Predictive send time optimization

Predictive Send-Time Optimization predicts which is the best send time for each recipient profile for email opens or clicks and for push-message opens. For each recipient profile, the scores indicate the best send time for each weekday and which weekday is the best to send for best results.

Within the Predictive Send-Time Optimization model, there are two sub-models:

  • Predictive send time for open is the best time a communication must be sent to the customer to maximize opens

  • Predictive send time for click is the best time a communication must be sent to the customer to maximize clicks

Model input: Delivery logs, tracking logs and profile attributes (non-PII)

Model output: Best time to send a message (for opens and clicks)

Output details

  • Computes the best time of day to send an email for in the 7 days of the week with 1 hour intervals (e.g.: 9:00 am, 10:00 am, 11:00 am)

  • The model will indicate the best day in the week and the best hour in that day

  • Each optimal time is computed twice: once to maximize open rate and once to maximize click rate

  • 16 fields are given (14 for days of the week and 2 for the whole week):

  • Best time to send an email to optimize clicks for Monday - values between 0 and 23

  • Best time to send an email to optimize opens for Monday - values between 0 and 23

  • Best time to send an email to optimize clicks for Sunday - values between 0 and 23

  • Best time to send an email to optimize opens for Sunday - values between 0 and 23

  • Best day to send an email to optimize opens for the whole week - Monday to Sunday

  • Best time to send an email to optimize opens for the whole week - values between 0 and 23

NOTE
The model needs at least one month of data to produce significant results.
These predictive capabilities apply only to email and push channels.

Once implemented into Campaign, Machine Learning capabilities enrich profiles data with new tabs with their best open/click scores. The metrics are computed and brought into Campaign using technical workflows.

To access those metrics, you need to:

  1. Open a profile and click the Edit button.

  2. Click the Send Time Score By Click or Send Time Score By Open tab.

By default, the profile scores will give the best time of the day for each day of the week and the best overall time in the week.