Nyttan av Web 2.0 i en CRM-kontext

Abstract

Web 2.0 is a relatively new concept which has made significant progress on the Internet. More recently, corporations as well have begun to get use of the different types of applications that are assigned to the Web 2.0. Organizations are primarily interested in making use of Web 2.0 in two areas: inside the company to increase efficiency and productivity, and from the organization to the customer to improve revenue and customer satisfaction. We have chosen to take a closer look at this last area, as can be seen as a CRM context. Our interest is to investigate how such a context may change by implementing some kind of Web 2.0 technology. On a more specific plan, we intend to on behalf of Volvo investigate whether Web 2.0 has any potential in one of their web portals. The study is of a qualitative nature with the focus on interviews. The result shows that there is a concern among organizations that they because of Web 2.0 will lose control over what customers may say or write about them. But we live in a global world full of networking and there are technologies that enable communication so that we can communicate anywhere in the world. Can we really still remain in the old way of thinking and at the same time reap the fruits of the new era? If the organizations can only exceed their concerns, there would be a good opportunity for them, with the help of Web 2.0 technologies to obtain and increase in customer loyalty. This in turn creates new opportunities for a better contact with their customers and thus increases their turnover. Among Web 2.0 technologies, it is above all, wikis and blogs that have the greatest potential because they are well suited for customer centricity.