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Behavioral Targeting

Full list of visitor characteristics tracked by e-Marketer for visitors segmentation and targeting

Broadcast CampaignsKeywords, and Campaign Data contained in the visitor’s landing page URL, as provided by popular marketing platforms( such as: Google AdSense, Google Adwords, DoubleClick, etc.), or extracted from a custom defined URL Parameter.For ExampleExtract the content of the utm_campaign URL Parameter, to target the visitor with personally relevant content based on the Google Adwords Marketing campaign that brought him to the website.utm_campaign=cyber_monday_sale
Mailing ListsTarget different visitors with different content based on the mailing list each visitor was assigned to:For Example: email offers and promotions to visitors who never respodned to your newsletter, than to visitors that previously returned to your website as a direct result of your email marketing efforts.Note: You can segment different visitors and assign each visitor to a relevant mailing list using the “Update Mailing List” personalization action
SMS MessagesSMS messages previously sent, and/or responded to by the visitor
Email VariationsTarget the visitor based on the personalized email variation and content he receivedFor Example: email offers and promotions to visitors who never respodned to your newsletter, than to visitors that previously returned to your website as a direct result of your email marketing efforts.
Browser Name and VersionThe visitor is using during the current visit.For Example Present different versions of a banner to a visitors browsing with Internet Explorer, than to visitors browsing the web with Chrome or Firefox
Browser Name – Version RangeThe visitor is using during the current visit.For Example Present a different promotional banner to visitors browsing with Internet Explorer versions 6 – 9, than to visitors browsing the web with Chrome or Firefix
Browser settingsChecks if the visitor has Ajax, Flash or Java enabled.For Example It is very difficult identify visitors that logged in on previous sessions, unless they enable cookies.
CityCity in which the visitor is located, based on his IP address.For Example Increase the relevance of your lead generating efforts, by presenting different Call-To-Actions to visitors located in different cities
Company/OrganizationChecks of the visitor’s IP is registred to a known company or organization, based on an international company databaseFor Example A B2B company identifies a visitor based on the company he works for, and presents him with relevant content based on the industry/niche his company opperates in
Audiences MatchedAudience Definitions the visitor matched during current or previous visitsFor Example Offer a visitor perviously found to be matching the “Interested in the Lifestyle Section” relevant promotions upon his return.?
Container value (real time dynamic CRM data)Monitor and extract dynamic data from page elements, cookies, meta tags, and URL parameters.For example. You can trigger a personalization actions based on visitor’s: customer type, shopping cart bottom line, CRM internal id, etc.For example. Setting e-Marketer to extract the shopping cart products for upsale promotion.*You need to define container for this rule to work. Click here to set.
Real time dynamic CRM data: value changeHow new container/goal value is different from previously catched one.Possible application:Present a personalization action to a visitor whose shopping cart bottom line increased by $1000 (i.e. changed from $100 to $1100).Examples for “Change of numeric value”, “Difference”:-2 to 4: +6 -2 to -8: -6 -2 to -1: +1Examples for “Change of numeric value”, “Absolute growth, %”:-2 to 4: +300% -2 to -8: also +300% -2 to -1: -100%
ContinentsContinent in which the visitor is located, based on his IP address.For Example Present African email subcribers with marketing content relevant to their region of the world
Control groupSet a specific portion of all visitors to the control group condition, based on their user id.For Example From every 100 user id’s, assign users 5-15, and 25-26 to the control group condition where no personalization is ever presented, to measure the effectiveness of your entire personalization activityThe difference between this and random rotation is that Control Group allows you to target the same users across multiple segments and conditionsFor Example Assign 10% of your entire traffic to the control group condition where no personalization is ever presented, to measure the effectiveness of your entire personalization activity
CountriesCountry in which the visitor is located, based on his IP address.For Example Present visitors located outside of your country with different content/promotions/CTA’s than people within your country
Data warehouse ID/name
Direct ArrivalThe visitor arrived at the webpage by typing a URL in the browser.For Example A visitor who typed in the URL of a product/service/content page in his browser, is definitely a returning visitor interested whatever is on that page. Leverage this knowledge…
Domain typesVisitor arriving at a website from a known domain type.For ExampleCommercial Search – Google, Bing, Yahoo, MSNSocial – Facebook, Youtube
Allowed restrictionsAllows restrictions in the Facegook profile security senter.requires Facebook Integration.
BirthdayThe Visitor’s Date of Birth.requires Facebook Integration.For Example We watned to be the first to wish you “Happy Birthday” and give you your birthday gift 🙂
Current cityCity the visitor resides in.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Increase the relevance of your lead generating efforts, by presenting different Call-To-Actions to visitors residing in different cities
Current countryCurrent country of residence.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Present visitors residing outside of your country with different content/promotions/CTA’s than people residing within your country
Current stateState the visitor currently lives in.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Present visitors residing outside New York with different content/promotions/CTA’s than people residing within New York
Days till birthdayDays remaining till visitor’s birthday. Zero means today, 1 means tomorrow, etc.requires Facebook Integration.For Example For visitors whose birthday is in less tan 7 days, you can present a “Your birthday is in less than a week!!! We watned to be the first to wish you “Happy Birthday” and give you your birthday gift 🙂
Education degreeThe degree the visitor has received.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Start a chat conversation with visitors who have recently graduated from medical school
Academic EstablishmentThe name of the academic establishment where the visitor has acquired his education.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Target George Washington University alumni
Graduation YearThe year the visitor has completed acquiring his education.requires Facebook Integration.For Example George Washington University, Class of 2004
EmailThe visitors emailrequires Facebook Integration.For Example The visitors email Contains “@microsoft.com”
Financial InformationThe visitors financial information.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Target visitors whose Facebook profile indicates they are grossing over 100,000$ a year.
Facebook FriendsNumber of Facebook friends the visitor has.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Number of Facebook Friends >= 600
Hometown cityCity where the visitor was born or grew up at.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Target visitors who were born and raised in New York City
Hometown countryTown where the visitor was born or grew up at. i.e. Francerequires Facebook Integration.For Example Target people born and raised in Farnce, that currently reside in the United States
Hometown stateState where the visitor was born or grew up at.requires Facebook Integration.For Example California
Facebook InterestsThe visitors indicated interests.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Target visitors whose Facebook Profile indicates that they like “Couch Surfing” with travel information or discounted flight tickets
Partner sex (sexual orientation)The visitor’s sexual orientation.Requires Facebook integration.For Example Interested in women
OccupationThe visitors occupation.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Lawyer
PoliticalThe visitors political views or affiliations.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Republicans
Purchase historyA record of all items purchased by the visitor from the website.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Purchase history contains “iPhone 6”
Relationship statusThe visitor’s relationship statusrequires Facebook Integration.For Example Married
ReligionThe Visitors Religion.requires Facebook Integration.For Example Jewish
GenderThe visitor’s Genderrequires Facebook Integration.For Example Female
Vehicle typeThe type of vehicle the visitor drives.requires Facebook Integration.For Example -Mercedes C600
WebsiteThe visitors specified website.requires Facebook Integration.For Example URL contains “wix”
% of time in focusTotal time in focus( website tab is active) / Total time in site( website tab is open), in this session.requires Facebook Integration.For Example If the visitor had a webpage tab open for 3 minutes, but was actively viewing it for 1.5 minutes, that’s a 50% time&focus ratio
Quantity of goalsDefine a custom Conversion Goal, or select one of the predefined goals( such as Lead or Purchased) and target visitors based on the number of times they converted based on that goal.For Example A visitor who made over 5 separate purchases from your websiteFor Example A visitor who made over 5 seperate purchases from your website
Value of goalsDefine a custom Conversion Goal, or select one of the predefined goals( such as Lead or Purchased) and target visitors based on the monetary benefit gained from their conversions.For Example Target a visitor that accumulated over 1000$ in purchases from your website.
InterestsInterests. You need to set up Interests in recommendation settings. To send information about visitor’s interests, use containers with “Store to social table” set to “Interest”. Or use client API.
Arrived From Interal PageThe visitor arrive at the webpage by clicking on a link in a page within the site.For Example From a link in your blog, to the sign up page
Arrived After Internal SearchKeywords the visitor searched for in the website’s internal search (to define an internal search go to Settings).For Example A visitor searched your webskte for “Tech Support” before getting to the “Contact Us” page
CRM ID (Internal ID)User’s identifier as appears in your database. You can grab it from site pages, where it appears, or from a cookie.
IP addressVisitor’s IP address.For ExampleEquals 225.225.225.0Doesn’t Contain 105
KeywordsSearch Keywords that led the visitor to the website.Most cases, it will be the commercial (PPC) keywords, because search engines( such as Google) encrypt the organic keyword data.Google encrypting search keyword for anyone who was logged into Google.
CampaignParameters must match on landing page, i.e. on first visited page in session.Keywords, and Campaign Data contained in the visitor’s landing page URL, as provided by popular marketing platforms( such as: Google AdSense, Google Adwords, DoubleClick, etc.), or extracted from a custom defined URL Parameter.For Example A visitor arrived at your homepage from a specific Google Adwords Campaign, is redirected to the most relevant product page
Browser LanguageVisitor’s Browser Language Settings For Example English/Russian/Hebrew
Last interestThe latest interest caught from visitor.
LinksName and type of hyperlinks clicked.To make this rule work you need to activate Click monitoring in Profile setting.
Media plugins and versionsMultimedia plug-ins installed in the visitor’s browsers and their versions. For Example Present a link to your Company PDF White Paper, only to visitors that have Adobe Acrobat Plugin installed
Mobile/Desktop BrowsingChecks if browsing through a mobile device. For Example iPhone
My IPIP is dynamically set to be of the last IP address that a save to e-Marketer interface came from. Adding this rule to the segment, ensures that no visitor can match it and see the personalized content
OS name and versionUsed by the visitor during current visit. For Example iOS X
OS name – version rangeUsed by the visitor during current visit. For Example Windows from 8 to 8.1, or iPhone from 7.1 to 7.1.2
Page enter timeDate and Time range in which the current page has been loaded in the visitor’s browser. For ExamplePresent a direct customer support number between 10:00am and 07:00pmPresent the “Cyber Monday” banner from 12/01/2014 to 12/02/2014
Page eventsCount of page events (scrolling, key presses, and mouse clicks).By default page event monitoring is not activated, To make this rule work go to profile setting to activate page event.For Example 5 Mouse overs on the home page
Total time in focusTotal time that pages were in focus (i.e., webpage open and tab is active ). For Example Visitor was active on the page for over 60 seconds.
Most Popular PageChecks if the visitor favored a specific page or page group, over all the others. For Example The visitor has spent time on a specific page( or page group) than all the others conbined, by more than 5 seconds
Page refreshTimes that a page refresh was performed. For Example The page was refreshed at least twice
Page viewsCount of page views. For Example Pop a “water” themed Opt-In form only to visitors who have looked at 3 “Water” pages
% of pages that lost focusNumber of pages on which the visitor lost focus(moved to another tab) / Total pages viewed, in this session. For Example Offer a discount to a visitor that keeps switching back and forth between your product pages, and other websites open in other tabs
Past sessionsHow many times did the visitor browse your website in a given time period? For Example Browsed the website 3 times in less than 24 hours
Browsing PlatformBrowsing device’s hardware type. For Example Visitor using an iPhone
Referring sitesThe visitor arrived at the webpage from specific referring sites. For Example Full URL equals “https://www.website.com/
RegionsRegion in which the the visitor’s IP address is located. For Example United States, State of New Jersey
Rotations typesRandomly target a percentage of your visitors/sessions/pageviews.For Example randomly set 10% of all unique visitors to match a segment and be presented with Personalization Actions
Screen bit depthDisplay bit depth as set in the OS.For Example Present a different version of a banner to visitors 64 bit depth
Screen resolutionDisplay resolution as set in the OS.For Example Present a different version of a banner to visitors with screen resolution 1173x660x24
Visits (sessions) countHow many sessions since the cookie was created.For Example The visitor has browsed the website 5 times since he was cookied upon arrival
Articles read or likedVisitors that interacted with specific articles on site*You need to send interaction logs to e-Marketer  through containers.
Product interactionsVisitors that viewed specific products, or added them to cart.*You need to send interaction logs to e-Marketer  through containers.
Site enter timeTime of first page view in session.For ExamplePresent “Cyber Monday” banner between 12/01/2014 and 12/02/2014Make the Zopim chatbox appear between 10:00am and 08:00pm
Account balance
Account lifetime value
Account manager
Account number
Account opening date
Account status
Account type
User profile: custom number fieldsTarget a visitor based on a custom number stored in his social profile.The number can be extracted in real time from a URL parameter, cookie, meta tag, or fied on page, or visitor imput, and then stored, analyzed, and used for segmentation in real-timeFor Example: Target visitors with over 4 items in their shopping cart‘Pour’ the visitor’s phone number from your CRM, into a hidden field on page, and send SMS messages to visitors whose number contains a specific area codeFor example Pour a custom number from your CRM*You need to send profile data to e-Marketer through containers or actions of type “Facebook connect” or “Form”.
User profile: custom text fieldsTarget a visitor based on a custom text stored in his social profile.The text can be extracted in real time from a URL parameter, cookie, meta tag, or fied on page, or visitor imput, and then stored, analyzed, and used for segmentation in real-timeFor Example: Store the visitor’s latest internal search, and target visitors whose search contained the word ‘life styleProgram your CRM to ‘pour’ vital visitor information into a URL parameterFor example Pour a custom number from your CRM*You need to send profile data to e-Marketer through containers or actions of type “Facebook connect” or “Form”.
Industry
Interested in prouducts
Last activity date
Lead score
Lead source
Lead status
Likely to buy 1
Likely to buy 2
Postal codeVisitor’s postal code. Grab it from forms on the site. See CRM integration: user profile.
Sale state
Subscription type
SSL connectionChecks if connection type is HTTP or HTTPS.
Time/pages between page/action/segmentThe amount of time( or pages) that has passed between two events.For Example After matching the “First Time Visitor” segment, the visitor has spent 60 seconds on the landing page before clicking on the CTA
Average time on pageTotal time on pages / Total pages viewed.For Example Target visitors that spend on average at least 10 seconds on a page
Time since last visitThe amount of time that has passed since the visitor’s previous visit.For Example Target visitors that haven’t been on the website for over a month
Total time on pagesTotal time on pages.For Example 10 Minutes
User IDUnique User ID that was assigned by e-Marketer.
Landing pageChecks if a new/returning visitor entered the website from a a specific page.For Example New visitor arriving your website from Full URL equals “http://yourlandingpage.com/
Pages visitedPages the visitor is currently at, or visited during the current session.For ExampleFull URL equals “http://www.website.com/” URL path contains “support” URL parameter “Plan” receives a value “Free Trial”
Air temperatureReal time and Future(up to a week) Air temerature Forecasted based on the visitors IP based location,For Example Maximum temperature is greater or equal to 24 degrees celcius
Cloud coverReal time and Future Cloud Cover Forecasted based on the visitors IP based location.Percentage of sky occluded by clouds: 0 to 100.For Example 25% cloud cover
HumidityReal Time and Future Humidity Forecasted at the visitors IP based location.For Example Humidity is less than 75%
PressureReal Time and Future Pressure Forecasted at the visitors IP based location.Sea-level air pressure represented in hectopascals (100 pascals). 1 hectopascal = 1 millibar.For Example 3 Hectopascals
Wind directionReal Time and Future Wind Direction Forecasted at the visitors IP based location.Direction that the wind is coming from represented in degrees. 0°=North, 90°=East, 180°=South, 270°=West.
Wind speedReal Time and Future Wind Speed Forecasted at the visitors IP based location.For Example 30 km/h