Personalisation
The practice of tailoring content, products, services, recommendations, or experiences to individual users based on their characteristics, preferences, behaviours, or context. Personalisation ranges from simple (using names in emails) to sophisticated (AI-driven product recommendations, custom content curation, dynamic pricing). Effective personalisation leverages data, browsing history, purchase patterns, demographic information, stated preferences, to create relevant, valuable experiences. Research consistently shows personalisation increases engagement, conversion rates, and customer satisfaction. AI has dramatically advanced personalisation capabilities, enabling real-time analysis and customisation at scale that was previously impossible or prohibitively expensive.
Why it matters
Personalised experiences dramatically outperform generic approaches, often doubling conversion rates. AI makes sophisticated personalisation accessible to small businesses, enabling competing with large corporations through relevant, targeted customer experiences.