Slide 8.

Chapter 8
E-Marketing

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Learning Outcomes

• Assess the need for separate e-business and

e-marketing strategies

• Create an outline e-marketing plan intended to

implement the e-marketing strategy

• Distinguish between marketing communication

characteristics of traditional and new media.

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Management Issues

• How do we integrate traditional marketing

approaches with e-marketing?

• How can we use electronic communications to

differentiate our products and services?

• How do we redefine our marketing and

communications mixes to incorporate new
media?

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E-Marketing

• The definition of marketing by the Chartered

Institute of Marketing (http://www.cim.co.uk/) is:

Marketing is the management process

responsible for identifying, anticipating and
satisfying customer requirements profitability

• Which e-marketing tools can assist?

– Web, e-mail, databases, wireless and digital
television

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How Do E-Tools Support Marketing?

• Identifying
 how can the Internet be used for marketing
research to find out customers’ needs and wants?

• Anticipating
 we have seen in Chapter 5 that anticipating the demand for
digital services(the online revenue contribution) is key to
governing the resource allocation to e-business.

• Satisfying
 a key issue for e-marketing is how to achieve customer
satisfaction through the electronic channel; this raises
issues such as: is the site easy to use, does it perform
adequately,what is the standard of associated customer
service and how are physical products dispatched?

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Figure 8.1 The operational and management processes of e-marketing

Source: Econsultancy (2008)

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Figure 8.1
shows that there are three main operational processes
involved in e-marketing. These are:
 Customer acquisition. Attracting visitors to a
web site or promoting a brand through
reaching them via search engines or
advertising on other sites.
 Customer conversion. Engaging site visitors
to achieve the outcomes the site owner seeks
such as leads, sales or browsing of other
content. Developing a satisfactory customer
experience is vital to this.
 Customer retention and growth.
Encouraging repeat usage of digital channels
and for transactional sites, repeat sales.

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Figure 8.1 The operational and management processes of e-marketing

(Continued)
Source: Econsultancy (2008)

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Figure 8.2 The e-marketing plan in the context of other plans

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Figure 8.2 The e-marketing plan in the context of

other plans.

 Figure 8.2 shows that typically there is a

hierarchy of plans in an organization with the
corporate or business plan informing the
marketing plan and this then informing specific
market plans for different products or
geographical markets.
 There is usually a separate communications
plan which details the marketing campaigns
that need to be executed to achieve the
marketing objectives from the marketing plan.

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Figure 8.3 SOSTAC™ – a generic framework for e-marketing planning

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Figure 8.3 SOSTAC™ – a generic framework for e-

marketing planning

 We will use a similar strategy process model for e-

marketing planning to that introduced in Chapter 5. In this
chapter we use the SOSTAC™ framework developed by
Paul Smith (1999) and this summarizes the different
stages that should be involved in a marketing strategy
from strategy development to implementation (Figure 8.3).
The stages involved can be summarized as:
 Situation – where are we now?
 Objectives – where do we want to be?
 Strategy – how do we get there?
 Tactics – how exactly do we get there?
 Action – what is our plan?
 Control – did we get there?

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Figure 8.4 Usage of detailed e-marketing plans in e-commerce organizations

Source: Econsultancy (2008)

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Figure 8.4 Usage of detailed e-marketing plans in e-

commerce organizations

 as an international e-consultancy survey of e-

commerce managers shows (Figure 8.4).
 In the longer term, once an organization has
successfully defined its approaches to Internet
marketing, it is likely that a separate Internet
marketing strategy or e-marketing plan will not
need to be developed each year since the
Internet can be considered as any other
communications medium and integrated into
existing communications plans as suggested
by Figure 8.4.

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Figure 8.5 Inputs to the e-marketing plan from situation analysis

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Figure 8.5 Inputs to the e-marketing plan from

situation analysis
 Figure 8.5 shows the inputs from situation analysis that inform the e-
marketing plan. These mainly refer to a company’s external
environment.
 The study of an organization’s online environment was introduced in
Figure 2.1 and Figure 2.3 where it was noted that there was the
immediate (micro-)environment of customers, competitors, suppliers
and intermediaries and a broader (macro-)environment of social, legal,
political, economic and technological characteristics.
 Situation analysis will involve consideration of all of these factors and
will form the basis for defining objectives, strategies and tactics.
Consideration of the SLEPT or macro-environment factors is a major
topic that is covered in Chapter 4. In this chapter we will concentrate on
what needs to be analyzed about the more immediate marketplace in
terms of customers, competitors, intermediaries and market structure.
 An internal audit of the capability of the resources of the company such
as its people, processes and technology also needs to take place.
 In Chapter 5 we introduced the use of a SWOT analysis for an
organizations’ digital channels.
 The SWOT can be used to summarize the range of analyses covered in
this section.
 Figure 8.6 gives an example of a typical Internet SWOT

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Demand Analysis Questions

• What percentage of customer businesses have access
to the Internet?
• What percentage of members of the buying decision in
these businesses have access to the Internet?
• What percentage of customers are prepared to purchase
your particular product online?
• What percentage of customers with access to the
Internet are not prepared to purchase online, but are
influenced by web-based information to buy products
offline?
• What is the popularity of different online customer
engagement devices such as Web 2.0 features such as
blogs, online communities and RSS feeds?
• What are the barriers to adoption amongst customers of
different channels and services and how can we
encourage adoption?
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Figure 8.6 Example SWOT analysis

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Figure 8.7 Example SWOT analysis (Continued)

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Activity
Competitor Analysis
• You are an e-commerce manager within the AA
or a similar motoring organization
– Which criteria would you use to compare a
competitor’s online offering?
– Group them under five or six headings
– Conduct an assessment of your services
against competitors such as RAC and Green
Flag
– Products – car breakdown cover, insurance.

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Benchmarking Organizational
E-Marketing Capabilities
• Financial performance – current profitability of e-channel
activities
• Marketplace performance – market share and sales
trends and significantly the proportion of sales achieved
through the Internet.
• Business and revenue models – do these differ from
other marketplace players?
• Marketing communications techniques – is the customer
value proposition of the site clear? Does the site support
all stages of the buying decision from customers who are
unfamiliar with the company through to existing
customers? Are special promotions used on a monthly or
periodic basis? Beyond the competitor’s site, how do
they make use of intermediary sites to promote and
deliver their services?
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Benchmarking Organizational
E-Marketing Capabilities (Continued)
• Services offered – what is offered beyond
brochureware? Is online purchase possible,
what is the level of online customer support and
how much technical information is available?

• Implementation of services – these are the

practical features of site design such as
aesthetics, ease of use, personalization,
navigation and speed.

• The 7Ps

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Figure 8.7 Customer demand analysis for the car market

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Figure 8.8 Benchmark comparison of corporate websites

Source: Bowen Craggs & Co (www.bowencraggs.com)

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Assessment of the future online promotion contribution and online

Figure 8.9
revenue for a B2B company, for Product A, Europe
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Figure 8.10 easyJet web site

Source: www.easyjet.com
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Table 8.3 The relationship objectives, strategies and performance indicators for a
B2B company (in order of priority)
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Table 8.3 The relationship objectives, strategies and performance indicators

for a B2B company (in order of priority) (Continued)
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Another Approach To Goal Setting

• Business effectiveness. Contribution of site to

revenue (see objective setting), profitability and any
indications of the corporate mission for the site. The
costs of producing and updating the site will also be
reviewed, that is cost-benefit analysis
• Marketing effectiveness. These measures may
include:
– leads; sales; retention; market share; brand
enhancement and loyalty;
• Customer service
– These measures will be assessed for each of the
different product lines delivered through the web
site. The way in which the elements of the
marketing mix are utilized will also be reviewed.
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Another Approach To Goal Setting

(Continued)
• Internet effectiveness. These are specific
measures that are used to assess the way in
which the web site is used, and the characteristics
of the audience
– Such measures include specialist terms such as
hits and page impressions that are collected from
the log file, and also more typical techniques
such as focus groups and questionnaires to
existing customers. From a marketing point of
view, how clear the value proposition of the site
is for the customer should be noted

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Example Internet marketing objectives within the balanced scorecard

Table 8.4
framework for a transactional e-commerce site

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Examples of SMART E-Marketing

Objectives
• Start-ups – acquiring a specific number of new
customers or to sell advertising space to generate a
specified revenue that will hopefully exceed
investment in site creation and promotion!

• Established mobile phone operator – increase

customer retention by reducing churn from 25% to
20%

• Established media company – increase online

revenue, target of 20% online contribution to revenue
by offering new online services and media sales.
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Examples of SMART E-Marketing

Objectives (Continued)
• Established business-to-business engineering
company – increase overall revenue by 5%,
through targeting sales in new international
markets.

• Reduce costs of routine customer service by

10% to enable focus on delivery of specialized
customer service.

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Table 8.5 Summary of typical focus for main types of e-commerce-related strategic
initiatives

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Table 8.5 Summary of typical focus for main types of e-commerce-related

strategic initiatives (Continued)
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Table 8.5 Summary of typical focus for main types of e-commerce-related

strategic initiatives (Continued)

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Figure 8.11 Stages in target marketing strategy development

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De Kare-Silver ES Test

1. Product characteristics. Does the product need to

be physically tried, or touched before it is bought?

2. Familiarity and confidence. Considers the degree

the consumer recognizes and trusts the product and
brand

3. Consumer attributes. These shape the buyer’s

behaviour – are they amenable to online purchases
in terms of access to the technology skills available
and do they no longer wish to shop for a product in
a traditional retail environment?

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Table 8.6 Product scores in de Kare-Silver (2000), Electronic Shopping Potential

Test
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Online Value Proposition

• A clear differentiation of the proposition from

competitors based on product features or
service quality.

• Target market segment(s) that the proposition

will appeal to.

• How the proposition will be communicated to

site visitors and in all marketing
communications. Developing a tag line can help
this.
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Online Value Proposition (Continued)

• How the proposition is delivered across

different parts of the buying process

• How the proposition will be delivered and

supported by resources – is the proposition
genuine? Will resources be internal or
external?

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Example OVPs

• ‘Compare. Buy. Save’. Kelkoo (www.kelkoo.com)

• ‘Earth’s biggest selection’. Amazon (www.amazon.com)
• ‘Search the largest inventory of cars and trucks on the
Internet. More than 1.5 million listings, updated daily’
(www.autotrader.com)
• The Citibank site design (www.citibank.com) uses a
range of techniques to illustrate its core proposition and
OVP. The main messages are
– Welcome to Citibank: The one-stop solution for all your
financial needs
– Look for a product or service; Learn about a financial
product; Find a location.

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Table 8.7 A range of targeting and segmentation approaches for a digital

campaign
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Figure 8.12 The extent to which different types of segmentation variables tend to
be predictive of response
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Figure 8.13 Firebox

Source: www.firebox.com

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Figure 8.14 Content publication and syndication process

Source: Smart Insights (2011) The best tools and tracking techniques to save time on your social syndication. Dave Chaffey, 18 January 2011.
http:www.smartinsights.com/blog/digital-marketing-strategy/tools-tracking-social-syndication

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Figure 8.15 Summary of communication models for: (a) traditional media, (b) n
media
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Figure 8.16 Summary of degree of individualization for (a) traditional media (same
message), (b) new media (unique messages and more information exchange
between customers)
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Figure 8.17 Channels requiring integration as part of integrated e-marketing

strategy
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Figure 8.18 Channel integration required for e-marketing and mixed-mode buying

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Figure 8.19 The elements of the marketing mix

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Issues With Varying The Mix Online

• Do we vary the mix online or replicate offline?

• Is the offer clear – brand proposition, online
offer?
• Is online differentiation defined?
• Is online differentiation communicated?
• Key online mix variables
– Product
– Price
– Place
– Promotion
– Service: People, Process, Physical evidence

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Online Mix Options

• Product
–Extend range (Tesco)
–Narrow range (WH Smith iDTV)
–Online-only products (banks)
–Develop new brand (Egg)
–Migrate existing brand (HSBC)
–Partner with online brand (Waterstones and
Amazon)

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Online Mix Options (Continued)

• Price
– Differential pricing:
• Reduce online prices due to price transparency
and competition (easyJet)
• Maintain price to avoid cannibalization of offline
sales (Dixon)

– New pricing options (software, music):

• Rental
• Pay per use
• Reverse auctions (B2B)
• Dynamic pricing (Concert tickets)
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Online Mix Options (Continued)

• Place = avoiding channel conflicts

– Disintermediation – sell direct
– Reintermediation – partner with new
intermediaries
– Countermediation:
• Form new intermediaries
• Partner with existing intermediaries
• Distance from intermediaries
(Abbey National)

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Online Mix Options (Continued)

• Promotion
– Selective use of new online tools for
different stages of the buying process and
customer lifecycle
– Online only campaigns
– Integrated campaigns – incorporating online
tools into communications mix

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Online Mix Options (Continued)

• Service
– People
• Automate – use web self-service,
offer customer choice
– Process
• Change process for service – contact
strategies
– Physical evidence
• Site design – differentiate or support brand
• Fulfilment quality

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Varying The Mix - Supermarkets

Mix Tactics applied online

Product

Price

Place

Promotion

+Service

www.tesco.com, www.sainsburystoyou.co.uk, www.waitrose.com

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Varying The Mix - Airlines

Mix Tactics applied online

Product

Price

Place

Promotion

+Service

www.ryanair.com, www.easyjet.com, www.ba.com

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Branding

Leslie de Chernatony and Malcolm McDonald

described ‘brand’ in their classic 1992 book,
Creating Powerful Brands, as

‘an identifiable product or service augmented in

such a way that the buyer or user perceives relevant
unique added values which match their needs most
closely. Furthermore, its success results from being
able to sustain these added values in the face of
competition.’

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Aaker – Brand Equity

• Brand awareness

• Perceived quality

• Brand associations

• Brand loyalty

How can these be enhanced online for the B2C

Company?
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Table 8.9 Traditional measures of brand equity and online measures of brand
equity
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Figure 8.20 Zipf’s law, showing decrease in popularity of items within an ordered
sequence

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Figure 8.21 Price elasticity of demand for a relatively elastic product

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Figure 8.22 Price elasticity of demand for a relatively inelastic product

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Figure 8.23 Options for the online vs offline communications mix (a) online >
offline, (b) similar online and offline, (c) offline > online

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Figure 8.24 Changes to brand perception and behaviour as a result of using the
Internet for research
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Figure 8.25 The influence of brand knowledge on purchase. Matrix for question ‘I
will buy a product if …’
Source: BrandNewWorld: AOL UK/Anne Molen (Cranfield School of Management)/Henley Centre, 2004

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Figure 8.26 Napster

Source: www.napster.co.uk

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