Customer Segmentation
Grouping customers by shared characteristics so you can serve each group on its own terms.
Customer Segmentation in Practice
Common Segmentation Approaches
| Approach | What it groups on |
|---|---|
| Demographic | Age, role, location |
| Firmographic | Industry, company size, revenue |
| Behavioural | Usage patterns, purchase history |
| Needs-based | Underlying job-to-be-done |
| Value-based | Revenue, CLV, profitability |
In practice, the most effective segmentation combines a behavioural dimension with a value dimension. Behaviour tells you how to serve them; value tells you how much to invest.
Furthermore, segment sparingly. Ten small segments are harder to act on than three clearly differentiated ones.
Segmentation in CX Measurement
Segmentation is not only a marketing tool. It is how you read feedback data honestly. A single blended NPS hides more than it reveals: enterprise accounts and SMB accounts almost always score differently, and averaging them tells you nothing you can act on.
An overall NPS of 28, for example, can mask an enterprise segment at 41 and an SMB segment at 9. The blended number looks like steady health while hiding an SMB retention problem that needs its own playbook.
Practically: segment every core metric (NPS, CSAT, churn, expansion) by the same two or three dimensions, and hold those dimensions stable over time so the trends stay comparable.
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