Marketing Cloud Engagement Basics22% of the exam
Core Engagement studios, builders and connectors
Which Marketing Cloud Engagement app fits a marketing task: Content Builder and Email Studio for email, Automation Studio for scheduled data work, Contact Builder for the customer view, Package Manager across business units, Marketing Cloud Connect for Salesforce data, and CloudPages with its analytics.
Apply essential features of Marketing Cloud Engagement (MCE) for marketing activities.
~6 min read · 8 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Match a marketing task to the Engagement app that does it, and explain that a team can start with one app.
- Separate building email (Content Builder) from sending it (Email Studio), and spot repeating work for Automation Studio.
- Pick Package Manager to reuse a solution across business units, and Marketing Cloud Connect to act on Salesforce CRM events.
- Find a customer's full history on the Contact Builder contact record, and know where CloudPages analytics stop.
- Find your way to an app, such as Contact Builder or Journey Builder, and to Setup.
- Key terms: studio or builder (an Engagement app for one job, such as Email Studio or Journey Builder); automation (a scheduled or triggered workflow of activities); packaged solution (a bundle of configured items deployed to other business units); Marketing Cloud Connect (the integration between Engagement and the rest of Salesforce).
Key facts
Getting around
- Detail
- Menus lead to each app (Audience Builder, then Contact Builder); Setup from your name
Starting small
- Detail
- Use only the products that meet your needs
Content Builder
- Detail
- Images, documents and content in one location
Email Studio messages
- Detail
- Promotional, transactional and triggered
Automation Studio Overview
- Detail
- Up to 50 automations; run each once
Copy an automation
- Detail
- An exact copy to extend or modify
Package contents
- Detail
- Journeys, automations, content, data extensions, attribute groups
Setup Assistant end point
- Detail
- Create, send and track an email
CloudPages analytics
- Detail
- Past 90 days; longer needs Analytics Builder
Expired subscription
- Detail
- Limited access for 90 days, then all access revoked
Sources for this section (10)
- Navigate Through Contact Builderhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Assign a Role to All Business Unit Usershelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Get Startedtrailhead.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Create Contenthelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Email Studiohelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Automation Studiohelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Package Managerhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Setup Assistanthelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- CloudPageshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Marketing Cloud Engagementhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Which item types can a Package Manager packaged solution contain?
- When should a marketer copy an automation instead of building a new one?
- Why does Setup Assistant finish with an email?
- What happens to access when an Engagement subscription expires?
The questions are free to read. Answers with their sources and self-grading are included with the pack.
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