A marketing associate at Northern Trail Outfitters (NTO) notices the number of hard bounces increased after the most recent send. Recently, NTO:
* Updated its Commercial Send Classification
* Incorporated a list of additional contacts gathered from an industry event into a sendable data extension
* Tested new subject lines in its email campaigns
What is causing the high bounce rate?
The increase in hard bounces experienced by Northern Trail Outfitters (NTO) after incorporating a new list of contacts from an industry event is most likely due to some of the newly added contacts having invalid email addresses. Hard bounces typically occur when an email address is incorrect, nonexistent, or has been deactivated. When a list is newly integrated into a sendable data extension without thorough validation or cleaning, there's a higher likelihood that it contains email addresses that are no longer valid, leading to an increase in hard bounces.
It's essential for marketing teams to perform email address validation and list cleaning, especially when incorporating new lists from external sources like industry events, to maintain email deliverability and sender reputation.
. Northern Trail Outfitters (NTO) sends promotional emails with varying sender names and addresses based on the nearest store location to each subscriber. This feature has been scripted by NTO's Marketing Cloud Engagement developer. Each time a marketing associate sends out an email, they need to ensure this feature is activated.
Which setting in the email send flow controls this?
In Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement, the Sender Profile setting within the email send flow controls the sender's name and email address that recipients see. For Northern Trail Outfitters (NTO), which uses varying sender names and addresses based on the nearest store location to each subscriber, the Sender Profile is crucial. It can be scripted or configured to dynamically change based on specific criteria, such as subscriber location, to personalize the sender information for each email send.
By ensuring the correct Sender Profile is selected or the appropriate script is included in the Sender Profile, marketing associates can activate this personalized feature for each email campaign, enhancing the relevance and personalization of their communications.
The marketing team at Cloud Kicks wants to easily report the average open rate across all email sends from journeys this month.
What should a marketing associate use to retrieve this information?
To easily report the average open rate across all email sends from journeys within a specific timeframe, such as a month, a marketing associate at Cloud Kicks should utilize Analytics Builder Reports in Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Analytics Builder offers a suite of reporting and analysis tools, including pre-built and customizable reports that can aggregate performance metrics across multiple sends and journeys.
By accessing and configuring the appropriate reports within Analytics Builder, the associate can compile and analyze email engagement metrics, such as open rates, to gain insights into the overall performance of their email marketing efforts over the designated period.
Management at Cloud Kicks wants to engage customers who have redeemed promotion codes on its website.
The associate set up a data extension so that Subscriber Key is the primary key. However, the associate notices that customers who have redeemed more than one promotion code only have one record added into the data extension.
What should the associate change to allow more than one record per subscriber key?
To allow more than one record per subscriber key, especially for customers who have redeemed more than one promotion code, the associate should assign the promotion code field as a second primary key. This creates a composite primary key consisting of the Subscriber Key and the Promotion Code field. With this configuration, each record is uniquely identified by the combination of the subscriber key and the promotion code, allowing multiple records for the same subscriber as long as the promotion codes are different.
Management at Northern Trail Outfitters wants to run a new campaign and has asked the marketing associate to prepare a data extension. Some fields match a previous data extension, but some need to be added.
How should the marketing associate create the data extension?
To prepare a data extension for a new campaign that has some fields matching a previous data extension but also requires additional fields, the marketing associate should copy the data extension from the original campaign and then modify the fields as needed. This approach allows the associate to retain the structure and settings of the original data extension while making necessary adjustments for the new campaign, ensuring efficiency and consistency in data management practices.
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