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Demystifying Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection

Apple’s new privacy protection made me sigh. Marketers dodged a downhill-rolling boulder with Google’s announcement to stop third-party tracking, only to find another serious obstacle (Apple’s new policy) right behind it. Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection blocks email senders from knowing if email recipients opened their email. It also masks the IP address so it can’t be linked to other online…
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Beyond Dynamic Content: How to Create REAL Content Personalization in Pardot

Dynamic Content is the built-in way to use Pardot to personalize marketing assets like emails. You can improve your email marketing performance, including click-through rates (CTRs), by providing the right content based on known (or unknown) prospect information.  However, throughout the process, many Pardot users run into limitations of Pardot Dynamic Content. They wonder how they can actually achieve personalization…
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What to Do When You Hit Your Pardot Prospect Data Limit

Posted on August 10, 2021 in Pardot Your Pardot database has limits, which I hope isn’t a surprise to you. You may be reading this because you’ve hit your mailable prospect limit in Pardot, and you need to do something about it soon. Every Pardot edition allows up to 10,000 mailable prospects; while this sounds like a large number, it’s…
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Pardot Mailability

Getting to the Bottom of the ‘Do Not Email’ Field in Pardot [Infographic]

How can a prospect become unmailable in Pardot? What’s the difference between ‘Do Not Email’ and ‘Opted Out’ fields? If you are confused and not sure how to answer these questions, then you’re not alone. Even after working with the Pardot product for years, I still need to think twice when given a specific scenario. Hopefully, you will find some…
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Start Tagging Assets in Pardot

Tags seem to be one of the more underutilized features in Pardot. And even more underutilized than using tags on prospects is using them on assets. I'm sure a few of you are saying now-- "Wait, what are you even talking about?". Just like you can tag a Pardot prospect, you can tag lists, forms, automation rules, form handlers, campaigns,…
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Pardot Reporting

5 Metrics Every Marketer Should Track with Pardot & Salesforce

“Do more with less”. This is a directive CMOs have been hearing for decades and more frequently in the past two years. Doing more with less requires metrics. Metrics that enable CMOs to demonstrate their value to the organization, continuously improve campaign performance, and make smarter investment decisions.  While measurement is a top priority for leading CMOs, the majority of…
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Pardot Personalization

Pardot Personalization Pros & Cons: Dynamic Content vs. HML

Every email marketer understands that they need to be personalizing emails – but it can be hard to figure out how, especially when you factor in marketing automation platform limitations. We’ll be talking about content personalization, going far beyond using first name, merge fields, or asking your prospects how often they want to receive your emails. I’ll show you three…
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How to Create a Dynamic Calendly Link Using Pardot HML

Does your sales team use Calendly to schedule client meetings? Wouldn't it be cool to be able to create a dynamic link in your emails that linked to the sender's Calendly calendar automatically? It's possible with Pardot's Handlebar Merge language.The first thing I'll say before I even tell you how to do this is that if your database isn't clean…
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Pardot Business Units 101

Some things are better separate. Here’re a few examples:  pizza and bananas, French fries and ice cream, and certain Pardot prospects.   Sometimes Pardot prospects need to be segregated. Keeping them apart makes more sense. Or, for system configuration or legal reasons, marketers do NOT want prospects intermingling. What are Pardot business units? Marketers can separate their Pardot database into groups…
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Pardot Segmentation

Pardot Segmentation Techniques – Prospects Can Enrich Their Own Data

In marketing automation, good content isn’t enough – you need to ensure you send the right message to the right person. This is segmentation, simply put, dividing your database into ‘buckets’ of prospects that share certain characteristics, and so, are likely to be interested in the same content. Segmentation is a struggle for many marketers. Most segment their marketing databases…
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Pardot Users: Get Ready for Apple’s September 2021 iOS 15 Release

Apple’s new Mail Privacy Protection has been generating a lot of chatter among marketers and rightfully so. This feature — included in the iOS 15 update, which is scheduled to be released between September 13th – 18th — will forever change the way marketers track their Pardot email marketing engagement.   Why is the Mail Privacy Protection included in the…
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Pardot Admin

Work Confidently in Pardot through Quality Assurance Testing

Feel more confident as a budding admin or end user by kicking ass at Pardot quality assurance testing. (includes downloadable PDF checklist) We’ve all been there before. Everything is set up in Pardot for an email or engagement studio program. But the fear hits before clicking the button to launch it. Is everything set up so it tracks correctly? Could…
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Salesforce Task Queues

Use Salesforce Task Queues with Pardot (for Re-engaged Prospect Alerts)

Why won’t Pardot create a new lead? How can a salesperson, using Salesforce, be notified that one of their existing leads/contacts has engaged with a new campaign? And what if they’re not the assigned owner, but still need to work the lead? Using Salesforce Task Queues with Pardot could be the solution you’re looking for. I have been a Pardot…
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It Takes More Than Marketing Automation Technology

I remember a number of years ago getting a call from a prospect who was looking for marketing automation consultants. She explained that her company was going to be implementing marketing automation, among other technologies. She was looking for an agency to help them review the marketing automation companies, lead the selection process and eventually implement the selected product. It…
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Pardot Ntifications

“Notify user” in Pardot: Alert the Sales Team with Email Notifications

Pardot can notify a user by sending an email to their inbox. These notification emails can be triggered by a prospect activity, or be a daily digest summarizing prospect activity. Notifications continue to bring the sales team back to Pardot (otherwise, Pardot could fade into the background). With so many options for Pardot’s “notify user” emails, it’s up to the…
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