CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MARKETING AS AN E-MARKETING STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE FOR THE COMPANIES Cover Image

ВРЪЗКИТЕ С ПОТРЕБИТЕЛЯ КАТО СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКИ Е-МАРКЕТИНГ ИМПЕРАТИВ ЗА КОМПАНИИТЕ
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MARKETING AS AN E-MARKETING STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE FOR THE COMPANIES

Author(s): Karolina Ilieska, Marina Alavantia
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Keywords: e-marketing; strategy; CRM

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays, in the e-business environment, companies are shifting their business strategies from product-oriented to customer-oriented. As a strategy to optimize lifetime-value of customers, customer relationship marketing - CRM can help companies to succeed in the world of e-business. Not only large, multi-national companies, but also SMEs are increasingly seeking to implement CRM in order to find a competitive advantage on which to base their business’ prospects for longevity. The most significant opportunity SMEs get from the e-marketing is to outperform large competitors regardless of relatively smaller capacity of human and financial resource.The e-marketing and technological innovations are providing SMEs with new opportunities to develop customer’s loyality as a factor for their competitiveness. The paper will identifies the influence of the e-marketing strategies on the different types of customer’s loyalty. The primary objective of this paper is examining the effects of the strategies of e-marketing on the: preference loyalty; complaining behavior and price tolerance.

  • Issue Year: 4/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 100-115
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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