Experience Music Like Never Before: Deezer Builds Next-Generation Multi-Channel Personalization through Data & CRM
Challenge
Deezer needed a robust CRM strategy to capture user data across the customer journey, enhance personalization at scale, and make the marketing team more autonomous in executing highly targeted campaigns.
Strategy
Massive Rocket audited Deezer’s marketing tech stack, defined use cases and priorities, and integrated Braze with the CDP. The focus was on optimizing data flows, improving campaign targeting, and enabling smarter personalization.
Results
By improving data integration in Braze and aligning business needs with technical requirements, Deezer enhanced CRM efficiency, increased user activation and retention, and optimized campaign performance, leading to significant growth.
180%
Welcome Journey Above Industry Avg
85%
Collect Journey Above Industry Avg
140%
Convert Journey Above Industry Avg
Introduction

Deezer: A Global Pioneer in Music Streaming

Since 2007, Deezer has been redefining how the world experiences music, offering a catalog of over 90 million tracks. With its personalized Flow feature, lossless HiFi streaming, and multi-device accessibility, Deezer delivers high-quality music experiences. Partnering with Massive Rocket, Deezer sought to enhance its CRM strategy by leveraging Braze and a CDP to create a hyper-personalized customer experience.

Solution

Audit & Optimization of CRM Tech Stack

Massive Rocket conducted a comprehensive audit of Deezer’s marketing technology ecosystem, working closely with CRM, Product, and Tech teams to align marketing objectives with technical capabilities. The key initiatives included:

  • Evaluating existing data flows and identifying inefficiencies.
  • Defining priorities for Braze and CDP integration.
  • Streamlining CRM operations for better campaign execution.

This strategic assessment ensured that Deezer’s CRM team had a clear roadmap for personalizing the user journey at scale.

Goal: Optimize marketing technology stack for efficiency and scalability.

Result: Enhanced data organization and improved marketing execution.

CDP & Braze Integration for Personalization

To enable deeper personalization, Massive Rocket supported Deezer in integrating Braze with its CDP. This integration provided:

  • A unified customer view with real-time data updates.
  • Advanced audience segmentation for precise targeting.
  • Improved campaign execution with automated triggers based on user behavior.

By connecting data sources seamlessly, Deezer was able to design highly personalized campaigns across multiple touchpoints.

Goal: Enable real-time personalization through integrated data.

Result: Increased engagement and improved customer lifecycle campaigns.

CRM Empowerment & Autonomy for the Marketing Team

Massive Rocket implemented training and enablement programs to empower Deezer’s marketing team with the knowledge and tools to execute campaigns independently. Key areas included:

  • Defining and automating lifecycle communication strategies.
  • Training teams on CDP and Braze functionality.
  • Setting up data-driven testing frameworks to improve engagement.

With these improvements, Deezer’s marketing team could manage campaigns autonomously, reducing dependence on engineering teams.

Goal: Increase marketing team independence in executing campaigns.

Result: Faster execution and more agile personalization strategies.

We’ve been a Braze customer for many years. Now, it’s time for us to take things to the next level. Our CRM teams are becoming more autonomous and data-driven.

Emmanuelle Paput Arrault
VP of CRM, Deezer
Results

Improved Lifecycle Campaigns & Engagement

With an optimized CRM structure, Deezer executed highly personalized campaigns across key lifecycle stages:

  • Welcome Journey: 180-200% above industry average.
  • Collect Journey: 30-85% improvement.
  • Play Journey: 82% increase in engagement.
  • Convert Journey: 36-142% increase in conversions.

These enhancements significantly boosted user engagement and retention.

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Marketing Stack Transformation

Deezer successfully optimized its marketing infrastructure with:

  • CRM Evaluation & Onboarding: Ensuring optimal tool usage.
  • CDP Integration & Configuration: Enabling seamless data management.
  • Audience & Preference Management: Enhancing targeting precision.
  • Product & Event Optimization: Improving engagement metrics.

This transformation future-proofed Deezer’s marketing capabilities and increased efficiency.

Empowered Marketing Team & Future Growth

By enabling autonomy in campaign management, Deezer’s marketing team achieved:

  • Faster campaign execution without reliance on engineering.
  • Greater agility in testing and optimizing customer journeys.
  • A more data-driven approach to personalization and engagement.

With a well-integrated tech stack, Deezer is now positioned for continuous growth and innovation in customer engagement.

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