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                    in corporate social responsibility.The       possible  until  the  problem  gets
                    CSR helps in building                        solved.
                    “Differentiation”. Here,
                                                                 As highlighted, earlier, marketers need
                    differentiation refers to what               to  realise  that  due  to  slowdown  in
                    corporates are doing for the welfare         economic  activities,  the  purchasing
                    of community with respect to its             power  of  consumers  has  declined

                    competitors. It has been established         drastically. Therefore, pricing needs to
                                                                 be relevant even if it results in earlier
                    in the marketing field that social
                                                                 financial    losses.    Brands     must
                    responsibility is an excellent way for a
                                                                 broadcast  its  contributions  to  the
                    company to build its brand and               cause  as  it  would  help  in  earning
                    reputation.  For instance, talking           customer      trust    and     attitude.
                    about India, it is worth mentioning          Consumer  engagement  in  this  crisis
                    the PM Cares Fund which provides a           would definitely reap benefits in terms
                                                                 of brand loyalty and advocacy.
                    benefit to the companies that if they
                    donate the funds, then their financial       Brands  would  definitely  retain  the
                    contribution would be regarded as            customers  provided  they  support
                    CSR expenditure which is otherwise           them  and  assure  the  consumers
                    mandatory for a firm to incur.               regarding their support.

                    Author’s  Corner-   Demystifying
                    the Marketing lenses

                    Being a specialist in the marketing and
                    consumer behaviour domain, I aspire
                    to  share  a  few  strategies  which  can
                    help  the  brands  and  marketers  on
                    how to overcome the challenges.

                    The competition in the marketplace is
                    huge.  The  brands  which  are  ethical
                    and  consumer  centric  are  going  to
                    survive    in    the    future.   This
                    unprecedented  time  is  educating  the
                    consumers  regarding  the  brand’s
                    philosophy  and  strength  to  fight
                    against  the  pandemic.  The  customer
                    service  delivery needs  to be effective
                    to  the  best  possible  extent  as
                    consumers also are aware of the fact
                    that the quality of services which they
                    are  used  to avail  and  experience,  the
                    delivery  of  the  same  quality  is  not



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