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Case Study: Drive Marketing Decisions Through Effective Predictive Analytics (HDFC Bank)

Published: 25 May 2023

Summary

Improving the accuracy of predictive models and deriving business value from generated insights is challenging for CMOs. Use this case study to see how HDFC Bank uses a variety of data to strengthen the predictive models and constructs a business narrative to drive the actionability of insights.

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Key Findings
  • Marketers have a tendency to rely on data from sources that are easily accessible or already available with the marketing team, severely impacting the accuracy of their customer behavioral understanding.

  • Predictive models might indicate a correlation, but without causal linkages they fail to attribute a cause to an effect. As a result, insights generated from such models are insufficient to serve as a basis for business decisions, and are difficult to optimize.

  • Focusing on generating powerful and accurate insights is less than half the job done. Insights that do not have buy-in from stakeholders or are actionable will potentially

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