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MBA Marketing Lecture 10
MBA Marketing Lecture 10
2) Competitive Advantage
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
(CRM)
Customer Relationship Management is
the combination of strategies and tools that
drive relationship programs, reorienting the
entire organization to a concentrated focus
on satisfying customers. CRM leverages
technology as a means to manage customer
relationships and to integrate all
stakeholders into a company’s product
design and development, manufacturing,
marketing, sales and customer service
processes.
DATABASE
A database is a collection of data
organized to service many
applications. A database provides
convenient access to data for a wide
variety of users and users needs.
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Database Management System is
the software that centralises data and
manages access to the database.
DATABASE MARKETING
Use of software to analyze
marketing information, identifying and
targeting messages toward specific
groups of potential customers.
In other words, the use of
information technology to analyze data
about customers and their
transactions is referred to as Database
Marketing.
FOUR BASIC ELEMENTS FOR BUILDING LONG-
TERM RELATIONSHIPS WITH CONSUMERS AND
OTHER BUSINESS
• First, Database Technology helps a
company to identify current and
potential customers with selected
demographic, purchase and lifestyle
characteristics.