Relationship Marketing in Bangladesh • Relationship marketing is a strategy that emphasizes customer retention, satisfaction, and lifetime customer value. • Relationship marketing is a facet of customer relationship management (CRM) that focuses on customer loyalty and long-term customer engagement. • It is designed to develop strong connections with customers by providing them with information directly suited to their needs and interests and by promoting open communication. Emerging Techniques of Relationship Marketing • Limitless access • Cockpits– intelligent transparency • Social Media– an interconnected world • Customer intimacy • Apps • IT-service from the cloud • Competitive advantages New Trends Affecting Relationship Marketing • Influencer marketing is becoming increasingly popular amongst the younger generation. The new generation of shoppers does not trust brands; to target this group “influencer” is used. “Influencers” included YouTube, blogger, and other tastemakers of the Internet. • Social media is a digital reflection of today’s consumers’ lives. They spent a massive amount of time there. These digital networks are constantly adjusting to evolving consumers to meet their expectations and make them spend even more time on social media. Future Trends of Relationship Marketing • Mobile is going to become the center of marketing • Transparency will dictate brand-customer relationship • The need for good content will not slow down • User-generated content will be the new hit • Social will become the next Internet • Brands will own their audience • Brands solely-focused on Millennial will go out of relevance • Good brands will behave like product companies and not like service companies • Personalized, data-driven marketing will become more refined • Relationship Marketing would be used along with Data Analytics and the emerging trend of Big Data that are the future drivers for long term profitable customer relationship. • The emerging trend of CRM or the electronic commerce based CRM would mean that EDI or Electronic Data Interchange would be the transmission mechanism through which the CRM solutions will be implemented.