Segmenting and analyzing market data

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20050010477A1
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10883231

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A method of optimizing direct marketing campaigns to a pool of potential donors, comprising defining a plurality of segments, wherein each potential donor is a member of no more than one respective segment, defining and associating a respective package with each segment wherein each package is indicative of the material to be sent to members of the respective segment, activating or fixing in time a first segmentation comprised of one or more of the segments, sending the respective package to members of the respective segments, thereafter associating responses with respective segments in a computer database, calculating a response rate and an average gift amount for each respective segment, and creating a new, optimized segmentation based on the responses obtained from the first segmentation. Another method includes means for ranking segments in a hierarchical fashion and optimizing projected return on investment based on an optimized segment hierarchy.

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BLACKBAUD INC2000 DANIEL ISLAND DRIVE CHARLESTON SC 29492

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gibson, Paul D Mount Pleasant, SC 1 37
Holder, John David Charleston, SC 7 46
Mishkin, Lawrence Paul Mount Pleasant, SC 1 37
Sarosy, Andrew Stephen Charleston, SC 1 37
Sullivan, Shaun Michael Mount Pleasant, SC 1 37

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