Network-Based Marketing: Identifying Likely Adopters via Consumer Networks

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2006-06-12

arxiv.org/abs/math/0606278v2

Statistical Science 2006, Vol. 21, No. 2, 256-276

Mathematics

Statistics Theory

Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/088342306000000222 in the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Insti

Scientific paper

10.1214/088342306000000222

Network-based marketing refers to a collection of marketing techniques that take advantage of links between consumers to increase sales. We concentrate on the consumer networks formed using direct interactions (e.g., communications) between consumers. We survey the diverse literature on such marketing with an emphasis on the statistical methods used and the data to which these methods have been applied. We also provide a discussion of challenges and opportunities for this burgeoning research topic. Our survey highlights a gap in the literature. Because of inadequate data, prior studies have not been able to provide direct, statistical support for the hypothesis that network linkage can directly affect product/service adoption. Using a new data set that represents the adoption of a new telecommunications service, we show very strong support for the hypothesis. Specifically, we show three main results: (1) ``Network neighbors''--those consumers linked to a prior customer--adopt the service at a rate 3--5 times greater than baseline groups selected by the best practices of the firm's marketing team. In addition, analyzing the network allows the firm to acquire new customers who otherwise would have fallen through the cracks, because they would not have been identified based on traditional attributes. (2) Statistical models, built with a very large amount of geographic, demographic and prior purchase data, are significantly and substantially improved by including network information. (3) More detailed network information allows the ranking of the network neighbors so as to permit the selection of small sets of individuals with very high probabilities of adoption.

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