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Services marketing and franchising in the service sector. Rozenn Perrigot. Introduction. Introduction. More and more chains in the service sectors Specificities. Nature of services. Nature of the services. Classification Continuum. C haracteristics of services.
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Services marketing and franchising in the service sector Rozenn Perrigot
Introduction • More and more chains in the service sectors • Specificities
Nature of the services • Classification • Continuum
Service characteristics (2/2) Contacts with the customers Customer-basedrelationships
Exercise • How do franchisors deal with these four characteristics? • Highlight some key elements as displayed on their website • Hotel sector • Restaurant sector • Home care sector • Hairdressing sector
Marketing in the services Company Internal Marketing External Marketing Employees Customers Interactive Marketing
Mix-Marketing in the services • Traditional 4Ps • Product • Promotion • Price • Place/Distribution • Services-based 3Ps • Process • Physicalevidence (ambience) • People
Managingcustomerrelationship (1/4) • Relationship marketing
Managingcustomerrelationship (2/4) • Benefits for the organization • Increasedpurchases • Lowercost • Lifetime value of customer • Sustainablecompetitiveadvantage • Word of mouth • Employee satisfaction and retention
Managingcustomerrelationship (3/4) • Benefits for the customer • Risk and stress reduction • Higher-quality service • Avoidance of switching costs • Social and status benefits
Managingcustomerrelationship (4/4) • Developing customer retention strategies • Targeting customers for retention • Bonding • Internal marketing • Promise fulfillment • Building trust • Service recovery
Managing service quality (1/4) • Barriers to the matching of expected and perceived service levels • Misconception barrier • Inadequate resources barrier • Inadequate delivery barrier • Exaggerated promised barrier
Managing service quality (2/4) • Meeting customer expectations • Access • Reliability • Credibility • Security • Understanding the customer • Responsiveness • Courtesy • Competence • Communication • Tangibles
Managing service quality (3/4) • “Philosophy” • Customer obsession • Top management commitment • High service quality standards • Monitoring systems • Good service recovery
Managing service quality (4/4) • Measuring service quality with Servqual scale
Managing service productivity • Technology • Customer involvement in production • Supply and demand balance
Managing service staff • Satisfied employees -> Satisfied customers • Selection • Training • Socialization • Empowerment • Motivation • Service assessment
Services marketing and franchising in the service sector Rozenn Perrigot