scholarly journals Connected customer lifetime value: The impact of social media

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 328-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce D Weinberg ◽  
Paul D Berger
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 148-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Grossmann ◽  
Christian Brock ◽  
Marco Hubert ◽  
Thomas Reimer

This paper investigates the importance of positive word-of-mouth (WOM) effects on estimating the customer lifetime value (CLV) in start-up businesses. In line with prior research, we assume that, especially in young companies such as start-ups, managers and investors neglect the impact of WOM and therefore underestimate the CLV. To examine this assumption, self-collected WOM data is integrated into calculation of the CLV of a one-yearold online grocery retailer start-up. The CLV of 632 customers is combined with a survey about positive WOM activities. The study shows the high relevance of WOM for start-ups in a noncontractual as well as service setting, thereby calling for integration of WOM into calculation of the CLV.


2016 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Casas-Arce ◽  
F. Asis Martínez-Jerez ◽  
V. G. Narayanan

ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the effects of forward-looking metrics on employee decision-making. We use data from a bank that started providing branch managers with the customer lifetime value (CLV)—an estimate of the future value of the customer relationship—of mortgage applicants. The data allow us to gauge the effects of enriching the employees' information set in an environment where explicit incentives and decision rights remained unchanged. On average, customer value increased 5 percent after the metric's introduction. The metric's availability resulted in a significant shift in attention toward more profitable client segments and some improvement in cross-selling. However, the use of CLV did not negatively impact pricing or default risk, as the literature predicts. Finally, branch managers with shorter tenure displayed a stronger response, consistent with information substituting for experience.


2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (6) ◽  
pp. 21-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthijs Meire ◽  
Kelly Hewett ◽  
Michel Ballings ◽  
V. Kumar ◽  
Dirk Van den Poel

Despite the demonstrated importance of customer sentiment in social media for outcomes such as purchase behavior and of firms’ increasing use of customer engagement initiatives, surprisingly few studies have investigated firms’ ability to influence the sentiment of customers’ digital engagement. Many firms track buyers’ offline interactions, design online content to coincide with customers’ experiences, and face varied performance during events, enabling the modification of marketer-generated content to correspond to the event outcomes. This study examines the role of firms’ social media engagement initiatives surrounding customers’ experiential interaction events in influencing the sentiment of customers’ digital engagement. Results indicate that marketers can influence the sentiment of customers’ digital engagement beyond their performance during customers’ interactions, and for unfavorable event outcomes, informational marketer-generated content, more so than emotional content, can enhance customer sentiment. This study also highlights sentiment’s role as a leading indicator for customer lifetime value.


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