Journey Builder

24Jun

Salesforce Send Time Optimization Einstein

Einstein Send Time Optimization (STO) in Marketing Cloud Engagement revolutionizes message delivery by leveraging machine learning to predict the most effective times for engagement. This feature aids marketers in enhancing email and push notification engagement by automating the analysis of each contact’s optimal send time. Key Highlights of Einstein Send Time Optimization: Einstein Send Time Optimization, available with Marketing Cloud Einstein terms, offers a powerful tool for marketers seeking to personalize and optimize the timing of their email and mobile messages, thereby maximizing engagement. Content updated February 2024. Like1 Related Posts 50 Advantages of Salesforce Sales Cloud According to the Salesforce 2017 State of Service report, 85% of executives with service oversight identify customer service as a Read more Salesforce Artificial Intelligence Is artificial intelligence integrated into Salesforce? Salesforce Einstein stands as an intelligent layer embedded within the Lightning Platform, bringing robust Read more Salesforce’s Quest for AI for the Masses The software engine, Optimus Prime (not to be confused with the Autobot leader), originated in a basement beneath a West Read more Salesforce Data Studio Data Studio Overview Salesforce Data Studio is Salesforce’s premier solution for audience discovery, data acquisition, and data provisioning, offering access Read more

June 24, 2022in Einstein Insights, Marketing Automation, Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Journey Builder

11Jun

Trigger a Journey by Event or Audience Segment

Trigger a personalized journey with events, or choose a specific audience. Trigger a Journey by Event or Audience Segment. Examples of events include: Examples of audiences include: The two clouds integrate through Marketing Cloud Connect (available on AppExchange). When it’s set up, you’re ready to go. The process and email creation is all handled in Journey Builder. The See Also links guide you to those steps. A few things to do and consider before you get started: Trigger a Journey by Event or Audience Segment When you create a Journey Builder email, a triggered send is created automatically. Activating the journey creates the triggered send definition that the journey’s email activity uses. When you create a journey version, the previous triggered send continues to run. Activating a new version defines a new triggered send. Also, you can stop the triggered send that is associated to a Journey Builder email activity. You can modify the email’s content, then restart the triggered send to re-enable sending within the journey. The triggered send name is a system-generated value and cannot be modified. If an external key is not provided at the time of creation, the system adds a key. Like Related Posts Salesforce Data Studio Data Studio Overview Salesforce Data Studio is Salesforce’s premier solution for audience discovery, data acquisition, and data provisioning, offering access Read more How Travel Companies Are Using Big Data and Analytics In today’s hyper-competitive business world, travel and hospitality consumers have more choices than ever before. With hundreds of hotel chains Read more Integration of Salesforce Sales Cloud to Google Analytics 360 Announced In November 2017, Google unveiled a groundbreaking partnership with Salesforce, outlining their commitment to develop innovative integrations between Google Analytics Read more Overlooked Costs of a Salesforce Implementation Let’s look at some frequently overlooked Salesforce costs. The goal is to provide businesses and decision-makers with a comprehensive understanding Read more

June 11, 2022in Salesforce Marketing Cloud

02May

What is Salesforce Next Best Action?

Einstein Next Best Action Efficiently present tailored recommendations to the right individuals at the right moment with Einstein Next Best Action. Correspondingly craft and showcase offers and actions personalized to your specific criteria. Formulate a strategy applying your business logic to refine these recommendations. Then distilling them into key suggestions like repairs, discounts, or add-on services. Display the final recommendations seamlessly within your Lightning app or Experience Builder site. Einstein Next Best Action (ENBA) is an innate Salesforce Platform feature empowering users to configure business rules and filters, especially surfacing the optimal course of action for any user. This tool seamlessly offers a range of recommended actions accessible directly within Salesforce. Next Best Action (NBA) is a strategic approach aiding businesses in identifying the most effective marketing actions to guide customers towards desired conversion events lest they veer off the desired path. It optimizes marketing efforts by enhancing the return on investment (ROI) of marketing campaigns. Key Features: FAQs: Like2 Related Posts 50 Advantages of Salesforce Sales Cloud According to the Salesforce 2017 State of Service report, 85% of executives with service oversight identify customer service as a Read more Salesforce Artificial Intelligence Is artificial intelligence integrated into Salesforce? Salesforce Einstein stands as an intelligent layer embedded within the Lightning Platform, bringing robust Read more Salesforce’s Quest for AI for the Masses The software engine, Optimus Prime (not to be confused with the Autobot leader), originated in a basement beneath a West Read more Marketing Cloud Account Engagement and Salesforce Campaigns The interplay between Account Engagement and Salesforce Campaigns often sparks confusion and frustration among users. In this insight, we’ll demystify Read more

May 2, 2022in Marketing Automation

salesforce marketing cloud interaction studio

24Feb

Marketing Cloud Builders

Marketing Cloud by Salesforce has a wide family of builder studios. Marketing Cloud Builders create the content that runs your marketing automation. Explore the various ‘Builders’ within Marketing Cloud. With each serving a distinct purpose. Notable examples include Journey Builder for campaign automation, Audience Builder → Contact Builder for data management, Content Builder for crafting emails and landing page templates, and Analytics Builder for generating standard reports. Marketing Cloud ‘Builders’ Overview: Journey Builder (AKA. Marketing Cloud Engagement): This tool provides an exceptional campaign automation experience. By visually mapping out the ‘journey‘ that contacts will travel through your marketing touchpoints. Segment contacts into targeted audiences using paths. Utilize a sidebar with various entry sources, activities (e.g., sending SMS), and flow controls. Audience Builder → Contact Builder: Manage data related to contacts (referred to as ‘people’ records in Marketing Cloud). This builder grants access to demographic and behavioral information, It is organized into ‘attribute groups’ (e.g., abandoned carts), ‘events,’ and ‘populations’ that can then be segmented. Content Builder: Create emails and landing page templates, including reusable and interactive content blocks. BrandBuilder: Customize the appearance of your Marketing Cloud account by uploading your company logo and changing the default color scheme. In Enterprise 2.0, multiple brands can be created and assigned to different Marketing Cloud business units. Analytics Builder → Standard Reports: With Analytics Builder built-in Marketing Cloud gain reporting to create insights into email campaigns. Learn more about web and mobile analytics, contact behavior, administrator monitoring, and more. These insights are valuable for setting marketing goals and refining customer journeys. Note: Support/updates for the Discover Reporting Tool are scheduled to end in April 2022. Analytics Builder → Datorama Reports for Marketing Cloud: Introduced in the January 2021 Marketing Cloud release, Datorama reports replace the Discover Reporting Tool. These reports, available as an app in Marketing Cloud with a Datorama account created in the background, offer pre-built dashboards, making campaign and journey reporting more straightforward. Builders can utilize items created in the studios (e.g., Journey Builder using activities from Automation Studio), and studios can leverage items created in the builders (e.g., Email Studio using content blocks from Content Builder). The interplay between builders and studios contributes to the flexibility of the Marketing Cloud product suite, although it may pose a challenge to fully comprehend. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

February 24, 2022in Salesforce Marketing Cloud

19Jan

Datorama Features from Salesforce

Datorama serves as an all-in-one platform for monitoring and managing marketing data, investments, and key performance indicators (KPIs). As a Software as a Service (SaaS) data platform, Datorama facilitates the onboarding and visualization of marketing data from various sources, including ad servers, search, social, DSPs, POS, and CRM. Key features of this marketing suite include: AI-powered insights designed to drive optimizations. Datorama Reports are available in two versions: standard and advanced. The standard version, known as Datorama Reports (now Intelligence Reports for Engagement), includes dashboards, pivot tables, and intuitive reports displaying simple statistics. Additionally, Datorama Reports for Marketing Cloud provide detailed analyses of email campaigns, push notifications, and customer journey data at the campaign level, revealing deep marketing insights and campaign performance. Datorama Features – Now Marketing Cloud Intelligence Datorama, now known as Marketing Cloud Intelligence, is Salesforce’s cloud-based AI-powered marketing intelligence and analytics tool. This platform enables marketers to harness business intelligence by consolidating various marketing sources into a unified data model. Datorama addresses three main aspects of a customer’s business through its platform: Connect and Mix, Analyze & Act, and Visualize. This marketing intelligence platform allows users to connect their entire MarTech stack, offering flexibility and control. Datorama’s Marketing Integration Engine bridges marketing data across the entire technology stack into a single source, enabling the creation of real-time reports at scale. The implementation timeline for Datorama varies based on project complexity. Moderate to semi-complex projects with eight to 12 data sources may take between eight to ten weeks. Complex projects with 15 to 25 or more data sources could take between 14 to 18 weeks. As of July 2022, Datorama is now referred to as Marketing Cloud Intelligence. Content updated July 2022. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

January 19, 2022in Salesforce

01Nov

Google Analytics 360 and Journey Builder Analytics

Meet the New Journey Analytics Dashboard Imagine having a centralized platform where you can effortlessly discover how consumers engage with your messages and content across various channels. Google Analytics 360 and Journey Builder give3 you just that. The integration of Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Google Analytics 360 makes this a reality, providing access to cross-channel and content engagement data within Journey Builder. This integration empowers you to easily track the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns. Google Analytics 360 and Journey Builder To go deeper into the insights offered by the new dashboard, let’s explore each component: 1. Google Analytics Goal Tile: 2. Email Performance Tile: 3. Google Analytics Ecommerce Tile: 4. Google Analytics Site Usage Tile: 5. Google Analytics Content Tab: This integration provides a comprehensive view of customer journeys, enabling you to optimize marketing strategies based on real-time data and valuable insights. What is the difference between Google Analytics and Google Analytics 360? Google Analytics 360 increases data sampling thresholds for ad-hoc analysis compared to the standard version of Google Analytics and also provides the option to export unsampled data, which the standard version does not. Data sampling limits analysis to a subset of data and then draws conclusions about the whole. Content updated January 2024. Like1 Related Posts Guide to Creating a Working Sales Plan Creating a sales plan is a pivotal step in reaching your revenue objectives. To ensure its longevity and adaptability to Read more Salesforce Data Studio Data Studio Overview Salesforce Data Studio is Salesforce’s premier solution for audience discovery, data acquisition, and data provisioning, offering access Read more Web Pages That Helped With My Google Data Engineer Exam Google Data Engineer Exam It seems like every day more resources appear to help you study for the Google Data Read more What is Advanced Reporting in Salesforce? Cross Filters, Summary Formulas, and More: Advanced Reporting in Salesforce Salesforce comes with report types out-of-the-box for all standard objects Read more

November 1, 2021in Google Analytics, Salesforce Manufacturing Cloud

20Oct

Snowflake and Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Harnessing the Power of Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Snowflake Two of the most influential trends in marketing technology (MarTech) and analytics today are Salesforce’s Marketing Cloud (SFMC) and Snowflake’s data warehousing platform. SFMC offers marketers a robust Journey Builder experience, while Snowflake eliminates data silos, making more data accessible to analysts than ever before. Both platforms are next-generation, cloud-first solutions that open new possibilities for marketers and are already helping to create more compelling and relevant experiences for consumers. A shared commitment to simplifying the end-user experience while unlocking a vast array of new data capabilities makes these solutions powerful examples of “soft technology.” Soft Technology: Snowflake and SFMC “When I speak about the power and virtues of technology, I am referring to soft technology: technology that is flexible, that is under our control.” — Don Norman What makes a technology great is its ease and flexibility for end users. Both SFMC and Snowflake simplify the user experience for their target users with remarkable results. SFMC’s Journey Builder allows marketers to build sophisticated journey orchestration flows on a canvas similar to how they might draft a journey on a whiteboard. Once configured, there’s no need to call IT for support; it’s time for delivery. Snowflake targets analysts, data engineers, and data scientists, breaking down data silos and removing traditional storage and processing constraints. This allows them to focus on solving business problems rather than dealing with perpetual data consolidation and cleansing. Snowflake also simplifies working with different types of data, such as unstructured data like logs or customer activity signals, through its “variant” datatype. The Perils of “Hard Technology” for SFMC Users “Hard technology remains unheedful of the real needs and desires of users. It is a technology that, rather than conforming to our needs, forces us to conform to its needs. Hard technology makes us subservient;” — Don Norman SFMC’s Journey Builder users are most productive when their source data is well-prepared for marketing purposes. However, as marketing needs evolve, new customer profile data and segments are required, often necessitating IT intervention and the use of complex SQL queries or programming languages. An inefficient process often emerges: This lengthy process can slow down time-to-market for campaigns and hinder marketing agility. Bridging Snowflake and SFMC to Avoid Hard Technology Low-code and visual SQL tools allow campaign analysts to remain business-focused and meet most of their daily data needs without relying heavily on IT. These tools are now more powerful thanks to modern data warehousing platforms like Snowflake, which supports SQL-like querying of unstructured data directly. Low-code solutions help marketers maintain productivity within SFMC’s Journey Builder by enabling them to autonomously explore and retrieve new customer data and segments. Checklist for Low-Code & Visual SQL Tools For maximum impact, look for low-code and visual SQL tools that: Simplifying Data Integration with Skyvia, Integrate.io, and GetCensus Skyvia Skyvia allows you to replicate Salesforce Marketing Cloud data to Snowflake with minimal configuration. It creates tables for cloud data automatically and keeps the data updated with incremental updates. Integrate.io Integrate.io provides a lightning-fast CDC platform for Salesforce data integration, offering robust ETL and ELT capabilities to connect your Salesforce data with hundreds of other apps. Integrate.io’s low-code interface allows for easy configuration and seamless data migration. GetCensus GetCensus enables data synchronization between Snowflake and Salesforce Marketing Cloud in four simple steps: By leveraging these tools and platforms, marketers can enhance their campaigns and improve customer experiences through efficient and effective data integration and management. Like1 Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

October 20, 2021in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Snowflake

05Aug

Marketing Cloud for Nonprofits

Introducing Marketing Cloud for Nonprofits: A Comprehensive Overview A brand-new edition of Salesforce Marketing Cloud tailored specifically for nonprofit organizations has arrived – Marketing Cloud for Nonprofits. This specialized edition comes with discounted licensing and includes pre-defined email templates and journeys crafted for nonprofit use cases, with more exciting features planned for future releases. So, how can nonprofits leverage Salesforce Marketing Cloud? What sets Marketing Cloud apart from other digital marketing tools? And most importantly, is Marketing Cloud the right fit for your nonprofit? Marketing Cloud for Nonprofits Utilizing Marketing Cloud for Nonprofits For those involved in nonprofit work, this offering brings significant advantages: Why Choose Marketing Cloud Over Other Tools? Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) stands out for leveraging your supporter data effectively for marketing purposes. Is Marketing Cloud for Nonprofits Suitable for You? Consider using Salesforce Marketing Cloud if your nonprofit: Pricing and Investment The introductory pricing for Marketing Cloud for Nonprofits starts at £400/€500 per month and offers flexibility to scale as your marketing needs grow. Explore additional contact allowances and sending capabilities as you expand your fundraising efforts. In the nonprofit sector, value for money is essential. The Marketing Cloud for Nonprofits edition provides an opportunity to explore SFMC’s potential with an initial investment. As you witness the fundraising benefits, consider scaling up and exploring advanced features offered by SFMC. Engage with Salesforce partners to navigate your Marketing Cloud journey effectively, and consult with your Salesforce Account Executive (AE) to assess if Marketing Cloud for Nonprofits aligns with your organization’s goals. To learn more about Salesforce products tailored for nonprofits, visit Salesforce.org and kickstart your journey towards impactful fundraising and supporter engagement. To discuss installing and implementing Marketing Cloud for Nonprofits, contact Tectonic today. Like1 Related Posts Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more Top Ten Reasons Why Tectonic Loves the Cloud The Cloud is Good for Everyone – Why Tectonic loves the cloud You don’t need to worry about tracking licenses. Read more 50 Advantages of Salesforce Sales Cloud According to the Salesforce 2017 State of Service report, 85% of executives with service oversight identify customer service as a Read more CRM Cloud Salesforce What is a CRM Cloud Salesforce? Salesforce Service Cloud is a customer relationship management (CRM) platform for Salesforce clients to Read more

August 5, 2021in Salesforce for Nonprofits, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud, Salesforce Optimization, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Service Cloud

24May

Journey Builder Wait Until API Event

Introducing the Journey Builder Wait Until API Event Activity, a cutting-edge addition to Journey Builder unveiled in the April 2021 Salesforce Marketing Cloud Release. This feature revolutionizes customer engagement by enabling real-time experiences through external event triggers within a journey. By strategically placing the Wait Until API Event activity within your journey, you can suspend customer progression until a specified event occurs, ensuring seamless transitions to the next activity. Journey Builder Wait Until API Event Key Features: Use Cases: Configuration Steps: API Event Configuration: Additional Considerations: Use Case Example: In summary, the Wait Until API Event Activity empowers marketers to orchestrate dynamic, real-time journeys tailored to individual customer actions, driving enhanced engagement and conversion rates across multiple touchpoints. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

May 24, 2021in Salesforce, Salesforce Marketing Cloud

03May

Journey Builder Entry Sources

Journey Builder in Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a tool enabling digital marketers to craft personalized customer journeys by triggering specific actions based on individual customer behavior. The entry source within Journey Builder signifies the starting point of a customer’s journey, determining how customers enter it. This Journey Builder entry source can be a sendable data extension, a Journey Builder Audience, or an entry event. It’s important to recognize that once a journey is activated, it utilizes a snapshot of the entry source data extension. Any modifications made to the data extension (or the recipients in it) after activation will not be recognized by the ongoing journey. To incorporate new fields or changes to the entry source data extension, creating a new version of the journey, or a decision split, is necessary. To make journey directional changes based on changes to a recipient’s Salesforce record requires adding a decision split. Entry Event An entry event, the trigger prompting one or more contacts to enter a journey, is recorded in a data source monitored by Journey Builder at a schedule set by the user. Entry events can be specific to a particular journey or reused across multiple journeys. Journey Builder configuration allows the initiation of a journey based on any event configured in the Marketing Cloud instance. Editing or reviewing the entry source configuration is possible before activating a journey; however, active entry sources cannot be edited. To make changes, a new version of the journey needs to be created. Remember if you create a new version of an existing journey, recipients already in the journey will continue through the previous version by default. Sendable Data Extension When opting for a sendable data extension as an entry source, it is best to include fields essential for personalization or dynamic content. It’s also recommended to use a single entry source data extension created through a query if the journey’s data is stored in multiple extensions. Pre-filtering the audience data extension can expedite processing. Using synchronized data extensions to populate an entry source data extension in journeys involving Sales Cloud or Service Cloud data alongside Marketing Cloud data is considered a best practice. Journey Builder Audience Use an audience to admit a list of contacts into a journey. Select from the push, SMS, and published Audience Builder audiences available in your account. To create or edit audiences, use Contact Builder. Tectonic, as your Salesforce implementation partner, ensures a tailored Salesforce solution aligning with your business needs and models through our comprehensive discovery process. Like2 Related Posts Salesforce Data Studio Data Studio Overview Salesforce Data Studio is Salesforce’s premier solution for audience discovery, data acquisition, and data provisioning, offering access Read more How Travel Companies Are Using Big Data and Analytics In today’s hyper-competitive business world, travel and hospitality consumers have more choices than ever before. With hundreds of hotel chains Read more Integration of Salesforce Sales Cloud to Google Analytics 360 Announced In November 2017, Google unveiled a groundbreaking partnership with Salesforce, outlining their commitment to develop innovative integrations between Google Analytics Read more Overlooked Costs of a Salesforce Implementation Let’s look at some frequently overlooked Salesforce costs. The goal is to provide businesses and decision-makers with a comprehensive understanding Read more

May 3, 2021in Salesforce Marketing Cloud

07Apr

What Are UTM Parameters in Marketing Cloud

What Are UTM Parameters in Marketing Cloud? UTM parameters are essential for tracking the effectiveness of your marketing messages by linking user clicks to actions on your website within Marketing Cloud. Once set up, the Marketing Cloud Engagement tool automatically adds these parameters to the URLs in your messages, enabling detailed performance tracking. You can track five key UTM parameters: source, medium, campaign, term, and content. These parameters are captured in Google Analytics reports, offering insights into your marketing efforts, such as total goal conversions, bounce rate, and average time spent on your site. What is a UTM Code? A UTM (Urchin Tracking Module) code is a text string appended to a URL to help monitor the performance of digital marketing campaigns. UTM codes include up to five key parameters: Campaign, Source, Medium, Content, and Term. UTM Parameter Channel Support: Example URL with UTM Parameters: arduinoCopy codehttps://www.example.com?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TestCampaign&utm_term=MyLink123&utm_content=123456&utm_id=f521708e-db6e-478b-9731-8243a692c2d5&sfmc_id=245678&sfmc_activityid=598741568 Parameter Breakdown: For more on UTM parameters, refer to the Google Analytics documentation. Configuring UTM Parameters in Marketing Cloud Engagement In Google Analytics 4 (GA4), UTM parameters are automatically appended to links in all sent messages unless the domain or subdomain is not on the allowlist in Journey Builder Settings. They will also not apply if click tracking is disabled. Adding UTM Parameters in Salesforce To track UTM parameters in Salesforce, follow these steps: Tracking UTM Parameters in Salesforce There are four primary methods to track UTM parameters and attribution data within Salesforce: Content updated March 2023. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

April 7, 2021in Data, Google, Google Analytics, Salesforce, Salesforce Marketing Cloud

06Apr

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Explained

Salesforce Marketing Cloud, a top digital marketing automation and personalization platform, manages marketing activities across various channels, including email, mobile apps, SMS, and company websites. It seamlessly integrates with other Salesforce products like Sales and Service Cloud, facilitating the free flow of CRM data. Marketing Cloud is a customer relationship management platform for marketers allowing them to create and manage marketing relationships and campaigns with customers and prospects. Its analytics and reporting capabilities allow marketers to measure and optimize the performance of campaigns and ads, lowering marketing costs. What’s in a name? It’s worth noting that in April 2022, Salesforce modified the names of six Marketing Cloud products, while maintaining their functionality. These changes aim to simplify the suite and minimize confusion. Marketing Cloud stands as a prominent tool in marketing technology, offering a comprehensive array of modules—approximately 20 at the time of this writing—through years of innovation and acquisition. Jay Wilder, VP of Product Marketing for Marketing Cloud, shared insights into these changes, emphasizing the strategic direction of Salesforce Marketing Cloud. The modifications primarily involve renaming certain add-ons and functionalities: While some changes may seem substantial, the alterations aim to streamline and simplify, aligning with Salesforce’s overarching “Easy” theme introduced at Dreamforce ’21. The goal is to make setup, installation, and configuration as user-friendly as possible. Salesforce plans to execute these changes gradually, updating documentation and conducting localization research throughout the latter part of 2022. Importantly, the modifications won’t impact product functionality, pricing and packaging, features within products, SKU names, or the names of certain modules such as Email Studio, Journey Builder, and Mobile Studio. Interested in learning more about Salesforce Marketing Cloud? Contact Tectonic today. This content was updated in April 2022. Like1 Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

April 6, 2021in Salesforce Marketing Cloud

24Feb

Can Your Object Trigger a Salesforce Journey?

Many times marketers are challenged to create a customer journey based on data points or events that haven’t currently been captured in the Salesforce platform. Once you create an object in Salesforce, you have to determine if your object can successfully trigger a Salesforce journey. These easy steps help you quickly answer the question: can your Salesforce object trigger a Salesforce journey. Most, but not all, Experience Cloud objects can be used for creating journeys. This list includes the available objects along with a description, their eligibility status, API object, and use cases (as appropriate). Experience Cloud Objects Object Description Status API Example Use Case Sites and Membership Network A site and its settings Not Workflow-enabledNot Replicable Network NetworkMember Individual user memberships Workflow-enabledReplicable NetworkMember Triggers when a new member joins the community NetworkMemberGroup List of profiles and permission sets added to a site (not related to Chatter groups) Not Workflow-enabledNot Replicable NetworkMemberGroup Chatter Groups CollaborationGroup A Chatter group Workflow-enabledNot Replicable CollaborationGroup CollaborationGroupMember Member of a Chatter group Workflow-enabledReplicable CollaborationGroupMember Triggers when a user joins a Chatter Group in the Community CollaborationGroupFeed A single item on a Chatter group feed Not Workflow-enabledReplicable CollaborationGroupFeed Feeds FeedItem Entry in the feed Workflow-enabledReplicable FeedItem Triggers when user asks a question or makes another type of feed post FeedComment Comment added to a feed by a user Not Workflow-enabledReplicable FeedComment Topics Topic A topic Workflow-enabledReplicable Topic TopicAssignment Relationship between a topic and an entity Workflow-enabledReplicable TopicAssignment Triggers when a user posts a question on a specific topic, or adds a topic to any FeedItem EntitySubscription Subscription for following a record or another user Not Workflow-enabledReplicable EntitySubscription Triggers when a user follows a topic, user, or record Cases Case Service case Workflow-enabledReplicable Case Triggers when a user opens or updates a case Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

February 24, 2021in Salesforce Marketing Cloud

08Feb

Marketing Cloud Digital Marketing Solution

Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a specialized CRM platform equipped with a range of marketing tools tailored for remote marketers, facilitating effective management of marketing strategies. Marketing Cloud Digital Marketing Solution empowers digital marketers to deliver timely, personalized messages to the right audience across diverse channels. Offering a unique cloud-based marketing platform, Marketing Cloud enables the creation of end-to-end personalized customer experiences, fostering robust marketing automation strategies to enhance sales. Key Features: Marketing Cloud Einstein: Marketing Cloud Einstein builds upon Salesforce Einstein AI, providing modern tools and analytics within the CRM framework. This smart AI suite aids digital marketers in accessing and analyzing real-time customer data. Features include predictive scoring to forecast customer engagement and predictive audiences for targeted segmentation based on behavioral patterns. Platforms in Marketing Cloud: Products in Marketing Cloud: Benefits of Marketing Cloud: Salesforce Marketing Cloud stands out as a comprehensive solution for digital marketers seeking to elevate their strategies and drive sales. With its array of features, platforms, and products, Marketing Cloud offers unparalleled benefits and competitive advantage in the market landscape. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more

February 8, 2021in Marketing Automation, Salesforce Marketing Cloud

06Jan

Journey Builder or Automation Studio

Both Journey Builder and Automation Studio are robust tools available to Marketing Cloud customers. However, determining when to use each one and how they complement each other can sometimes be confusing. Automation Studio primarily focuses on ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes in marketing automation. It enables marketers to integrate data from various systems and automate tasks for segmentation and email campaign deployment. With Automation Studio, marketers can create highly advanced automated segmentation using data filters and queries, making it ideal for repetitive processes. It also allows users to execute SQL queries to retrieve and store data extension information. On the other hand, Journey Builder is a user-friendly, drag-and-drop tool designed for creating personalized, engagement-based customer journeys. It facilitates individualized, multi-channel communications at scale and provides goal and success measurements for monitoring and management. Unlike Automation, Journey Builder offers more opportunities for testing strategies and optimizing messages based on real-time engagement and interaction. One key difference between the two tools is that Journey Builder offers built-in goal reporting, providing real-time insights into campaign performance and customer engagement. Another distinction is that while Automation Studio relies on batch processing, Journey Builder allows individuals to enter journeys on an individual level, enabling real-time monitoring and action based on customer behavior. To decide which tool to use, consider the following questions: In many cases, it’s not a matter of choosing between Journey Builder vs Automation Studio but rather leveraging both tools together. By combining the powerful segmentation capabilities of Automation Studio with the personalized journey creation features of Journey Builder, marketers can deliver highly targeted and personalized messaging to their customers. Automation Studio is best for complex segmentation at scale, while Journey Builder guides customers through customized journeys based on Marketing Cloud data. Ultimately, using both tools together allows marketers to create seamless, personalized experiences for their customers. Like1 Related Posts 50 Advantages of Salesforce Sales Cloud According to the Salesforce 2017 State of Service report, 85% of executives with service oversight identify customer service as a Read more Salesforce Data Studio Data Studio Overview Salesforce Data Studio is Salesforce’s premier solution for audience discovery, data acquisition, and data provisioning, offering access Read more Marketing Cloud Account Engagement and Salesforce Campaigns The interplay between Account Engagement and Salesforce Campaigns often sparks confusion and frustration among users. In this insight, we’ll demystify Read more Integration of Salesforce Sales Cloud to Google Analytics 360 Announced In November 2017, Google unveiled a groundbreaking partnership with Salesforce, outlining their commitment to develop innovative integrations between Google Analytics Read more

January 6, 2021in Marketing Automation

Salesforce Send Time Optimization Einstein

Trigger a Journey by Event or Audience Segment

What is Salesforce Next Best Action?

Marketing Cloud Builders

Datorama Features from Salesforce

Google Analytics 360 and Journey Builder Analytics

Marketing Cloud for Nonprofits

Journey Builder Entry Sources

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Explained

Can Your Object Trigger a Salesforce Journey?

Marketing Cloud Digital Marketing Solution

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