One of the eComm specialist’s roles in Cvent includes managing how stakeholders can access Cvent data in real-time, without a steep cost. Follow the steps below to create Portal Users and Publish Reports there for easy access.
A Cvent license is great for supporting event planners at numerous stages of the event life-cycle, for both simple and complex events. There are certain elements are not included with at typical license, but you can contract directly with Cvent to procure.
If you need to send communications to internal audiences (faculty, staff or students) you'll want it delivered to their campus email addresses (eg; @colorado.edu, @ucdenver.edu, @cu.edu or @uccs.edu), To do so, you'll need to send to a Data Extension. Your eComm specialist will create the Data Extension but it's the sender's responsibility to re'Start' it before each send.
Want to continually grow an audience you can email via Marketing Cloud? eComm can provide a simple subscription form along with a Salesforce audience that will update automatically with subscribers (thanks to a behind-the-scenes integration). Users can add the subscription URL to their website then send emails to that audience as desired.
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.
Learn how to create a Data Extension as you typically would, then Import the data from a file (rather than 'start' it). Just remember, you'll need the Contact 18 ID to Import successfully.
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.
