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How to sync select records between Pardot and Salesforce

Every Account Engagement (fka Pardot) instance, except for Premium, starts with a limit of 10,000 mailable prospects. Many instances exceed that number. I’ve been in several instances that had over 1 million prospects.In a recent release Salesforce included a functionality to enable a full database sync option in the Salesforce connector settings. That’s great news for customers with less than…
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How to build scoring and grading in Account Engagement (Pardot)

The ability to natively build scoring and grading on leads is one of the functions of Account Engagement (Pardot) that sets it apart from other marketing automation tools.
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Make this 30 Second Update in your Account Engagement Account Right Now

There's a fairly recent update to Account Engagement that everyone should enable in their accounts right away, it only takes a few moments but it provides peace of mind and security that matters now more than ever. The setting restricts iframing of your Account Engagement assets to only the domains you specify. This help article explains it in depth but…
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How to build a full-funnel marketing campaign report in Salesforce

When building a campaign cadence in Account Engagement (Pardot), setting up the campaigns correctly in Salesforce is an important step.
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How to see if your Pardot tracking code is not setting cookies

Before you create another form in Account Engagement (FKA Pardot), do yourself a favor.
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Why the Pardot email preference center is so important

I had a philosophical conversation with Peter Sabba about the utility of email preference centers and their value as a whole to email marketing.
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How to track your prospect database churn in Pardot

In Account Engagement (Pardot) the dashboard shows you how many new prospects were created on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. The visualization is easy to understand and tells a compelling story. But… what about the other side? What about the number of prospects you are losing each day/week/month? (Note: “Losing” means they globally opt out or hard bounce). In every org I…
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What You Should Know About Repeatable Engagement Programs

An Engagement Studio program is a powerful tool that can help automate your marketing in Account Engagement. These programs can be used for many cases but be cautious before you start building yours. 
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Don’t use Custom Redirects in Pardot for Google Ads tracking

Using Custom Redirects in Account Engagement (Pardot) for tracking Google Ads clicks produces unreliable data. What you see in MCAE will never match what you see in Google Ads.
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How to get around the Conditional Completion Action Limitations in Account Engagement

If you've been working with Conditional Completion actions in Account Engagement for a while (here's my overview if you'd like my take on it) you may have run into one of it's downsides: there's a hard limit on the number of things you can put in completion actions now. That hard limit is what I call the 1/6/16 rule. ing…
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Prospect Resubscribe Not Working?

Increased domain security over the past few years has meant that cross-domain tracking is not possible. For customers with multiple tracker domains in their Account Engagement account, it is critical to remain consistent with domain usage across the right assets.
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Lead Source Tracking in Account Engagement (Pardot)

Firstly, what is ‘lead source’?  Let’s start by defining what a ‘lead source’ actually is and why we use it.
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Account Engagement (Pardot) Advanced Email Analytics

Advanced Email Analytics is an insightful tool for any Account Engagement user.  But let’s be honest. In our modern marketing world, where you can’t count opens and are unsure of clicks, the value of Advanced Email Analytics has dropped a notch. Nonetheless, marketers often find themselves reviewing the analytic results of important emails. 
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Identify Google Workplace users in your Pardot Prospect database

The announcement from Google and Yahoo! around changes to policies for bulk emailers created a bit of a stir among people in the email marketing world. It is not clear to see who among the prospects in your Account Engagement / Pardot database is using Google Workplace for their email hosting. I learned that Jacob Filipp developed a solution to…
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New Gmail and Yahoo Protections and What to Do in Account Engagement

Google and Yahoo made joint announcements in October 2023 that will affect all email marketers worldwide. Just when you think you have email figured out, it changes.
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