Predictive marketing uses machine learning to deliver more accurate insights to encourage sales. The primary objectives are measuring customer behavior and audience insights, campaign effectiveness, calculating and improving customer lifetime value and customer retention. Predictive analysis can achieve these goals by learning from patterns within the data that are derived from customer touch points. Read more at: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Using-Data-Predictive-Analytics-Helps-B2Bs-Throughout-Funnel/1013868