Justin Rao

I am a PhD economist and Co-Founder and CEO of Gencomm.ai. Prior to founding Gencomm, I led pricing and performance marketing at Zalando, where I designed and deployed a fully algorithmic pricing engine and introduced predictive CLV modeling to drive marketing spend. I am former Research Scientist at Microsoft and have published 25+ academic papers in predictive modeling and digital markets in top journals such as Management Science, Journal of Political Economy and the Quarterly Journal of Economics.

Gencomm Blog Posts

tCPA vs tROAS Bidding With Predictive Modeling

tCPA vs tROAS: 3 Reasons Predictive Bidding Wins

This guide breaks down the key differences between the tCPA vs tROAS bidding strategies, when to use each, and how combining them with predictive modeling can unlock stronger ROI, smarter targeting, and a real edge over your competition.
Jun 24, 2024
Google & Meta Ads Avoid Hidden Traps tCPA Bidding

Avoid tROAS & tCPA Bidding Traps for Smarter Ad Campaigns

Smart bidding strategies like tCPA and tROAS have transformed digital advertising, shifting from manual targeting to automated, goal-driven optimization. While powerful, these systems face challenges like slow learning, limited signals, and reliance on proxies. Predictive modeling helps overcome these issues, giving advertisers faster insights, smarter targeting, and more profitable campaign performance.
Mar 4, 2025
Smarter Sales Allocation Using Predictive Modeling

Smarter Sales Allocation Using Predictive Modeling

This guide explores how predictive modeling transforms sales allocation. Learn practical frameworks for using ML-driven scoring in HubSpot and Salesforce, improve team efficiency, and close the loop between marketing and sales.
Apr 22, 2025
Digital Marketing Lead Generation

Digital Marketing Lead Generation 2025: 7 Proven Strategies

Digital marketing lead generation has no shortage of tools and tactics, but in today’s crowded landscape, the real differentiator is how intelligently you apply them. In this post, we explore 7 core lead generation strategies and show how predictive modeling techniques, such as lead scoring, can dramatically improve performance across the funnel.
May 1, 2025
Lead Scoring Avoid The Biggest Pitfall

Why Your Lead Scoring Fails & How to Fix It Fast

Predictive lead scoring often fails because models are trained on data that wouldn’t exist at decision time causing leakage, bias, and poor real-world performance. This guide explains how to fix that with time-aligned data snapshots, learning curves, and Gencomm proprietary bias correction, helping you build accurate, production-ready lead scoring models that drive revenue.
Apr 17, 2025
Predictive Lead Scoring

Predictive Lead Scoring: How AI Improves Lead Qualification

Predictive lead scoring uses AI and machine learning to qualify leads with accuracy, predict conversion potential, and reveal true revenue opportunities. By aligning marketing and sales around real-time data, it eliminates guesswork, improves targeting, and drives smarter decisions. Turn raw CRM data into clear insights that help teams close more deals, faster.
May 7, 2025
ROI Targeting

ROI Targeting: 6 Proven Ways to Boost Ad Profit Fast

ROI targeting is a profit-first strategy in performance marketing that dynamically adjusts ad spend based on real-time returns. This guide explains how to implement ROI targeting effectively, avoid common mistakes, and build scalable, high-ROI campaigns in today’s competitive digital landscape.
Jun 17, 2025
Lead Qualification for tCPA Bidding

Lead Qualification: Stop Wasting Budget on tCPA Bidding

Tired of spending ad budget on leads that go nowhere? This post breaks down why your tCPA bidding might be underperforming and how lead qualification can fix it. Instead of letting platforms chase form fills, you’ll learn how to guide them toward real, high-quality leads. Smarter signals mean better customers, stronger ROI, and less wasted spend.
Jun 20, 2025
Google Ads Clicks with No Sales

Google Ads Clicks with No Sales? This is how you fix it

Your dashboard looks perfect: high click-through rates, polished visuals, and a well-targeted audience. But despite the traffic, sales aren’t coming in. If your Google Ads campaigns are attracting attention without delivering revenue, you’re not alone. Many marketers fall into the trap of optimizing for metrics like click volume, CPC or form fills that don’t lead to real business outcomes. In this blog, we break down why your leads aren’t converting and how to fix it. Discover how to shift your focus from clicks to customers using smarter attribution, intent-driven targeting, and AI-powered insights that drive real growth.
Jul 14, 2025
ML Lead Qualification

3 Signs Your Sales Team Is a Fit for ML Lead Qualification

Sales teams today face lead volume, variability, and unpredictability. This blog explores how machine learning is transforming sales lead qualification, helping four distinct types of teams focus their time on the right leads. Learn how ML boosts efficiency, improves conversion rates, and gives your reps a competitive edge especially if your product is high-consideration and your pipeline is full.
Aug 1, 2025
Why Marketing ROI Isn’t Enough

Why Marketing ROI Isn’t Enough

Marketing ROI is useful, but it only shows part of the picture. It typically captures short-term returns and is backward looking, thus overlooking potential to scale and long-term brand building. Relying solely on ROI can lead to a bias towards lower-funnel media, missed opportunities, and weaker customer loyalty. True marketing success requires balancing ROI with other metrics such as customer lifetime value, scalability, and long-term brand growth. This article explains why ROI isn’t enough and how to measure what really drives sustainable success.
Sep 8, 2025

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