Monday, May 21, 2007

Why Target?

Why Target?

“All organizations today are faced with rising customer disloyalty and shrinking margins. Yet some are enjoying surprising successes by focusing on individual customers, using technology to create long-term, individualized, one-to-one relationships. In as few words a possible, this strategy is based on the idea of treating different customers differently. Companies initiate 1 to 1 marketing programs in order to create more loyal, profitable customers, and to protect their unit margins from erosion. There are four key steps to implementing this kind of marketing program:
1) Identify customers
2) Differentiate them from one another
3) Interact with them
4) Customize some aspect of a product or service to meet their individual needs. "

From "The One to One Fieldbook: The Complete Toolkit for Implementing a 1 to1 Marketing Program" by Don Peppers and Marthat Rodgers, Ph.D

For your library this approach will allow you to:
  • Gain more supporters for your library.
  • Create a sense of loyalty toward your library.
  • Work smarter, rather than harder in your library’s marketing efforts.

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