{"id":10274,"date":"2022-01-10T07:03:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T12:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/?p=10274"},"modified":"2022-01-08T13:05:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T18:05:49","slug":"customer-centric-segmentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/customer-centric-segmentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer-centric Segmentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10280\" src=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Stock-Image-1-Customer-centric-Segmentation-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Stock-Image-1-Customer-centric-Segmentation-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Stock-Image-1-Customer-centric-Segmentation-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Stock-Image-1-Customer-centric-Segmentation-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/>Rising competition and introduction of new ways of capturing large amounts of customer data has necessitated advancement in capabilities of organizations to foresee and fulfill customer needs and wants.<\/p>\n<p>Ever more B2C concerns are going all-out to <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/stream\/customer-centric-design\">Design Customer-centric<\/a> organizations.\u00a0 Organizations pursuing Customer-centricity depend on some type of Market Segmentation.\u00a0 Market Segmentations assist in understanding the customer more intimately.<\/p>\n<p>This understanding has to be based on solid data.\u00a0 Even though the collection of customer data is at its highest of all time, organizations are still finding it difficult to apply the insights being offered by <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/business-toolkit\/customer-segmentation\">Customer Segmentation<\/a> to propel <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/stream\/change-management\">Change<\/a> and enhance <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/stream\/performance-management\">Performance<\/a>.\u00a0 This is the Customer Data Paradox.\u00a0 With more customer data, it has ironically become more difficult to derive useful insights from the data.<\/p>\n<p>Data-driven enterprises are sensing that their Segmentation endeavors have been unable to provide anything near the extent of benefit they should.\u00a0 Cause for such failure is development of Segmentations founded on contradictory <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/purpose-driven-organization-primer-2859\">Business Purpose<\/a>; purposes that are not widely comprehended or communicated or cannot be immediately acted upon.<\/p>\n<p>Segmentation is indispensable to the process of dealing with the intricacies of constantly evolving and dividing customer clusters and their diverse demands.\u00a0 Need for developing a company-wide <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/business-toolkit\/target-operating-model\">Operating Model<\/a> that is able to transform this extensive data into valuable information so as to enable improved <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/go-to-market-model-design-3752\">Go-to-Market<\/a> decisions is essential.<\/p>\n<p>This intricate Segmentation process can be handled more effectively by following the 4-phase approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/customer-centric-segmentation-6035\">Customer-centric Segmentation<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Delineate Purpose<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Plan around Purpose<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Functionalize Segmentation<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Control Implementation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/customer-centric-segmentation-6035\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10278\" src=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Revised-Slide-Deck-image-Customer-centric-Segmentation.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1002\" height=\"752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Revised-Slide-Deck-image-Customer-centric-Segmentation.png 1002w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Revised-Slide-Deck-image-Customer-centric-Segmentation-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Revised-Slide-Deck-image-Customer-centric-Segmentation-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Segmentation offers clarity and insights regarding customer behavior, tendencies, and proclivities.<\/p>\n<p>Customer Segmentation also amplifies the chances of effectiveness of Marketing and <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/business-toolkit\/customer-experience\">Customer Experience<\/a> management campaigns, and impelling Brand Positioning and Product Development.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let us look at the 4 phases in detail.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Delineate Purpose<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Clearly defining and understanding the Purpose of Segmentation is necessary to set the base for the type of Segmentation effort that is required to be undertaken\u2014i.e., Strategic or Tactical or both.<\/p>\n<p>Strategic Segmentation is applied for all-embracing, enterprise-wide purposes.\u00a0 Tactical Segmentation is adopted for a far more precise purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Goal is to guarantee that Segmentation results in distinct processes and actions that augment Performance.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Plan around Purpose<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Segmentation research needs to be meticulously planned to manifest the Purpose decided, and to make certain that the outcomes are insightful, practicable, and discernable.<\/p>\n<p>Segmentation research has to encompass several dimensions such as behaviors, outlooks, demographics, channel use, inclinations, and profitability.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Functionalize Segmentation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This phase involves determining changes that will take place in the decision processes and communicating them to the concerned business partners so as to deliberate on and devise adjusted metrics that reflect the new capabilities.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Control Implementation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Means for administering change\u2014directed and customized communications arranged to stimulate understanding, interaction, and approval\u2014are required to be utilized completely.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in learning more about Customer-centric Segmentation?\u00a0 You\u00a0can download\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/customer-centric-segmentation-6035\">an editable PowerPoint on <strong>Customer-centric Segmentation<\/strong> here<\/a><u>\u00a0<\/u>on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\">Flevy documents marketplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Do You Find Value in This Framework?<\/h2>\n<p>You can download in-depth presentations on this and hundreds of similar business frameworks from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/pro\/library\">FlevyPro Library<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/pro\">FlevyPro<\/a>\u00a0is trusted and utilized by 1000s of management consultants and corporate executives. Here\u2019s what some have to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy FlevyPro subscription provides me with the most popular frameworks and decks in demand in today\u2019s market.\u00a0 They not only augment my existing consulting and coaching offerings and delivery, but also keep me abreast of the latest trends, inspire new products and service offerings for my practice, and educate me in a fraction of the time and money of other solutions.\u00a0 I strongly recommend FlevyPro to any consultant serious about success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Bill Branson, Founder at Strategic Business Architects<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs a niche strategic consulting firm, Flevy and FlevyPro frameworks and documents are an on-going reference to help us structure our findings and recommendations to our clients as well as improve their clarity, strength, and visual power.\u00a0 For us, it is an invaluable resource to increase our impact and value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 David Coloma, Consulting Area Manager at Cynertia Consulting<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFlevyPro has been a brilliant resource for me, as an independent growth consultant, to access a vast knowledge bank of presentations to support my work with clients.\u00a0 In terms of RoI, the value I received from the very first presentation I downloaded paid for my subscription many times over!\u00a0 The quality of the decks available allows me to punch way above my weight \u2013 it\u2019s like having the resources of a Big 4 consultancy at your fingertips at a microscopic fraction of the overhead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Roderick Cameron, Founding Partner at SGFE Ltd<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising competition and introduction of new ways of capturing large amounts of customer data has necessitated advancement in capabilities of organizations to foresee and fulfill customer needs and wants. 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