Segment examples¶

Building your segments as expected is a critical, and sometimes complex task. The following examples help you understand how to build segments for the most effective targeting:

Geolocation segments
Device type
Marketing campaign referral
First-time visitor
Behavioral-based segment
Multiple page views in a touch
Preferred content types
Event-based
Shopping cart abandonment

For information about building segments, see Creating and managing segments, which includes a list of default segment criteria that are available for your use.

Geolocation segments¶

You can create a geolocation segment for an entire country by searching for a country in the Find Country field.

Edit criteria for a Geolocation segment in Personalization

Current Location : Country — Matches One [AU]

Displaying Current Location:Country Matches One [AU]

You can create a larger segment by combining countries, such as creating a North America segment by identifying users whose country is Canada, the United States, or Mexico. Conversely, if you want to target highly-specific areas, geolocation segments can also be as small as a postal code, city, or suburb.

Device type¶

By examining your users’ platform, you can identify visitors using mobile phones or tablets to visit your website.

Current System Info : Platform — Matches One [Mobile]

Displaying Current System Info:Platform Matches One [Mobile]

Marketing campaign referral¶

If you’re using UTM codes on your marketing campaigns, you can identify visitors referred through an email link by matching UTM query strings in URLs, such as utm_source=email or utm_campaign=campaign-name, to the Segment Criteria field in Personalization. For more information about available fields, see External Campaign.

First-time visitor¶

By targeting Frequency, you can identify first-time visitors to your website.

Behavioral-based segment¶

By identifying users who view a specific page more than once, you can target visitors with a stronger interest in a topic.

Event Count : Content View — >= [2] in [Past 30 Days]

Sub-Criteria - All — Page Content : Page URL — Contains One [/business/a000

Identifying users who view a page more than once

Preferred content types¶

You can identify browsing behavior by identifying users according to the Favorite Content Type. You can also combine several criteria to build a more complex segment as shown in the following example, which looks for visitors who have viewed more than three pieces of content in the past 30 days containing the string /health in the URL.

Event Count : Content View — >= [3] in [Past 30 Days]

Sub-Criteria - All — Page Content : Page URL — Contains One [/health-

Identifying users according to their favorite Content type

For more information about other default properties attached to visitors, see Person properties.

Multiple page views in a touch¶

You can identify visitors who view the number of pages you specify during a single touch of your website:

Touch : Number of Page Views — >= [2]

More than two touches

Event-based¶

You can identify users who perform a specified action on your website, such as subscribing to a newsletter. For more information, see Creating and managing events.

Shopping cart abandonment¶

You can identify users who have performed events external to your system if you have created a custom event connecting the system to Personalization. For example, visitors who have abandoned a shopping cart with items in it can be targeted with Event: Abandoned Cart. For more information, see Creating and managing events.