Multichannel integration refers to the practice of interacting with customers using a combination of indirect and direct communication channels – websites, retail stores, mail order catalogues, direct mail, email, mobile, etc. – and enabling customers to take action in response – preferably to buy your product or service – using the channel of their choice. In the most simplistic terms, multichannel marketing is all about choice.
Now, the question arises “Why do brands need multichannel integration approach to reach out to the customers when we already have traditional ways of marketing in place?”
Gone are the days when a single radio ad would send customers rushing to a nearby store. Instead, companies must compete with a million distractions before they can direct customers to their products. Luckily, companies also have more ways to contact customers, often called ‘channels’ in marketing, which have grown over the years. In addition to television and radio marketing, companies can now take advantage of contacting people online, such as email and messaging via social media.
Multichannel marketing is important for a simple reason that you must be where your customers are. And they are everywhere. If you need another reason, consider this: Multichannel customers spend three to four times more than single-channel customers do.Today there are more ways to reach customers – both in terms of number and variety of channels – than we could have imagined before. And as the number of channels continue to rise, the need to embrace multichannel marketing is not only a good idea, but a need too.
Three Steps to Getting it Right:
So what does it take to do multichannel marketing right? Here are three keys to success:
So, we can conclude that the concept of multichannel integration is quite significant and can help brands and companies to provide an enhanced customer experience that results in higher customer satisfaction, and increased sales, profits, and share of wallet.
Khushboo Kumari, Ansh Sharma, PGDM I Year, GNIOT Institute of Management Studies, Greater Noida
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