EPISODE · May 31, 2026 · 9 MIN
The GDPR Advantage How EU Privacy Rules Boost Marketing ROI
from The Growth Operator with Fexingo: Marketing, Sales, and Revenue Operations Conversations · host Fexingo
In episode 22 of The Growth Operator, Lucas and Luna explore a counterintuitive finding: companies with the strictest privacy compliance actually see better marketing performance. They dive into a 2025 study from the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School showing that European firms subject to GDPR saw a 23 percent higher click-through rate on email campaigns compared to comparable US firms three years after implementation. The hosts discuss why forced data minimalism leads to better signal, how consent-based targeting reduces wasted ad spend, and what American marketers can learn from the European approach. They also touch on the surprising role of first-party data quality in attribution modeling and why privacy regulations may be the best thing to happen to B2B marketing since the CRM. #GDPR #PrivacyRegulation #MarketingROI #EmailMarketing #ClickThroughRate #FirstPartyData #DataMinimalism #ConsentBasedTargeting #B2BMarketing #OxfordSaid #AttributionModeling #AdSpendEfficiency #SignalQuality #Compliance #GrowthStrategy #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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In episode 22 of The Growth Operator, Lucas and Luna explore a counterintuitive finding: companies with the strictest privacy compliance actually see better marketing performance. They dive into a 2025 study from the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School showing that European firms subject to GDPR saw a 23 percent higher click-through rate on email campaigns compared to comparable US firms three years after implementation. The hosts discuss why forced data minimalism leads to better signal, how consent-based targeting reduces wasted ad spend, and what American marketers can learn from the European approach. They also touch on the surprising role of first-party data quality in attribution modeling and why privacy regulations may be the best thing to happen to B2B marketing since the CRM. #GDPR #PrivacyRegulation #MarketingROI #EmailMarketing #ClickThroughRate #FirstPartyData #DataMinimalism #ConsentBasedTargeting #B2BMarketing #OxfordSaid #AttributionModeling #AdSpendEfficiency #SignalQuality #Compliance #GrowthStrategy #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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