The objective of this project was to analyze hypothetical data for Vonage and determine how to segment customers. Then analysis must be conducted to decide which segment should be the primary marketing target
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2. OVERVIEW
Competitive Landscape
Data & Analysis
Consumer Segmentation
Marketing Plan
Plan Execution
Tracking Performance
ROI
4. THE MARKET
Vonage 5 year stock chart
Industry Trends:
Cell phone service costs decreasing
New(er) communication methods
More mobile phone usage globally
More data and tracking
5. SWOT ANALYSIS
STRENGTHS
Reliable, Quality Service
Lots of available features (e.g.
free 3-way calling, unl. US
calling)
Strong Brand Equity (est.
2001)
WEAKNESSES
Ultra Competitive Market
Cheaper alternatives available
Contract Required
Dependent on internet
connection
OPPORTUNITIES
Upsell current customers
Expand to new markets,
industries
THREATS
Few barriers to prevent new
entrants
New Communication methods
(e.g. WeChat, fb chat, etc.)
Our focus
6. OBJECTIVE
Upgrade Vonage World customers to the Vonage World Plus service.
Images taken from: http://getvoip.com/blog/2013/07/24/voipo-vs-vonage
7. Frequency (# of calls) Monetary Value #Users
0-19 $24,308.50 583
20-39 $20,542.00 190
40-59 $25,636.50 130
60-79 $26,422.10 97
Totals $96,909.10 1000
ANALYSIS
RFM Correlations
Frequency vs. Monetary 0.99
Frequency vs. Recency 0.01
Recency vs. Monetary 0.01
Customers who make high frequency of calls tend to talk the longest on the phone
8. SEGMENTATION SCHEME
Monetary Value #Users Monetary Value/User Index (to Avg. Monetary Value)
Frequency (# of calls)
0-19 $24,308.50 583 $41.70 43.03%
20-39 $20,542.00 190 $108.12 111.57%
40-59 $25,636.50 130 $197.20 203.51%
60-79 $26,422.10 97 $272.39 281.11%
Totals $96,909.10 1000
Univariate Analysis
High Value Medium Value
Extremely Low ValueUpper Low Value
Next, we segment the low value customers into two groups. The extremely low
value customers use less than 250 international minutes, so are unlikely to upgrade.
Ext. Low 116
Upper Low 467
Average Monetary Value /user $96.91
9. MARKETING PLAN
GOAL
Convince Vonage World Customers to upgrade to Vonage World Plus, which will provide th
with 250 additional minutes to mobile phones in over 40 countries
STRATEGY
Segment customers into high, medium, and low/ext low value and solicit them over the nex
months
TACTICS
Send high value customers two direct mail packages, 6 months apart
Send medium value customers one direct mail package, followed by an email 6 months late
Send upper-low customers two emails, 6 months apart
Send extremely low value customers one email
10. CALL TO ACTION
Direct Mail
Visit website or call
for more info
Call to upgrade
today
Fill out Business
Reply Card to
upgrade
Email
Click for more info
Click to upgrade
Download free
brochure
Sign-up for
newsletter on the
latest news and
discounts
Messaging
2nd direct mail
package and 2nd
email will have more
urgent tone (Dont
miss your chance to
upgrade!)
Customized email
messages
(customers who call
for family VS
business)
11. KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Percentage of customers that upgrade to Vonage World Plus monthly
Revenue from each segment semi-annually
Response rates for Direct Mail
Open rates and click-through rates for E-mail
New upgraded customer retention rate
12. ROI PER CUSTOMER
E-mail Once E-mail Twice Direct Mail Once Direct Mail Twice
Direct Mail Once &
E-mail Once
Cost to Solicit 1 2 6 12 7
Response Rate 1.00% 1.99% 5.00% 9.8% 5.95%
Total Responses 0.01 0.0199 0.05 0.0975 0.0595
% Conversions 75% 75% 75% 75% 75%
Total Conversions 0.0075 0.014925 0.0375 0.073125 0.044625
Profit after upgrade $150.00 $150.00 $150.00 $150.00 $150.00
Profit per Conversion $1.13 $2.24 $5.63 $10.97 $6.69
ROI = Profit/Cost $1.13 $1.12 $0.94 $0.91 $0.96
Ext Low $130.50
Upper Low $1,045.50
Medium $1,519.48
High $2,084.06
1st yr Profit For House File 2nd yr Profit For House File
Ext Low $261.50
Upper Low $2,090.99
Medium $3,038.96
High $4,168.13
Ext Low $652.50
Upper Low $5,227.48
Medium $7,597.41
High $10,420.31
Ext Low $65,250
Upp Low $522,748
Medium $759,741
High 1,042,031
5th yr Profit For House File 5th yr Projected Profit
for 100,000 Prospects
13. PROJECTED 5 YR PROFIT 100,000 CUSTOMERS
Projected Profit for 100,000
Extremely Low $65,250
Upper Low $522,748
Medium $759,741
High 1,042,031
Total $2,389,770*
Prospects Acquisitions
Extremely Low 116 1
Upper Low 467 7
Medium 190 8
High 227 17 *$477,954 1 yr profit
Weighted ROI:
$1.04
Biggest Asset: New Acquisitions
Bonus: This does not even factor in the 25% of custome
who havent converted yet, but plan to switch pla