Climb the Personalization Maturity Ladder

See how global businesses prioritize personalization as the key to delivering superior customer experiences.

Companies that excel at personalization see increased consumer engagement, top line revenue, and a higher ROI. But a personalization-centric company doesn’t just happen. It takes buy-in, vendor selection, onboarding, and proper implementation.

To better understand the state of personalization maturity, we conducted the world’s first personalization maturity self-assessment test.

How we evaluated personalization maturity

We surveyed marketers and executives across the globe to learn about their organization's current technology stack, organizational structure and internal commitment to personalization. Respondents were representative across demographic profiles and industries.

The survey explored four stages of personalization maturity: absent, basic, advanced, pioneer, based on an organization’s ability to unify data, dedicate resources to drive personalization, visionary outlook, and more.

The Lowdown

  • Absent Definition: Personalization is not yet present across digital properties. This could be because the organization was not sure what was possible technologically or never made personalization a core priority.
  • Basic Definition: Organizations that deploy basic levels of personalization, usually channel-specific and with limited segmentation capabilities.
  • Advanced Definition: Organizations that have already established some processes and testing roadmaps to inform their personalization efforts.
  • Pioneer Definition: Organizations that have already overcome many challenges that come with adopting a customer-first approach through personalization.
User-Centricity Definition: The organization is able to personalize customer experiences based on a single view of the customer.
Impact Definition: The organization can share personalization success stories and prove its potential impact on business growth.
Processes Definition: A centralized team drives personalization and translates strategies into impactful deployments.
Resources Definition: The organization invests in creating processes and designating owners to personalization.
Leadership Definition: Personalization is prioritized as a company-wide strategic initiative.
Technology Definition: Personalization technology is deeply integrated within the tech stack, using all available consumer data.
Culture Definition: The organization sees the value in delivering superior, individualized customer experiences.
Data Definition: Data-driven decision-making is effective and leveraged from data collected across all customer channels.
Region

92% of marketers believe there's value in personalization.

The world is taking personalization very seriously. Across the globe, the average level of personalization maturity seems to be Advanced. Both APAC and EMEA fall under this bucket. However, AMER falls behind with Basic personalization.

Half of companies (49%) have already identified personalization as a top priority investment.

But today, only 23% are truly capable of consolidating data into a single view of the customer, which allows them to personalize experiences for each channel. For nearly 60% of responders, personalization still acts as a channel-specific solution, and is integrated with some elements in the stack.

In reality, most organizations still suffer from limited resources for deploying personalization.

49% of marketers reported resources are limited or not available due to lack of time or budget. America is in worst shape than EMEA and APAC, with 66% of marketers claiming to have little to or no resources for personalization.

The Conversation Has Shifted

Across the globe, we found respondents strongly valued personalization, yet the degree of implementation greatly varied by region, leaving many with basic data driven decisions.

But personalization is part of a larger systemic shift in marketing, dwarfing previous approaches to customer centricity with a more holistic, individualized approach to the entire customer experience. The conversation has shifted to thinking about the entire shopper, gamer, fan, or reader journey and how to optimize every element of it.

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