This document summarizes key aspects of consumer behavior in the context of services marketing. It discusses the three stages of the consumer decision making process: pre-purchase, service encounter, and post-encounter. In the pre-purchase stage, consumers seek to satisfy needs and evaluate service alternatives. During the service encounter, interactions range from high-contact to low-contact and can be understood using frameworks like moments of truth, servuction systems, and a theatrical metaphor. In the post-encounter stage, customers evaluate performance and determine satisfaction based on whether expectations were positively, negatively, or evenly matched. Delighting customers requires unexpectedly high performance that arouses positive emotions.
Why Study Services ?
What Are the Principal Industries of the Service Sector ?
Powerful Forces Are Transforming Service Markets
What Are Services ?
Four Broad Categories of Services-A Process Perspective
Service Pose Distinct Marketing Challenges
The Traditional Marketing Mix Applied to Services
The Extended Services Marketing Mix for Managing the Customer Interface
Why Study Services ?
What Are the Principal Industries of the Service Sector ?
Powerful Forces Are Transforming Service Markets
What Are Services ?
Four Broad Categories of Services-A Process Perspective
Service Pose Distinct Marketing Challenges
The Traditional Marketing Mix Applied to Services
The Extended Services Marketing Mix for Managing the Customer Interface
Services Marketing
Chapter – 9
Pricing Of Services
Introduction
Pricing or Price is the key element in the traditional marketing mix (the 4Ps) and also the enhanced marketing mix (the 7 Ps). This is the element which earns revenue. This is highly critical because this is the strategy which can make or mar the business.
The firms must make it both ways –the price must
(1) get profits for the firm, and
(2) give value to its customers.
Names of Service Pricing
Pricing for goods is easy and straight forward, while for services it is complicated, may be controlled by several authorities, varies with time, place, people, etc.
For goods the price has a single name “PRICE”, but for services it has several names like :
Names of Service Prices
What Makes Service Pricing Different?
No Ownership of Services
Higher Ratio of Fixed Costs to Variable Costs
Variability of Both Inputs and Outputs.
Many Services Are Hard to Evaluate
"A holistic view into performance marketing" by Selcuk Atli at Master in Grow...★ Selcuk Atli
A holistic view into performance marketing.
In this presentation, Selcuk Atli who is founder and CEO at Boostable explains how marketers should view different advertising channels in their toolbox and allocate their spend with their goals in mind.
Presentation at the Master in Growth Conference in Istanbul December 2014.
Gain a Holistic View of your Customer's JourneyPlatfora
Today, companies are capturing information about customers at every touchpoint, but the reality is that most companies are working with siloed marketing data because they’re using disparate tools to track online, offline, web, social, mobile, and advertising data.
In this presentation, Rod Fontecilla, VP of Application Modernization at Unisys, explains how his team uses Platfora to analyze, interact and understand data to drive customer success at Unisys.
Rod will highlight three specific Unisys use cases of Platfora, one of which involved a timely text survey sentiment analysis that produced insights enabling a course correction in favor of improved customer satisfaction.
Celebrity Licensing and Celebrity EndorsementsPalak Agarwala
Indian advertisements has been flooded with plethora of celebrities endorsing several brands. But then why celebrity licensing is lacking behind in India. My research paper touches what are the reasons of its popularity among other countries except in India. Also the reasons behind why they are still in a nascent stage in India
Customer Behaviour in Service Encounters (C2)M.docxalanrgibson41217
Customer Behaviour in Service Encounters (C2)
Marketing of Services
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Developing Effective Service Marketing Strategies
Understanding Customer Needs, Decision Making, and Behaviour in Service Encounters
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Building the Service Model
Managing the Customer Interface
Implementing Profitable Service Strategies
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Developing Effective Service Marketing Strategies
Two Key Themes in Part I of the
Services Marketing Strategy Framework:
Differences among Services Affect
Customer Behaviour
Three-Stage Model of Service Consumption
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Prepurchase Stage: Search, evaluation of alternatives, decision
Service Encounter Stage: Role in high-contact vs. low-contact delivery
Post-Encounter Stage: Evaluation against expectations, future intentions
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Learning ObjectivesUnderstanding the Service Act is key to satisfied customersDetermine the service management challenges of the 4 categories of the service actBetter manage service encounters by understanding service consumption, expectations and perceived risksExamine key elements of the customer service encounter
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Differences in Services Affect Customer BehaviourConsumers often involved in service production and may have preferences for service deliveryService marketers need to understand how customers interact with service operationsBased on differences in nature of service act (tangible/intangible) and who or what is direct recipient of service (people/possessions), there are four categories of services:People processingPossession processingMental stimulus processingInformation processing
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Four Categories of Services
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Information processing
(services directed at intangible assets): Accounting Banking
Nature of the Service Act
People
Possessions
Tangible Actions
People processing
(services directed at people’s bodies): Barbers Health care
Who or What Is the Direct Recipient of the Service?
Possession processing
(services directed at physical possessions): Refueling Disposal/recycling
Mental stimulus processing
(services directed at people’s minds): Education Advertising/PR
Intangible Actions
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People ProcessingCustomers must:Physically enter the service factoryCo-operate actively with the service operationManagers should think about process and output from customer’s perspective To identify benefits created and non-financial costs:
Time, mental, physical effort
Four Categories Of Services
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Possession Processing
Possession ProcessingCustomers are less physically involved compared to people processing servicesInvolvement is limitedProduction and consumption are separable
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Mental Stimulus Processing
Mental Stimulus ProcessingEthical standards required when customers who depend on such services can potentially be manipulated by suppliersPhysical presence of recipients not requiredCore content of services is information-basedCan be “inventoried”
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Informatio.
Introduction of Services Marketing • Services Marketing Concept, Distinctive Characteristics of Services, Services Marketing Triangle, Purchase Process for Services, Marketing Challenges of Services • Role of Services in Modern Economy, Services Marketing Environment • Goods vs Services Marketing, Goods Services Continuum • Consumer Behaviour, Positioning a Service in the Market Place • Variations in Customer Involvement, Impact of Service Recovery Efforts on Consumer Loyalty • Type of Contact: High Contact Services and Low Contact Services • Sensitivity to Customers’ Reluctance to Change
Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large
Services marketing is a sub-field of marketing, The promotion of economic activities offered by a business to its clients. Service marketing might include the process of selling telecommunications, health treatment, financial, hospitality, car rental, air travel, and professional services.
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Mastering Multi-Touchpoint Content Strategy: Navigate Fragmented User JourneysSearch Engine Journal
Digital platforms are constantly multiplying, and with that, user engagement is becoming more intricate and fragmented.
So how do you effectively navigate distributing and tailoring your content across these various touchpoints?
Watch this webinar as we dive into the evolving landscape of content strategy tailored for today's fragmented user journeys. Understanding how to deliver your content to your users is more crucial than ever, and we’ll provide actionable tips for navigating these intricate challenges.
You’ll learn:
- How today’s users engage with content across various channels and devices.
- The latest methodologies for identifying and addressing content gaps to keep your content strategy proactive and relevant.
- What digital shelf space is and how your content strategy needs to pivot.
With Wayne Cichanski, we’ll explore innovative strategies to map out and meet the diverse needs of your audience, ensuring every piece of content resonates and connects, regardless of where or how it is consumed.
The What, Why & How of 3D and AR in Digital CommercePushON Ltd
Vladimir Mulhem has over 20 years of experience in commercialising cutting edge creative technology across construction, marketing and retail.
Previously the founder and Tech and Innovation Director of Creative Content Works working with the likes of Next, John Lewis and JD Sport, he now helps retailers, brands and agencies solve challenges of applying the emerging technologies 3D, AR, VR and Gen AI to real-world problems.
In this webinar, Vladimir will be covering the following topics:
Applications of 3D and AR in Digital Commerce,
Benefits of 3D and AR,
Tools to create, manage and publish 3D and AR in Digital Commerce.
5 big bets to drive growth in 2024 without one additional marketing dollar AND how to adapt to the biggest shifting eCommerce trend- AI.
1) Romance Your Customers - Retention
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3) The Beautiful Basics - Conversion Rate Optimization
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Core Web Vitals SEO Workshop - improve your performance [pdf]Peter Mead
Core Web Vitals to improve your website performance for better SEO results with CWV.
CWV Topics include:
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- Optimisation techniques from our experts on how to improve your CWV on platforms like WordPress and WP Engine
- The impact of user experience and SEO
For too many years marketing and sales have operated in silos...while in some forward thinking companies, the two organizations work together to drive new opportunity development and revenue. This session will explore the lessons learned in that beautiful dance that can occur when marketing and sales work together...to drive new opportunity development, account expansion and customer satisfaction.
No, this is not a conversation about MQLs and SQLs. Instead we will focus on a framework that allows the two organizations to drive company success together.
When most people in the industry talk about online or digital reputation management, what they're really saying is Google search and PPC. And it's usually reactive, left dealing with the aftermath of negative information published somewhere online. That's outdated. It leaves executives, organizations and other high-profile individuals at a high risk of a digital reputation attack that spans channels and tactics. But the tools needed to safeguard against an attack are more cybersecurity-oriented than most marketing and communications professionals can manage. Business leaders Leaders grasp the importance; 83% of executives place reputation in their top five areas of risk, yet only 23% are confident in their ability to address it. To succeed in 2024 and beyond, you need to turn online reputation on its axis and think like an attacker.
Key Takeaways:
- New framework for examining and safeguarding an online reputation
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The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
Search Engine Marketing - Competitor and Keyword researchETMARK ACADEMY
Over 2 Trillion searches are made per day in Google search, which means there are more than 2 Trillion visits happening across the websites of the world wide web.
People search various questions, phrases or words. But some words and phrases are searched
more often than others.
For example, the words, ‘running shoes’ are searched more often than ‘best road running
shoes for men’
These words or phrases which people use to search on Google are called Keywords.
Some keywords are searched more often than others. Number of times a keyword is searched
for in a month is called keyword volume.
Some keywords have more relevant results than others. For the phrase “running shoes” we
get more than 80M relevant results, whereas for “best road running shoes for men” we get
only 8.
The former keyword ‘running shoes’ has way more competition from popular websites to
new and small blogs, whereas the latter keyword doesn’t have that much competition. This
search competition for a keyword is called search difficulty of a keyword or keyword
difficulty.
In other words, if the keyword difficulty is ‘low’ or ‘easy’, there won’t be any competition
and if you target such keywords on your site, you can easily rank on the front page of Google.
Some keywords are searched for, just to know or to learn some information about something,
that’s their search intention. For example, “What shoe size should I choose?” or “How to pick
the right shoe size?”
These keywords which are searched just to know about stuff are called informational
keywords. Typically people who are searching this type of keywords are top of a Conversion
funnel.
Conversion funnel is the journey that search visitors go through on their way to an email
subscription or a premium subscription to the services you offer or a purchase of products
you sell or recommend using your referral link.
For some buyers, research is the most important part when they have to buy a product.
Depending on that, their journey either widens or narrows down. These types of buyers are
Researchers and they spend more time with informational keywords.
Conversion is the action you want from your search visitors. Number of conversions that you
get for every 100 search visitors is called Conversion rate.
People who are at different stages of a conversion funnel use different types of keywords.
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.