Un-subscription Score Calculation for Marketing Communication Filtering

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current marketing technologies fail to effectively reduce un-subscription rates for existing customers, as they do not consider real-time context, sentiment, and interaction intelligence related to products and services, leading to resource-intensive efforts and higher costs in retaining customers.

Innovation Solution

Systems and methods that calculate an un-subscription score for customers based on their sentiment and interactions, filtering out those with high probabilities of un-subscription to avoid sending marketing communications, using sentiment engines to assess web page and email content for sentiment analysis and applying typology rules to manage communication delivery preferences.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If marketers send promotional emails to all customers on the distribution list, then marketing reach is maximized, but un-subscription rates increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemarketing reachVSAvoidun-subscription rate
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary sentiment analysis and un-subscription probability calculation before sending marketing communications. By assessing customer sentiment from web page interactions and electronic communications in advance, the system identifies customers with low un-subscription probability, thereby preventing un-subscriptions before they occur while still maximizing marketing reach to appropriate segments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If marketers personalize emails for each recipient to reduce un-subscriptions, then customer engagement improves, but resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomer engagementVSAvoidresource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by personalizing marketing communications only for customers with low un-subscription probability, rather than uniformly personalizing for all customers. The sentiment analysis and content personalization are selectively applied to high-value segments, improving customer engagement while reducing overall resource consumption by excluding low-probability customers from personalized campaigns.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Productivity

If marketers send frequent promotional emails to maintain customer connection, then brand visibility increases, but customers unsubscribe due to excessive frequency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebrand visibilityVSAvoidun-subscription rate
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements dynamic marketing communication strategies by adjusting sending frequency and timing based on real-time sentiment analysis. The un-subscription probability model dynamically updates as new interaction data becomes available, allowing the system to optimize brand visibility through adaptive communication schedules that respond to changing customer sentiment rather than using fixed frequent intervals.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

4Reliability

If marketers use traditional prediction models for prospective customers, then lead disengagement is reduced, but existing customer un-subscriptions are not addressed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelead retentionVSAvoidcustomer segment coverage
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system achieves universality by creating a unified sentiment analysis and un-subscription prediction framework that serves both prospective customers (leads) and existing customers. The same sentiment engine and probability model are applied across different customer segments and communication types, making the system versatile enough to address disengagement prevention for leads while simultaneously reducing un-subscriptions among existing customers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10366400B2Reducing un-subscription rates for electronic marketing communications
Publication Date: 2019.07.30 NEOLANE SAS
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AI summary

Methods score users to determine if they will receive marketing communications sent to users on a subscription list. One method calculates an un-subscription score for a user based on: a degree of sentiment determined by identifying user interaction with a web page and assessing content of the interaction for indications of sentiment; or a degree of sentiment determined by identifying a user communication and assessing its content for indications of sentiment. Responsive to determining that the un-subscription score exceeds a threshold, the method excludes the user when sending the marketing communication to users on the subscription list. Another method calculates a degree of sentiment based on user interactions with a page and user communications, and calculates the user's un-subscription score based on the degree of sentiment. Responsive to comparing the un-subscription score with a threshold, the method excludes the user when sending the marketing communication to users on the list.