Basketball alone doesn’t define the life and times of Hartford-New Haven residents. In honor of UConn closing out the season with 11 consecutive wins culminating in a national championship, here are 11 things you might not have known about the Hartford-New Haven market area.

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We compared various basketball-related statistics for the home markets of the Final Four teams using data compiled by Experian Simmons. About a quarter of the U.S. population has an interest in college basketball. Richmond (26.7%) and Indianapolis (26.3%) are the Final Four markets with the highest level of interest. Lexington and Hartford will need overtime to decide a winner. These markets are tied at 24.3%.

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All four Cinderella teams hail from markets with above average interest in college basketball. How do the Richmond, Tallahassee, Milwaukee, and Indianapolis consumer markets compare to one another?

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For all of the marketers out there, I’d like to propose a creative alternative: let’s see what happens if we fill out our tournament brackets based on the concentration of the top basketball-crazy segments found in a college team’s home market.

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The audiences for the men’s and women’s NCAA Basketball Tournaments are decidedly different from one another. How do they stack up head-to-head?

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Two storied franchises will collide in this year’s Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Sports fans from both markets are huge supporters of their football teams, but a look into their behavior and attitudes reveals passions beyond a one-dimensional Cheesehead or Towel Twirler. Considering the vast preferences, marketers recognize the need to define characteristics that truly distinguish their target audience, thus, this article delves further into the hearts and houses of Green Bay and Pittsburgh area residents.

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An enlightening glimpse into the lifestyles of Packers and Steelers’ supporters living in Green Bay and Pittsburgh, and surrounding communities, creates exciting targeting opportunities for marketers. Using Mosaic segments from Experian to dissect these two markets, marketers can identify the “Small-town Contentment” of Green Bay – these are middle-aged, upper-middle-class families living in small towns and surrounding satellite cities, versus the “Blue-collar Backbone” of Pittsburgh – these are budget-conscious, young and old blue-collar households living in older towns.

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Implementing a differential marketing strategy is ideal in settings where there is a relatively large assortment of product categories with regular and frequent transaction volume. Where does the concept of differential marketing fit into your customer retention strategy?

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