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When we work with clients it is always useful to categorize them in some way, usually segmentation is related to a business objective or the client’s contribution to the brand. One of the most common ways to do this type of categorization is through a methodology called RFM.
This technique is one of the simplest customer segmentation methods to implement, and at the same time one of the best results in the short term. It is based on the famous Pareto principle, according to which 20% of the clients generate 80% of the income. The RFM is the best way to verify the extent to which this paradigm is real in our case, and to place each client at the level of the value pyramid.
“Recency, Frequency, Monetary Value”.
The analysis consists of classifying the clients by their value according to three variables:
What this methodology does is to help us to group clients into segments that are defined by the time that has passed since their last activity, the frequency with which they usually do that activity and the monetary value that the activity implies. So we are going to have customers who have just had an activity with us, they do it very often and they leave a lot of monetary value in a group and those that we have not seen for a long time, come sporadically and when they do they generate much less income.
RFM segmentation is a framework for segmenting your customers based on their buying behavior:
• Recency– the last time that a customer made a purchase. A recent
purchasing customer is more likely to make another purchase than a customer who hasn’t made a purchase in a long time.
• Frequency– how many times a customer has made a purchase within a given time frame. A customer who makes frequent purchases is more likely to continue to make purchase than a customer who rarely makes purchases.
• Monetary Value – the amount of money a customer has spent within that same time frame. A customer who spends more is likely to return than a customer who spends less.
When RFM segmentation is combined with a marketing automation tool you’ll be able to leverage this segmentation in real time to deliver the right content and offer, to the right customer at the right time.
We build scales, based on these variables, giving each client a value according to the percentile in which it is found (percentiles = n groups of equal size, or number of clients). The most common is to work with 4 values (quintiles), although it is not uncommon to use 10 values.
The RFM analysis has clear benefits in both strategic and tactical segmentation of retail customers:
• Simplicity of interpretation and application
• Relative simplicity of calculation, versus multivariate techniques it is easily integrated into the usual promotional dynamics in a
marketing area and is ideal for direct marketing and relational marketing: to which segments do I direct what communication? or
which segments respond best to the offer?
• Given that the abandonment models are complicated to adjust in retail, the continuous work on the purchase recency is an excellent
means of reducing abandonment in the medium term
For all the above, it is presented as a magnificent starting point when we face customer segmentation without prior learning, and with the need to apply it immediately. Tactical segmentation and measurement of return of actions through direct channels is one of the most usual applications of this type of analysis.
Based on the above we can confirm that:
• Customers who bought recently are more favorable to buy again than those who have not done it lately.
• Customers who buy more frequently are more willing to buy again that those who have made one or two purchases.
• Customers who spend more are more willing to buy again.
• Stop “burning money” on incorrect marketing activities.
Having advanced big data analysis in your system provides you with the competitive advantage on the market.
The RFM Grid allows you to quickly review your customers and provides you with invaluable insight on “where the money really is”.
Looking at percentage of Lost Customers (usually around 30 – 60%) of all customers but it is only 15-20% of your revenue.
Similarly with Champions, which is around 1-4% of your customer base but are responsible for 25-35% of your revenue.
Contact us on hello@edrone.me for more info on how to implement it for your customers and start spending money intelligently on your marketing activities.
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