SegmentationPro

SegmentationPro

Your customer segmentation study, delivered from start to finish

Which customers should you prioritise, and what matters most to each group?

AXYZ Analytics manages your segmentation study from A to Z: business objectives, questionnaire design, respondent recruitment and fieldwork, analysis, segment profiles and strategic recommendations. You receive a complete study, supported by practical tools to identify your segments and guide your marketing decisions.

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From your business question to an actionable segmentation

1. Frame the decisions

Define your market, target audience and the decisions the segmentation needs to support.

2. Design and conduct the study

Build the questionnaire, organise respondent recruitment and fieldwork, and check data quality.

3. Build and explain the segments

Compare statistical solutions, select the structure with you, and describe the needs, priorities and behaviours of each group.

4. Equip your team to act

Deliver segment profiles, recommendations and a validated typing tool, with a presentation to help your team use them.

What this changes in practice

Illustrative example, not a client result: two groups may have similar ages and incomes but different priorities. One values convenience; the other values reassurance and service. A segmentation informed by MaxDiff can reveal those differences and help you decide which offer and message to test for each group.

Our Segmentation Philosophy

Actionable. Differentiated. Grounded in Reality.

A true segmentation must do more than cluster data.

It must reveal groups of customers who would respond differently to changes in the marketing mix - because they have distinct needs, behaviors, or values.

Every segmentation we deliver meets three essential criteria:

1

Real

Can you recognize these segments in the real world? Have you encountered them in your business before?

2

Well-Differentiated

Would you speak to them differently? Would they require different messaging, pricing, channels, or offers?

3

Identifiable & Actionable

Can we identify these groups in surveys and customer data? CRM or media targeting depends on the information available and the integration agreed for your project.

SegmentationPro is designed as a long-term strategic asset - not a one-off analytical exercise.

Before any modeling begins, we align on your business objectives:

  • What decisions will this segmentation guide?
  • What would make it successful?
  • Which types of segments would truly move the needle?

Our Analytical Approach

Proprietary Bayesian Mixed Modeling

Our segmentation engine is powered by an in-house Bayesian mixed modeling algorithm designed to explore thousands of potential solutions in every study.

Unlike standard clustering techniques, our approach:

  • Identifies both within-segment similarity and between-segment differentiation
  • Handles mixed input types and scales
  • Accommodates missing data
  • Incorporates weights
  • Accounts for correlations between variables
  • Compares segment structures using statistical evidence and strategic relevance to select a useful number of segments
  • Produces robust outputs suitable for high-accuracy classifier models

Solution Evaluation

Thousands of candidate solutions are generated using different random seeds and distance metrics.

Each solution is evaluated using a composite scoring system combining:

  • F-ratio differentiation
  • Distance to global mean
  • Posterior probabilities
  • Sample size weighting

Only statistically robust, well-balanced, and non-redundant solutions are retained.

From this automated shortlist, we manually review dozens of strong candidates - selecting and refining the solutions that best balance statistical rigor and strategic relevance.

Because segmentation is both science and judgment.

From Raw Data to Strategic Activation

Our process is comprehensive and hands-on.

Input Design

We carefully select variables that drive real differentiation:

  • Behavioral variables
  • Psychographic variables
  • Demographic & geographic indicators

We prioritize strong measurement approaches such as:

  • MaxDiff: reveal the priorities that distinguish customer groups
  • Semantic differentials
  • Structured categorical choices

We select measurement formats suited to your objectives and audience, and reduce response biases through careful questionnaire design.

The Deliverables

Clear segment profiles, recommendations and practical tools

You receive a presentation of the findings, segment profiles and recommendations linked to your business objectives. An interactive Excel workbook supports exploration and comparison; a classification tool helps identify new respondents. We walk your team through the results and their use.

1 Global Overview & Model Exploration

You receive:

  • Thousands of solutions generated
  • 10+ shortlisted solutions per segment structure
  • Automatic alignment of segment identities across solutions
  • Clear comparison framework
  • Transparent scoring metrics

This allows stakeholders to explore multiple segmentation structures before selecting a final strategy.

2 F-Ratio & Differentiation Summary

For each solution, we provide:

  • F-ratios for all variables
  • Significance indicators (p < .05 highlighted)
  • Grouped summaries by variable categories
  • Composite segment differentiation scores

We also compute empirical significance thresholds using Monte Carlo simulations - ensuring robustness beyond traditional ANOVA metrics.

The final segmentation score ensures that even the least differentiated segment is meaningfully distinct.

3 Profiling Sheet - Interactive Insight Engine

An interactive sheet displaying:

  • Segment averages
  • Statistical significance (color-coded)
  • F-ratio indicators

Sort options by:

  • F-ratio
  • Category significance
  • Category averages

This makes both high-level and granular exploration seamless.

4 Variable Importance Analysis

For each predictive classifier model, we provide:

  • Global importance scores
  • Segment-level importance
  • Clear balance between underfitting and overfitting
  • Variable subset optimization for robust generalization

5 Membership Mapping

A full respondent-by-solution membership matrix enables:

  • Cross-solution comparisons
  • CRM linking
  • Filtering for follow-up research
  • Validation analyses

6 Segment Story Sheets

Each solution includes a dedicated narrative sheet presenting:

  • Variables grouped by thematic categories
  • Textual summaries for categorical variables
  • Numerical comparisons for continuous variables
  • Dual-level statistical significance indicators

These sheets make deep exploration intuitive and stakeholder-friendly.

The SegmentationPro Classifier Suite

Identify your segments in new research and customer data

We develop and validate a classification tool for your study, with measured performance. Once prepared, it can assign new respondents quickly. CRM enrichment requires the relevant input variables; integration into your systems is scoped with you.

We provide a complete Excel Typing Tool and an optional HTML Classifier Tool for real-time classification.

What the Classifier Does

The Market Segment Classifier assigns new respondents to predefined segments using:

  • Transparent regression-based scoring formulas
  • Segment-specific coefficients
  • Probability outputs
  • Accuracy metrics (accuracy, purity, specificity, F1 scores)

Respondents are assigned to the segment with the highest computed score.

Use Cases

? Qualitative recruitment ? CRM enrichment ? Dynamic survey routing ? Batch scoring of databases ? Integration into programmed surveys

Excel Classifier Includes

  • Data & Model Accuracies sheet
  • Batch Typing Tool
  • Model Accuracy dashboard
  • Recoding instructions
  • Full transparent Engine sheet

All formulas are fully visible and programmable into external systems.

HTML Classifier

For field deployment, we provide a lightweight HTML-based typing tool:

  • Respondent-friendly interface
  • Real-time scoring
  • Integration into survey platforms is scoped according to their technical capabilities
  • Enables fast qualitative screening

Why SegmentationPro?

Because segmentation should be:

Statistically rigorous

Strategically meaningful

Operationally deployable

Easy to explore

Easy to activate

We don't just identify segments.

We build a segmentation ecosystem your team can use over time.

Turn Segmentation Into a Competitive Advantage

One research partner for the complete study, from your business question to recommendations your team can use.

You gain:

Tell us the decisions you need to make. We will define the study scope, audience, deliverables and timetable with you.

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