Ashley Mullings — July 11, 2017 Follow @ashley_mullings — July 11, 2017 Recently, a niche retailer we’ve been working with for years began to fret about monthly promotions and asked, “Do people just wait for the next sale?” The concern was that intermittent discounts were disrupting consumer behavior. We love questions like this. There’s always … Continue reading Want to Grow Revenue? Get to Know Your Customers
Contributor Ryan Phelan explains the benefits of progressive profiling and walks you through the steps you should take when implementing your profiling program. Ryan Phelan on May 17, 2017 “First-person marketing,” as my colleague, Matt McGowan, explained in an earlier Marketing Land piece, sees customers as individuals to whom brands must shape their messaging … Continue reading Progressive profiling: Why it’s a win for you and your customers
Irit Eizips — February 16, 2017 — February 16, 2017 These days, the practice of Customer Success finds itself at an interesting crossroad. The importance and responsibility of the field are growing, yet the budget increases don’t seem to follow suit. At some point, you as a customer success manager might start to notice that … Continue reading Easy Customer Success Playbooks You Can Quickly Automate
Contributor Giovanni Strocchi explains how audience profiling built on first-party data can help marketers get to know their audience on a personal level and predict their needs. Giovanni Strocchi on January 23, 2017 Today’s scattergun approach to targeting, based on wide demographic assumptions, overlooks an important fact for marketers: Target audiences are made up … Continue reading How audience profiling, based on real-time online customer interactions, reveals the faces in the crowd
Sam Feil — December 27, 2016 — December 27, 2016 For those just joining my blog series CSM from the Trenches, welcome. In this series, I discuss trends, best practices, and advice for frontline customer success managers (CSMs). Being on the CSM frontline allows us to directly influence the success of our clients. I love … Continue reading CSM from the Trenches – 4 Segmentation Strategies for Frontline CSMs
Contributor Matt Nitzberg believes marketers need to move away from common, ingrained measurement practices and instead take an “audience-first” approach to analytics. Matt Nitzberg on October 19, 2016 Marketers competing in mature product categories are in a tough spot. For offerings from cereal to flights to cars, competition for market share and share of voice … Continue reading Brands must close the loop on audience segmentation
Make no mistake, account-based marketing is ideal for targeting prospects. But contributor Thomas Koletas explains why you should also be using it for retaining and upselling your existing customers. Thomas Koletas on October 4, 2016 Account-based marketing is the new black for B2B marketers, who are leveraging the strategy at nearly every stage of … Continue reading Don’t overlook your current customers with your ABM strategy
by Bob Apollo Follow @bobapolloSeptember 27, 2016 Traditional market segmentation is usually based around the core demographic attributes of company size, sector and location: for example, we might choose to target medical equipment companies turning over £100-250m located in the South East of England. But, as many sales organisations have learned, this simple approach to … Continue reading When Demographics Aren’t Enough: How to Identify Your Ideal Customers
by Sora WondraSeptember 19, 2016 Know thy users. Then, segment them. Customer segmentation strategies are key for relevant and effective mobile marketing. Sending campaigns to smaller, thoughtfully constructed segments (vs. non-targeted blasts) can increase conversion by 200%. Taking time to build, review, or revise segments can help you focus your messaging and your audience. Clarity … Continue reading The Secrets of Customer Segmentation Strategy
by Dionte Pounds April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 Last month, I discussed how to use proper segmentation to optimize the performance of Dynamic Search Ads campaigns and why segmentation is vital for success. Segmentation also plays a large part in the success of shopping campaigns. If you’re not already familiar, shopping campaigns promote your online … Continue reading How to Improve Shopping Performance with Segmentation
