Harness the potential of your data with segmentation

Harness the potential of your data with segmentation

In an increasingly data-driven world, understanding and exploiting the potential of your collected data is essential to achieving your marketing objectives. Segmentation is one of the keys to achieving this. By fully understanding the importance of marketing segmentation and applying it on a daily basis, you will be able to maximise the performance of your gamification campaigns.

In this article, we’ll explore the different facets of segmentation and its practical application in marketing. We’ll guide you through the use of our new Segment functionality, which will enable you to guide your prospects along an ideal patch to purchase or engagement.

get ready to explore the incredible opportunities that segmentation can offer you.

Understanding the importance of marketing segmentation

Marketing segmentation involves dividing your audience into homogeneous groups. These groups, known as segments, are formed on the basis of common characteristics such as:

  • preferences
  • behaviours
  • needs

The main aim of segmentation is to enable targeted and personalised communication. By sending specific messages to each segment.

Segmentation, ideal for boosting engagement and conversion

By segmenting an audience, you can send personalised messages that correspond to the expectations and specific needs of each group. It is then possible to create marketing campaigns tailored to each segment. Using a language, tone, offers and content that resonate with them.

91% of consumers are more likely to buy from brands that recognise them, remember them and offer relevant offers and recommendations “.

By sending personalised offers and content that meet the expectations of each segment, you considerably increase the likelihood of engagement and conversion. Customers tend to be more receptive to relevant messages addressed directly to them, because they feel understood.

This practice genuinely improves the perceived relevance of messages. The result is an environment that is suitable to converting prospects into loyal customers.

marketing segmentation potential

Improving relations with prospects and customers

Strengthening the relationship with your customers and prospects is essential. Send personalised messages that take account of individual preferences. You’ll show your audience that you understand them and care about their specific needs. This fosters a feeling of closeness and trust. This can lead to increased customer loyalty and improved overall satisfaction.

Gaining a better understanding of the target audience

Marketing segmentation gives you a valuable opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of your target audience. By analysing data relating to gamification campaigns, preferences and purchasing behaviour, you can gain valuable insights into your target audience.

These insights help you to refine your marketing strategy by better understanding the needs and expectations of each group. This means you can adjust your offer, communication channels, positioning and tactics to maximise the impact of your campaigns This in-depth knowledge of your target audience also enables you to identify new opportunities for growth, innovate and keep pace with market developments.

You are now familiar with segmentation in the strictest sense of the term. Now we can go even further in optimising your engagement and conversion objectives around your audience. With the new Segment functionality on the Adictiz Box platform.

Did you know? “55% of marketers believe that they do not have enough customer data to implement effective personalisation”

Segment, a game-changing feature for gamified campaigns

In our last online event on the quest for qualified leads, we gave you all the tips you need to collect data effectively in a gamification context. This is the first step in implementing your segmentation strategy. Without data, targeting is impossible.

Webinar to collect qualified leads

Segment is a new and truly innovative feature on Adictiz. It allows you to create segments in your database. Collected via your various game campaigns, directly on the Adictiz platform.

Why is this interesting?

As an Adictiz customer, you can use the Segment function to:

  • send specific messages to homogeneous groups of contacts
  • being more responsive during or after the campaign to generate more engagement and conversions
  • export segment data without handling global exports to feed your CRM
  • improve relations with your customers and prospects
  • get to know your audience better

Segment the data collected by your campaigns

In this example, let’s assume that your last Adictiz lead generation campaign is coming to an end. it’s a simple campaign consisting of a form (for data collection) and an instant win, Click Win . The game is very simple: all you have to do is click to discover the prize, which is distributed at random. Win or lose, the result is quickly revealed at the end of the game. At the end of your campaign, you have collected 10,000 subscribers, 45% of whom are opt-in (subscribers to your newsletter).

Our new functionality allows you to create up to 10 segments, based on more than 30 demographic and behavioural criteria:

  • age
  • sex
  • localisation
  • job
  • social profile
  • point of sale
  • actions carried out on your campaign (like on a product, a visit to a specific page, etc.)
  • specific informations extracted form a form

For example, you could create a segment of male contacts who have accepted the newsletter but not yet won a prize when they take part in your Click Win instant win.

The flexibility of the segmentation criteria means you can tailor your segments to your target audience and campaign objectives.

The data collected will depend on the path taken and its objective. Lead generation, product preferences, CRM database animation/qualification or traffic/sales generation. At Adictiz, we offer more than twenty pre-built campaigns to help you create your own sel-service campaigns.

A tool to improve responsiveness and performance

With the addition of the Segment functionality, Adictiz has been transformed into a complete platform for seamlessly collecting and activating data. You no longer need to juggle between our gamification tool and your CRM to ensure effective communication. Everything is integrated and centralised within our platform, simplifying your marketing operations. Of course, it’s also possible to export segment data without handling the overall export, so you can feed your CRM with pre-segmented data.

This complete integration means you can increase the efficiency and consistency of your marketing efforts. With all the tools you need at your fingertips, you can boost the performance of your campaigns. These include the recall of your products and services, engagement and loyalty rates, the number of accounts created and additional revenue.

“Consumers are looking for personalised marketing messages, with 72% saying they are only interested in content related to their specific interests.”

Greater relevance for your activations

Your campaign is underway or coming to an end, and your database is full of valuable information. You’ve segmented your audience strategically. Now it’s time for the crucial step: sending the most relevant messages to your segments based on their behaviour in your campaigns.

With the Adictiz e-mailing tool, you have a powerful feature at your disposal that allows you to create dedicated e-mails for each of your segments. This personalised approach allows you to optimise the relevance of your messages and significantly improve audience engagement.

“Customer fully connected to your brand are 52% more valuable than satisfied customers, while emotionally connected customers are 306% more valuable“.

Send an email to a segmented database

This tools offers total flexibility for personalising the content of your e-mails according to the interests, preferences and specific actions of each segment. You can use dynamic variables to insert personalised elements. Such as the recipient’s name, product recommendations based on their purchase history or special offers based on their past interactions.

By using this targeted approach, you can provide each segment with information that really interests them. This will pique their interest and increase the chances of conversion. You can also put in place calls to action tailored to each segment, incitating them to engage more with your brand.

You have all the resources you need to create personalised, relevant e-mails. That capture your audience’s attention and encourage greater engagement. By personalising the content of your e-mails according to the behaviour of your segments, you increase the chances of conversion and build lasting relationships with your audience.

Case study: improve engagement and brand recall on your campaigns

Here’s a concrete example that illustrates the power of our new tool, Segment, in your objective to engage and memorise your brand with your audience.

Let’s say you choose to set up a campaign based on a score-based mechanics with an Outrun, a Glutton, a Megajump or a Tiny Wings.

game mechanics segmentation

Why opt for this approach? Quite simply because this type of mechanic encourages time spent with your band. The objective is simple: achieve the best score to win. This competition encourages users to replay and extend their playing time. This gives your brand greater visibility.

By offering a score-based mechanic, you create an interactive and addictive experience for your audience. Users will come back to improve their score and go beyond their own limits. This dynamic gameplay helps to create an emotional connection with your brand, making it even more memorable.

Following your campaign, you decide to create 3 segments:

Segment 1 : All users with a score <100 points who have not completed the route

For this audience, you can choose to send en email the next day (D+1). The goal is to encourage them to return and play again to complete the journey and try to achieve a better score.

You can motivate them by highlighting the rewards or benefits they could earn by improving their score.

This personalized communication will encourage these users to engage more with your brand and extent their gaming experience.

Use case segmentation

Segment 2 : All users with a score <100 points who have completed the journey.

For this audience, you also choose to send an email the next day (D+1). However, this time, the focus is on engaging them to return, play again, and score more points to increase their chances of participating in a raffle or lottery.

You can highlight the attractive rewards or prizes that can be won. By offering this additional opportunity, you boost user engagement and excitement. They will aim to improve their score to increase their chance of winning.

Segment 3 : All users with a score greater than > who have completed the journey and played more than once.

segmented view use case

For this audience of high-performing players, you choose to send a thank-you email the following day (D+1). Congratulate them for being among the best players of the campaign. Take this opportunity to invite them to participate in a new exclusive gamification campaign.

By creating an experience reserved for this specific audience, you reinforce their sense of belonging to your brand. You also provide them with a unique opportunity to continue interacting with you.

Highlight the exclusive benefits or special rewards they could receive by participating in this new campaign.

By tailoring your messages and specifically targeting each segment based on their performance and engagement, you maximize the impact of your communication. Personalizing content and offers helps strengthen the relationship between your brand and your audience, thereby fostering better engagement and lasting brand recall.

Discover 5 other exclusive use cases in our webinar “From Lead to Client: Rediscover the Power of Marketing Segmentation“.

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How to improve customer loyalty through gamification

How to improve customer loyalty through gamification

Building customer loyalty is a major challenge for companies in all sectors. Retaining customers is often more profitable than acquiring new ones. If you’re concerned about contacting your customers and reactivating them, you’ve come to the right place! Let us show you our tips for improving customer loyalty. Mobilise the right tools, offer a memorable experience with gamification and measure customer satisfaction to not only retain your customers, but grow them too.

Why build customer loyalty?

Customer loyalty is an excellent strategy for maximising profitability. In fact, retaining an existing customer is much less expensive than acquiring a new one. According to a study by Bain &Company, it is even seven times more expensive to recruit a new customer than to retain one.

A brand’s reputation can be enhanced through loyalty. Satisfied customers are more likely to recommend products or services to their network. What’s more, customer loyalty can help prevent competition, as loyal customers are less likely to shop elsewhere if their experience is positive.

Building customer loyalty also enables us to collect valuable data on their preferences and buying behaviour. This data can be used to personalise the customer experience and offer products or services tailored to their needs. This can lead to increased customer satisfaction and long-term customer loyalty. It can also be used to improve conversion rates and develop long-term growth strategies.

Loyalty tools

To build customer loyalty, it’s essential to understand their needs and expectations. To do this, you can use various tools such as data analysis, focus groups and feedback. Surveys and e-mailing are also powerful tools in the quest for customer loyalty. By gathering information, you can improve your product or service offering by proposing solutions that are better adapted to your customers’ needs.

A survey to give customers a say

Take surveys, for example. By questioning customers directly, valuable information can be gathered and then used by companies. The questionnaires can be distributed via a variety of channels, such as e-mail campaigns, on the merchant’s website or on social networks. Customers then log in to their account to take part in the survey.

Once the responses have been collected, companies can analyse them to identify trends and customer preferences. On the basis of this information, product or service offers can be tailored to better meet the needs of their customers, and thus improve customer loyalty.

Gamification games catalogue

Emailing for personalised support

E-mailing is a marketing strategy that involves sending personalised e-mails to a list of customers. This stage may precede the survey stage. However, there are a number of key elements that should not be overlooked when implementing this strategy.

Segmenting your database to send relevant messages or offers is essential. The design must be meticulous to highlight the customer’s personalised content. The subject line must be clear and address the customer in a way that appeals to them. Finally, it is essential to measure the performance of the e-mailing campaign in order to improve future operations. E-mailing is an effective way of maintaining a relationship with customers and building loyalty by personalising the content and offers sent.

Delivering a memorable interactive customer experience

A remarkable customer experience is an invaluable part of a customer loyalty strategy. Customers want to feel valued and appreciated, and are constantly challenged by brands. To deliver a memorable customer experience, you need to focus on the points of contact with your customers, such as your website, customer service, social networks and physical shops.

Sounding out customers’ preferences in order to offer them a personalised product is a good example of an exceptional interactive experience. By offering to customise a product, customers will feel they have been given a mission. They will be able to find their favourite products, but they will also be able to give clues about the next trends.

Loyalty tool

Measuring customer loyalty

The NPS

Based on the principle of word of mouth, the Net Promoter Score calculates the probability of a company being recommended. By asking the question ‘On a scale of 0 to 10, would you recommend our company to your friends and family? A score above 0 is considered average, while scores above 50 are excellent. The NPS measures a customer’s attachment to an entity and therefore gives an indication of customer loyalty.

Based on the feedback they receive, companies can plan actions to strengthen customer loyalty.

Customer satisfaction survey

The satisfaction survey

The satisfaction survey, although similar to the NPS, is a more comprehensive way of measuring customer loyalty. The questions can be general or targeted, depending on the category of customer questioned. Questionnaires are used to understand customers, but also to improve a company’s service or products. Listening to your customers is the first step towards building loyalty!

Conclusion

Finally, customer loyalty is an essential element in achieving your marketing objectives. Not only because it costs less to retain a customer than to recruit new ones, but also because they can become ambassadors for your brand. Using the concepts outlined in this article, you can significantly improve customer satisfaction and turn them into loyal customers.

Remember that loyalty is not just about giving out offers and discounts, but also about creating a bond with your customer. By letting them spend time with your brand and offering them a memorable experience, for example. Use loyalty tools to create a relationship of trust with your customers and boost your company’s growth!

Playable ads, the solution to ad fatigue ?

Playable ads, the solution to ad fatigue ?

Le saviez-vous : chaque jour en moyenne, un individu est exposé à plus de 1200 publicités! Ce chiffre vous paraît exorbitant ? Cela signifie peut-être que vous êtes victime de banner blindness ou burn-out publicitaire. Ce phénomène d’aveuglement touche notamment les internautes et fait l’objet de nombreuses études. Mais, si elle n’est pas appréciée de tous, la publicité est indispensable à toute stratégie marketing. Elle a pour objectif de cibler une audience et l’inciter à adopter un comportement (achat, inscription,…). Découvrons comment faire passer un message à un public qui ne cesse de détourner le regard, grâce au display interactif et aux Playable ads.

Banner blindness: consumers blinded by advertising, how can we restore their sight?

Digital advertising desperately seeks audience

Banner blindness is an Anglicism widely used in marketing. It refers to a form of selective attention in which an individual ignores the information presented in banners. This attitude (whether conscious or unconscious) is adopted to avoid interacting with advertisements. indeed, the latter are perceived as likely to disrupt user experience.

But when is an ad visible or invisible to a user?

A classic display ad is considered visible if at least 50% of its surface is displayed on the screen for one second. In other words, the display banner has to stand out to attract interest in such a short space of time.

But there’s a world of difference between seeing and remembering.

 

After this time, 62.5% of Internet users have left the ad. For the remaining 37.5%, a phenomenon emerges: ad recall. In fact, there’s a link between observation intensity and memory. Basically, the duration of viewing is positively correlated with memory. This means that the more you watch an ad, the more likely it is to be remembered.

There is none so blind as those who won’t see

It may seem surprising, but while 2.5 seconds may seem like a very short time, in the world of advertising it’s a very difficult time to achieve!

Why is this? It’s a phenomenon linked to human nature. Studies show that users have trained themselves to ignore elements that resemble advertising. This makes it more difficult for advertisers to stand out in the mass of information and ads encountered

Moreover, it turns out that 35% of French people block Internet advertising with software such as Ad blockers. This shows a clear rejection of this mode of communication.

And for those who are touched by advertising?

A recent study gives us an overview of the average click-through rates of display campaigns for different formats:
Bloc format: 0,14%
Megaban: 0,08%
Skyscraper: 0,10%

Playable ads campaign display

These low rates don’t necessarily mean that the ads featured are poorly designed or inappropriate, but rather that consumers are too used to seeing them and therefore more likely to ignore them. The Megaban and Skyscraper formats are the hardest hit, as they are considered advertising formats from the outset.

As a reminder, the formats available on Adictiz Playable Ads are:


Pavement (300 x 250)
Wide angle (300 x 600)
Cladding (1800 x 1000)
Interstitials (640 x 960)

Playable ads adictiz display campaign

The lack of innovation in the advertising world is causing fatigue, and the solution may well be to be more creative in order to stand out from the crowd.

Ensure the visibility of your display formats with Playable Ads

Playable advertsing: a solution to counter banner blindness?

To answer the question we’ve just raised, it’s worth looking at the Playable Ads model.

This interactive display format is ideal for boosting campaign visibility, performance and brand awareness.

Integrating a game mode into a advertising has many advantages and meets several objectives:

  • Raising awareness: publicizing and demonstrating the added value of an offer
  • An engagement objective: to encourage users to spend time and interact with a brand.
  • A qualification objective: capitalize on preferences by recovering user insights

The interactivity and playfulness of the format allows display advertising to stand out in today’s advertising landscape.

Would you like to discover other concrete example of Playable Ads? We invite you to discover three case studies in our webinar replay!

In this respect, the click-to-play rate of playable Ads (7%) is far higher than the average click rate of conventional display (0.10%)

It’s interesting to note that a playable Ads campaign performs better in terms of clicks than a classic ad. However, if the campaign only reaches a very small audience, its value is limited. That’s why it’s essential to consider the distribution plan for a campaign to ensure its success.

 

No campaign performance without an optimized distribution plan

How do you ensure the strategic and effective delivery of a Playable Ads campaign?

The first step in this direction is the integration of a targeted audience:

  • It must correspond to your personae, thus allowing a level of qualification of the people who will see the advertisement
  • Geographical area, demographics, centers of interest and more specific audiences are all possible information to integrate into targeting.

But that’s not all. You can also reach out to hyper-qualified audiences. And what could be more qualified than your own prospects or customers?

In playable Ads, it is possible to:

  • Retargeting means making your playable visible to your database or site visitors. This type of audience is the most qualified, but very limited.
  • Doing a lookalike, i.e. make your playable visible to an audience similar to your retargeting audiences. The advantage is that you’ll be able to reach large, highly-qualified audiences.
  • Interest-based targeting, i.e. making your playable visible to an audience with interests or hobbies consistent with your campaign.
Playable ads diffusion

Increase recall and time spent with your brand thanks to interactive displays

As you can see from Dale’s learning cone below, the game format drastically increases memorization around an activity, product or brand.

playable ads cone learning dale

The time a user spends with a brand is greater when he or she is viewing a playable format.

The strength of playable Ads is that they enable users to make direct and prolonged contact with offers, benefits or a message throughout the gaming experience.
What’s more, they can increase their level of qualification at every stage.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you’ve reached the final line! Want to find out more? Watch the replay of our webinar on the subject. In the company of Léa, Adictiz’s Acquisition Manager, discover our concrete customer use-cases on the subject, and take part in the QA session at the end of the webinar.

Webinar playable ads

User Generated Content: how can it enhance your marketing strategy?

User Generated Content: how can it enhance your marketing strategy?

Developments in technology and usage have largely transformed the way brands address their prospects and customers. Using product-oriented content or content influenced by end-consumers (user generated content) for content marketing is a strategy that is highly appreciated by brands.
Here are some best practices for optimising this new marketing lever tjat is UGC.

Create optimum conditions for publication and distribution

Blogs, forums, social networks, photo and video sharing platforms… user-generated content is disseminated across a wide range of media. Gather your community around a multi-channel marketing campaign and manage all the content published by your users to take full advantage of this strategic communication channel for your brand!

Get your community interested

Consumers are all too often exposed to advertising messages that interrupt their daily lives. Capture your audience’s attention with a fun, interactive game. Put the user experience back at the heart of your strategy to encourage them to produce high value-added content about your brand. It’s the ideal way to encourage interactivity and increase your appeal!

Sport and gamification adictiz

Vary the level of commitment

Encourage your community to create User Generated Content, share ideas and opinions, or spread your content on their favourite social networks. DIY, photos, text or video… Appeal to their creativity and boost their involvement! Using games on a regular basis allows you to maintain a relationship with your users and gain in authenticity.

Lidl photo contest

Exploit the data collected

Benefit from the richness and diversity of the content produced by your users to assess the awareness of your products and deepen your customer knowledge. Analyse the frequency and visibility of publications to identify your community’s influencers and interactions. Promote those who play the game and turn these customers and prospects into brand ambassadors!

What is first-party data?

What is first-party data?

If you’re looking to collect valuable and reliable data, or are curious to find out more about first party data, then you’ve come to the right place. Find out how it can be useful to businesses and its crucial role in the world of modern marketing.

What is first-party data?

This data is collected from customers whenever they interact with a brand. By buying products or signing up to a loyalty program, for example. This information can be used to improve the customer experience on the merchant site or to send personalised offers to a database. It may include information such as name, age, telephone number or e-mail address.

Considered to be the most reliable source of data, the collection of first-party data is a highly prized objective for marketing teams.

Description of the data collection process

Collecting data, although systematic in marketing, is not trivial. We’re talking about sensitive information, but it’s also a commercial issue for companies.

The first step is to identify the data the company needs. This could be information about the location of their prospects and customers, or their age.

Once the needs have been identified, the format for collecting the information needs to be chosen. This can be a form or a survey.

First party data in digital marketing

La stratégie de collecte de données est devenue banale pour les marketeurs. En effet, le secteur du digital a pris une ampleur considérable ces dernières années et quelques abus ont été reportés. 

Respecter de la vie privée est un sujet qui touche de plus en plus d’utilisateurs. Ces derniers sont de plus en plus exigeants quant à l’utilisation de leurs données, ce qui explique la restriction récente concernant les cookies tiers sur divers navigateurs. Google a annoncé la fin de ces cookies face à la méfiance croissante des internautes. Il est donc urgent pour les marketeurs de trouver de nouvelles solutions plus respectueuses de la confidentialité des données, mais aussi de l’environnement.        

C’est pourquoi les données dites first party constituent un réel atout pour les marketeurs.

A valuable source of data

First-party data is a data collection strategy that is now very popular in digital marketing. Why ? Simply because information submitted voluntarily is qualifying data.

Thanks to customisable forms, it is possible to collect the data that brands need. Whether it’s to generate leads or to get to know your customer base better, first-party data is a valuable source of data. Collected transparently, it contains valuable and reliable information.

The role of first-party data

A stronger relationship with the customer

Getting to know your customers is the key to forging closer links and building loyalty. Offering personalised content or offers is what today’s users expect.

Participating in campaigns and voluntarily filling in information on a form provides a transparent data collection solution.

A more effective way of prospecting

Collecting first-party data enables companies to better understand their customers’ needs and preferences. However, this strategy can also identify the prospects most likely to become customers of the brand. Based on online behaviour and purchase history, companies can create target audiences for subsequent conversion. Offering personalised offers and getting prospects to spend time with the brand can make all the difference.

Better control of customer relations

First-party data collection has the advantage of being both reliable and transparent. Thanks to this strategy, companies can capture their customers’ intentions as well as any relevant information. This makes it possible to propose personalised content or offers and respond to potential customer needs. It’s an ideal way of improving the relationship between the company and its customers.

The different uses of first-party data

First party data is a powerful tool for companies and brands to better understand and target their customers. First party data can be collected from a wide range of sources, including websites, mobile applications and social networks. It is a source of data that companies can collect, analyse and exploit. This makes it easier for them to improve their products or services, their advertising campaigns and their marketing strategy. The Swiss army knife of data can be adapted to any situation!

First party data, very useful for your marketing team

First party data has become an indispensable tool for marketing teams. Data collection helps marketers to better understand customer journeys, discover the most effective communication channels and identify weak points in the customer experience. This enables marketing teams to implement more effective and profitable campaigns, while improving the overall customer experience.

This strategy is also effective for identifying market trends and preparing future collections or campaigns.

Analysing customer behaviour

En collectant les informations données volontairement par les utilisateurs, il est possible de créer des profils clients détaillés pour analyser des comportements d’achats. Les données first party incluent des informations sur les achats passés, les paniers composés sur le site marchand ou encore les commentaires laissés sur le site. 

Gràace à l’utilisation de ces données, c’est une conversation qui a lieu entre l’entreprise et sa clientèle. Les clients vous parlent et s’ils sont écoutés, vous pourrez alors les fidéliser et vous assurer que vos actions marketing soient efficaces.

Easier to improve conversion rates

Improving conversion rates is a real challenge for businesses. By using first-party data, you can distribute targeted offers to trigger purchases. Thanks to the valuable information collected upstream, you can respond to customers’ real needs.

Conclusion

In conclusion, gearing your strategy towards the collection of first-party data allows you to develop an ethical and more transparent approach. It is essential to listen to users’ concerns, while taking into account the changes on the horizon in terms of digital marketing.

This will enable companies to strengthen customer relations by learning about their preferences and purchasing intentions. What’s more, personalising offers and improving the customer experience will only improve the conversion rate!

Need advice on your first-party data collection strategy?