What is CDP?
Customer Data Platform
A Customer Data Platform (CDP) unifies customer data from multiple sources (site, email, ads, CRM, support) into a single profile for each customer.
- CDP
- A Customer Data Platform (CDP) unifies customer data from multiple sources (site, email, ads, CRM, support) into a single profile for each customer.
Why CDPmatters
Examples: Segment, RudderStack, Twilio, mParticle. Enables cross-channel personalization and attribution. Typical cost $20K-$500K/yr. Usually justified at $5M+ revenue with multiple channels.
Common mistakes with CDP
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Tracking 200 events instead of the 5-7 that matter. numbers that look good but don't drive sales drown signal.
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Assuming GA4 attribution is ground truth. Compare it to platform numbers and your back-end CRM, they will all disagree.
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Storing all data in GA4 only. Export to BigQuery or your warehouse. Retention is limited and the deletion deadline is real.
How to improve CDP
Define your 5-7 KPIs and build a single dashboard everyone agrees on. Cut the rest.
Audit and reduce event tracking quarterly. Every dead event costs query time and analysis fatigue.
Build incrementality testing capability. Without it, attribution is opinion not evidence.
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