Customer Segmentation
Segmentation needs to earn its keep.
We custom-build segmentation to do one thing: unlock growth—across brand, marketing, innovation, and CRM.
Why most audience segmentation misses the point
It’s not that segmentation doesn’t work. It’s that too often, it’s built for the wrong purpose.
Too many projects start by asking, “what do you want your segments to look like?” when they should start with, “what are problem you trying to solve?”
After all, if it’s not helping you tailor messaging, refine products, improve customer experience—and drive growth—it’s a waste of time, money, and the dusty shelf it’s sitting on.
We flip the process: starting with the commercial challenge, then designing the solution around it. Because segmentation is a tool for growth—not the outcome itself.
Why Basis segmentation?
We don’t do segmentation for its own sake. Every project starts with a business problem—and ends with a blueprint for where to play and how to win.
We begin with the business challenge — not a template. What needs to change? What decisions does this segmentation need to unlock?
Our segments map the size of the prize, show where to play, and give you a strategic view of what different audiences need.
If segmentation doesn’t move brand, marketing, CRM, and innovation forward, it’s not doing its job. We make segmentation easy to pick up and impossible to ignore — with compelling design, clear narratives, and tools your teams actually use.
Markets shift. Audiences evolve. Our segmentation solutions are built to work with AI Personas, that use big data and predictive intelligence to offer dynamic, evolving insight into how people behave day-to-day.
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From brand transformations to breakthrough innovations, our clients use custom research and timely strategic insight to make smarter decisions and outpace the competition.
BT
Navigating a complex brand portfolio after a major acquisition
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Where segmentation creates impact
If segmentation isn’t actively reshaping your business decisions, it isn’t working.
Modern segmentation fuels:
- Brand portfolio: clarifying which brands win which audiences — and why
- Audience immersion: unlocking deeper emotional, functional, and behavioral drivers
- Commercial strategy: surfacing the audiences and markets that unlock the next growth curve
- Marketing planning: sharpening targets, messaging, channels, and spend efficiency
- Product innovation: building solutions audiences actually want before competitors get there
- CRM strategy: personalizing journeys that drive lifetime value and loyalty
Segmentation should touch every part of your growth engine — or it’s wasted potential.
Built on a proven framework
Our approach to segmentation is structured but flexible and designed to move from insight to action fast.
Every project is grounded in a proven framework that connects four essential stages: designing for business impact, identifying future growth audiences, delivering clear segment strategies, and activating across teams.
Every decision, every design, and every output is built to drive growth—not sit in a slide deck.
How target audience segmentation became the foundation for BT Group’s brand growth strategy
Leah Kennedy Head of Commercial Insight, BTBasis created a common language and a simple framework to help us make a success of our portfolio of brands.
This work is at the heart of our strategy for the BT Consumer business unit and continues to inform our approach to positioning, pricing, propositions and marketing across the BT, EE and Plusnet brands.
Strategic impact
Segmentation that earns its keep—shaping strategy, powering action, and fueling growth.
Problem-first approach
We build segmentation around real business goals—so it solves, not just describes.
Built to drive growth
Laser focused on tomorrow’s revenue — not yesterday’s relevance.
Action-ready insights
Hardwired into brand, marketing, CRM, and innovation strategies.
Adaptive by design
Designed to evolve with behaviors, markets, and future opportunities.
Predictive intelligence
Spot shifts, unmet needs, and emerging behaviors before they become industry trends.
Cross-functional activation
Move segmentation out of decks — and into decision-making, strategy sessions, and creative briefs.
Problem-first approach
We build segmentation around real business goals—so it solves, not just describes.
Built to drive growth
Laser focused on tomorrow’s revenue — not yesterday’s relevance.
Action-ready insights
Hardwired into brand, marketing, CRM, and innovation strategies.
Adaptive by design
Designed to evolve with behaviors, markets, and future opportunities.
Predictive intelligence
Spot shifts, unmet needs, and emerging behaviors before they become industry trends.
Cross-functional activation
Move segmentation out of decks — and into decision-making, strategy sessions, and creative briefs.
Featured insights
Practical frameworks and proven strategies to make segmentation sharper and more commercially powerful. These insights help you turn audience understanding into growth.
Next up
Segmentation isn’t a standalone project — it’s the foundation for everything next. Our connected services help you build on it.
Innovation Strategy
Fuel pipelines with insights grounded in future segment needs, helping you move ahead of competitors — not react after the fact.
Innovation Strategy
Fuel pipelines with insights grounded in future segment needs, helping you move ahead of competitors — not react after the fact.
Your future customers aren’t waiting
Stop segmenting for segmentation’s sake. Start segmenting for business impact.
The segments that define your future are already out there—find them before your competitors do.
