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Create or Update Salesforce Campaigns [1]

July 21, 2026 by m.essa [2]

In IOS we have three different types of campaigns. The first step in creating a campaign is selecting the record type. 

NOTE Please search available campaigns before creating a new to ensure that you are not making a duplicate.

Campaign Record Types

  • Event: This record type is used when uploading a list of attendees from an in-person or virtual event.
  • Email: This record type is used when creating an audience for a specific email or series of emails. 
  • Marketing: This record type is used to broadly group marketing campaign efforts. 

 

Campaign Naming Conventions

  • Campaign Name: [Campus Code] [Customer] [Customer Function/Area/Program] [Date] [Name/Description]
    • Campus Code is a two digit name representing the campus on which the campaign was created
      • 01 = Boulder, 02 = Anschutz, 03 = Denver, 04 = Colorado Springs, 08 = System, 09 = Advancement
    • Customer is the abbreviation for the group that owns the campaign. That could be a school, college, program or department
      • SOP = School of Pharmacy, CON = College of Nursing, ODL = Office of Digital Learning, ONL = Online Office
        • Others may be added as needed
    • ​Customer Function/Area/Program represents the specific area supported by the campaign. That could be a program, a degree level, or something else
      • Examples: PharmD = doctorate program for School of Pharmacy, PallCare = Palliative Care program
    • Date is the when the campaign launched, or when the journey was activated
      • Please note that new versions of existing journeys don't necessitate an update to the date in the campaign name
    • Description is a short description of what the campaign is
      • Examples: Evergreen journey, RFI journey, information session webinar, event attendee list, etc.
    • Examples of how this syntax may look:
      • ​02 ODL CPP 072126 RFI Journey
      • 02 SOP PharmD 061426 Evergreen Journey
      • 03 ONL ALL 042506 Recruiting Event

Create Campaign

  • Clone
  • Create from Scratch

In our Salesforce environment, we already have thousands of Campaigns. For that reason, it is most common to clone an existing Campaign. Note that a cloned Campaign does not clone the members of that Campaign or the shared settings.

  • Navigate to the Campaign
    • You could search for the Campaign with the Global search at the top
    • You could navigate to the Campaigns tab if you recently viewed the Campaign

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  • Modify the name of the Campaign
  • Ensure
    • Type=Event, Email or Marketing
    • Active=Checked
    • Status=Planned, In Progress, or Complete
  • Click the blue Save button

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  • Select Campaign in the top navigation
  • Click New in the top right corner

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  • Event is set by default, please select the record type most relevant to your use.
  • Select the blue Next button in the bottom right
  • Enter the Campaign Name
  • Click Active checkbox
  • Select Campaign Type 
  • Add additional information to the Campaign, like Description and Start/End date.
  • Select Save, the blue button in the bottom right
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[1] https://www.cu.edu/blog/integrated-online-services/create-or-update-salesforce-campaigns [2] https://www.cu.edu/blog/integrated-online-services/author/108091