PCM Customer Insights & Segmentation 3

Question 1

Which metric BEST measures how effectively a company converts customer insights into profitable customer relationships over time?

Accepted Answer

Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)

Answer

Customer Lifetime Value captures the total long-term revenue and profit a customer relationship generates, directly reflecting insight-driven retention success.

Question 2

A retailer discovers that a small subset of customers generates 70% of revenue. This reflects which marketing principle?

Accepted Answer

The 80/20 Pareto principle

Answer

The Pareto principle (80/20 rule) describes how a disproportionately small customer segment typically accounts for the majority of a company's revenue.

Question 3

An insight team finds that two demographic segments (age 25-34 and age 35-44) show near-identical purchase behaviors and attitudes. The BEST course of action is to:

Accepted Answer

Merge them into one combined segment

Answer

When segments behave identically and require the same marketing approach, merging them reduces complexity without losing strategic value.

Question 4

Which research approach BEST uncovers unmet customer needs that customers themselves cannot articulate?

Accepted Answer

Ethnographic observation research

Answer

Ethnographic research observes customers in their natural environment, revealing latent needs and workarounds that customers take for granted and wouldn't mention in surveys.

Question 5

A B2B marketer segments customers using firmographic variables. Which of the following is a firmographic variable?

Accepted Answer

Company industry and annual revenue

Answer

Firmographic variables are the B2B equivalent of demographics and include company size, industry, revenue, location, and structure.

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PCM Customer Insights & Segmentation 3