Customer-centric marketing : a pragmatic framework /

The revolution in big data has enabled a game-changing approach to marketing. The asynchronous and continuous collection of customer data carries rich signals about consumer preferences and consumption patterns. Use of this data can make marketing adaptive, dynamic and responsive to changes in indiv...

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Main Authors: Ravi, R. (Ramamoorthi), 1969- (Author), Sun, Baohong (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2016]
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Summary:The revolution in big data has enabled a game-changing approach to marketing. The asynchronous and continuous collection of customer data carries rich signals about consumer preferences and consumption patterns. Use of this data can make marketing adaptive, dynamic and responsive to changes in individual customer behavior. This book introduces state-of-the-art analytic and quantitative methods for customer-centric marketing (CCM). Rather than using a snapshot from the data to plot a single campaign-centric marketing plan, these methods draw on cutting-edge research in optimization and interactive marketing with the goal of maximizing long-term profit from data collected over time. The aim to teach readers to apply optimization tools to derive analytical solutions leading to customized, dynamic, proactive and real-time marketing decisions. The book develops the CCM framework and illustrates it with four cases that span the life cycle of marketing, pricing, win-back, cross-sales and customer service allocation. The text walks the reader through real-world examples of applying the framework (supported by spreadsheet models available online), then explains the key concepts of modeling consumer choice, segmenting customers into latent classes based on sensitivity, computing customer lifetime value (CLV) and dynamic optimization. The reader then learns to incorporate the continuous learning of customer preference into an adaptive feedback loop for marketing decisions. The book can be used as a text for MBA students or as a professional reference.
Physical Description:ix, 136 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780262529051
026252905X