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Postal and delivery services
News Release from: Pitney Bowes
Edited by the Marketingservicestalk Editorial
Team on 30 November 2007
Survey assesses merits of retention
campaigns
A new survey from mailstream technology specialist Pitney Bowes identifies those vertical sectors that are producing the most effective customer retention marketing campaigns.
In today's business climate customer retention is critical Many sectors are experiencing unprecedented levels of churn and the cost of replacing defectors is recognised to be significantly higher than retaining existing customers
This article was originally published on Marketingservicestalk on 1 Aug 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Pitney Bowes survey creates an index by measuring consumer attitudes to campaign quality across five vertical sectors against the current level of customer churn in those sectors.
Thus, a sector with high churn rates must produce campaigns that consumers find highly effective in order to suppress further attrition.
The index reveals that it is the insurance sector which faces the biggest customer retention marketing challenge, made all the more urgent by the influx of new, non-traditional entrants to the market.
At the opposite end of the scale, holiday/travel suppliers are way ahead when it comes to enticing repeat business from customers.
Certainly, travel can be seen as a more pleasurable buying experience but the index reveals that businesses in this sector are not resting on their laurels when it comes to marketing to existing customers.
David Jefferies, Marketing Director, Pitney Bowes, commented: "Any sector below the average on our scale should look hard at its marketing practices.
"Customer retention campaigns need not be about glossy, dynamic creatives.
"Customers also respond positively to accuracy, timeliness and documents that are obviously relevant to their particular circumstance.
"Those underperforming could look to affinity partnerships with best-practice sectors in a bid to stem unacceptable levels of churn.
"Combined with relevancy and colour, businesses of every size and from every sector can achieve dynamic mail marketing that encourages customer retention".
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