Customer segmentation using online platforms: isolating behavioral and demographic segments for persona creation via aggregated user data



: An J, Kwak H, Jung SG, Salminen J, Jansen BJ

Publisher: SPRINGER WIEN

: Wien

: 2018

: Social Network Analysis and Mining

: SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS AND MINING

: SOC NETW ANAL MIN

: ARTN 54

: 8

: 1

: 19

: 1869-5450

: 1869-5469

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13278-018-0531-0

: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/35657656


We propose a novel approach for isolating customer segments using online customer data for products that are distributed via online social media platforms. We use non-negative matrix factorization to first identify behavioral customer segments and then to identify demographic customer segments. We employ a methodology for linking the two segments to present integrated and holistic customer segments, also known as personas. Behavioral segments are generated from customer interactions with online content. Demographic segments are generated using the gender, age, and location of these customers. In addition to evaluating our approach, we demonstrate its practicality via a system leveraging these customer segments to automatically generate personas, which are fictional but accurate representations of each integrated behavioral and demographic segment. Results show that this approach can accurately identify both behavioral and demographical customer segments using actual online customer data from which we can generate personas representing real groups of people.

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