2. About me
Music Graduate, Cambridge University
Spent15 years running Marketing
departments in UK theatres
Consultant
since 2004, specialising in
Customer Loyalty and data-driven marketing
Clients
include Royal Shakespeare
Company, Opera North, The
Lowry, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Ulster
Orchestra
3. CRM – Why bother?
A reminder of CRM
The changing marketing environment
What CRM Can deliver
Building a picture of the customer
A Good CRM system
4. A reminder of CRM
1. Not all customers are equally valuable
2. It costs 5 times more to acquire a
customer than keep an existing one
3. Customers have different needs, which
need to be reflected in your marketing
communications with them
5. Frequency
1. All customers are not equally valuable
8+ times
per year 2%
60%
year
% of income in 1
5-7 times
per year 4%
2-4 times 25%
per year 26%
Once
15%
per year 68%
% of bookers in 1 year
7. Segmentation
3. Customers have different needs
These people have
2% different needs
From these people
4%
26%
68%
% of bookers by frequency band
8. Ulster Orchestra,
Belfast
‘Old’ model
Were sending all their customer the same thing – a
large 32-page season brochure, costing £1 per issue
Return on investment 1.6:1
‘New model’
Sent different customers different things
For 90% of the customers this meant sending them
LESS information, but more RELEVANT
Return on Investment increased to 21:1
9. The changing marketing
environment
Digital
explosion = Consumers
bombarded with content
Growthof tools and sites to ‘aggregate’
and make sense of content for
consumers to digest
Expectation of content matched to
need and preference
NB. This is no longer a ‘nice to have’ –
it’s essential!
10. email content - relevant
Tailored to match
my previous
purchases
General
message
to
everyone
12. And what about Social Media?
Customer
‘tunes in’ at
various points
Organisation
Broadcasts messages
Social Media
Sends direct
Organisation messages Customer
CRM / Direct
Marketing
They are different tools for different purposes
13. The results
Opportunity – to build loyalty and affinity
by reflecting their needs back to them
with relevant (and personalised) content
Threat – customers will ignore your
content as it isn’t relevant, and you will
lose them
14. What a good CRM programme can
deliver
Increased frequency from existing customers
Keeping more customers year on year
Reduced marketing costs and improved
return on investment
Brand affinity and loyalty
Improved customer insight to aid business
planning and programme/product
development
15. Building a picture of the customer
Purchasing Social media behaviour
behaviour Re-tweets
Frequency Likes
Recency
Types of product
Response to
comms
Purchase
The Clicks
Customer Timing
Type
Attitudes and preferences
Stated comms preferences Profile
Stated product preferences Geography
Feedback / comments Demographics –
age, income etc.
17. Symphony Hall Birmingham
600 events per year
The
Customer Mostly ‘one night’
shows
2200 seats
over ½ million
audiences each year
18. Symphony Hall Birmingham –
challenges
Too much ‘choice’ and information for the
customer
Wide range of events
The
Customer
Events changing daily – often going on sale
at late notice
Customers are annoyed if things sell out
before they’ve heard about them
19. Building a picture of the customer
Purchasing
behaviour
Contact details
gathered /
checked with
Response to
each purchase
comms
Record response
The to direct mail
Customer Record ‘click’
response to email
Attitudes and preferences
Data sign-up process gathers Profile
preferred communication Geo-demographic
method information ‘appended’
Later emails encourage to record to show likely
customers to tell us product age, income etc.
preferences (eg. classical)
20. Different communications
Classical Music audiences
- Season confirmed 1 year ahead
- Like to see ‘full programme’ to make selections
- Like printed brochures rather than digital
Picture of
the
customer
- ‘Classical music’ brochure sent by post 3 times
per year
- Personalised booking form and incentives to
subscribe early
- Email used as a reminder (but sparing)
21. Different communications
Rock and Pop audiences
- Events getting confirmed all the time
- Big names can sell out in a day
- They don’t want to miss the chance to book
Picture of
- Are used to 100% digital communications from
the
competitors customer
- Weekly ‘On sale’ announcements, and ‘don’t miss
this month’
- No printed communications at all
22. Personalised e-
bulletins
Picture of
the
customer
Events ‘match’ customer profile
based on:
- Previous product purchase
- Stated product preferences
- Clicks on previous emails
Other events listed here
24. What do you need from a CRM
system?
Initial
and ongoing data capture linked to
purchasing behaviour
Sensible segmentation and data analysis:
Frequency/Recency
Value
Product type
Tools
To implement personalised approach
To measure effect
25. The CRM process
1. Gather data
2. Analyse and segment
3. Implement
Testing and
- Product proposition
- Communications methods
refining
4. Measure
26. The picture gets more detailed
Purchasing
behaviour
Frequency
Recency
Types of artform /
Response to
product
comms
Purchase
The Clicks
Customer Timing
Type
Attitudes and preferences
Stated comms preferences Profile
Stated Artform / product Demographics –
preferences age, income etc.
Feedback / comments
27. The messages get more effective
Product choices
Picture of
the
customer
Timing of
comms
Type of comms
29. Data Capture
data capture – at enquiry or point of
Initial
purchase
Adding future data to the picture:
purchase behaviour (what, when, how
much?)
Stated preferences (product, types of
communications)
Response to communications
(clicks, likes etc)
30. Data Capture
The ‘norm’ for ticketed organisations in the
UK
Free galleries
Imperial War Museum, London
Cinemas / retail / leisure - no time to take
complex information at point of sale
ChapterArts Centre, Cardiff
House of Fraser department store
Costa Coffee
31. The data ‘transaction’ – why will
someone give you their data?
In exchange for:
Information about events (eg. arts
organisations) – but they expect it to be
tailored
Loyalty rewards and discounts (eg.
airlines, hotels)
Special treatment (eg. bookshops – VIP
shopping or book signing events)
32. Analysis and Data mining
First time attenders/ purchasers
Purchasers who have stopped buying
from you (‘Lapsed’ customers)
Behaviour and purchase patterns
Response to communications
Value analysis (lifetime)
33. Implementation
“Rules’ for who is contacted when (eg.
first timers, lapsed, etc) and automation
around these if possible
Toolsto allow personalisation of content
based on:
previous purchase
Stated preferences
Response to communications
34. Measurement
Simple
ways to track effect of
communications
% response rates
Return on investment
Hinweis der Redaktion
Going in the right direction Improved ROI is reflected in the reduced spend per seat sold
The picture of the customer gets more and more clear