Targeted Communications

Boost utility program participation and customer engagement with targeted communications

Mass emails have historically worked for energy utility communications — but they won’t cut it in today’s world of hyper-personalization. Customers expect relevant and timely information from their energy and water provider. That’s why it’s critical for utilities to leverage targeted communications to reach the right customers with the right content.      

Why Email Segmentation Matters

Email segmentation is a best-practice solution to maximize the impact of utility program promotions. In fact, 55% of consumers believe targeted communications create a more enjoyable experience while 74% of consumers get frustrated when they receive content that has nothing to do with their interests.

By identifying customer needs, interests and motivations, your utility can send targeted communications that resonate with a particular audience.

Questline Digital recommends segmenting the following utility communications:

• Welcome Series emails
• Residential and business newsletters
• Paperless billing campaigns
• Energy efficiency program promotions 
• Water usage and conservation messages
• Outage messages
• And more

Questline Digital also utilizes engagement personas, based on quantitative and psychographic data, to segment utility customers. For example, we created multiple emails for an EV rebate campaign to reach customers from different personas. One group was motivated to go electric because of the advanced technology, while another persona connected with an environmental message. 

Using Personalization to Connect with Customers

Many utilities are now using behavioral marketing to deliver targeted communications based on customer behavior. Questline Digital can help your utility create personalized communications such as:

• Abandoned cart emails to encourage marketplace purchases 
• Targeted follow-up emails for a time-sensitive promotions
• Behavior-based emails to customers who click into an email but don’t take action 

Taking a targeted approach not only improves long-term customer satisfaction, but it also boosts program participation and overall engagement.

Partnering with Questline Digital for Targeted Communications

Tackling email segmentation doesn’t have to be complicated. Questline Digital’s marketing experts can help your utility identify opportunities where targeted communications will make the largest impact and take the lead on implementing new strategies.

Questline Digital can help your utility with:

• Identifying viable audience segments
• Segmentation by engagement personas
• Building targeted strategies that speak to different customer motivations and behaviors
• Creating unique content for each audience
• Handling logistics like list management and automated email deployment

Ready to get started with targeted communications?

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