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"Marketing is the genie in the box, waiting to cast its spell and make you a winner," - Quote by RS Maan, CRO of Codleo Consulting.
The Marketing Cloud has all the requirements of a business's marketing department, such as data analysis, email, mobile, customer journey management, advertising, web personalization, social media, content management, and content creation. It is your one-stop shop for all types of engagement in the marketing domain. To ensure its implementation in the best possible way, certain basic best practices must be implemented, which we have listed below for your convenience.
The best practices to implement Salesforce Marketing Cloud are:
Deliverability: This measurable Key Performance Indicator metric is often neglected, though it is a very important one. It is an instant measurement of the reach of the company's outreach campaigns and so on. The higher the delivery %, the higher the performance of the campaign. It is therefore important to ensure that your contact list consists of clean data that is up-to-date and free from as many errors as possible. To this end, the company must devote adequate resources (time and manpower) to ensuring that only 100% accurate data remains on the contact list and details. Whether a company spends time on it daily or weekly, it is their choice and prerogative.
Personalizing emails: The messaging in this day and age needs to be personalized which indicates that the company has put deep thought into its marketing strategy and has a connection with the relevant demographics it is targeting. Thus is born the era of personalized messaging, which attracts the attention of clients & prospects. This results in a higher % of opened emails and CTRs.
Mobile-friendly: The 21st century has seen the pervasiveness of the mobile device like no other device has. It is now a part and parcel of our daily existence. Therefore, it is given that all messaging as part of the marketing outreach has to be mobile-friendly (for all types, models, and brands of devices). Since people are spending more time on the phone and reading on - the - go, it is time to ensure your marketing cloud is truly responsive and mobile-friendly.
Measure your success: analyzing and reviewing marketing programs and campaigns after each campaign is integral to the overall success of the marketing cloud, your brand, and the hard work put in. It is therefore important that a review of all KPIs be undertaken. This will enable the company to review what has worked and what has not. Thus, best practices to ensure better success can be carried out to ensure that all goes as planned.
The above best practices must be adhered to while implementing the Salesforce marketing cloud. These ensure that the marketing cloud achieves what it has set out to do.
About the Author
Vineet Rana
Vineet Rana is the digital marketing manager in the #Awesome team at Codleo. He is passionate about all things branding, and his mission is to get amazing content out to everyone as much as possible. When He is not online, he loves cooking, lifting weights, and hiking in the Himalayas with his friends.
