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3-Minute Guide: Contact Builder in Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Managing data in Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement comes with challenges. Lists, Data Extensions, and having multiple places to edit data within the platform can be confusing, but the main thing to know is that ‘Contact Builder’ acts as your central data designer.

Connect Marketing Cloud & WhatsApp for Customer Journeys

The Marketing Cloud WhatsApp integration enables marketers to connect accounts and send WhatsApp messages using Journey Builder. While the setup seems simple, the truth is there are a few steps to preparing Marketing Cloud Engagement for WhatsApp sends.

How Salesforce Combats Generative AI Concerns

A recent Salesforce State of Marketing Report found that 88% of marketers worry about missing out on generative AI’s benefits, with sales and service teams not far behind. Nonetheless, they also have concerns around data integrity, accuracy, and more. Fortunately, when it comes to AI in marketing automation, Salesforce is a leader.

Breakdown: Marketing Cloud Automation Studio Activities

Marketing Cloud Automation Studio ‘Activities’ help teams automate marketing processes, saving hours that would otherwise be spent doing manual data management.

How to Unify Marketing Cloud Data with Third-Party Systems

We’ve all been there: running marketing and advertising activities across multiple channels, each one storing contact data and analytics in siloes. Combining disparate data is a headache, with only 31% of marketers fully satisfied with their ability to unify customer data sources, according to the latest Salesforce State of Marketing Report.

Marketing Cloud Advertising: More Important Than Ever?

According to the latest Salesforce State of Marketing Report, advertising spend has jumped 3% for B2B marketers and 4% for B2C marketers since 2022. What isn’t clear from the report is how many of these marketers are tapping into Marketing Cloud Advertising for centralising their campaigns. If they’re not, they’re missing out.

How to Send a Permission Pass Email in MCAE

Sometimes called a ‘re-engagement email’ a permission pass email is the best way to confirm subscribers in Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (MCAE) still want to hear from you.

MarCloud Academy for New Salesforce Talent

Getting into a Salesforce career is more challenging than ever, yet the demand for Salesforce talent continues to grow. There’s a huge opportunity for those with an interest in consulting, marketing technology, and working in fast-paced environments, if they can secure the right level of training and experience.

How Salesforce Helps Marketers Adopt AI

Top Takeaways from London’s Calling 2024

On July 19th 2024, I navigated a very warm central London to reach ‘The Brewery’, host to Europe’s largest community-led event for Salesforce professionals: London’s Calling. This fantastic event promised a day filled with incredible learnings for anyone who is part of the Salesforce ecosystem. And boy, did it deliver!

5 Steps to B2B Marketing Analytics Nirvana [Infographic]

What if I told you, that by focusing on five key areas, you can reach a place where everything in Account Engagement and Salesforce just works? That with these five areas handled well, you can achieve reporting nirvana with B2B marketing analytics? I’m guessing you’d be pretty excited, although maybe a little skeptical!

New Guide to Salesforce Marketing GPT [eBook]

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been available in Salesforce software, such as Marketing Cloud and Sales Cloud, for years. Yet, with AI technology rapidly advancing, the functionality is only getting better. Salesforce Marketing GPT is a clear example of this.

8 Must-Know Tips for Salesforce Data Extensions

Previously on the MarCloud blog, we covered the ins and outs of what Marketing Cloud Data Extensions are and why they’re important. So for this post, I’m going to assume you’re familiar and in the process of preparing to create your own.

What is a Data Extension in Marketing Cloud?

Marketers using Salesforce Marketing Cloud don’t need to be data scientists. However, there’s no denying that you can do more with Marketing Cloud Engagement when you understand the ways and whys of data modelling. One of the first questions we receive when a client is inexperienced with the platform is: what the heck is a ‘Data Extension’?

Marketing Cloud Growth Launches in EMEA

The newest Salesforce marketing automation software, Marketing Cloud Growth, was released in North America in early 2024 and now, its highly anticipated EMEA launch has arrived.