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The Perception Gap And Customer Relationship Management

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The perception gap IT companies might have different interpretation on the effectiveness of SMM from customers. They normally interested in knowing the ROI and reputation of SMM but this is not the issue customers concerned. Baird and Parasnis (2011) have discovered a gap between customers and IT companies (IBM) on construing social media. It is related to the combination of SMM and the customer relationship management (CRM) of these companies. The gap describes that customers wanted more actual value than simply engaging a good relationship which businesses desired. In addition, they have suggested companies should think on the side of consumers, what they genuinely want and value, in order to reinvent a new set of CRM with the element of SMM. In addition, many companies have problems on identifying the best metric on measuring their SMM. These metrics include the method and performance tools on measuring SMM (Hanna, Rohm and Crittenden, 2011). They have suggested that social media and traditional media are a blend of media ecosystem. With the development of social media, many companies have put more emphasis on SMM than traditional marketing. There are some social media strategies mentioned, such as visualizing the ecosystem, understanding and monitoring the performance indicators. Performance indicators not only limited on how many likes or shares on social media, but also included the number of sales with regards to the appearance of SMM, the brand promotion and

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