‘Bet on Horses, Not Customer Assumptions: How the Kentucky Derby tested content into relevance for customers’ – ‘MarketingExperiments’ Blog
Selena Blue says, “Assumptions can be a dangerous territory — especially when it comes to being relevant with your customers.
When a brand has a large gap between purchases, keeping customers engaged becomes a consistent concern.
The team at the Kentucky Derby faced that issue when they decided to use the weekly newsletter to identify and validate customer segments.
“When we look to grow a brand like the Kentucky Derby, that breadth of engagement is really core to our growth path,” Jeff Koleba, Vice President of Marketing and Programming, Kentucky Derby, said in this session from MarketingSherpa Email Summit 2015.
To solve this issue, Jeff and Kate Ellis, Marketing Analyst, Kentucky Derby, decided to begin segmenting and directing content directly towards the customers who wanted it most. Within its established customer personas“.
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