Customer engagement through personalization and customization

This chapter examines how tailored marketing strategies in the form of customization and personalization can foster customer engagement along the customer lifecycle. Building on various real-world examples, the authors outline the general array of opportunities that companies have at their disposal to customize and/or personalize the marketing mix. In addition, they discuss important contingency factors that facilitate or impede the applicability of both strategies under various business circumstances.

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