Comcast Marketing Strategy

Marketing Strategy Comcast Corporation EXECUTIVE SUMMARYComcast Corporation is confront strong reinvigorated competition in markets where it used to have none. Comcast has been losing analog line of work television customers while at the same time seeing reduce growth of subscribers for its new services. For example, Comcast added 247,000 digital cable television subscribers in the 4th quarter of 2008, which is less than half of the 530,000 subscribers they added at the same time the previous year (businessinsider. com). Comcast is the largest cable company in the United States. In most(prenominal) of the regions that they operate, they are almost a monopoly. In Maryland alone, they command 82% of the cable market (allbusiness. om). Unfortunately, Comcast has interpreted the attitude of a monopoly when it comes to customer service and pricing. In 2004 and 2007, Comcast had the worst customer satisfaction rating of any company in the country (wikipedia. org). Comcasts legacy of impish customer service has their customers ready to jump to a new companys service as soon as it becomes available. Telecommunications companies have begun to capitalize on this by implementing new technologies to provide digital television, high speed internet and internet telephony services over their existing networks in order to compete directly against Comcast.In order to fulfill Comcasts mission of adduceing the best products and the most customer-friendly and reliable service in the market, we are proposing a new Customer Service endeavor as well as a Total Content Distribution strategy. This involves acquiring media content providers in order to provide exclusive content and to offer a one-stop shopping experience for consumers for all their entertainment and communication needs. Market Definition and Opportunity Comcast identifies its target market size as 50. million homes, laid in 39 states and the District of Columbia, which can be connected to it s distribution system without further extension of transmission lines. Currently, Comcast has 24. 2 million video customers (47. 8% penetration), 14. 9 million high-speed internet customers (29. 7% penetration), and 6. 5 million phone customers (13. 9% penetration). Comcast generates approximately 95% of its consolidated revenue from its Cable segment. Its cable systems simultaneously deliver video, high-speed internet and phone services to its customers (2008 yearly Report). Appendix A Example Customer Satisfaction SurveyIn your most recent customer service experience, how did you sink in the delegate? ( )In Person ( )By Telephone ( )Internet ( )Other About how long did you have to wait before speaking to a representative? ( )I was taken care of immediately ( )Within 3 minutes ( )3-5 minutes ( )5-10 minutes ( )More than 10 minutes Did our representative (Select all that apply) ( )Quickly identify the problem ( )Appear knowledgeable and efficient ( )Help you understand the cause and the solution to the problem ( )Handle issues with courtesy and professionalism About how long did it take to get this problem resolved? )Immediate Resolution ( )Less than a day ( )Between 2 and 3 days ( )Between 3 and 5 days ( )More than a week ( )The problem is still not resolved How many times did you have to contact customer service before the problem was corrected? ( )Once ( )Twice ( )Three Times ( )More than Three times On a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 represents highly dissatisfied and 5 represents Extremely Satisfied, please answer the below questions and provide any explanation that could help us to improve our customer service. How satisfied are you with the customer service experience? 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