Category Archives: Customer Data Platforms

How to categorize customer data for actionable insights

Organize customer data into categories like demographics, psychographics and transactions to gain actionable insights for marketing success. Greg Krehbiel on February 9, 2024 Marketing success depends on truly understanding your customers. But how do you make sense of it all with the deluge of customer data flooding modern companies? The answer lies in organization. Grouping … Continue reading How to categorize customer data for actionable insights

AI-powered features to look for in customer data platforms

While CDPs have long had AI “behind the scenes,” the integration of genAI is spurring vendors to add many new features and abilities. Pamela Parker on January 17, 2024 At a time when uncertainty about everything from war to global warming to economics dominates the headlines, the customer data platform is increasingly seen as one … Continue reading AI-powered features to look for in customer data platforms

Real-time customer data platforms: The promise and the reality

Real-time customer data platforms (CDPs) promise to transform the way businesses collect, analyze, and utilize customer data to drive personalized marketing strategies and enhance customer experiences. Kim Davis on January 9, 2024 Delivering relevant messages to the right audience at the right time is the mission of marketers. Being able to deliver messages tailored to … Continue reading Real-time customer data platforms: The promise and the reality

CDP use case for targeting lapsed customers: Best of the MarTechBot

See how the MarTechBot responds to a prompt and how the prompt can be improved. Today: CDP use case for targeting lapsed customers. MarTechBot on January 8, 2024 Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of … Continue reading CDP use case for targeting lapsed customers: Best of the MarTechBot

Open-source customer data platforms: Can you unleash your data for less?

Is an open-source CDP right for your organization? That depends. Mike Pastore on January 2, 2024  Open-source customer data platforms can revolutionize your data management, empower your marketers and provide unparalleled flexibility and control for less money in licensing costs. But is open source the right route for your marketing organization to take? Let’s begin … Continue reading Open-source customer data platforms: Can you unleash your data for less?

Putting customers first: The key to successful customer data exchange

Uncover how brand perception and incentives shape customer data-sharing decisions, plus tips for balancing trust and ROI. Joseph Enever on November 3, 2023 This article was co-authored with Dan Gutter, Sr. Research Specialist, covering Consumer and Culture Insights in the Gartner Marketing Practice. Marketing leaders looking to expand their customer database should focus on delivering … Continue reading Putting customers first: The key to successful customer data exchange