Upgrades occur all the time, but it doesn't always alter email marketing practices. Many email client upgrades over the last few years will enhance privacy for recipients, gradually resulting in inflated, artificial engagement rates for email marketers. With a key piece of reportable data becoming more unreliable, we must reconsider how success is measured.
When faced with a failed send, a send to 0, or failed Data Extension, review the items below. Often, the root cause is something over which you have control rather than a systemic failure in Salesforce or Marketing Cloud. If there is an outage or broad issue, users will be notified as soon as possible.
We know our eComm specialists and users understand the importance of CAN-SPAM and intend to follow it. But sometimes, mistakes can occur that lead to a violation. Learn about common ways to violate CAN-SPAM so you can avoid them. We highly recommend this wiki and the associated quiz as an annual refresher.
Design an email template, drop in data tags, and send it once. With event emails everyone on the invitation list will receive a personalized copy, like it was written just for them. Hosting sessions? Rather than troubling everyone on your invitation list, distribute the webinar info, send a reminder to bring questions for the panelists, or announce that the room has changed to only those who registered for an optional session.
Often when a Contact is not receiving emails, there are several logical reasons why, including actions taken by constituents themselves. If you are investigating why a Contact is not receiving communications, review the steps below to troubleshoot.
When you launch your event, Cvent integrates with Salesforce to automatically share registrant participation information. Cvent then provides numerous methods for tracking attendance for your event or sessions. Use this insightful, actionable data to make your next event even better!
Track attendance for your event or sessions by marking who showed up. With Cvent, you can mark them one at a time, import a list of participants all at once, or use OnArrival to mark participants onsite.
