BUILDING SOCIAL NETWORKS BASED ON COMMERCE
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1. A method for defining marketing strategies by identifying social commerce patterns, comprising:
- building a social network relating consumers to a commerce system of interest;
assigning weights for individual nodes of said social network based on predetermined criteria, said weights and said criteria being stored in a memory;
navigating said social network, under instruction of a microprocessor, to identify customer leaders based on said stored weights and to define customer segments of the commerce system;
navigating said social network, under instruction of said microprocessor, to identify specific communication channels relative to said customer leaders;
storing said identified customer leaders and said identified specific communication channels in said memory; and
defining, with said microprocessor, marketing strategies using said stored customer leaders and said stored specific communication channels.
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A social network relating consumers to a commerce system of interest is built. Weights are assigned for individual nodes of the social network based on predetermined criteria. The social network is navigated to identify customer leaders and define customer segments of the commerce system. The social network is also navigated to identify specific communication channels relative to the customer leaders. Effective marketing strategies are defined using the customer leaders and the specific communication channels.
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1. A method for defining marketing strategies by identifying social commerce patterns, comprising:
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building a social network relating consumers to a commerce system of interest; assigning weights for individual nodes of said social network based on predetermined criteria, said weights and said criteria being stored in a memory; navigating said social network, under instruction of a microprocessor, to identify customer leaders based on said stored weights and to define customer segments of the commerce system; navigating said social network, under instruction of said microprocessor, to identify specific communication channels relative to said customer leaders; storing said identified customer leaders and said identified specific communication channels in said memory; and defining, with said microprocessor, marketing strategies using said stored customer leaders and said stored specific communication channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product for defining marketing strategies by identifying social commerce patterns, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code configured to build a social network relating consumers to a commerce system of interest; computer readable program code configured to assign weights for individual nodes of said social network based on predetermined criteria; computer readable program code configured to navigate said social network to identify customer leaders based on said weights and to define customer segments of said commerce system; computer readable program code configured to navigate said social network to identify specific communication channels relative to said customer leaders; and computer readable program code configured to define marketing strategies using said customer leaders and said specific communication channels. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer system for defining marketing strategies by identifying social commerce patterns, comprising:
a processor programmed to; build a social network relating consumers to a commerce system of interest; assign weights for individual nodes of said social network based on predetermined criteria; navigate said social network to identify customer leaders and define customer segments of said commerce system; navigate said social network to identify specific communication channels relative to said customer leaders; and define effective marketing strategies using said customer leaders and said specific communication channels. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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