Most B2C marketers (53%) say they have an excellent grasp of transactional data such as consumers' purchase history, and 42% say they have a good handle on basic demographic information such as gender and age, according to a recent report by Yesmail and Gleanster.

However, far fewer marketers say that they have an excellent understanding of relationship data, including customers' level of participation in social media (20%), channel preference (21%), and household composition (27%).

Moreover, just 21% use events such as birthdays or having a baby to trigger automated campaigns.

Below, additional key findings from the report, which was based on a survey of 100 senior marketers from mid-to-large B2C companies.

Targeting Customers

  • 83% of marketers surveyed say they are effective at delivering targeted offers and messages using predefined triggers.
  • Customer profile and purchase history is the most used data input for creating targeted email campaigns (67%), followed by customer feedback/satisfaction information (59%), and point of sale transaction data (56%).
  • Less than half of marketers use Web browsing history (41%), social data (38%), and third-party attitudinal data (36%) to segment consumers.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Ayaz Nanji is a writer, editor, and a content strategist. He is a co-founder of ICW Media and a research writer for MarketingProfs. He has worked for Google/YouTube, the Travel Channel, and the New York Times.

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