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In marketing text books, Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) is definined as “the present value of the future cash flows attributed to the customer relationship”, and is calculated something like this:
CLV = (Sale value) x (Estimated Number of times customer will reorder) [adjusted for Net Present Value]
However, this doesn’t tell the whole story. Social Media is so commonplace that all of your customers are now publishers, and are influencing each others purchases like never before. As Brian Solis points out, Social Capital is also very valuable.
So the Social Customer Lifetime Value (SCLV) would be worked out something like this:
SCLV = CLV + CRV
CRV is Customer Referral Value. It is essentially a combination of the Social Capital, i.e. the influence, a person has, and how likely they are to advocate your products and services. It is impossible to work out precisely, but a hugely important part of deciding how valuable a customer is to your business in the new social economy.
CRV = (Social Capital) x (a form of the Net Promoter Score)
This would represent the amount of purchases that a customer has created due to her influence on others. (NB I would score Net Promoter Score from -5 to +5, so that detractors actually detract value. That would more closely represent the true value, in terms of +ve or -ve future cash flows)
Some thoughts on this:
1. You can spend more to acquire a customer with a high SCLV
2 .You can spend more on servicing the account of someone with a high SCLV
3. Someone’s Social Capital may increase over time: maybe look for people who’s capital is on the rise and make sure they are more likely to promote your product (they are also the people less bombarded by PR people)
4. You can actually do things to increase a customer’s Social Capital and therefore their SCLV: for example, by highlighting her on your company blog or website, by giving her the scoop on latest news, and generally making her more valuable to her community etc.
5. Customers with high CRV may need to be treated differently to customers with high CLV.
6. A customer may not be spending much on your products or services, but their influence on others may mean that their true SCLV is high. Perhaps the high spenders are not always the most vocal about it?
7. Negative SCLV is of course also a possibility. Simply “dropping” a customer with a negative SCLV is not an option, but working out the ways to stop them detracting value, and turn them into advocates, is important. Especially those customers with high Social Capital.
Rather than debating the ROI of social marketing, I think we should be talking about how much we can spend to service our customers and potential customers. As part of a Social CRM program, SCLV represents the true value of a customer or prospect, and it should be used to aid decisions about resource allocation.
Jussi-Pekka says: September 23, 2010 at 8:20 am This is really good! Social CRM is the crown jewel for many companies in the near future. You either succeed identifying the customer with high referral values or not. But you need to remember that giving excellent customer service only to customers screaming “don’t you know who I am” might piss off you loyal, returning, more silent customers.
This is really good! Social CRM is the crown jewel for many companies in the near future. You either succeed identifying the customer with high referral values or not. But you need to remember that giving excellent customer service only to customers screaming “don’t you know who I am” might piss off you loyal, returning, more silent customers.
dagood says: September 23, 2010 at 8:25 am That’s true, and it’s why it’s a combination of the two, and resources need to be set asside for both: 1. the loyal high-spenders; 2. the influential
That’s true, and it’s why it’s a combination of the two, and resources need to be set asside for both: 1. the loyal high-spenders; 2. the influential
dagood says: September 23, 2010 at 9:15 am Also, I wonder if the customer who is always screaming “don’t you know who I am” is actually so influential in terms of CRV: most people probably tune those type of people out of their stream, as no one wants to listen to someone who is always complaining!
Also, I wonder if the customer who is always screaming “don’t you know who I am” is actually so influential in terms of CRV: most people probably tune those type of people out of their stream, as no one wants to listen to someone who is always complaining!
Prima sung says: September 23, 2010 at 9:53 pm Great post. This leads to a bigger question of how to identity those influencers. Having a big follower base doesn’t equate to more influence. Here’s an interesting read on related subject. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/09/23/arts/entertainment-us-twitter-influence.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Great post. This leads to a bigger question of how to identity those influencers. Having a big follower base doesn’t equate to more influence. Here’s an interesting read on related subject. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/09/23/arts/entertainment-us-twitter-influence.html?_r=1&ref=technology
dagood says: September 24, 2010 at 7:58 am hi Prima Thx! Great point and great link too🙂 HP have done a similar study that measures influence beyond just counting followers: http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/scl/papers/influence/influence.pdf Bit harder than counting followers, but clearly this is the way to go to measure CRV.
hi Prima
Thx! Great point and great link too🙂
HP have done a similar study that measures influence beyond just counting followers: http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/scl/papers/influence/influence.pdf
Bit harder than counting followers, but clearly this is the way to go to measure CRV.
Ryan says: December 1, 2010 at 6:13 pm Great post! I had not thought about assigning a negative value to detractors in a scoring mechanism. Very clever and, you’re right, accurate to the true value of those individuals.
Great post! I had not thought about assigning a negative value to detractors in a scoring mechanism. Very clever and, you’re right, accurate to the true value of those individuals.
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