TY - BOOK AU - Kumar, V TI - Valuing customer engagement: strategies to measure and maximize profitability T2 - Palgrave Executive Essentials SN - 9783031432989 U1 - 658.87 PY - 2024/// CY - Cham PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Customer relations N1 - Table of content: Front Matter Pages i-xxviii Download chapter PDF Overview of Customer Engagement V. Kumar Pages 1-13 Customer Valuation Theory V. Kumar Pages 15-35 Customer Engagement Value V. Kumar Pages 37-59 Brand: “What Do You Think of Me?” V. Kumar Pages 61-75 How Much Are Your Customers Worth? V. Kumar Pages 77-115 When Brand Value Meets Customer Value V. Kumar Pages 117-131 What’s the Word Out There? V. Kumar Pages 133-178 Hey, Have You Heard About This? V. Kumar Pages 179-219 We Need Your Help! V. Kumar Pages 221-243 Engaging with Customers in a Multi-dimensional World V. Kumar Pages 245-273 Back Matter Pages 275-280 [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-43296-5] N2 - In recent years, the concept of customer engagement has evolved as a powerful tool in the managerial toolkit of firms to incorporate a profitable approach to customer management. There is a pressing need for an authoritative book that communicates the fundamentals of profitable customer engagement by proposing a customer engagement value framework. This book, Valuing Customer Engagement, is first of its kind on customer engagement that outlines the theory and methods of engaging customers profitably in business-to-consumer and business-to-business settings. Written by world-renowned scholar and thought leader V. Kumar, this seminal work book explains the definitions of the metrics within the CEV framework and analyzes ways to measure and maximize these metrics that can help in engaging customers profitably. Dr. Kumar also reveals the interrelationships between these metrics, i.e. how each metric impacts the other, with examples from all over the world. This updated edition introduces of Customer Valuation Theory as a way of quantifying direct and indirect engagement value while presenting newer applications and case studies. With practical examples of companies that have benefited by implementing these strategies, this guide is a must have for business executives who want to maximize companies profitability as well as students wanting to learn how to engage customers and build loyalty. (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-43296-5) ER -