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This insightful guide delves into the core dynamic of marketing and finance in business. It explores the objectives of stakeholders, CEOs, and the intertwining factors influencing budget justification. Learn about customer equity, financial reporting, marketing strategies, and the impact of product pre-announcements. Discover how to enhance customer perceptions, boost profitability, and drive market growth by aligning marketing and financial actions effectively.
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Marketing & Finance Who is in charge?
The Objective of Business • What do stakeholders want? • Increased value of holdings • How do they get it? • What do CEOs want? • Acclaim • Financial rewards • Salary, bonuses, stock options • How do they get it?
Tangential Issues • Ethics • Culture
Justification of Budget • R&D? • Finance? • Manufacturing? • Management? • Marketing? • How does the ‘softer side of business’ get a seat at the table?
Marketing and Finance • Marketing Actions • Customer Perceptions • Customer Service • Promotions • Pricing • Loyalty Programs • Product • Channels • Perceived Value • Trust • Satisfaction • Loyalty • Commitment
Marketing and Finance • Customer Behaviors • Financial Outcomes • First purchase (customer acquisition) • Repeat purchase (customer retention) • Cross-selling • Departure • Customer Equity • Profitability • Share value • Firm value
Financial Reporting • Financial statement objectives • To help investors assess the amounts, timing, and uncertainty of prospective cash receipts. (Financial Accounting Standards Board) • “Firms must report additional information that explains the main trends and factors that underlie their development, performance and position.” (International Accounting Standards Board, 2005)
Customer Equity • Important for firms for whom customers are their major asset. • Cable companies • Subscription services • Phone companies • Netflix
Marketing Strategies and Customer Volume • Attract new customers to grow market share • Grow the market demand by bringing more customers into a market • Enter new markets to create new sources of customer volume
Marketing Strategies and Margin • Grow revenue per customer by product line extensions • Grow revenue per customer by adding services that enhance customer value • Improve margin per customer with improved products and services for which the customer is willing to pay a premium price
Marketing Strategies and Margin • Develop more cost-efficient marketing systems that lower variable sales and transaction costs • Eliminate customers that are not able to produce an acceptable level of customer margin
Product Pre-announcements • Impact on: Pros Cons • Customers • Competitors • Channel members Investors
Product Pre-announcements: abnormal returns Preannouncement Updating LOW HIGH Preannouncement Reliability LOW7.86%20.9% HIGH 9.37% 34.9% Delayed launches decrease market value of firm 5.25%
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