Shattering the Myths of Customer Loyalty

Terry Vavra's Presentation at Parallax Views 2005 (Banff)

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PDF of Terry Vavra’s Presentation on the Myths of Customer Loyalty, presented at Parallax Views 2005 (Banff).

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What Role Does Loyalty Play?
Generally, businesspeople accept a hierarchy linking satisfaction and loyalty to the bottom line.

Reasons It’s Smart To Keep Customers (myths?):

  • The Economic Reason:
    • Customer loss means lost profits
  • The Replacement Reason:
    • It’s far less expensive to keep a current customer than to win a new customer
  • The Goodwill Reason:
    • Loyal customers persuade others to buy
  • The Lifetime Value Reason:
    • Lifetime value increase disproportionately over a customer’s lifetime
  • The Efficiency Reason
    • Loyal customers are less expensive to serve
  • The Exploitation Reason
    • Loyal customers are less price sensitive

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