Aligning 4C Strategy with Social Network Applications for CRM Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Hsi Hung ◽  
I-Cheng Chang ◽  
Yan Chen ◽  
Ying-Li Ho

This article describes how in recent years, enterprises have increasingly adopted social technologies to support customer relationship management (CRM) practices. To increase CRM performance, enterprises have had to develop appropriate social CRM strategies in emerging social network applications. This article investigates the alignment between social network applications and the “4C strategy” as a social CRM strategy in organizations. It intends to understand how alignment influences CRM performance. A total of 225 Taiwanese companies, which have adopted Facebook to interact with customers, were surveyed. According to the results, alignment between the 4C strategy and social network applications has a positive and significant impact on CRM performance. The results also suggest that organizations require a high-level integration of social network applications with the 4C strategy to achieve high CRM performance.

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-351
Author(s):  
Alisya Putri Rabbani ◽  
Andry Alamsyah ◽  
Sri Widiyanesti

Financial technology (Fintech) mengalami pertumbuhan yang cukup pesat sejak awal kehadirannya di Indonesia. Fintech merupakan industri jasa finansial yang memanfaatkan teknologi sehingga memungkinkan penggunanya melakukan berbagai transaksi keuangan secara digital. Saat ini banyak fintech baru yang bermunculan di Indonesia, sehingga dibutuhkan strategi yg tepat untuk bisa bersaing dgn kompetitor. Analisis interaksi pengguna media sosial, biasa disebut dengan Electronic Word of Mouth (EWOM) dapat memberikan informasi yang dapat mendukung berbagai keputusan bisnis, salah satunya adalah terkait customer engagement. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengidentifikasi customer engagement yang terbentuk dari hasil implementasi Social Customer Relationship Management (SCRM) yang dilakukan oleh perusahaan. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data sekunder yang merupakan data tweets berisi interaksi pengguna twitter mengenai 3 fintech di Indonesia yaitu GoPay, OVO, dan LinkAja. Analisis data dilakukan peneliti mengunakan metode social network analysis dengan menghitung properti jaringan dari ketiga objek penelitian. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa LinkAja mebentuk customer engagement lebih optimal lewat implementasi SCRM yang dilakukan perusahaan.  


2011 ◽  
Vol 01 (04) ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Mohammad Javad Mosadegh ◽  
Mehdi Behboudi

This study develops a conceptual framework for applying social networks in usual CRM models. Recent changing in customer relationship theme and putting new media and network-based paradigm into practice makes it imperative to find how social networks affect CRMs. Accordingly, this study explains the role of social networks in customer relationship management by using its analysis, tools and aspects of this concepts based on CRM models. We have provided a SCRM framework that is based on usual CRM models and incorporates Social networks and its tools, methods and analysis. The framework is combination of Social networks concept and traditional CRM concepts.


Webology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (SI03) ◽  
pp. 49-70
Author(s):  
Vu Minh Ngo ◽  
Quyen Phu Thi Phan ◽  
Hieu Minh Vu

Purpose: Despite the crucial contribution of social media on customer relationship management (CRM) strategies, how social CRM can be transformed into customer value, and economics returns for firms remain unexplored in the hospitality industry, especially in turbulent environments. As a new approach for dealing with both gradual and disruptive changes in the market, this study develops and tests the mediating role of dynamic capabilities in the social CRM - performance relationship. Methodology: Drawing on resource-based view and capabilities perspectives, a mixed methodology was applied. First, a survey was conducted to quantitatively test the proposed hypotheses using Structural Equation Modelling with PLS approach (PLS-SEM) on a sample consisting of 111 SEMs. Then, a qualitative fuzzy-set Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) was employed to look for the unique combinations of capabilities to achieve firms‟ superior performance. Findings: The outcomes indicated a mixture of expected and unexpected findings, including: (i) the direct effect of social CRM on firm‟s performance; (ii) Dynamic capabilities as the missing link between social CRM capabilities and firms‟ performance; (iii) the unique roles of social media technology use in the combinations with other capabilities for generating the best firms‟ performance. Originality: This study is among the few to consider the dynamic nature of the market when investigating how to implement Social CRM successfully. The insights and practical implications in this study can be useful for managers in SMEs whose desire is to build a dynamic system for improving customer value and firms‟ performance.


2019 ◽  
pp. 1387-1401
Author(s):  
Anteneh Ayanso

Social media technologies have transformed the traditional CRM applications landscape in many ways. Apart from extending the traditional customer touch points, social media technologies play a critical role in integrating the activities involved in operational and analytical CRM. This chapter explores the business and technology trends in social CRM and examines current social CRM solutions and their capabilities in the analytical and operational (sales, service, and marketing) efforts of organizations. The chapter also discusses the technological and managerial challenges organizations may face in embracing social media technologies in their customer relationship management processes.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumitro Sarkum

The emergence of social media changing the map of central power with the creation of a customer centric as a new generation of powerful, sophisticated, difficult to influence, induced and maintained. To deal with these changes, Customer Relationship Management assessment metrics to integrate social media and turned into a Social CRM (Customer Relationship Management) as a new paradigm in marketing. To achieve goals and improve company performance required customer involvement in implementing marketing strategies in social media.


Author(s):  
Cagla Seneler ◽  
Rana Kadioglu

The main theme of the thesis is how new technological trends will shape the future of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and to provide opportunities for developing countries. CRM is the whole set of methods that companies use to make the most efficient, most effective, and ultimately profitable relationship they have with existing or potential customers. The concepts of internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), cloud CRM and social CRM which are frequently heard today are examined in this thesis. For developing countries, these trends will create various opportunities in particular were explained with examples from Turkey. Although CRM is not a completely understood concept, companies will create the future of CRM by following the new trends.


Author(s):  
Mohammad Nabil Almunawar ◽  
Muhammad Anshari

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) can be used by an organization as a tool and strategy in meeting the expectations of their customers. The term Social CRM is an approach that allows intensive interactions between customers, customers and organizations, and customers' interaction with the systems by utilizing Web 2.0. Social CRM offers new capabilities of social networks that provide powerful new approaches to surpass the traditional CRM. The fundamental changes offered by Social CRM are in terms of empowerment, connection, and value generated. An example of Social CRM in healthcare is extending healthcare services through social networks where many kinds of interaction can be supported. The main goal of this chapter is to introduce a promising future research direction, which may shape the future of integrative customer relationship. In this chapter, we examine customers' expectation concerning the process of empowerment, social networks, and participation to make customers more proficient in dealing with their own issues. This chapter also discusses and demonstrates how Social CRM will help customers have greater control in controlling the process of interaction (empowerment) with organizations and among themselves.


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