Segmentation: How-to articles covering the latest marketing tactics, tips, and strategies.

• 119 Facts About Email Marketing [Infographic]Laura Forer
  Why is email such a successful marketing channel? It's widespread, measurable, and easy to customize. Find out more about this ubiquitous channel with these stats, fun facts, and case studies.
  Case Studies, Customer Behavior, Email, Email Marketing, Marketing Automation, Marketing Communications, Newsletters, Personalization, Segmentation
• Eight Steps to Leave Blast Emails Behind and Launch Intelligent Communications InsteadPini Yakuel
  Learn how we marketers can graduate from the tried-and-true daily blast email to take a more personalized, targeted approach—and why it is so critical to our businesses that we do ...
  Email, Email Campaigns, Email Marketing, Engagement, Sales, Segmentation, Targeting
• The Nitty-Gritty of Dirty Data [Infographic]Laura Forer
  Is dirty data preventing you from seeing who your customers really are? This infographic illustrates how incorrect customer data could be costing your company and what you can do to ...
  Big Data, Data, Segmentation
• Three Things No One Tells You About Email Marketing and AITink Taylor
  Artificial intelligence (AI) is the sexiest conversation in email marketing, but few marketers are ready for it. Here's what the buzz doesn't tell you, and what you can do now ...
  AI, Email, Email Campaigns, Email Marketing, Marketing Automation, Marketing Strategy, Segmentation
• Five Golden Strategies to Bring Luck to Your Email Campaigns [Infographic]Laura Forer
  Wouldn't it be nice to find a pot of gold at the end of your email campaigns? Check out this St. Patrick's Day-themed infographic with five tips to help you ...
  Email, Email Campaigns, Email Marketing, Humor, Segmentation, Testing
• Three Steps for Crafting More-Personalized and Better-Performing ContentJacob Warwick
  Content marketers strive to create content that not only speaks directly to their target audiences but also compels those audiences to take action. Easier said then done, of course. But ...
  Content, Content Marketing, Content Strategy, Customer Acquisition, Customer Insight, Marketing Strategy, Research, Segmentation, Web Analytics, Websites
• Eight Subscription Models and Five Best-Practices for Your OfferingsVictoria DeRosa
  Customers buy on convenience—because they want to make their job or their life easier. Automatic renewals are as easy as it gets. And from a business standpoint, it guarantees repeat ...
  Customer Behavior, Customer Loyalty, Customer Satisfaction, Marketing Strategy, Pricing, Segmentation
• Six Email Worst-Practices: How to Send Your Emails to Your Customer's TrashDan Hanrahan
  Are you becoming an annoyance in your customer's inbox? Avoid these six worst-practices and learn how to instead get your messaging to resonate with your audience.
  Content, Email, Email Campaigns, Email Deliverability, Email Marketing, Personalization, Segmentation
• Four Steps for Driving Customer Loyalty With Data SciencePauline Brown
  To build loyalty and retain customers, marketing teams can take these four steps that improve customer insights and the overall customer experience—and build lasting customer relationships.
  Big Data, Customer Insight, Customer Loyalty, Customer Relationships, Customer Retention, Data, Demographics, Personas, Segmentation
• Eight Myths E-Commerce Marketers Must Stop Believing InReshu Rathi
  At a time when tips and tricks for running an online business are so readily available, it should be easy to learn about achieving success. But how can you tell ...
  B2C, Customer Acquisition, Customer Retention, E-Commerce, Email, Email Marketing, Marketing Automation, Retail Marketing, Segmentation

Segmentation: Podcasts containing in-depth interviews with smart marketers from all walks of life.

• Your Marketing Superpowers: Targeting and Personalization. Scott Dubois on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Kerry O'Shea Gorgone
  Scott Dubois, co-founder of digital agency Pidalia, discusses generational marketing, the power of personalization, qualities to look for in an agency, and more.
  Gen Z, Marketing Smarts, Marketing Strategy, Millennials, Segmentation, Targeting
• Customer Data, Your Company's Untapped Goldmine: Kiki Burton of Adobe on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Kerry O'Shea Gorgone
  Kiki Burton of Adobe offers offers a map for accessing the goldmine of customer insights your company doesn't even realize it's sitting on, and explains how you can use data management to grow your valuable audience.
  Customer Insight, Data, Marketing Smarts, Segmentation, Targeting
• Finding Your Niche With 'Fractal Marketing': Andrew Davis Talks to Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Kerry O'Shea Gorgone
  Marketing expert and bestselling author Andrew Davis talks about niche marketing, brand partnerships, and ways nonprofits can get free marketing advice.
  Brand Management, Experiential Marketing, Marketing Smarts, Marketing Strategy, Segmentation
• Content, Customer-Centricity, and the Power of Data: Acxiom's Tim Suther on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  This week's guest on Marketing Smarts is Tim Suther, chief marketing and strategy officer for Acxiom, a firm that Tim referred to as "the original Big Data company"; FRONTLINE called it "one of the biggest companies you've never heard of."
  Advertising, B2B Marketing, Content, Customer-Centric, Data, Digital Marketing, Marketing Smarts, Segmentation, Technology
• The Rise of the Savvy Auntie: Melanie Notkin on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  In this week's Marketing Smarts, Melanie Notkin, founder of SavvyAuntie.com, discusses an important niche market neglected by marketers—women without children of their own, but with children in their lives.
  Branding, Community, Demographics, Marketing Smarts, Segmentation, Websites

Segmentation: Online seminar broadcasts from the best minds in marketing

• Five Must-Haves for an Effective Email CampaignBroadcast on 7/11/2017 with Rachel Rosin, Caitlin Flask
  Join us for this free seminar to learn how to build effective email campaigns that connect with your audience. Sponsored by Act-On
  Email, Email Campaigns, Email Marketing, Lead Nurturing, Segmentation
• Five Common Pricing Roadblocks (and How to Get Around Them)Broadcast on 3/21/2013 with Heidi Cohen
  This PRO seminar will examine five major pricing challenges today's marketers face and how you can overcome them like a champ.
  Marketing Strategy, Pricing, Segmentation
• High-Performance Landing Pages that Boost Your Bottom Line (FREE)Broadcast on 11/19/2009 with Michael Goodman, Anna Talerico
  Getting them there isn't enough. Here's how you can improve the odds of converting a Web visitor into a customer.
  Advertising, Branding, Email Marketing, Landing Pages, Marketing Tips, Online Marketing, PPC Campaigns, Segmentation, Website Design, Websites
• Actionable Web Analytics: Unleash the Marketing Power of Your Web DataBroadcast on 8/28/2008 with Avinash Kaushik
  You don't necessarily need MORE data about your online visitors' behavior... you need to pinpoint the data that will help you make better marketing and design decisions. Getting it might not be as painful as you think.
  Customer-Centric, Marketing Tips, Metrics, Segmentation, Testing, Web Analytics, Websites
• Email Customization: Getting Personal to Deepen Relationships, Generate Additional Sales, and MoreBroadcast on 5/22/2008 with Regina Brady
  Most marketers use a “one size fits all" approach to email marketing instead of segmenting their campaigns. There are some simple but effective personalization techniques that can be used to make a mailing feel more targeted to the individual—and earn better ROI.
  Customer-Centric, Customer Relationships, E-Commerce, Email Deliverability, Email Marketing, Personalization, Segmentation, Targeting
• Identity Marketing: Using PR to Reach the Minds (and Wallets) of Today's Diverse ConsumersBroadcast on 4/24/2008 with Gail Z. Martin
  Traditional PR focuses on reaching mass media with a mass message. That doesn't cut it with today's multicultural consumer. Does your PR have what it takes to compete?
  Customer Engagement, Marketing Strategy, Press Releases, Public Relations, Segmentation, Targeting
• Using e-Metrics to Optimize Your All-Around Marketing StrategyBroadcast on 4/3/2008 with Jim Sterne
  Online marketing professionals have been monitoring the success of their websites for a little over ten years now. They have been using the Internet to test alternatives in marketing strategy, messaging, positioning, offers, promotions and more. Today, these techniques can be directed at the offline world as well.
  Customer Behavior, Marketing Strategy, Online Marketing, Positioning, ROI, Segmentation, Web Analytics, Websites
• Tighten Up Your Marketing Plan: The Nuts and Bolts of Market SegmentationBroadcast on 8/2/2007 with Allen Weiss
  Do you really know how to do market segmentation? It's the foundation of a sound marketing plan, and many companies are getting it all wrong. This is our 100th online seminar, and we're celebrating by bringing MarketingProfs founder and CEO Allen Weiss to share all he knows about this important topic. And there's a surprise at the end!
  B2B Marketing, Customer Behavior, Marketing Plans, Marketing Tips, Segmentation, Targeting
• Segmenting the Hispanic Market: What the Numbers Really MeanBroadcast on 7/12/2007 with Blaire Borthayre
  The Hispanic population has become a powerful economic force in the United States. These 43 million consumers now command enough buying power to make companies sit up and pay attention. But in this booming market, it's easy to be misled by the varied demographic information (and the lack of a conceptual framework) available to marketers.We will bring statistics to life in this online seminar, showing you how to pull together data that's relevant to your marketing goals.
  Advertising, Hispanic Marketing, Marketing Tips, Measurement, Segmentation, Targeting
• Customer-Centric Communications: It's All Different NowBroadcast on 5/24/2007 with Jeff Krawitz
  People listen when you speak their language about things they value. In MarComm, it’s our job to do that, one customer at a time; it's simple if you have two or three customers. It gets a bit tricky when you have a few thousand or more.
  Creativity, Customer-Centric, Customer Engagement, Marketing Tips, Positioning, Segmentation, Writing

Segmentation: Tutorials — tactical marketing know-how in just 10 minutes from subject matter experts

• Take 10: How to Build a Twitter Following in a WeekReleased on 8/20/2010 with Megan Leap
  In just 10 minutes, learn proven techniques to significantly grow your Twitter following in less than a week. Whether you want to grow a personal or business Twitter account, this webcast is packed with everything you need to know to dramatically increase your Twitter reach.
  Community, Marketing Tips, Segmentation, Take 10, Twitter

Segmentation: Marketing downloads for the busy professional

• Social Media Integration Success Stories
  Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. While these social media tools are all effective on their own, they work best when part of other marketing programs. See how 10 companies have maximized results by integrating social media into traditional marketing efforts.
  Case Studies, Community, Customer Engagement, Customer Loyalty, Email Marketing, Referrals, Segmentation, Social Media, Videos
• Research Spotlight: Facebook
  Research Spotlight: Facebook helps you focus on the most popular social network today. Get the research insights you need to create successful Facebook campaigns. Learn who's on Facebook, what they're doing, and how best to reach them.
  Community, Customer Behavior, Facebook, Segmentation, Smartphones, Social Networking
• Benchmark Survey: Marketing to Hispanics
  Link directly to the raw (aggregate) data in this 2006 survey of the ways companies are targeting their marketing efforts, and adjusting their business processes, for the lucrative Spanish-speaking segment. With access to the raw data, you can view the results, and even filter them to see how a subset of companies in your country or industry answered. In this way, you can interpret the data in the most meaningful way for your business.
  Advertising, Customer Service, Online Marketing, Segmentation, Targeting, Website Design
• Benchmark Survey: Email Marketing
  Link directly to the raw (aggregate) data in this 2005 survey of the ways companies are using email marketing, the cost savings they are experiencing, and the ways they combat list fatigue, declining open rates and other common email marketing challenges.With access to the raw data, you can view the results, and even filter them to see how a subset of companies in your country or industry answered. In this way, you can interpret the data in the most meaningful way for your business.
  Channel Marketing, Email Lists, Email Marketing, Landing Pages, Lead Generation, Segmentation, Testing