Method and apparatus for internet customer retention
First Claim
1. A method of dynamically optimizing customer retention for a web marketing site, comprising:
- specifying a permissible defunct threshold;
specifying a range of offers to be included in a set of promotions;
determining a probability that a customer will become defunct in a predetermined period of time since the last interaction of that customer with the web site; and
providing a promotion to a customer if the probability that the customer will become defunct in the predetermined period of time since the last interaction of that customer with the web site is greater than a predetermined threshold.
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Abstract
A method of dynamically optimizing customer retention for a web marketing site is provided. That method includes specifying a permissible defunct threshold, specifying a range of offers to be included in a set of promotions, determining a probability that a customer will become defunct in a predetermined period of time since the last interaction of that customer with the web site, and providing a promotion to a customer if the probability that the customer will become defunct in the predetermined period of time since the last interaction of that customer with the web site is greater than a predetermined threshold.
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1. A method of dynamically optimizing customer retention for a web marketing site, comprising:
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specifying a permissible defunct threshold;
specifying a range of offers to be included in a set of promotions;
determining a probability that a customer will become defunct in a predetermined period of time since the last interaction of that customer with the web site; and
providing a promotion to a customer if the probability that the customer will become defunct in the predetermined period of time since the last interaction of that customer with the web site is greater than a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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