Case study

Hyperlocal Geo-Targeting Based on Business Potential

How can businesses target new initiatives by the store, not the city or state?

A telecom giant in India wanted to roll out a new product across several cities in India. Instead of launching the product in all of their stores at once, they wanted to start with the stores that would give them the greatest results. They turned to our geo-targeting solution, which helped them figure out the exact locations that they should target.

geo-targeting dashboard

The promise of hyperlocal targeting in India

For ages, businesses have known that different locations perform differently. Some are fertile ground for new campaigns, while others will endlessly consume money with nothing to show for it. Yet too often, sales and marketing efforts in India are painted with broad strokes — targeting entire swathes of the country or dozens of cities at one time. In a country with so much diversity, this isn't sustainable or scalable.

LOCATION TARGETING IS CRUCIAL

15%

In India, up to 15% of retailers' revenue is used for rent. (The global average is 4-10%.)

Today, most businesses today use data to stop guessing and start targeting their efforts at the most local level possible. In many countries, it's all too easy to get incredibly granular data on consumers' movements and preferences through digital tracking.

However, in India, getting granular consumer data is far more difficult. Digital data isn't helpful because of low internet penetration, and India's other sources of granular data are often incomplete, inaccessible, and siloed in systems that don't talk to one another.

INDIA'S DIGITAL DATA ISN'T USEFUL

31%

Internet penetration in India. (In comparison, the U.S. has 88% internet penetration.)

The opportunity to connect with consumers on a local level has never been easier, but national and global brands continue to miss the mark – big time.

Alaina Shearer
Alaina Shearer

Founder and CEO

Cement Marketing

How could the company develop an effective hyperlocal marketing strategy?

The Indian telecom company wanted to find the right locations in several Tier 2 cities to sell its new product. It needed two strategies — which of its existing retailers it should target, and where it should open new stores to reach untapped consumers.

Business potential for each store

Our solution first found the business potential for each store, based on an analysis of nearby points of interest and other demographic and economic data. This helped the company create a strategy of which stores it should target with its new product.

Business potential by hyperlocal grids

We layered store-level data with a local area-level business potential score, mapped on 2.5 km hexagonal grids. This let us find areas with high business potential but no existing company stores — the perfect locations for expansion.

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Multi-layered maps
Multi-layered maps

Layered geographic analysis made it easy to create a cohesive business strategy — all in a single screen.

Proprietary heuristics
Proprietary heuristics

We uncovered insightful trends and patterns with proprietary analysis, algorithms and estimations.

Points of interest
Points of interest

Granular POI data covered competitors' stores, residential complexes, colleges, ATMs and banks, and more.

Geocoding data
Geocoding data

We converted the company's incomplete retail addresses into full addresses and precise lat-longs.

Geographical drill-down
Geographical drill-down

Viewing data at city or even street level helped the company make important decisions at any level.

Fully interactive
Fully interactive

Decision-makers could surf through data quickly and use our dynamic map to explore key metrics and trends.

Use data intelligence to create a hyperlocal targeted business strategy.

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