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Donald Trump was elected president last November by winning 306 electoral votes. He pledged to "drain the swamp" in Washington, D.C., to overturn the system of politics that had left the nation's capital and major financial and tech centers flourishing but large swaths of the country mired in stagnation and decay. "What truly matters," he said in his Inaugural Address, "is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people."
Is it? By any historical and constitutional standard, "the people" elected Donald Trump and endorsed his program of nation-state populist reform. Yet over the last few weeks America has been in the throes of an unprecedented revolt. Not of the people against the government—that happened last year—but of the government against the people. What this says about the state of American democracy, and what it portends for the future, is incredibly disturbing.
There is, of course, the case of Michael Flynn. He made a lot of enemies inside the government during his career, suffice it to say. And when he exposed himself as vulnerable those enemies pounced. But consider the means: anonymous and possibly illegal leaks of private conversations. Yes, the conversation in question was with a foreign national. And no one doubts we spy on ambassadors. But we aren't supposed to spy on Americans without probable cause. And we most certainly are not supposed to disclose the results of our spying in the pages of the Washington Post because it suits a partisan or personal agenda.
Here was a case of current and former national security officials using their position, their sources, and their methods to crush a political enemy. And no one but supporters of the president seems to be disturbed. Why? Because we are meant to believe that the mysterious, elusive, nefarious, and to date unproven connection between Donald Trump and the Kremlin is more important than the norms of intelligence and the decisions of the voters.
But why should we believe that? And who elected these officials to make this judgment for us?
Nor is Flynn the only example of nameless bureaucrats working to undermine and ultimately overturn the results of last year's election. According to the New York Times, civil servants at the EPA are lobbying Congress to reject Donald Trump's nominee to run the agency. Is it because Scott Pruitt lacks qualifications? No. Is it because he is ethically compromised? Sorry. The reason for the opposition is that Pruitt is a critic of the way the EPA was run during the presidency of Barack Obama. He has a policy difference with the men and women who are soon to be his employees. Up until, oh, this month, the normal course of action was for civil servants to follow the direction of the political appointees who serve as proxies for the elected president.
How quaint. These days an architect of the overreaching and antidemocratic Waters of the U.S. regulation worries that her work will be overturned so she undertakes extraordinary means to defeat her potential boss. But a change in policy is a risk of democratic politics. Nowhere does it say in the Constitution that the decisions of government employees are to be unquestioned and preserved forever. Yet that is precisely the implication of this unprecedented protest. "I can't think of any other time when people in the bureaucracy have done this," a professor of government tells the paper. That sentence does not leave me feeling reassured.
Opposition to this president takes many forms. Senate Democrats have slowed confirmations to the most sluggish pace since George Washington. Much of the New York and Beltway media does really function as a sort of opposition party, to the degree that reporters celebrated the sacking of Flynn as a partisan victory for journalism. Discontent manifests itself in direct actions such as the Women's March.
But here's the difference. Legislative roadblocks, adversarial journalists, and public marches are typical of a constitutional democracy. They are spelled out in our founding documents: the Senate and its rules, and the rights to speech, a free press, and assembly. Where in those documents is it written that regulators have the right not to be questioned, opposed, overturned, or indeed fired, that intelligence analysts can just call up David Ignatius and spill the beans whenever they feel like it?
The last few weeks have confirmed that there are two systems of government in the United States.
The first is the system of government outlined in the U.S. Constitution—its checks, its balances, its dispersion of power, its protection of individual rights. Donald Trump was elected to serve four years as the chief executive of this system. Whether you like it or not.
The second system is comprised of those elements not expressly addressed by the Founders. This is the permanent government, the so-called administrative state of bureaucracies, agencies, quasi-public organizations, and regulatory bodies and commissions, of rule-writers and the byzantine network of administrative law courts. This is the government of unelected judges with lifetime appointments who, far from comprising the "least dangerous branch," now presume to think they know more about America's national security interests than the man elected as commander in chief.
For some time, especially during Democratic presidencies, the second system of government was able to live with the first one. But that time has ended. The two systems are now in competition. And the contest is all the more vicious and frightening because more than offices are at stake. This fight is not about policy. It is about wealth, status, the privileges of an exclusive class.
"In our time, as in [Andrew] Jackson's, the ruling classes claim a monopoly not just on the economy and society but also on the legitimate authority to regulate and restrain it, and even on the language in which such matters are discussed," writes Christopher Caldwell in a brilliant essay in the Winter 2016/17 Claremont Review of Books.
Elites have full-spectrum dominance of a whole semiotic system. What has just happened in American politics is outside the system of meanings elites usually rely upon. Mike Pence's neighbors on Tennyson street not only cannot accept their election loss; they cannot fathom it. They are reaching for their old prerogatives in much the way that recent amputees are said to feel an urge to scratch itches on limbs that are no longer there. Their instincts tell them to disbelieve what they rationally know. Their arguments have focused not on the new administration's policies or its competence but on its very legitimacy.
Donald Trump did not cause the divergence between government of, by, and for the people and government, of, by, and for the residents of Cleveland Park and Arlington and Montgomery and Fairfax counties. But he did exacerbate it. He forced the winners of the global economy and the members of the D.C. establishment to reckon with the fact that they are resented, envied, opposed, and despised by about half the country. But this recognition did not humble the entrenched incumbents of the administrative state. It radicalized them to the point where they are readily accepting, even cheering on, the existence of a "deep state" beyond the control of the people and elected officials.
Who rules the United States? The simple and terrible answer is we do not know. But we are about to find out.
As we argue about what exactly "fake news" is and how to fight it, we find that the phrase was born last century in the world of propaganda, but it was Mark Zuckerberg who entered it into our modern lexicon and President Trump who weaponized it into a media pejorative.
Since Ancient times, Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins explains, gold has served a very unique function in society.
Gold is extremely rare, impossible to create out of "thin air", easily identifiable, malleable, and it does not tarnish. By nature of these properties, gold has been highly valued throughout history for every tiny ounce of weight. That's why it's been used by people for centuries as a monetary metal, a symbol of wealth, and a store of value.
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CRESCENT CITY The 'AAA' DNYF Mustangs scored an overtime touchdown Sunday to beat the undefeated Ferndale Mustangs 26-20.
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Thread: Is this possible using VBA
09-08-06, 11:59 #1Registered User
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Unanswered: Is this possible using VBA
Hi all,
I'm currently working on a project, which has turned into something much bigger than was first thought. Because of this I have had to rethink the design of the database.
Currently I have one large database with everything in it which I'm going to split into different databases, but the person who requested the database would like it all kept together in one place, even though some of it should be seperate from each other.
I was thinking along the lines of having an mdb with just a form. It would have an option group on it so you can select the relevant area, and when you click on a command button it would open the seperate database and close the database with the selection form.
But also as an added facility the databases would all be kept on a network drive, and would check the users documents to see if it has the required database file, if not it would copy it from the network drive onto their area.
Would this be possible to do in VBA, if so does anyone have any samples or know of any?
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I have just started to learn how access does things. But my book did make the suggestion that a good practice was to make one database with nothing but your forms, queries, and reports. Then make a second database that would house the actual information.
I believe You could have vba check a certain drive to see if they had the database.
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It's possible, I suppose, but this sounds like an awfully convoluted solution to resource permissions. Could you elaborate a bit on the business requirements for your project?oh yeah... documentation... I have heard of that.
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One being a section for the conferencing department to store a log of details between the college and the business booking a conference. But it then ended up becoming more of a complete booking system when I had finished adding all of the details they wanted. Originally I wanted to keep this seperate, but was told it was all part of the same thing because it was to store a log of contact between us and the business.
But then there was more to be added; Field/Trips Visits, Trial Work, Short Courses, Bespoke Courses, Network Groups, Apprenticeships, Work Based Training and Business Development.
All the information for the above sections was originally just to store employer details or student details, and the contact log.
Originally all of the employer/business details went into one table due to the way they wanted the database designed, but now it really needs to be split up as people are starting to get confused, and people are starting to modifying other peoples data.
In my mind each of these sections should have a different database, so I have started to seperate it, and have taken out the business development section. But they would still like to be able to access all of the areas together, as it's all part of the same system.
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You're using Oracle as the backend? That's where your permissions should be implemented. Well, a combination between that and some user-level security for different functionality on the front end.
End-users should not know nor care about how the backend is designed. I would be putting this all in a single database and controlling permissions by assigning different db users to different groups. In MSSQL I would use AD credentials to decide which tables, views and stored procedures a given user is authorized to manipulate. I'm not up to speed on Oracle though...oh yeah... documentation... I have heard of that.
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you say:
...went into one table
...should have a different database
is this Oracle-as-a-glorified-XLS or ??
your stuff seems to be related - it seems to belong in one database - but it surely doesn't belong in one table.
are you certain you mean different database?
you also say:
...modifying other peoples data
that really needs some more words.
i have a db where all users can read everything but each record is 'owned' by one writer ...i thought i was strange!
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I'm not using Oracle to store the information (using SQL Server), Oracle is just used to retrieve the students details for student placements, and only has read only access anyway.
Anyway, I have spoken to someone and cleared it up. Because it is a cross-college db I should be able to use one table to store the details. I can store all of the employers details in one table, but make sure that I include checkboxes etc to clarify that the employer can also be used for other areas e.g. Work Based Training
I think I was starting to get confused, because it was getting bigger and I didn't fully understand the specifications.
Thanks for your input though.


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Ace7 Bountiful, UtahDec. 14, 2010 4:57 p.m.
I agree! It's a shame what happened to Coach Evans, being fired so Reid could become coach, and now SUU basketball is so bad that it won't win very many games in the Big Sky.
SUU Alum Cedar City, UtahNov. 17, 2010 12:54 p.m.
I totally agree with San Dimas. I remember the time when teams would come to the Centrum with only a very small chance for victory. Now the T-Birds are a welcome respite for the teams they play. The team has gotten worse each year under Reid, and, while I didn't think it could go any lower than last year, the performance so far suggests they will be lucky to win 5 games. Something needs to be done so SUU is not a laughingstock in basketball when it joins the Big Sky conference.
SanDimasHighSchoolFootballRules Cedar City, UTNov. 16, 2010 5:43 p.m.
I know no one is going to read this....but I have to vent. Roger Reid is ruining SUU basketball. We are going into the Big Sky in two years and our program is in a shambles. There is no hope until they make a change. Unfortunately, Reid is going nowhere because he has two years left on his contract and SUU doesn't have the money to buy him out and its president doesn't have the cojones to fire him because they are buddies. And who pays for it? We do. President Benson won't be around when this implodes and we spend 15 years being the doormat of the Big Sky.


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This 8 disk collection explores the life of one historys most infamous figures Adolf Hitler HITLER IN HIS OWN WORDS is an exploration into the mind of the dictator--from his beginnings as a misguided adolescent to his 1945 suicide in the Berlin bunker THE SECRET LIFE OF ADOLF HITLER and THE STORY OF ADOLF HITLER trace back to his modest Austrian upbringing and the betrayal he felt at Germanys capitulation in World War I And HITLER AND THE WARLORDS profiles Hitler Churchill and Stalin. Also included are TRIUMPH OF THE WILL the powerful propaganda film that helped launch Hitler into power and its companion film MARCH TO THE FUHRER.
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The podcasting industry is on the cusp of breaking mainstream in a major way, according to Gimlet Media cofounder Matt Lieber.
And Lieber wants Gimlet to be one of the few big podcasting giants that rules the industry.
Gimlet's new slate of podcasts, announced Tuesday, seems to reach for that mainstream buzz with controversy, crime, and psychological thrills.
Growth story
Gimlet, a podcast-making company founded in 2014, has seen its business triple in the last year by revenue, audience, and headcount, Lieber tells Business Insider. "We've had our fastest year-over-year growth this year," he continues. The company is on track to make $7 million in sales this year, according to a recent segment on one of its shows.
Gimlet's fall season adds three new shows to its (formerly) five-show roster, and features a fourth season of hit "StartUp," which will follow American Apparel founder Dov Charney as he tries to start a new company after being ousted under dramatic circumstances in 2014.
The three new podcasts mark Gimlet's entry into hot formats: a fictional psychological thriller, a true crime series from the creators of HBO's hit "The Jinx," and a show that re-examines historical moments. Compared to the quirky "Mystery Show," which Gimlet declared "unsustainable" and recently canceled, these podcasts show an ear toward mass appeal.
The transition
We're in the midst of a big transition in audio, Lieber says. Radio will slowly lose dominance to digital. Smartphones have pushed us toward the transition, but cars are helping radio hang on pretty tight, Lieber says. Eventually, however, on-demand audio will have a huge market — think of it like the on-demand video market that Netflix kick-started. In that world, there will be a big demand for podcasts.
That demand will lead to a handful of prominent podcast studios springing up, Liber says (as well as a bunch of independents). He thinks Gimlet is well-placed to be one. The company has used the $7.5 million in venture capital money it's raised to build up a stable of well-respected shows, like "Reply All" and "StartUp," as well as its own ad agency that creates custom audio ads and branded podcasts. The pieces are in place if podcasts continue to grow in popularity.
Lieber thinks now is the time. "[Podcasts are] becoming a mainstream phenomenon," he says. Total podcast listening in the US grew by 25% year-over-year, and even Malcolm Gladwell is getting into the game.
And Gimlet's new shows, which can go through an incubator process of up to a year, seem designed to get people's attention.
Take the fourth season of "StartUp," for example, which Lieber says he's most excited for of the new slate. The show tracks Dov Charney from the inception moment of his new company, as he tries to "recapture the magic of American Apparel" (as Lieber describes it). Charney was ousted from American Apparel in 2014, by the board, which said the firing "grew out of an ongoing investigation into alleged misconduct." At American Apparel, Charney faced multiple accusations of sexual harassment, according to The Los Angeles Times.
Charney was described by Business Insider's Jim Edwards as "infuriating, charming, arrogant." Lieber calls Charney "controversial but compelling," and says the show does not shy away from the accusations. "It's not purely a celebration," Lieber says.
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This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/511,971, filed Sep. 24, 2000, now abandoned, entitled "Target Profitability System." As such, the present application claims priority from this application, as well as from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/461,805, filed Apr. 11, 2003, entitled "Attitudinal Consumer Targeting System." Both of these prior applications are commonly assigned with the present application and are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety for all purposes.
Disclosed embodiments herein relate generally to target marketing systems and methods, and more particularly to customized target marketing systems and methods to identify consumer segments for a given marketing objective based on attitudinal dimensions, and to locate individual consumers who are attitudinally aligned with the segment definitions, for purposes of direct marketing.
In the quest for new business opportunities, there has been a growing proliferation of products and services seeking to more relevantly satisfy consumer needs. This has heightened competition and furthered a desire by marketers to look for tools that can more precisely identify optimal groups of consumers. Previous targeting methods used historical information to determine what type of consumer had previously used product/service categories or brands. These factors were used to predict which consumers would likely buy in the future.
Previous approaches to target marketing prioritized consumers based on category and volume of brand usage. These consumer targeting efforts were largely based on demographic and geodemographic factors. A first approach typically involved the administration of a survey to measure consumer usage levels pertaining to specific products, services and brands. These surveys also gathered general demographic information for each respondent. Standard analysis techniques were then applied to study the results and identify optimal demographic segments for targeting marketing efforts. Geodemographic systems were then developed that categorize the entire marketplace of consumers into a specific number of neighborhood types. These neighborhood types were typically classified according to demographic factors.
Unfortunately, targeting methods based on demographics and geodemographics have several drawbacks. For example, both methods assume that all consumers within a defined demographic or geodemographic sub-set are equally attractive. As such, these methods typically do not distinguish between individual consumers within the same group. In addition, neither method considers attitudinal variables, even though attitudinal variables greatly influence the future purchasing behavior of consumers. Because of these drawbacks, volume-only marketing techniques often do not meet the financial needs of marketers. Additionally, there has also been a growing consensus that demographic and other conventional targeting methodologies would be enhanced if attitudinal filtering were also applied. In response to this, businesses are increasingly striving to find ways of identifying and reaching groups of consumers who tend to "think alike" with respect to their brand and market segment. Some examples of groups divided based on attitudinal variables are:
As may be seen in these examples, grouping of potential customers using attitudinal characteristics and definitions results in segments defined by more than mere demographics and the like. For example, rather than creating a group of potential luxury car buyers based on demographic information like income and past purchases, attitudinally-based segments look to the reasons for purchasing behavior. In this example, this results in a group of potential luxury car buyers that are grouped based on the reason for purchasing a luxury car (e.g., seeking prestige, professional appearance, etc.).
There is therefore a high level of interest in a customized target marketing system based on attitudinal dimensions. While other methods of attitudinal segmentation currently exist, there is need for a system that can also identify individual consumers who align attitudinally with the segment definitions. This combination enables direct-to-consumer contact with attitudinally relevant products and marketing offers. Moreover, such a system would be even more beneficial to marketers by having the capability to help determine the attitudinally-based segment definitions themselves, which may then be customized to each particular product being marketed.
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for selecting a target group of consumers from a larger group of consumers in a computer database. Thus, for a given brand and marketing objective, the systems and methods provide for identifying the dimensions that define a relevant attitudinal consumer segment (or segments). In addition, the systems and methods select consumers, from an in-house or third party database containing appended variables, who are most attitudinally aligned with the target segment definition(s).
In one embodiment, a method includes providing at least non-attitudinal variables for each consumer in the database, choosing a random subgroup of consumers from the larger group, and gathering attitudinal data, which is unavailable on the database, from each member of the subgroup. The method also includes creating attitudinal segments defined by attitudinal dimensions based on the attitudinal data, and assigning each member of the subgroup to one of the attitudinal segments using the attitudinal data corresponding to each member of the subgroup. The method includes identifying a plurality of the non-attitudinal variables for each member of the subgroup based on strength of relationship between each of the non-attitudinal variables of the subgroup members and the dimensions that define each member's corresponding attitudinal segment. The method further includes calculating a probability score for each member of the subgroup based on a degree of fit between each member of the subgroup and their corresponding attitudinal segment. The method also provides for developing mathematical algorithms each corresponding to a separate one of the attitudinal segments and capable of substantially predicting the probability score for each of the subgroup members with respect to their corresponding attitudinal segment using the identified plurality of non-attitudinal variables and their corresponding calculated probability score. The method still further includes calculating a probability score for each of the consumers in the larger group based on a degree of fit between each of the consumers in the larger group and any of the attitudinal segments by applying at least one of the developed algorithms to each consumer in the larger group. Finally, the method provides for selecting the target group of consumers from the larger group based on the calculated probability scores of the consumers in the larger group.
In another aspect, a system includes a database storing the larger group of consumers and storing at least non-attitudinal variables for each consumer in the database, a subgroup of consumers randomly selected from the larger group, and a list of attitudinal data unavailable on the database gathered from each member of the subgroup, where the attitudinal data is based on attitudinal variables. In addition, the system further includes a computer coupled to the database, where the computer is configured to receive the list of attitudinal data. Furthermore, the computer is configured and programmed to create attitudinal segments defined by attitudinal dimensions based on the received attitudinal data, assign each member of the subgroup to one of the attitudinal segments using the attitudinal data corresponding to each member of the subgroup, and to identify a plurality of the non-attitudinal variables for each member of the subgroup based on strength of relationship between each of the non-attitudinal variables of the subgroup members and the dimensions that define each member's corresponding attitudinal segment. The computer is also configured and programmed to calculate a probability score for each member of the subgroup based on a degree of fit between each member of the subgroup and their corresponding attitudinal segment, and develop mathematical algorithms each corresponding to a separate one of the attitudinal segments and capable of substantially predicting the probability score for each member of the subgroup with respect to their corresponding attitudinal segment using the identified plurality of non-attitudinal variables and their corresponding calculated probability score. The computer is still further configured and programmed to calculate a probability score for each of the consumers in the larger group based on a degree of fit between each of the consumers in the larger group and any of the attitudinal segments by applying at least one of the developed algorithms to each consumer in the larger group, and then select the target group of consumers from the larger group based on the calculated probability score for each of the consumers of the larger group.
For a more complete understanding of this disclosure, and the advantages of the systems and methods herein, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
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At block 115, a subgroup is selected from the larger database of potential customers. To carry out the marketing systems and methods disclosed herein, a user randomly selects a subgroup of consumers from the overall group contained on the database. In one embodiment, the subgroup includes 20,000 people, however no limit is intended. The subgroup is randomly selected from the database using standard selection software that is well known in the art. Alternatively, it is possible to pre-sort the group in order to select individuals based on pre-selected variables, which are typically objective variables. For example, one may randomly select a subgroup of individuals in the group of males between 15-24 years of age. This may be appropriate for a particular type of product such as disposable razors.
Turning to block 120, key client-specific attitudinal attributes corresponding to the particular product or service offered by the client may next be selected. Examples of such attitudinal attributes include, but are not limited to:
Once the attitudinal attributes have been selected, a survey (or other means for gathering attitudinal data) is conducted on the subgroup members, as shown in block 125, based on the attitudinal attributes. When creating the survey, attitudinal statements/questions are typically created in such a way that elicits a quantitative response from the subgroup members. Stated another way, the survey will frame attitude-based statements/questions in various ways to effectively measure the degree of attitudinal commitment present in each survey respondent. One such technique involves exposing members of the subgroup to an attitudinal statement and asking them to rate their level of agreement on a 5 point scale, where 1 represents "completely disagree" and 5 represents "completely agree". Another approach involves giving members of the subgroup a set of attitude statements and asking them to identify which statement is most important in their purchase decision and which one is least. In one embodiment of the survey administered, approximately 1,500-2,000 completed surveys are typically employed for the remainder of the process.
Next at block 130, the results of the survey are used to identify key attitudinal dimensions. This process involves the use of "factor analysis". In this step, individual attitude statements displaying survey preferences that are correlated are grouped together to form attitudinal dimensions. For example, the statements: "I love to shop for stylish clothes", "I would pay a premium for stylish clothes" and "I prefer style over quality" could be grouped together to form the attitudinal dimension: "Stylish clothing is very important." Factor analysis looks for commonality. Commonality may be determined by looking at exact matches of answers on the survey between several subgroup members. For example, scaled answers typically would include answers where members assign weights like "very important," "of average importance" or "not very important" to specific attitudinal statements. In the end, factor analysis is used to group individual attitudinal statements/questions together, thus creating multiple attitudinal dimensions at block 130, for use in identifying relevant consumer segments.
Next, at block 135, a number of attitudinal segments are created for segregating the members of the subgroup, and each segment is defined by definitions based on one or more of the determined attitudinal dimensions found above. More specifically, based on the desired number of segments, statistical techniques are applied to group individuals whose survey response patterns are characterized by at least two elements of homogeneity. In a preferred embodiment, only two elements of homogeneity are employed, as judged against the total surveyed population. First are the responses of the surveyed subgroup members that are overdeveloped in the same dimensions, and second are the responses of the subgroup members that are underdeveloped in corresponding other dimensions. In addition, the disclosed process seeks to find groups of individuals whose response patterns are as mutually exclusive from members of other segments as possible. The result of this part of the cluster analysis is the creation of the set of attitudinally defined consumer segments. The following example illustrates a set of attitudinal segmentation clusters for consumers who purchase children's clothing:
a) "My children only need clothes that are functional and durable."
b) "I buy my children stylish clothes regardless of the price."
c) "I buy my children the best clothes I can afford."
d) "My children are deserving of the best clothes."
e) "I dress my children so they'll be popular among their friends."
f) "I don't care about style; to me quality is the most important factor."
In this example, each of the above segments would have an underlying set of attitudinal dimensions.
The second part of this "cluster analysis" occurs at block 140, where members of the subgroup are assigned to certain segments that have been previously defined. The assignment of the subgroup members to specific segments is done by determining which of the available segments' underlying attitudinal dimensions best fits with each member's pattern of survey responses. A probability score is calculated at block 145 for each individual in the subgroup based on the degree of fit of each subgroup member with the segment to which each member was assigned. In one embodiment, these calculations occur at substantially the same time as consumers are being segregated into their respective segment. This is accomplished by comparing the responses of the individual members with the attitudinal dimensions that provided the segment definition. Typically, the probability scores will be discriminating enough to illustrate distinctions between subgroup members who, for example, perfectly fit in a segment, very closely fit in a segment, do not fit very close to a segment, and those that have opposite attitudes to members in a particular segment. As a result, although a number of subgroup members may be placed in the same segment, the probability scores provide for a ranking of the members in each segment based on how well they fit in their segment.
At block 150, specific non-attitudinal variables common to each cluster of subgroup members are then identified. These will be used in the subsequent development of mathematical algorithms, one related to each of the segments created. Non-attitudinal variables (or sometimes called "non-behavioral variables" as in U.S. application Ser. No. 09/511,971 cited above) are objective variables of each consumer that are not based on the purchasing attitudes of the consumer. Examples of non-attitudinal variables include, but are not limited to, gender, income, age, home-ownership, parenthood, education, geographic location, ethnicity, etc. Such variables do not include attitudinal variables like brand loyalty, price sensitivity, importance of quality, preference for style, and attraction to brand proposition. These segment-specific non-attitudinal variables would be a subset of all the non-attitudinal variables stored in the database. In an advantageous embodiment, the database includes over 300 non-attitudinal variables for each consumer, however any number of non-attitudinal variables may be available.
In an advantageous embodiment, such segment-specific non-attitudinal variables are identified as those that best correlate with the subgroup members who have been assigned to a particular segment. In some embodiments, at least two of the identified non-attitudinal variables may be cross-correlated, that is, they share a common causal relationship and therefore are not independent of each other. In such cases one of these variables will be eliminated, since using both may overstate the degree of importance given to the common characteristic.
At block 155 a predictive mathematical algorithm is developed for each segment. Each algorithm uses the segment-specific non-attitudinal variables to predict the probability scores given to each of the subgroup members belonging to that particular segment. Each algorithm typically uses linear regression. Specifically, the probability scores of the subgroup members (i.e., based on degree of fit of those members relative to the segment definition) are employed as the dependent variables in the development of the predictive algorithms. Once developed, the algorithms will compute a probability score for any individual in a database who has the segment-specific attributes appended. At block 160, the algorithm for a particular segment is applied to all consumers in the database to calculate a probability score for each member in the database that represents that person's degree of fit with that segment definition. The higher the score, the better the fit within that segment. In addition, multiple algorithms may be applied to the consumers in the database to determine which segment they most closely fit. In either embodiment, all of the consumers in the database may be ranked in order based on their resulting probability scores, and this order would typically change for each of the different segments/algorithms employed.
In an exemplary embodiment, the optimal target group of consumers selected from the database represents about 5% to 25% of the top-ranked consumers in the database, however any size target group may be selected depending on marketing requirements and the level of predictive accuracy that is acceptable to the client. In this manner, the system creates attitudinal segments that mirror the segments previously created for the members of the subgroup. Furthermore, it assigns optimally-aligned (i.e., the same or substantially similar attitudinal attributes) target consumers from the larger database accordingly. As result of the methodology described above, the non-attitudinal variables (as mathematically weighted by the algorithm) become predictive of attitudinal variables not available on the database. If a segmentation cluster is defined by attitudinal attributes that are desirable to the marketer, these identified non-attitudinal variables can now be used to predictively identify members in that cluster. The process then ends at block 165 where the selected consumers are targeted for the marketing of goods and/or services.
What follows is an example of the development of a mathematical algorithm for attitudinal segment "X", which further illustrates an application of the disclosed process. In accordance with the above-mentioned process, nine exemplary non-attitudinal variables that could apply to attitudinal segment "X" are shown in Table 1. These are typically found on the database associated with each of the consumers in the database.
TABLE 1 Name of Non-attitudinal Variable Value for an Variable Configuration Individual 1) Value of home Expressed as an index: 147 ($ value of individual's home/average value of neighborhood homes � 100) 2) Time in current residence Years 5 3) Purchase beauty aids "yes" = 1; "no" = 0 0 4) Subscribe to a fitness "yes" = 1; "no" = 0 1 magazine 5) Read the Bible "yes" = 1; "no" = 0 0 6) Surf the internet "yes" = 1; "no" = 0 1 7) Purchase by mail order "yes" = 1; "no" = 0 0 8) Donate to environmental "yes" = 1; "no" = 0 0 causes 9) Age 18-24 "yes" = 1; "no" = 0 1
The values in the column labeled "Value for an Individual" will be used to illustrate the development and application of the mathematical algorithms corresponding to attitudinal segment "X". Accordingly, a typical mathematical algorithm correlating to attitudinal segment "X" may thus be developed as disclosed herein using the non-attitudinal variables as the independent variables and the probability score for a subgroup member (the probability that that individual is a member of attitudinal segment "X") as the dependant variable. The algorithm is set forth in equation (1):
Once the algorithm has been developed and is ready to be applied to a database, a computer (see
In the end, the attitudinal approach disclosed herein may be distinguished from other consumer targeting systems because of its identification of non-attitudinal variables based on attitudinal attributes for consumers, rather than on consumers' purchase volume history. Thus, the disclosed approach can identify consumers for targeted marketing that may have never purchased a vendor's product in the past, but have the attitudinal attributes that are the same or similar to the type of person who has and does purchase the vendor's product. For example, if the vendor sells luxury cars, a conventional marketing analysis will typically identify consumers who have a high income. However, it is clear that not all high-income earners choose to own the same brand of luxury car. The disclosed approach will assist the vendor by identifying a subset of high-income earners with attitudinal characteristics similar that predispose them to their particular brand's features and image. As a result, the vendor may now target potential purchasers who would likely not have been identified by systems employing purchase history criteria, demographics, or lifestyles criteria. This approach will improve efficiency and reduce marketing costs.
Thus, by identifying potential consumers for targeting using the disclosed process, as well as using systems employing such a process, several advantages are realized. For instance, the disclosed approach provides the advantage of requiring the attitudinal survey to be administered to only a fraction of the entire database population, typically 1,500-2,000consumers. Customer databases generally contain millions of names and a comprehensive survey would be prohibitively expensive. In addition, it is not necessary to know in advance the attitudinal segment definitions, since the system is fully capable of deriving these. More specifically, in place of block 120 described above, the disclosed approach may be used to discover desirable attitudinal attributes (rather than knowing them ahead of time) by conducting a survey as described above, and then clustering the subgroup members into segments based on the similarity and differences of their responses. Once the members are clustered into segments based on survey response, the prevailing attitudinal attributes for each segment may be observed.
Turning now to
To identify potential consumers based on attitudinal characteristics and attributes, the system 200 is configured to select a subgroup 215 from the larger database 205 of potential customers. As before, there is no limit to the size of the selected subgroup 215. In a specific embodiment, the subgroup 215 is randomly selected from the database 205 using conventional selection software running on a computer. Such software may also pre-sort the subgroup 215 based on pre-selected characteristics, as discussed above. The system 200 also includes a survey 220 that is created to include attitudinal statements that elicits quantitative responses from the subgroup members, and thus will frame attitude-based statements/questions in various ways to effectively measure the degree of attitudinal commitment present in each subgroup member. These attitudinal statements are based on specific attitudinal attributes, such as those listed above, that correspond to the particular product or service advertised by the vendor. The survey is then conducted on the subgroup members 215, as illustrated.
The system 200 still further includes one or more computers or other types of computing device 225 coupled to the database 205. The computer 225 may be of conventional design, but be configured to receive the survey 220 questions and results for processing in accordance with the principles disclosed herein. Specifically, the computer 225 is configured to conduct the "factor analysis," e.g., the responses to survey 220 are statistically organized into attitudinal dimensions. The computer 225 then applies statistical techniques to create a list of attitudinally-defined segments 230, and then segregates ("clusters") the subgroup members 215 into those segments based on the homogeneity of survey 220 response patterns among members (relative to the dimensions). The computer 225 is also configured to compute and append a probability score for each individual in the segmented clusters 230. As before, this calculation is based on the degree of fit of each subgroup member with the segment to which each member was assigned. This is dome by comparing the responses of the members to the attitudinal dimensions the computer 225 used to actually define the segments.
For each subgroup segment in the list 230, the computer 225 also determines the subset of non-attitudinal variables 235 (from those available in 210) which best correlate with the members it has assigned to the respective segment. These non-attitudinal variables may be identified using the technique disclosed above. The computer 225 is also configured to develop a predictive mathematical algorithm 237 for each segment. Each algorithm uses the segment-specific non-attitudinal variables 235 to predict the probability scores given to each of the subgroup members belonging to the particular segment. The algorithms typically use step-wise linear regression. Specifically, the probability scores (i.e., degree of fit of members relative to the segment definition) are employed as the dependent variables in the development of the predictive algorithms.
Once developed, the algorithms 237 will be able to compute a probability score for all individuals in database 205 with the segment-specific, non-attitudinal variables 235 appended. Once applied to the database 205, each individual will receive an appended probability score indicating their degree of fit with each segment. For example, if the computer 225 has been configured to identify five segments in 230, there will be five probability scores appended to each name in 205, one per segment. For any given segment, the names in database 205 will then be rank ordered by the computer 225 based on the corresponding probability scores; the higher the score the better the fit in the particular segment. The resulting list of target consumer names 240 may now be used by a vendor to target potential customers. Since those at the top of the list will typically have a better fit with the segment definition than those further down, vendors will typically select names in the top 5-25% of the list for marketing purposes (although further penetration of the list is possible). The computer 225 will be configured to provide the desired selection of names from 240. As a result, system 200 will have identified potential purchasers who would likely not have been identified by systems employing purchase history criteria, demographics, or lifestyle criteria. This would improve efficiency and reduce marketing costs.
Also, in accordance with the process discussed above, the computer 225 may be configured to actually discover the underlying attitudinal dimensions that form the basis for segment definitions, rather than being programmed with them ahead of time. This is a valuable product of the disclosed systems and methods because frequently clients are unaware of how a database or market can be segmented along attitudinal lines. This is accomplished by the computer 225 processing the survey results in the fashion described above, and then creating attitudinal dimensions and defining attitudinal segments based on the similarity and differences of survey responses and response patterns. Once these segments are so defined, the prevailing attitudinal attributes for each segment may be observed. Of course, any of the processing capabilities of the computer 225, as well as other potential components in the system 200, may be embodied in either hardware or software, or both, without limitation.
While various embodiments of systems and methods for selecting consumers for targeted marketing campaigns based on attitudinal attributes of the consumers have been described above, it should be understood that they have been presented by way of example only, and not limitation. Thus, the breadth and scope of the invention(s) should not be limited by any of the above-described exemplary embodiments, but should be defined only in accordance with any claims and their equivalents issuing from this disclosure. Furthermore, the above advantages and features are provided in described embodiments, but shall not limit the application of such issued claims to processes and structures accomplishing any or all of the above advantages.
Additionally, the section headings herein are provided for consistency with the suggestions under 37 CFR 1.77 or otherwise to provide organizational cues. These headings shall not limit or characterize the invention(s) set out in any claims that may issue from this disclosure. Specifically and by way of example, although the headings refer to a "Technical Field," such claims should not be limited by the language chosen under this heading to describe the so-called technical field. Further, a description of a technology in the "Background" is not to be construed as an admission that technology is prior art to any invention(s) in this disclosure. Neither is the "Brief Summary" to be considered as a characterization of the invention(s) set forth in issued claims. Furthermore, any reference in this disclosure to "invention" in the singular should not be used to argue that there is only a single point of novelty in this disclosure. Multiple inventions may be set forth according to the limitations of the multiple claims issuing from this disclosure, and such claims accordingly define the invention(s), and their equivalents, that are protected thereby. In all instances, the scope of such claims shall be considered on their own merits in light of this disclosure, but should not be constrained by the headings set forth herein.
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