Improve The Communication Quality By Understanding Switching Behavior

Instant paper aims to analyze telecom customer relationship by delving into customer switching behavior and identifying preferred communication type to help companies in designing appropriate communication in order to prevent the customer switching and enhancing customer loyalty. Two staged qualitative research has been conducted by interviewing 13 telecom customers who had experienced telecom service provider switching and data is analyzed by coding technique. Findings reveal that telecom customers chose distinctive sources of information while making switching decision. Active customers chose newsletter based on rich content including innovative services information whereas passive customers chose newsletter primarily based on competitive prices. Managers can communicate active and passive customers according to the respective communication preferences. Moreover, marketers can study switching determinants, triggers and sources of information in order to design the customized communication so as to prevent triggers from happening in the first place, thereby enhancing customer loyalty. This paper synthesizes insights from the extant literature on relationship marketing, customer switching behavior and contemporary communication channels to develop comprehensive customer-driven loyalty enhancing communication.