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Mutually Exclusive Behavioral Segments

The Marketing Use Case for Mutually Exclusive Segments

Lets say that instead of targeting one segment of all contacts that opened in the last 30 days, you'd like to create a set of more granular segments of:

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There are two solutions to achieve this as described in the following two sections.

Achieving this via Include and Exclude Segments on the Campaign Level

In this solution you'll need to create the following 4 segments:

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Segment 2: With opens in the past 8-14 days 
This segment may include contacts that also opened in the last 7 days as well, that will be handled via exclude segments in the campaign configuration below
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Segment 3: Opened in the last 15-21 days:
This segment may include contacts that also opened in the last 14 days as well, that will be handled via exclude segments in the campaign configuration below


Segment 4: Opened in the last 22-30 days:
This segment may include contacts that also opened in the last 21 days as well, that will be handled via exclude segments in the campaign configuration below
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In this solution you will need to setup your campaigns in the following manner:

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This will ensure that each campaign is targeted to a mutually exclusive set of segments without any overlap between them.

Achieving this by means of Mutually Exclusive Segments

Another way to achieve the very same goal is by creating mutually exclusive segments. This provides for a far more flexible solution, as no exclusion is required on the campaign level. Here's how to set these up:

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