How Email Marketers Segment Their Customers, December 2014 [CHART]

Despite plans to increase personalization efforts, email marketers still struggle when it comes to using consumer data to successfully segment and target their audiences. A December 2014 study by The Relevancy Group found that US marketers relied on less advanced customer data attributes to segment audiences for email marketing campaigns.

General demographic and geographic data were the most common metrics used for segmentation, and the only ones used by more than 35% of respondents. Meanwhile, other easily measured data points such as email clicks and open rates were used less frequently—especially the latter—and most marketers were unable to leverage metrics beyond the email realm such as past purchases and spending habits. Read the rest at eMarketer.