We recently attended the Brand Yorkshire business conference and were overwhelmed by the interest people took in our work. One thing we took away was that we mustn’t take geodemographics for granted. A lot of people had not considered the benefits of bringing together people and location data, or using mass data to attribute likely behaviour to existing and potential customers. So, in this newsletter we want to go back to basics and outline what geodemographics and location data are, and how they can help a business of any size. Who are your customers?Geodemographic profiling is a lovely term but what does it actually mean? Our blog explores how people’s location can be used to identify likely behaviours, lifestyle needs, and even the best way to communicate with them. When you use your existing customer data to create an ideal customer model, this kind of profiling can find you potential new audiences or help to retain existing customers as you learn what is important to them. How close are you to your customers?This isn’t as simple a question as you’d think, as Simplyhealth found when we worked with them to integrate our TimeTravel travel time and distance data into their “Salesforce” back-office system. Straight line distances on a map are one thing, but creating an efficient sales or delivery network based on actual journey times, is quite another. Street-level consumer intelligenceOur geodemographic and travel time and distance tools work well at a national or local level, but they are particularly relevant to agents on the ground. We’ve worked with leaflet distribution and fundraising organisations who rely on local location intelligence to clearly define agent territories, and use customer history and profiling to exclude likely complainants from their rounds. The winner is...If we had the pleasure of meeting you at the Brand Yorkshire Conference, you are probably wondering who won the prize draw for our mouth-watering Bettys hamper. Well, I’m happy to announce that Jacob from GoPrint3d was the lucky winner. Congratulations Jacob! Every month we do a prize draw for an amazon voucher amongst our new subscribers, so share this newsletter and give them a chance to win too. Where, who, how?If any of our stories have raised any questions about the applications of location or geodemographic data, or you have any project that has a spatial data aspect to it, then drop us a line, we have the experience and flexibility to help you to find a solution. |