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Total Relationship Marketing
Evert Gummesson · 2002
77/100
👍 Worth It
Gummesson's 30Rs framework is one of the more durable contributions to marketing theory, and the second edition's addition of CRM and e-Business content makes it a genuinely comprehensive reference. Some of the framework elements are abstract enough to frustrate practitioners looking for plug-and-play tools, and the digital examples are now dated, but as a conceptual foundation for relationship marketing it remains authoritative.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety97
Substance / usefulness80
Craft & writing68
Originality78
Evidence & accuracy78
Hype vs delivers74
Age-fit85
👁 Human-eye gut-check72
Penny’s verdict77
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