaking strategic framework for successful CRM policy. Built around Professor Payne's five key processes, the book demonstrates a systematic management progression that will guarantee the maximum impact and efficiency of a CRM programme. The book backs up these five processes - strategy development, value creation, channel and media integration, information management and performance assessment - with 16 best practice case studies which set the universal theory in a specific practical context. These feature a range of companies, including Orange, Brittania, Homebase, Canada Life, Sun Microsystems, Natwest, Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co., Nortel Networks and Siemens. The book concludes with interviews from four thought leaders, offering a 'futures' vision forum for CRM. Customer Relationship Management is a vital instrument for anyone who needs to know how to develop and measure effective CRM within an organization. It includes overviews and key learning points preceding each case study, and a summary chapter to draw out the most salient lessons from CRM best practices. For practitioner or academic alike, this is essential reading. * Offers a groundbreaking, systematic framework for CRM success - from a Cranfield Business School writing team * High level strategic approach to CRM * Carefully researched cases providing the specific application of general theories

Customer Relationship Management: Perspectives from The Marketplace

Maklan, Stan

Peppard, Joe

Ryals, Lynette

Computers & Technology

Customer Relationship Management is a holistic strategic approach to managing customer relationships to increase shareholder value, and this major Handbook of CRM gives complete coverage of the key concepts in this vital field. It is about achieving a total understanding of the concepts that underlie successful CRM rather than the plethora of systems that can be used to implement it.Based on recent knowledge, it is underpinned by:* Clear and comprehensive explanations of the key concepts in the field* Vignettes and full cases from major businesses internationally* Definitive references and notes to further sources of information on every aspect of CRM* Templates and audit advice for assessing your own CRM needs and targetsThe most lucid, comprehensive and important overview of the subject and an invaluable tool in enabling the connection of the major principles to the real world of business. * A definitive, heavily researched, comprehensive overview * Key concepts allied to action templates* Written by one of the first major marketing thinkers in the field and based on Cranfield Business School's internationally acknowledged leadership in the field

Handbook of CRM: Achieving Excellence in Customer Management

Economics

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