Differences between Traditional Marketing and Relationship Marketing

Differences between Traditional Marketing and Relationship Marketing

Some of the most significant contrasts between the traditional approach of marketing  – which we term the transactional approach – and the emerging concept of relationship marketing are as given below.

The following table differentiates transactional or traditional marketing and the relationship marketing.

Points of Distinction Transactional Marketing (Traditional Marketing) Relationship Marketing
1. World View Managing a Company's product portfolio, setting and modifying marketing mix parameters to achieve optimal 4 Ps. Managing a company's customer portfolio, building long-term business relationship.
2. Assessment Period Short duration Long duration.
3. Key concepts 4 Ps, segmentation, branding etc. Interaction, relationships and networks
4. Marketing focus Product / Serivice Product / Service and Customer.
5. Marketing goal Customer acqisition Customer acquisition, customer retention and customer recovery
6. Marketing interaction One-way communication Interactive communication.
7. Promotion strategy Non-personal advertising, brand and image management. Personal interaction, developing identity as a reliable supplier.
8. Economic profit & Control parameters Profit, profit margin contribution, sales, costs. Additionally: customer profit contribution, customer value.
9. Orientation Towards single sales. Towards customer retention.
10. Contact Intermittent customer contact. Continuous customer contact.
11. Focus On product features On customer value.
12. Quality It is the concern of the production staff. Quality is the concern of all.
13. Commitment Limited commitment in meeting customer expectations Higher commitment in meeting customer expectations.
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One further significant difference between the transactional approach of marketing model and the relationship model is the wider view of the market that it adopts.

In order to build and sustain real customer value, it is important to recognize that relationships must be built with a number of important constituencies.This is called the ‘Six Markets’ model.