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Quick, Accurate Market Segmentation
  SolocastTM is designed to allow organizations of any size to profile a customer database by lifestyle cluster and determine market potential of other databases, including geographic areas, mailing lists, syndicated surveys and other customer databases, based upon similarities in the cluster profile of each database. The perfect data mining tool, using Solocast for cluster analysis lets you understand your customers, segment them into key demographic groups, and use that demographic profile of your customers to predict product usage in any geographic area.
 
bullet Hundreds of lifestyle and demographic variables compressed onto a single CD including any segmentation data, such as MOSAIC
bullet Flexible licensing options allow users to unlock combinations of variables for any geographic area
bullet Works simultaneously with your customer data or syndicated survey data
bullet Allows analysis to be performed against any US geographic area, including industry specific boundaries such as Telecom Wire Centers, or customer defined areas like drive time polygons or store trade areas
bullet Outputs in a variety of formats including: HTML, Excel and mapping files, allowing results to be viewed instantly as thematic maps
bullet Wizard-like guide makes segmentation analysis a reality for even non-technical users
bullet Allows instant analysis of multiple data objects from multiple databases

Why Solocast for Cluster Analysis?

Solocast is a unique segmentation analysis tool. Designed to work with a user's proprietary customer data, Solocast unlocks the power to profile geographic areas using the most accurate survey data available - your own customer data.

Solocast allows marketing analysts and managers to instantly profile either customer databases or the population of geographic areas in order to determine the key demographic characteristics of those databases. The "cluster" profile of the database is used to correlate the similarity between the populations of different databases, and to determine the market potential of a given database. Thus, a company could compare the cluster profile of existing customers to the cluster profile of a mailing list in order to determine the number of potential customers in the mailing list. Similarly, a company could compare the cluster profile of a customer database to the cluster profile of a geographic area in order to determine the number of likely prospects living in the geographic area.

About the Data

Data is available for Solocast in the form of content specific modules. The demographic data in Solocast is based upon demographic estimates from Experian/Applied Geographic Solutions (AGS). Because of the high compression technology of the database, information for every standard census and postal defined area in the United Sates can be stored on a single CD-ROM. Users are then able to "unlock" specific data modules for specific geographic areas as necessary. The benefit is that while all of the data for all of the country is instantly accessible, users have the option of licensing only the data that is relevant to their business needs.

Lifestyle modules fall into the follow broad categories:
 
bullet Auto & Auto Aftermarket
bullet Financial
bullet Grocery
bullet Internet
bullet Media
bullet Telephony
bullet Many more...

About the Software

All Solocast applications begin with Solocast's powerful, intuitive query engine. The engine serves as the gateway to the nation's most accurate demographic and segmentation data. Using Solocast's simple, wizard-like interface, queries can be written to analyze the demographic and market potential of any standard or user defined area.

The optional cluster analysis software allows users to understand the lifestyle profile of any database: customer data, survey data, or the population of a geographic area. By comparing the lifestyle profiles of different databases, a user is able to determine the market potential of their own products in any geographic area. This would allow a user to profile their own customers, compare that profile to the profile of the population of a geographic area, and determine the number of potential customers that can be found in the geographic area.

There are three software tools in the PortfolioTM family:
 
bullet AllocateTM
bullet Solocast
bullet PinpointTM

Other Solutions in the Portfolio Family

Allocate - Demographic Analysis

The Allocate demographic analysis tool is for the business user who wants to perform quick and accurate market analysis. The ease of use will give users of all levels - from the business analyst to the senior executive - the capability to perform on-the-fly market analyses. Custom reports can be easily created in a variety of mediums, thereby spreading information and knowledge throughout the enterprise. Using Allocate will empower an organization with the confidence to make sound business decisions.

Unlike other systems, our product assigns block group demographics to both custom and standard geographic areas by capturing individual block centroids and their corresponding population or household counts. The result is highly accurate demographic reports and maps that ultimately translate into more profitable decisions for the user. On the desktop, or across the Web, Allocate turns statistics into power.

Allocate's key features include:
 
bullet Compatibility with any data source
bullet Seamless integration into multiple mapping products
bullet Unique database format that processes demographic queries with amazing speed and accuracy
bullet Block centroid retrieval method means your results are more accurate
bullet Customizable reports in a variety of outputs such as HTML, spreadsheets and mapping files
bullet Data compression onto a single CD-ROM, providing flexibility and convenience to users
bullet Indexing, custom variable creation and modeling capabilities to better analyze data
bullet Common sense interface with step-by-step tabs that guide users through the process

PinPoint - Data Transformation and Geocoding

PinPoint Explorer is a visual workflow tool that makes it easy to create and run high-performance data cleansing and transformation processes. Using a "Tinker Toy®" approach, you select components from a palette of tools. Each tool performs a specialized operation. By configuring and connecting these tools, you create a custom data transformation project. Running your project is a simple as clicking a button. The results of your project can be sorted in a database or viewed in a spreadsheet or map application.
 
bullet Project "tools" perform functions such as sorting, filter, geocoding or joining
bullet Supports a variety of input and output data formats
bullet Supports ODBC to a variety of RDBMS' including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and DB2
bullet Adds geocodes coordinates to your customer files
bullet Reads and writes spatial format to support popular GIS packages
bullet Hundreds of times faster than transaction-oriented databases
bullet Superior speed is achieved by using sequential access
bullet Ease of use in cleaning legacy data
bullet Runs on inexpensive PC hardware running Windows NT

Solutions

The Portfolio family of data and software products can be purchased in a variety of combinations. For users who are looking for pre-packaged solutions, there are several data bundles available. For users who prefer the ability to customize their own solution, software and data modules can be purchased individually.

About SRC

SRC specializes in the design, development and deployment of Integrated Micromarketing Systems (IMS) for the desktop, workgroups and the web. SRC is the developer of Allocate Solocast, PinPoint and Portfolio

 


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