Constant Contact vs Salesforce Marketing Cloud Email Studio

• We are a huge fan of the numerous templates that may be used for designing emails.
• Constant Contact also allows for our organization's brand (logo, colors, and fonts) to be easily incorporated into designs.
• The metrics and data gathered from email campaigns is very detailed and helpful.

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• Sends client confirmations when they subscribe to a newsletter, sign up for a conference, or place an order with our company (SourceMedia). We don't have to hire an agency to send these for us.
• Manages newsletter subscriptions and allows us to deploy on specific dates/times.
• Helps us discover and manage the correct audience base per newsletter, and automates the distributions so we don't have to do it manually.

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• This system is great and I do not have much to say against, I just wish they could improve the search filter of email campaigns made previously, and include a search field that allows you to find campaigns related to the phrase name included in that field of search.
• I really don't have any dislikes with the software now that I am familiar with the product.

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• Deliverability reports - before sending emails they are checked for known issues and deliverability performance. The SFMC offering is ok but could be better. There additional software that can be purchased which should be included as part of the offering
• SF should make it easier to integrate other clouds i.e commerce cloud and service cloud. The implementation of commerce cloud has improved but I still feel there is a way to go

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• Many of our clients use a variety of email management services, and Constant Contact is usually chief among them. This keeps our team sharp and up to date for customer service inquiries.
• Constant Contact is extremely reliable. It's been applicable and has grown with trends in digital marketing over the last decade to stay at the top as a best-in-class provider.
• The reporting tools help to give a sense of how well campaigns are performing (or not performing) and gives insight on how to create future campaigns in more effective ways.
• The lack of Google Analytics integration on the app is a hinderance for marketing managers who use the robust API on a variety of other platforms that seamlessly integrate with the service.
• Higher pricing for integrating social media and surveys, and other additional service, is a drawback for the average user on a budget – especially when competitors offer those services for free.

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• Better execution/monitoring - when multiple steps are involved, IMH is great at dashboarding.
• Facilitates exploratory campaigns - it is great at instilling confidence when you're trying a new facet of a campaign, due to the process transparency.
• Cloud - can be a double-edged sword. Allows for on the go access, but isn't truly mobile-friendly, and can sometimes sputter. But certainly will improve with time.

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