In business to
business marketing, the companies can utilise & implement 1:1
marketing in the following manner -
- It is important to ensure that assessment of customer
preferences is done & interaction is planned accordingly.
- The customer relationship needs to be extremely strong to make
the 1:1 model work. The long term & sustainable relationship
forms the foundation of making this happen.
- Build relationships - It is essential for B2B
firms to work towards nurturing and grooming relationship with the
business customer as an organisation.
- It is important to understand that customers buy from the
people they like, companies they like & its important to hear
their feedback and have them come back.
- It is important to
focus on individual customers - B2B firms have fewer and
larger accounts. It is important to take up each customer
individuals, understand their needs & meet their
expectations.
- The marketing team needs to understand the unique requirement
of customers & cater to the same.
Other ways of implementation -
- It is important to manage customer in-between purchase as sales
cycle is long & have gaps between purchase. It is important to
manage, be in contact, educate & serve their customer during
the off period.
- The B2B firms should use email campaigns and social media to
stay in touch & such digital and content marketing can help
implement the same in a much greater manner.
- It is required to have customer management stream to create
plans and strategies to manage such intervals.
- It is important that B2B system and environment support
customers solve important business issues both within and beyond.
It means that the firm is supporting its customer in more than one
ways and hence to develop trust and creditworthiness.
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