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Effective Marketing with RFM Segments
Effective Marketing with RFM Segments
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Here are a few key details to note about RFM Segments:

RFM segments group customers based on:

  • Recency โ€“ Last purchase date

  • Frequency โ€“ Number of purchases

  • Monetary โ€“ Total amount spent

When you connect Marsello to your eCommerce or POS system, your customer database and order history sync automatically, organizing customers into six RFM segments displayed on your dashboard.


What RFM segments can I find in Marsello?

  • Best: ordered recently, ordered the most often, and spent the most!

  • Loyal: ordered recently, ordered often, spent-good money.

  • Promising: ordered recently, ordered more than once, and spent an average amount.

  • New: made their first order recently.

  • At risk: haven't ordered recently.

  • Lost: haven't ordered in a very long time.

๐Ÿ“ Note: These segments are mutually exclusive, meaning that each customer can only be in one segment at one time.

Extra eCommerce segments:

  • Window Shoppers: has a store account and has never made an order.


Why are RFM Segments important?

RFM Segmentation can help:

  • Understand your business better: know who your best customers are, who is about to slip away, and better identify growth opportunities.

  • Improve customer loyalty: identify your loyal and best customers, and continue to grow these relationships. Identify your repeat customers โ€“ these customers have the potential to turn into loyal customers. Ensure their experience with your store is positive and memorable, then following up with timely emails and promotions will grow your relationship and encourage them to shop again.

  • Improve your email marketing: send targeted emails to specific segments and get better results. Customers are more likely to engage with targeted emails, increasing open rates and click-through rates, and resulting in decreased negative reactions to your emails; this, in turn, increases conversion.

  • Minimize marketing costs and improve ROI: identify valuable customers and focus their marketing efforts. Un-targeted marketing campaigns can be costly and ineffective. Identifying key customer segments and using their data to create relevant and targeted campaigns will reduce costs and increase conversion.


Marketing to your Best customer segment

Your Best Customers are your most valuable shoppers. With a little extra attention, you can turn them into lifelong brand champions. Find tailored marketing suggestions in your Marsello dashboard to help you engage and retain them.

Connect with your best customers via the Reward your best customers email automation

Encourage your best customers to keep shopping with a timed email flow featuring personalized product recommendations and discounts spread across three emails for optimal results. Activate the Reward Your Best Customers flow under your Marsello settings. Automation.

An email marketing strategy that encourages best customers to shop again by sending three timed emails with personalized product recommendations and discounts. Activate the "Reward Your Best Customers" flow in Marsello settings.

Reward your best customers with a loyalty program

Encourage your best customers to keep shopping with you. Reward points for spend, product reviews, sharing on social media, and more. Create a beautifully branded Loyalty program here.

A strategy to encourage best customers to continue shopping by offering reward points for spending, writing product reviews, sharing on social media, and other engagement activities.

Connect with your best customers via VIP tiers in your loyalty program

Reward your best customers even more with a tiered VIP program to show them you value them. Add tiers to your program under VIP program.

A tiered VIP program designed to reward your best customers, demonstrating their value to your brand. Add tiers to your program in the VIP program settings.

Connect with your best customers by adding a Referral program to your loyalty program

Your best customers can be your most powerful marketing asset. Encourage them to tell their friends about your store with a referral program to help you acquire more like-minded customers. Add a Referral program to your Loyalty program under Loyalty > Referral program

Leverage your best customers as marketing assets by encouraging them to refer friends to your store through a referral program. Add a Referral Program under Loyalty > Referral Program settings.

Marketing to your loyal customers segment

Your loyal customers are those who have ordered recently, order often, and spend good money with you. These customers are a valuable segment and with effective targeted marketing, you can turn them into your best customers. You'll find marketing suggestions to help you along the way in your Marsello dashboard.

Reward loyalty customers with a loyalty program

Encourage your Loyal customers to keep shopping with you. Reward points for spending, product reviews, sharing on social media, and more. Create a beautifully branded Loyalty program here.

Loyal customers, who order frequently and spend well, are a valuable segment. With targeted marketing, you can turn them into your best customers. Find marketing suggestions in your Marsello dashboard. Implement a loyalty program to reward these customers with points for spending, writing product reviews, sharing on social media, and more. Create a beautifully branded loyalty program through the provided link.

Connect with loyalty customers with a VIP tiers within your loyalty program

Reward your loyal customers even more with a tiered VIP program to show them you value them and encourage them to become your best customers. Add tiers to your program under Loyalty tiers.

A tiered VIP program designed to reward loyal customers, demonstrating their value and encouraging them to become your best customers. Add tiers to your program under the Loyalty Tiers settings.

Delight loyal customers on their birthday via the Say happy birthday automation

Delight your loyal customers with a special birthday offer or cheerful message to get them shopping. Automate the Say happy birthday email. Turn on the Say happy birthday flow under Automations.

Delight loyal customers with special birthday offers or cheerful messages to encourage shopping. Automate the "Say Happy Birthday" email by activating the flow under Automations.

Add a Referral Reward to your Loyalty Program

Your loyal customers can be a powerful marketing asset. Encourage them to tell their friends about your store with a referral program to help you acquire more like-minded customers. Add a Referral program to your loyalty program under Loyalty > Referral program

Loyal customers can be valuable marketing assets. Encourage them to refer friends to your store through a referral program to attract like-minded customers. Add a referral program to your loyalty program under Loyalty > Referral Program settings.

Marketing to your promising customer segment

Encourage your promising customers to keep shopping with you. Reward points for spend, product reviews, sharing on social media, and more. Create a beautifully branded Loyalty program here.

Encourage promising customers to continue shopping by rewarding them with points for spending, writing product reviews, sharing on social media, and more. Create a beautifully branded loyalty program through the provided link.

Build Relationships with promising customers on their birthdays

Delight your promising customers with a special birthday offer or cheerful message to build a loyal relationship and get them shopping. Turn on the Say Happy Birthday email under Automation.

Delight promising customers with special birthday offers or cheerful messages to foster loyalty and encourage shopping. Activate the "Say Happy Birthday" email under Automation settings.

Marketing to your New customer segment

This segment provides a huge opportunity to market to an audience you know are interested in your products and likely to shop again if they have a good experience and the right marketing. You'll find marketing suggestions to help you along the way in your Marsello dashboard.

Connect with new customers via the Thank first-time customers automation

Say thanks to new customers and make a great first impression. Bring first-time shoppers back a second time with the automated Thank first-time customers email. Turn it on under Automation.

This segment offers a valuable marketing opportunity to engage an audience interested in your products who are likely to shop again with the right experience and marketing. Find marketing suggestions in your Marsello dashboard. Connect with new customers using the "Thank First-Time Customers" automation to express gratitude and make a great first impression. Activate the automated email under Automation settings.

Encourage more orders from your new customers with a Loyalty Program

Encourage your new customers to keep shopping. Reward points for spending, giving customers a reason to shop with you over the competition. Create a beautifully branded Loyalty program here.

Encourage new customers to continue shopping by rewarding points for spending, giving them reasons to choose your store over competitors. Create a beautifully branded loyalty program through the provided link.

Marketing to your At-risk customers segment

Your at risk customers are those who haven't ordered recently. This segment needs your attention. Customers here are at risk of slipping away and forgetting about you. It's not all doom and gloom though. You'll find marketing suggestions to help you win them back in your Marsello dashboard.

Connect with At-risk customers via the Win back lapsed customers automation

Bring back customers who havenโ€™t shopped in a while with an automated email flow designed to win them back, perfectly timed with product recommendations and a discount across three emails. Turn on the Win back lapsed customers flow under

Your at-risk customers are those who havenโ€™t ordered recently and need your attention to prevent them from slipping away. Find marketing suggestions in your Marsello dashboard to win them back. Connect with at-risk customers using the "Win Back Lapsed Customers" automation, which features an email flow designed to re-engage them with product recommendations and discounts across three emails. Activate the flow under Automation settings.

Connect with At-risk customers via your loyalty program and feedback collection

You can learn a lot from customers who might fall into the at-risk segment. Turning on a Loyalty program here gives you the chance to enable automated Feedback Collection after every purchase. Collect private customer feedback and turn unhappy customers around by responding with a personal message and offering loyalty points. You can turn Feedback on here.

Learn from customers in the at-risk segment by activating a loyalty program that enables automated feedback collection after each purchase. Gather private customer feedback to address concerns, turn unhappy customers around with personal messages, and offer loyalty points as incentives. Activate the feedback feature through the provided link.

Marketing to your Lost shoppers segment

Your lost customers are those who haven't ordered in a very long time. You've likely lost this segment, but it's still worth having a last attempt to try to win them back. You'll find marketing suggestions to help you win them back in your Marsello dashboard.

Connect with lost customers via the Win back lapsed customers automation

Bring back customers who havenโ€™t shopped in a while with an automated email designed to win them back, perfectly timed with product recommendations and a discount across three emails. Turn on the Win back lapsed customers flow under Automation.

Your lost customers are those who haven't ordered in a long time. While they may seem lost, it's worth making a final attempt to win them back. Find marketing suggestions in your Marsello dashboard to help. Connect with lost customers using the "Win Back Lapsed Customers" automation, which features an email flow designed to re-engage them with product recommendations and discounts over three emails. Activate the flow under Automation settings.

Connect with lost customers via your loyalty program + feedback collection

To prevent customers from falling into the lost segment, turning on a Loyalty program here gives you the chance to enable automated feedback collection after every purchase. Collect private customer feedback and turn unhappy customers around by responding with a personal message and offering loyalty points. You can turn Feedback on here.

Activate a loyalty program to prevent customers from falling into the lost segment, allowing for automated feedback collection after each purchase. Gather private customer feedback to address concerns, turn unhappy customers around with personalized messages, and offer loyalty points as incentives.

Marketing to your Window shoppers segment

Encourage window shoppers to place an order with a Loyalty program. Having a loyalty program can be the sticking point that encourages a window shopper to make an order with you, over the competition. Reward points for spending, giving customers a reason to shop with you over the competition. Create a beautifully branded Loyalty program here.

Encourage window shoppers to make a purchase by implementing a loyalty program. A loyalty program can incentivize shoppers to choose your store over competitors by offering reward points for spending, providing them with compelling reasons to buy.

Marketing to your abandoned shoppers segment

๐Ÿ“ Note: The Recover Abandoned Carts Automation is available only for Shopify stores.

Recover abandoned orders with a series of great-looking automated emails. Pull through product images from their cart and a button that takes them back to complete their order. Turn on the Recover abandoned carts under Automation.

Recover abandoned orders using a series of visually appealing automated emails that include product images from customers' carts and a button to easily complete their orders. Activate the "Recover Abandoned Carts" feature under Automation settings.

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