A customer relationship management system for storing and managing information
for an E-Business retailer. The customer relationship system includes a database
system for storing and organizing said information, a logical data model defining
the manner in which said information is stored and related within the database
system, and a subject area within the logical data model defining the manner in
which profile information concerning web site visitors to a web site operated by
the E-Business retailer is stored and organized within the database system. Visitors
may include any individuals, households or organizations that are of interest to
the E-Business retailer. The profile information collected and organized within
the database system in accordance with the logical data model may include information
concerning household and organizational affiliations of said visitors; information
concerning occupations of said visitors; information concerning income levels of
said visitors; information concerning educational levels of said visitors; marital
status information about said visitors; gender information about said visitors;
ethnicity information about said visitors; residence information about said visitors;
and language information about said visitors. Profile information may further include
a customer score associated with each web site visitor, wherein a visitor's customer
score is determined from previous behavior of the visitor with the E-Business retailer,
and is an indication of the visitor's future behavior with the E-Business retailer.