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Recipe: Identify Contacts Who Have Never Booked

Recipe: Identify Contacts Who Have Never Booked
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Makes: The ability to target prospective customers in your database who have never bought tickets

Recipe: Identify Contacts Who Have Never Booked
The Tomorrow’s Audience research by Indigo-Ltd and Spektrix showed that 54% of audiences in 2023 were first-time attendees.
That means your database is likely full of untapped potential. Contacts who have never made a booking are an opportunity waiting to be unlocked. Identifying these individuals is the first step in crafting targeted communications that turn passive contacts into first-time bookers.

  • Access to segmentation and Autotags in Spektrix
  • Ability to sync with Dotdigital (optional)
  • Understanding of contact preferences and customer metrics

5 minutes

  • Identify prospective customers in your database who have never booked
  • Use tags and segmentation to power targeted communications
  • Improve list targeting for first-time campaigns

  • “Never Booked” metric: A built-in Spektrix customer metric that filters contacts who have never made a booking
  • Autotags: Automatically apply a tag to contacts based on criteria such as "never booked"
  • Contact Preferences: Data used to ensure communications comply with customer consent
  • Dotdigital Sync (optional): Enables dynamic email content and automation using custom fields

No detailed setup is required before using the “Never Booked” metric, but ensure the following:
  • Contact Preferences are up to date
  • Your marketing and data policies support outreach to non-bookers
  • If using Dotdigital, confirm your integration and data fields are ready

  1. Go to Insights and Mailings > Autotags and create a new Autotag.
  1. In the customer criteria section, select “Never Booked” and check the box.
  1. If you plan to contact these customers, include Contact Preferences in your criteria.
  1. Optional: Sync to Dotdigital for use in dynamic content or automation.
  • In Dotdigital:
  • Go to Settings > Contacts > Contact Data Fields
  • Add a new Yes/No field called NEVERBOOKED
Map this field to your synced data from Spektrix

Once you've identified your "never booked" segment, invite them to celebrate a special occasion. Combine this recipe with “Prompt First-Time Attendees to Return” to guide them along their audience journey.

Learn how to measure first-time bookings, audience retention, and reattendance. Includes walkthroughs of Customer Lists, loyalty tracking, and follow-up strategies.
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