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Like many ambitious software deployments, CDPs present a number of deployment challenges. Here’s how to overcome them. Mike Pastore on March 14, 2025 Fewer than one in five marketers report seeing high utilization of CDP platforms, according to Gartner. While this indicates CDPs are struggling to find a niche with their users at some … Continue reading 6 challenges businesses face when deploying CDPs
With the consolidation of leading independent CDPs, the industry is at a turning point. Here’s what brands need to know. Craig Schinn on February 28, 2025 I didn’t make a year-end CDP prediction for 2025 last year, but if I had, consolidation among independent CDPs would have been my top call. With hindsight, I … Continue reading Why independent CDPs are disappearing (and what comes next)
Big changes are afoot in the martech space under the broad term ‘composability.’ One of the first categories to be impacted is the CDP. Kim Davis on August 7, 2024 The growing use of cloud data warehouses will challenge how we think about martech stacks. It might even lead to an unbundling of applications … Continue reading What the composability revolution means for CDPs
A single customer record might not be the best approach for your customer data anyway. Greg Krehbiel on June 6, 2024 When you organize your data around “the customer,” you assume “the customer” has the same meaning for all your use cases. That’s not always a good assumption. The general purpose of a customer … Continue reading For CDPs, the ‘single customer record’ can be a distraction
See how the MarTechBot responds to a prompt and how the prompt can be improved. Today: CDPs and other tools that help unify data. MarTechBot on April 29, 2024 Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on content … Continue reading Unifying first-party data using CDPs and other tools: Best of the MarTechBot
Dive into the changing dynamics of CDP ownership, usage and collaboration between marketing and other internal teams. Craig Schinn on February 22, 2024 “Who should the primary user of my CDP be?” “What should the team look like supporting my CDP effort?”“Who should own this initiative?” Brands adopting a CDP often ask me a version … Continue reading Building a center of excellence for CDPs in 2024
See how MarTechBot responds to a prompt; and how the prompt could be improved. Today: the difference between identity resolution platforms and CDPs. MarTechBot on November 6, 2023 Best of the Bot showcases 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 Identity resolution platforms and CDPs: Best of the Bot
Explore the facts and fiction surrounding composable CDPs and how to make them work for your organization. Craig Howard on October 27, 2023 Where there’s hype, there’s curiosity. But in marketing technology, hype is often accompanied by confusion. Martech buyers continually work to stay on top of what’s new and exciting. This requires cutting through … Continue reading Making sense of composable CDPs: What martech buyers need to know
A survey from The CDP Institute indicates lagging CDP use, but strong results for many who use them. Levels of data unification at orgs varies widely. Chris Wood on October 9, 2023 The percentage of marketers using CDPs dropped from 31% in 2022 down to 25% in 2023, according to a report from the CDP … Continue reading Are marketers cooling on CDPs?
Here are key considerations when starting or expanding AI usage in your composable CDP. Craig Schinn on August 21, 2023 AI-driven segments outperformed standard segments by up to 42% on a recent head-to-head test. This result is typical for brands shifting from a rule-based approach to AI-driven segmentation. The lift tends to be even greater … Continue reading How to make AI-driven segments work in composable CDPs
